Deliverance (9/9) Movie CLIP - Don't Come Back Here (1972) HD
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Sheriff Bullard (James Dickey) questions Ed (Jon Voight) and Bobby (Ned Beatty) one last time, then advises them never to return to the town.
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Like such other early '70s Hollywood films as Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs (1971), Deliverance ponders violent instincts and definitions of manhood, ideas made all the more pressing by the period's escalating violence and assault on traditional gender roles. Regardless of these headier concerns, the critically praised realism of the action scenes on the river, with the actors performing a lot of the stunts, helped make the film a hit. Shooting on location on the Chattoga River in Georgia, cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond captured the appeal and the peril of the river's pristine isolation, enhancing both the adventure's visceral thrills and Dickey's philosophical inquiry into man's true nature. Deliverance was nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, although Dickey's screenplay of his novel was passed over, as was Reynolds' star-making turn. With its chilling sense of infinite menace, Deliverance spoke to contemporary anxieties over what anyone could do, given the right (or wrong) circumstances.
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Cast: Jon Voight, Ned Beatty, James Dickey
Director: John Boorman
Producers: John Boorman, Charles Orme
Screenwriters: James Dickey, John Boorman
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"I don't think I'll see ya for a while". Such a sad quote. Bobby was basically saying "our friendship has to end Ed, cause I'll always remember this as long as I'm around you". Ed had no reaction, cause he 100% understood.
It's because he got BUTT SLAMMED
In James Dickey's novel, Ed relates to the reader how he's concerned about Bobby getting drunk and talking loosely about these events. They only saw each other to nod hello but spoke little. Bobby eventually quit his job and moved away, opening up a fast food joint that failed. Ed says the last he heard of Bobby was of his death.
Hmmm. I literally thought he meant "for a little while". Not forever
@@takemyshoesoff3350 nah. Pretty sure he no longer wanted to ever be around Ed again because he would always be reminded of what happen that day. Which is understandable.
@@neillscott4192 If I was on the receiving end of that, I would think 2-3 weeks.
James Dickey (Sheriff) was not an actor. He was a poet and author and wrote the novel, but wow did he nail these acting scenes.
Other Hollywood types noticed this, too. Dickey was offered other film roles but declined, as he had not enjoyed the experience. Supposedly he had an angry fistfight on the set with director John Boorman over changes made to his story. Boorman lost a couple of teeth! They were much friendlier after the fight.
This was The Ending of All Time
I read the book in 2 days....riveting
@@arise2945 Poets by nature don't like to be told what to do, directed. Very free thinkers, in touch with their subconscious.
He was also a hoot at parties. He could definitely drink with the best of them
In the book, the mountain man is well known both to the sheriff and the town to be a real mean bastard. The movie ending is brilliant, not only because the sheriff is actually the author of the book, but because the warning the sheriff gives the city boys. He's not warning them that he knows what they did but can't prove it, he knows exactly what they did and he doesn't need proof to see them on the end of a rope. Instead he's doing Ed and Bobby a favor, warning them not to come back as they likely won't be so lucky next time. It truly is a brilliant ending to a great movie.
I love how they put the writer as the sheriff into this scene. It was such a brilliant film. "don't ever do nothing like this again".
I like this analysis, and had no idea that the sheriff was the author. You’re probably right, but for those of us that haven’t read the book, you put some great context around this exchange. It makes sense. Why would the sheriff go after them if they did something that the people around there probably wanted to do themselves, or would have happened if given the right circumstances? Hopefully the way that it was handled won’t allow for a remake of this classic! This wouldn’t work today.
bhud1972 Agree
One of The Greatest Movie 🎥 Endings , Ever!
No Remakes!!!
This movie is excellent on so many levels it’s crazy. This is what a truly well made movie looks like.
@@barbaranelson8617 I agree. I saw this my senior year in high school with friends way back in '72 when it first came out. Back then we'd catch a lot of movies. Few really got my attention much but this one was GREAT! I loved the ending too when sometimes the best thing to say is....."I don't know." One of the classic, simple phrases that always stuck with me.
