James Dicky was my English professor at Georgia Tech, when he was writing "Deliverance". Much of the class was just watching color slides of various parts of the Southeast. We skipped afternoon architecture classes three times to watch the filming of the canoe scenes in the movie. It was an amazing experience.
I wished I realized at the time, what I was experiencing at the time. We just thought that Dicky was was an eccentric poet, whose book would never be read by anyone. I didn't even realize that the book had been published until the Atlanta newspapers mentioned that his book was going to be made into a movie. The lead characters were played by people who we had never heard of. Deliverance made Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight and Ned Beatty into A-list actors. Many of the supporting actors were from northern Georgia and were in the 1951 movie," I'd Climb the Highest Mountain" plus "Thunder Road."@@hollyswafford5377
I was fortunate to read the screenplay written by Dickey, and it is a thing of beauty. It reads like poetry, in that the simplest description of the river, or the forest, or the characters, is filled with emotion. You come away tasting the damp air, smelling the earth, and feeling the mosquitos bite the back of your neck.
Burt Reynolds' unusual intensity as a storyteller never faded, the way he inhabited his anecdotes and brought them back thru time. A rare thing to see an actor as dedicated to story offscreen as he was onscreen.
One of my favorite movies of all time. You really can’t get a better cast than this especially at this time when they were all pretty fresh in film making.
I saw it as a kid and was way too young to see it…those were the days when parents weren’t screening everything you watched….glad I saw it…have watched it as an adult of course thru the years…and it still disturbs me. Great film.
The book and the movie both ranked very highly globally on several continents; watching the movie more than once, and it holds up very well. The delicate parts of the story are handled very well; the actors have chemistry; and the gear and the trucks and suvs of the era are fun to watch; surviving the float down the river and the story around the river (damming it up) are both great aspects to the story.
Don't believe I've ever seen any actor portray physical pain better than Reynolds. I believe in the canoe with his broken leg he was "channeling" the barely bearable pain of old football injuries. Very convincing.
I found the most fascinating part was seeing a slightly younger Burt Reynolds without his trademark moustache or hair piece for the first time, in a movie before he became an A list star. This was Burt really acting.
One of my top three favorite movies. Went to see it in 1972 because I was canoeing the Brule River in Wisconsin at the time, heard it was about a canoe trip. I've probably seen it 50 times since then. Know some lines by heart, including opening dialogue.
With all due respect for Reynolds, this is Voight's movie through and through. Every iota of emotion and conflict flows through him. The movie says as much; Lewis becomes incapacitated and it's Ed that we turn to for answers on ethics and morality.
Yeah Deliverance is an epic, and the protagonist is the one whose character is changed in the end from what they were in the beginning, the one who goes on the epic journey, that's Ed. Lewis is already fully formed, and doesn't change. He's the primitivist foil for Ed's insulated intellectualism. He's also the man's man Ed dreams of being, like Tyler Durden in Fight Club. Bobby is soft, and bigoted about the backwoods folk, and bigotry is a kind of fearfulness, so country folk do bad things to Bobby, and his exit is on a fearful note. Drew is able to get along with everyone, and take everything in stride, so of course he's the one who is murdered. All of these characters are part of Ed's inner self, and they are agents who draw out different aspects of Ed's psyche on his journey from a somewhat smug, comfortable middle class existence to a deeper understanding of the meaning of life itself, and his place in the cosmos. The man's man gets injured by the nature he loves, and he ends up being taken care of by modern society. The happy go lucky man who thinks he has made a real connection with the folk is murdered by them. The bigoted man is punished and runs away. In the end Ed confronts and kills the chaotic, malevolent other, and becomes the man's man he wanted to be, under circumstances he would rather have done without. His easy going, accepting side is gone, for now anyway, and he remains wary, and haunted.
Thank you for saying that he's superheroes seem like alien beings that no human will ever achieve. Hence not worth watching your phony supernatural presence in these movies. Real one good movies like Deliverance really we'll go on and on but none of those people know about these movies to appreciate movies like Deliverance I was in usher in Brooklyn back in the late sixties early 70s I must have saw this movie thousands of times on big screen not like these quadruplexes are multiplexes where the screens there no bigger than what you can buy in a box electronic shop.. in this movie I can hear the sound of those rapids and allowed sound system. I only wish they had some mechanism that let you feel the spray of the water the smell of the rapids coming from the stage man that will really be 3D viewing thanks for this post interesting comments. Well look at those biceps with Bert in that wetsuit looks great
All those guys were talented actors but Ole Burt was the Lady charmer. I didn't realize it till later in my adult life but, my father was influenced by two actors in his life James Dean and Burt Reynolds hahaha. When my dad was young his pictures reflected the look and style of Dean and being my mother was quit a looker back in the day, he must've been a charmer. As a teen I remember my dad driving a Ford LTD like in the movie Gator and dressing like Reynolds with the shirt open all the time. RIP Dad Love ya
"We got a sow, here!" "Squeal like a pig, boy!" "Wheeee!" 'Wheeee!'" The most terrifying movie I saw as a teen-ager! I NEVER went camping for the next 15 years!