Love the delivery of the line: "I don't know." The assertiveness in Ed's voice, the way he looks right into the sheriff's eyes, it's basically saying "Yes, this was exactly what you think it was. We did it, and we aren't looking back." And the sheriff understands immediately, and he's resigned to that fact. He can't prove that they killed those men, and he isn't going to try. Part of him might realize they were justified, but mostly it just seems like he'd just like to let sleeping dogs lie and move on, and like he says, just let the town die peaceful. Great acting from Jon Voight and James Dickey.
If there's a better flash cameo by author in movie based on book they write , I don't know it. That was M.Emmet Walsh level acting chops flashed by Dickey in this crucial, closing scene and role.
I agree he did make nice iContact this year knew the story doesn’t add up but he doesn’t wanna deal with it the town is going to go away anyway he probably can’t prove it and he just wants the city boys to go away
@@rogerb1031 He was still pissed though .
@@peterwieser4631 'M.Emmet Walsh' - bingo!
Kill the cop. Burn the town. Justice still wouldn't be met.
The sheriff probably had a lot of problems with that mountain man…that’s why he let them go. They did him a favor getting rid of a big time troublemaker
James Dickey is actually terrifying in this scene. An excellent writer who can also act perfectly in this role. I would never have expected that.
He definitely showed some acting chops in this scene
He was Poet Laureate to President Carter. Check out Looking For The Buckhead Boys. Wonderful poem.
Right? Brilliant Like Brando
Rest in Peace Ned Beatty, You were a great actor. You are greatly missed.
Ned Beatty is a legend. His memory will never die,
Mountain Man will light a candle for Ned Beatty. Squeal in heaven, amen.
and this was his first gig !
Yeah porky Ed got his acting career off being bent over a log with his undies down! What a memory!
And the sherriff (author) parting remark: "Dont want ta see you boys up here no more ya hear?"
"NO SH--!!" Thought they wld make a yrly reunion !!
The sheriff knows they are lying, he knows it, but can't prove anything. So much threatening menace in that sheriff's smile. That sheriff's smile is a scary warning for them not to come back. Great, great acting!
I like to think he kinda knew that they probably weren't in the wrong in regards to what went down as well.
Great acting for a dude who wasn't an actor. He wrote the book. Crazy guy
He’s saying he knew they did it but can’t do anything to them. He is warning them to NEVER do it to again.
@@sliat1981 I'm not sure that is what he was saying. I think he 'suspected' they did it....didn't care....and didn't want them back up there to open up that can of worms
C David oh he knew. He couldn’t prove it. He was giving them one last chance
I know he was a renowned poet but I am surprised he didn't do more acting. This was just a great scene on his part. Amazing.
bg147 He was a raging alcoholic and an absolute menace on the set. They had to kick him out but were all afraid to do so because he was a big dude. Boorman finally confronted Dickey and said not to come back until it was time to shoot his scenes. Dickey said he will not come back but did because he wanted to be in the film.
Hah, I think I heard that on the DVD extras.
bg147
exactly - I too thought he was a great actor until I realised that he wasn't acting. The Sherif was playing Dickey , Dickey wasn't playing the Sherif
@@jmat412 it added to the tension! Badass
This is just PERFECT casting..Not a major part for James Dickey, but he grew up in the South, he knew those types of county sheriffs, and he has the attitude and diction down pat. And I love his insincere grin--he's 99% sure those guys killed the mountain man, but he can't prove it.
@sfairraid 13 The key is simply reading people!
the sheriff wrote the book and screenplay
@sfairraid 13 Good insight.
@sfairraid 13
I didn't think of that but you're spot on.
sfairraid 13 vc
American cinema at its best. Script, directing and acting. Powerful film.
Absolutely ! Great powerful movie , still nice to watch. Not outdated
perfect comment
im an american, but this isn't american cinema.
directed by a british man, the original novel was aswell
Ryan Wilson yea we invented it
Houdini774 it really is the best example of a movie being perfectly slow paced. Most scenes are dragged out while the actors gave terrific performances that kept you on the edge of your seat
When the Sheriff says "he'll come in drunk probably" his eyes but not his smile change....but just for a second.
The sheriff wasn't worried they'd come back, that was just his way of telling them they lucked out.
Every one those guys killed was in self defense, why would they have been in trouble?
@@manw3bttcks That question was addressed in the story line of the movie.
But the movie aside, if you commit homicide in self defense, you will probably be required to prove it was self defense to the satisfaction of the justice system. If you fail to prove self defense to the satisfaction of the system (which sometimes can be biased or corrupt) then all that remains in your case is the fact of homicide. And then you are in trouble.
It aint a perfect world.
@@manw3bttcks because they'd never get a fair trial in a town where the majority was the two psychos' relatives hell bent on having them pay -- I'd do the same thing the guys did
@@manw3bttcks Remember who the jury would be made up of? the folks who live in that county. doubt they had any love for wealthy city boys.
@@manw3bttcks that was in self defense, but burying the bodies made their inocence be gone
Damn good movie. Dickey not only wrote a great book, but he acted very well in this movie. He nailed the Sheriff's role.
Dickey is the definition of menacing. What an all-world talent
Pretty sure he punched the director in the face too 😂 a menace for sure
It's obvious he's sympathetic to their situation. It's like he's saying he knows they were involved but gives them a second chance
sliat1981
Not really. He can't prove anything so is resigned to this situation and reluctantly accepts it. No "sympathy' or "second chance."
@@hyena131 nah he’s sympathetic
He knows the guys missing were trouble. He is feeling fortunate he doesn’t have to do anything since there is no evidence and trying to convict these guys would be a nightmare but he is somewhat resigned to accepting that despite his job to be thorough in an investigation.
@@sliat1981 nah, he’s not sympathetic. He just can’t prove it.
@@dropkickirish4449 yeah he is sympathetic
When I first saw Deliverance I thought the actor who had only a few brief scenes as Sheriff Bullard was absolutely perfect in the role. The voice, mannerisms, body language, everything was simply right. When I found out he wasn't a professional actor, but was James Dickey who wrote the screenplay for the film based on his novel I was astounded at his performance and still am. James Dickey was born and lived his entire life in the South and I'm doubtful that anyone who had not could have acted that role nearly as well.
Love James Dickey's acting here and it's all in the eyes between the sheriff and Ed, sheriff knows the rough outline of what went down and also that the city men were probably justified, and Ed knows that he knows but can't prove anything. They understand each other completely.
Love how Dickey's Sheriff demeanor rapidly morphs from 1) investigative/cross-examining to 2) threatening/admonishing, and Then - once he's had a satisfactory acknowledgement - 3) Conciliatory/Good Cop/"Less not rock the boat any furthah" (no pun intended !).
I remember renting this hoping to see an adventure flick, what ive got was a raw tense brutal survival tale. Unforgettable movie and i loved it.
The intensity of this scene is a perfect example of so much being said without being said.
It's clear that the sheriff knows the missing mountain men all too well, enough to know that they are both very nasty men who almost certainly encountered Ed, Drew, Bobby, and Lewis.
As he mentions sadly, he would rather let his town die peacefully when it's covered up by the reservoir, enough so that he doesn't see the need to have these men put on trial for defending themselves against two particularly terrible men.
For those who didn't already know it, that's James Dickey himself, the author of both the book this movie was based on and the adapted screenplay itself.
How fitting to have the man himself in the best scene in an already great movie.
the lighting at 0:08 makes it look like a modern movie!
Correction * like a GOOD movie! :D
"Don't ever do nothing like this again."
Ha. Yeah, he knows they did it.
And the comment about letting the town die peacefully suggests that he knows its the sort of town where something "like this" has a tendency to happen.
How do you think he knew? Never seen this.
@@jackiemehoff8239 You couldnt have a guy like 'mountainman' running around out there and the locals not hear stories and such about how horrid he is.
@@wildec2 Bingo
The sheriff knows plenty about the mountain men, and they have a reputation as sadists.
They had a right to. Burn the entire town.
And the look on his face when he tells Jon Voight's character "don't come back up here again," is priceless. He is so pissed off that actually starts to smile.
this scene was regarded as a classic..you don't have a lot of quiet powerful scenes like this in movies anymore
Gotta have NOIZ now!
This ending blows my mind because the sheriff is the novelist! It just blows my mind, he does this scene SO WELL who would know he wasn't just an actor? He doesn't carry any resemblance to being a screenwriter or novelist at all while he acts; nothing to even suggest it! Watch this movie all the way through and then watch every scene with James Dickey. Mind-bending. RIP James Dickey.
How does one "resemble" a screenwriter or novelist while acting lol please enlighten me :D
James Dicky would hang around the set during filming driving everyone crazy, so much so that he was asked go leave! Later on he was asked to return and he refused, to get him to return the director offered him the part of the lawman! Clearly he did a good job!
"Wear(ing) something casual, but nice." Jack Cole
RIP Burt Reynolds
I was also stunned when I discovered the sheriff was the book novelist. How does someone with ZERO previous acting experience manage to steal the two scenes he's in? He's an absolute natural and many kudos to the director for having the vision and guts to cast him as the sheriff.
The sheriff was cast very well and nailed this part. His expression and tone says it all
He was books author! Perfect!
I saw an interview with James Dickey describing this scene. He said no one hates like a Southerner. This was the seething hate and menace he meant to convey in this scene, and the movie in general.
I agree there’s something about a southerner that just is brutal to anyone up north a black man Latino goddamn they’re just a different human being down there specially in the 20s 30s 40s and 50s
@mike force lol why? because he doesn't have the same opinion as you? Or that he doesn't describe his home with only glowing remarks?
A little history for you: James Dickey was born in Atlanta. graduated from Vanderbilt, lived and taught in the south from Texas to Florida (taught English at Rice and U of Florida), and even got the Order of the South award. Famed poet Lareaute of the USA but yeah sure..... he didnt know anything about the south. whatever you say.
TheWonderStraw what Dickey said was 100% correct....step on the bad side of a Southerner...Forget Hell. !!
James Dickey was absolutely correct; no one hates with style like a Southern Man.
@@keithdaniels5918 Sherman put them in their place pretty easily.
Dickey got upset when he saw some scenes through the rushes. They were different from his book. He got roaring drunk and went down to the set and confronted the smaller Boorman and broke his nose. A few days later he apologized to Boorman who accepted in good grace and offered Dickey the part of the intimidating sheriff--knowing how intimidating Dickey is in real life.
was
how different were those scenes?
The way this sheriff delivers these lines is so brilliant. One of my favorite scenes in all of cinema.
How wild is it to see James Dickey just roll into a part like that, not being an actor. He was clearly so close to the characters, he didn't need acting experience. He knew it.
He ain't stupid. He knows what happened. He also knows what kind of person that Mountain man was too. That's why he didn't push it.
Michael Sinclair
You're spot on. And your post was refreshingly brief unlike half the frustrated film critics waxing lyrical for paragraphs.
That flat stare from ED when he said "I dont know". He is done, he has been through Hell, one of his friends dead. No one mess with me. The sheriff saying do not come back up .He knows they did it, That casual remark about that lifejacket. The town was closing down ,a murder investigation would intefere with everything he has to do. "Let the town go quietly"
Yes, plus the sheriff knows the missing mountain men, well enough to also know that they are sadistic men who wouldn't hesitate to do unspeakable things to city boys taking a canoe trip.
He would rather let sleeping dogs lie, and deep down inside, he's probably glad to be rid once and for all of those two bad characters who had undoubtedly caused trouble that he had to address in the past.
I always thought the Sheriff knew those boys killed the two mountain men, but he also knew the mountain guys were bad news and probably deserved it.
"Don't ever do nothing like this again. Don't come back up here." He knows...and he knows he can't prove it. The question in my mind about that scene has always been what did he know about the kind of person the missing man was and was that why he didn't press harder?
John Salisbury probably, he was like "those two crazy fucks had it coming"
I like to think that the sheriff knows that their story doesn't add up and that something probably did happen but you're right, he can't prove it. My gut reaction to his menacing warning to not come back was NOT a defensive warning to stay away because he disliked the four outsiders from Atlanta but more because he was aware of the dysfunctional inbred personalities that existed in those rural parts. In other words, I think the warning was more along the lines of "hey, there are some really messed up people up here that can't stand outsiders and I really don't want to deal with this again so just do me a favor and stay away for everyone's sake."
That's good--I didn't think of that angle: his warning is along the lines of "Don't come back up here no more, because you've no idea WHAT it's like in these parts." His warning is actually doing Ed and Bobby a favor.
John Salisbury in the novel, the sheriff calls the missing man "a mean bastard" and that his wife and everyone else would be better off if he stayed missing.
He knew the missing men were pieces of shit that's why he grinned when he said they'd be coming in drunk. He knew these people had a battle out there, knew the inbreds started it, and was telling these city folk not to do something like this again.
the lawman is the guy that wrote the book.
Katie Moe You are correct!
+Katie Moe, What book.?
sn9696 The book of the same name that the movie is based upon.
+Katie Moe James Dickey...terrific writer, and -- it turns out -- a real good actor, too!!
+Katie Moe I love it when movies put the writer of the book in a role. Nobody really deserves it more then them!
I think the Sheriff knew what they did but didnt care..He hated those Mountain Men and thought it was good riddance..
@Joe Jacobs They were bad news!
@@thomasshort1784 Yeah..The Sheriff didnt care..
Two gangs fighting,its a pirate coveted area.Poe
I remember seeing this all those years ago and damn this film was heavy for 1972.
Burt Reynolds best film imo ..
My mom always mentions this movie that way. She says it was a very impressive experience. And I think it is also, in the current era. The films of years ago, have that psychological terror that the current movies have not achieved, like "Straw Dogs". I love watching movies from my mom's time. No remake surpasses them.
@@carofinalcut And they never will.
It was the best film for Ronny, Ned, and John, too.
It's a damn masterpiece.
They've always called it a Burt Reynolds film. If anything, it's a John Voight film. His Ed's stoic, determined perseverance - and balls of steel, carry the film.
@@RW4X4X3006 There is no question that Voight is the star of this one.
In fact, I was taken aback that Burt Reynolds agreed to be in a movie in which he is so decisively eclipsed.
It's definitely one of my favorites.
This movie doesn't get near the credit it deserves. It is truly an american classic.
@dalecooper4614
Poppycock! Anyone with a half decent taste in movie and a smattering of cinema knowledge knows this movie is sheer quality.
I always get a bit of a morbid chuckle out of Bobby cheerfully saying "You don't have to worry about that, Sheriff" (us ever coming back here lol). No more canoe trips in Appalachia for Bobby any time soon!
In the book he moved to hawaii
Good acting portraying a southern sheriff. He pretty much nailed it !
That character put a lump in my throat. It was such an effective scene. I felt like I got away myself.
The best dam ending of a movie ever.. Ed, a changed man, gets one chance to be honest and took it all the way home. The sheriff knows they are guilty as hell but deep down he knows these men have been through hell and that his deputies brother in law had it coming to him. Don't ever come back up here again.. let it die peaceful and you guys live with what you have done..
This scene was so intimidating. It was like he wasn’t ready to let them escape yet.
Dickey came under huge criticism for painting southerners as violent inbreed rednecks. His response? “I grew up in the south. I give you my word this is an accurate portrayal of my neighbors.”
I’ve met 2 people who had similar experiences
Deliverance is pure Anericana, a masterpiece. They fought on set, but man, the product was awesome, cinematography, soundtrack, acting, all came together beautifully.
Epic. Everything about this movie. Acting, casting, writing, screenplay. You name it.
It was Epic. I commented earlier that I go back and forth between Ned Beaty squealing like a pig scene and Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction) scene as maybe 2 of the Greatest Scenes in the History of Cinema?? And as we know they are both method actors. Thats dedication to their craft ✌️✌️✌️
I think James Dickey missed his calling. Seems like a pretty natural actor as well as an author and poet.
I wouldn't go that far. He was a damned good writer/poet.
The sheriff knew Ed had not told him what really happened and wasn't going to. He hesitates for just a second and decides it will end here and there will be no more questions. The scene is played perfectly by Jon Voight and by the author James Dickey in his only acting role.
I tell you what, as a kid, that hand coming out of the water gave me nightmares
I read there was an alternate ending where the sheriff brings Ed, Bobby & Lewis back to see a body they’ve found and when he pulls the sheet back, Ed wakes up screaming. You’re left to wonder who was under there, was it Drew or one of the other hillbillies?
@@jennifersman7990 I’d like to see that
me too. I remember it like yesterday.
Also, that last frame where they just show the water again and there's that eerie drone note of music. I think there's text that says "Filmed in Panavision" or something, and then everything goes black. Disturbing as well.
at the beginning of the movie, a third man with a shotgun gets into the truck with the Griner brothers. You never see his face, the camera zooms in on his hands gripping the gun
Their was also a third mountain man that wasn't in the sodomy scene.
Hard to believe that law officer is not an actor (he's the writer of the novel). Pretty convincing performance if you ask me.
He really was amazing.
He had all the body language and vocal style one would expect from a small town southern sheriff.
@Frank Wilson Go away, dickbreath.
@Frank Wilson Don't flatter yourself.
You must have run out of weed down there in mommy's basement, so you're desperate for attention.
Yeah, the sheriff did know they did it. He knew everything. He wrote the book.
I was a deputy sheriff for over 30 years. Mr. Dickey played it right down the line.
I love the intensity of the stare down between the sheriff and Jon Voigt here. I think this scene is the most intense in a very intense movie.
Less was way more in this scene….way more.
I love this scene because the sheriff knows something went on but he can't prove it but.. wonderful scene where Silence is more and creates a tremendous amount of tension
the sheriff he knew! he knew!
Love this scene because the Sherrif goddamn knows something is up with these two but he has no proof and the whole valley is being flooded for the dam.
"He'll come in drunk probably". The only reason at the time the sheriff has any doubt that some harm may have come to the missing man. He has gone missing before. As time goes by and it is obvious that he is dead is when he must conclude they killed him. But the evidence he needs to make a case against them is buried, and under water shortly after they leave.
@Billy Hill He was right. They were the scum of the earth!
“Don’t think I’ll see you for a while” a good way of saying, I’m not going to call you in six months, but not because I don’t like you, I just want to shut myself off from this and everyone involved and process it on my own, and I think we all should. I did the same thing to several family members who I had too much baggage with and wanted to seperate our relationships
I love the look on the sheriff's eyes... he's not buying the story but he's tired and has to let them go
Dickey's novella is unforgettable.
The thing that stops the sheriff is when he subconsciously probes Ed to test his reaction. “How come he wasn’t wearing it?” He asks. He knows something bad happened, but doesn’t really want to know the details. He suspects people were murdered but dreads the blow up that will happen if the truth is exposed-it’s not worth it. Nevertheless he can’t just throw up his hands and forget it. So he tests Ed--is this man weak? Will he break? Will he break from fear or shame? Did he instigate something? Is he responsible and feels guilty? But Ed just stares back at him without hesitating. “I don’t know,” he says. That’s the answer the sheriff wants, it shows Ed is not guilt ridden or ashamed, he is justified in whatever he did. Then the sheriff leans back and grins slightly, knowing he can let it go. The city boys will leave, and they won’t be connected to whatever happened deep in the woods. The worst case scenario is they eliminated two in red troublemakers that only made life difficult for the sheriff. Ed feels what he did was justified, sure, but for years he will be tortured by the thought that somewhere in the murky wilderness are the bodies of human beings whose lives he ended
A film scene I can't forget and never tire of watching.
Makes more sense for the sheriff to be questioning Bobby. Bobby was at the breaking point. A sheriff would have noticed that for sure.
@Pat Downs - Bobby was definitely at the breaking point. I'm thinking the Sheriff could see Bobby was nervous and totally avoided questioning Bobby, figuring Bobby would just end up incriminating the whole group. The Sheriff could see Ed was calm and collected and figured Ed would know exactly what to say and that way everyone could just move on.
Will K Yea. I do not think the sheriff gave a damn about that deputy’s brother in law. The way he says “he come in drunk probably” makes it sound if that guy is a raging alcoholic.
@@willk6274 I think Sheriff likely realized something horrible happened. There was an extra life jacket. He put two and two together and thought most likely those townsmen (mountain men) who were not liked in that area, the two troublemakers, had a fight with the out of towners. He is thinking one of the out of towners is dead and the two mountain likely are dead also.
"Good riddance. Let it be," he is thinking. Sheriff wont even mention seeing out of towners once area realizes two mountain men are gone. That is what I always thought happened. "Okay, those two scumbags in my area are dead, maybe". He was satisfied with that posible outcome and glad not to deal with it. I think the Sheriff knew once the 2 trouble makers went missing what happened, and he thinks it's better to just let it be. Most everyone knows that the sheriff is the author of the book and ultimately, he in movie has the final say as to what will happen to the out of towers. He let them go.
Figuratively, the lives of the people living in the woods is ending as the USA became more and more connected with TV by then, 1950s and 1960s. The type of living with no electricity, no plumbing, no communication with anyone outside small area was ending in USA. The sheriff in movie figuratively knew that he could not stop it. The "city dwellers" went back to their lives, and the backwoods mountain men are dead.
Bobby was incapable of keeping his mouth shut for more then five seconds at a time, which is what got Bobby cornholed to begin with. Bobby's mouth created the whole situation. Which almost ended up in Ed's mouth.
That's exactly why he questioned the much more reserved and steady Ed.
He didn't want to push Bobby and make him spill the beans.
As he said, he would rather let his town die peacefully, and a murder trial against three men that he almost certainly knew deep down had killed the mountain men out of self defense would be bad for his dying town and bad for the men put on trial.
He has a heart.
The sherriff was James Dickey, major poet.
One of the greatest novels I have ever read. I only wish I could write something half as great as Deliverence.
James D. was a damn genius.
Read Dickey's 3rd and (sadly) final novel, TO THE WHITE SEA. As good as DELIVERANCE. The Cohen Brothers (NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN) had the film option, but passed on it due to the cost of filming on location in Japan (where most of the novel is set). That would've been EPIC. One of the least-known, yet biggest, tragedies of Hollywood. If anyone ever does make it into a film, it likely won't be half of what it could've been with the Cohens.
One of my favorite movies. Great acting and screenplay. Dickey was a professor of English at the University of South Carolina and an award winning poet. Also a heavy drinker and occasional bar room brawler. Got in a fight with the director, John Boorman, and broke his nose. Got tossed off the movie set on 3-2 vote among the four principal actors and the director. The message was delivered to him by Reynolds, whom Dickey feared. They invited him back for this last scene with Voight, but he had to be sober, which he was. Best film of 1972, though The Godfather took the Oscar.
... interesting insight! Thanks...
Burt probably the only one who could take him in a fight. Dickey was just your typical over grown Southern bully picking on people smaller than him.
The hand scene in end of the film is by far one of the best things I've ever seen in film history.
To see him walk to his car without being sore
The writer playing the sheriff is so spot on with his delivery of the lines and facial expressions.
He's gotta be the scariest most pissed off southern cop I've ever seen
Big Paulie oh man, then you might wanna see the hicktown cops in Mississippi Burning (1988). It's about the 3 civil rights movement volunteers who were murdered in Mississippi in 1964. They were murdered by "cops" who were literal Ku Klux Klan members working for the Sheriff's Department. Thankfully they get shaken down by FBI agents played by Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe.
itwontcomeout5678 Yea the sheriff and deputies in that were some sick bastards. Great movie. Hackman stole it!!
Big Paulie You've obviously never met Sheriff Buford T. Justice! 😂
Heat of the night was damn close
@@13thvarebel16 J.W. Pepper. !!
The ironic thing is that in spite of all the covering up and lying that the guys plan (and Bobby trying hard to play along) in the end when confronted by an obviously suspicious sheriff, Ed--the main author of their cover story--TELLS THE TRUTH.
Sheriff: How come y'all end up with four life jackets?
Bobby: Didn't we have an extra one?
Ed: No. Drew wasn't wearing his.
Sheriff: Well, how come he wasn't wearing it?
Ed: I don't know.
Someone finally got it.
I saw this and Deer Hunter the same day many years back. There were old then but man, what crazy movies. And still very watchable today.
The look in Ed's face at :05....pure dread at the thought of having to deal with the Sheriff one more time, before escaping back to Atlanta.... fantastic
I saw this film when i was a teenager..and impresses me a lot..R.I.P Mr Reynolds...
I live in the Midwest, and there is an area of my state not far from where I live that was very remote. A friend of mine began his career as a police officer up there in the 80's, and he said, "There were places where we just didn't go. There were rumors of inbreeding, and they didn't want us there. We just sort of let them handle their own problems...." This was not that long ago either.
Half of American horror films set in rural areas seem to play on that "remote areas where everyone is inbred and dangerous". "Wrong Turn" for example really takes the inbred angle to glorious heights, or tragic depths, depending on your point of view.
Same thing in East TX/Louisiana border. Some places you just don't go.
Name it then
@@Creek_Hunter there’s rumors/common knowledge of inbreeding and dangerous people in East Texas?
That sounds like the deep part of Southern Illinois where I live. Years ago, I rented a bike to ride on some trails in the back hills of West Virginia. I was just riding along on a trail and two men were standing on the trail talking as I approached. They leered at me and didn't move. I said excuse me, they moved aside, and I went on. Yeeks
the crickets in the background...that old V-8 firing up. lots going on here.
The Sheriff knows that the men they killed were pure evil. He has to do his job but he also knows the good deed they did
Interesting way of looking at it. It's never really confirmed the sheriff knew what happened, but definitely suggested. He knew he had nothing to hold them for, and could never prove what happened, but it's stated in the novel the sheriff knew the missing men were trouble. So it seems possible he knew the matter wasn't worth pursuing because those men would have met an early end one way or another. It's never mentioned which man was Deputy Queen's brother in law.
@@mwhite6522yes! In fact it’s not really confirmed IF any of those guys they killed was his brother in law
This sheriff really nailed this role. Really scary.
Sheriff KNOWS IT , just Can't Prove It ! GREAT ACTING
You don't get to chose your relatives.
but in rural georgia, your relative choose you!
Xulius Caesar 🥁🥁💿
I always knew there was something special about this scene. id like to see this town die peaceful.. knowing what had been done and why..
Totally agree. One of my favorites scenes in the movie. Very special!
Dickey nailed the Sheriff - all the way down to the sunflower seeds he was likely chewing on!
This is one of the most tense scenes from the movie. What’s really terrifying is that even if they find out it the murders were self-defense, he will still jail them simply everyone in this town are against them and don’t like “city boys”. They are completely alone on a territory that’s entirely hostile to them.
This movie is a masterpiece.
Great great film, acting, directing and great writing, the book and the screenplay by James Dickey! He also played the Sheriff! "Don't ever do nothing like this again." Made Reynolds a Star!!!! Ned Beatty too. All of them!
One of the best adaptations of one of the best novels I've ever read. I'm a published novelist, but I will never come close to writing a book as great as this.
Ditto.
This movie is a classic among classics. The 1970’s was an amazing time for american cinema.
James Dickey, showing he can act as well as write.
And Dickey was a renowned Professor of English and Literature at the University of South Carolina and also at Rice University.
He was also a fighter pilot in WW2 and Korea
James Dickey did an awesome acting job as the sheriff. You could tell he knew Ed was lying, but just couldn't prove it.
I think I need to "book" 2-3 hours of my coming vacation time to watch this great movie again. Haven´t watched it for ages, and I totally forgot how great a movie this is.
A true horror story.
he said don't you ever come back down here and do anything like this again I like that one
I get the feeling that the sheriff knows what McQueen's brother and friends are like, and that these are just decent ordinary family men who got caught in a conflict between nature vs. man, and that he just wants the town and the river to die without scandal.
Most people are too afraid of offending people or afraid of how it would look if they ran away. They should of ran for the canoe as soon as they saw those men in the woods.
“He’ll come in drunk…probably.”
The way the sheriff hardens his eyes tells us he doesn’t believe that for a second.
He believes the mountain man was extremely disturbed
This is such a good movie. It gets a weird rap because of THAT scene, but it's a legit good movie.
My favourite scene in the movie. That's purely amazing acting.
back when hollywood made quality movies
They still make them now. There's, uhh...well lemme think here a minute....ok I guess you're right.
@@rcsutter Uncut Gems, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Joker, Ad Astra, Ford v Ferrari, Marriage Story, The Two Popes, 1917, the list goes on. These are all quality films that came out this year ALONE. Yes, it's true that Deliverance, as well as many other movies from this era, were masterful films, but to say that quality filming no longer exists is simply not true.
Im not disagreeing with you at all but there still are some good movies these days but just not nearly as often and they still aren’t the same as those days, theres just something about movies in that time.
You do realize there were hundreds of trash movies in the 70s too right?