Deliverance broke the mold and set the tone for many movies to come. It leaves a lasting impression on everyone who sees it. If you never have seen it make sure you do.
Reynolds is right when he says in the movie, "Sometimes you have to lose yourself before you can find anything". That "one" scene aside, this is an incredible movie about how easily we devolve into savagery. Doesn't take much for us to invoke our violent nature.
Terrible how Burt's health deteriorated in his later years. And the crappy facelifts made him look so weird. Despite how Angelina seems to feel about her father I like John Voight.
Can't be certain from one small interview but yes, Voight seems like a nice guy here. Reynolds just looks weird and quite possibly gay too. did he ever come out?
RIP Ned Beatty (Ned just passed) & Burt Reynolds. Good health and life to Ronny Cox and Jon Voight. They are all very talented actors with strong bodies of work. As far as Burt’s career moments goes, well we all have had a few flops.
was up there in Clayton. Billy Redden the banjo boy even made us breakfast in the cookie jar cafe he owned and came out and sat and talked with us about the movie and stuff. They gave him the banjo and he grieves to this day the mother sold it for beer or drugs.
other tidbits. he absolutely detested Ned Beaty and heard the words "they implied sex in the family!". that is why the scene where the guitar guy walked up to shake hands and he was supposed to look away but couldnt because he liked the guy. To accomplish the scene they had to have ned walk up--he then turned his head away in disgust and the scene was done. He also described how the apology from Burt Reynolds "came too little and too late"..I asked him if he gets tired of the attention and same questions? "I like it!" he really likes it. He says now "its just a movie and people need to look at it that way and let it go now". I have many photos of us in cookie jar--but no way to show them. I set up and ran the Billy Redden website now defunct since I moved and had cancer issues. He sold the cookie jar and now simply works in Walmart across the street.
he got (the mother) EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS IN BEER MONEY AND THE BANJO--that is what he got out of it. the banjo now would be maybe QUARTER MILLION beer money for the mother. and Billy sits stocking shelves struggling for survival.
remember he also heard Burt Reynolds calling them a bunch of hillbillies on the porch watching the cars go by all day--so during the filming dont think those people did know what was being said. Even cowboy coward said "I could not believe there were people up there living like that" another one--the guy dancing the jig--not in the script at all-----------------------he did it on his own out of the blue.
JC, thank you for commenting. These personal memories about Deliverance are quite poignant-especially concerning Billy. Have you ever heard anything about the kid who actually played the Banjo hidden behind Billy’s back?
My mom wanted to go see this while showing at our local drive-in theater. After the sodomy scene my mom with our car windows down, exclaims, "Oh my God! He'll have hemorrhoids after that!" Everyone in the nearby cars busted out laughing.
That is hysterical. I remember my parents coming home from seeing that film. All I can remember is how disturbed my father appeared to be about the whole thing... I have this vague memory of him talking about "how rough the film" was LOL. I had no idea what the hell he was talking about... I'm sure I asked and he wasn't talking lol. I was 12 years old.
The Cinematographer, Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC, HSC, told me some mighty tales about what went on at the film'"s Georgia shooting locations. There were a couple of dues that "almost bought it" apparently. Both front of and behind the Panavision camera.
In a 5 year time span he made his 3 best movies ~ Deliverance, The Longest Yard & Smokey and the Bandit...........Smokey and the Bandit was of it's time for sure but the other two are sorta timeless.
One of those early TV shows Burt was talking about was the detective show "Dan August" which wasn't great, but a decent enough very early 70's show with many familiar guest stars, even Harrison Ford. Got the DVD set, entertaining stuff. And of course "Deliverance" is incredible filmmaking.
While "Dan August" was cancelled after only one season, CBS aired the reruns in 1973 and 1975 and garnered good ratings due to Reynold's gaining fame from "Deliverance" and other movies he made. The retro network GetTV aired "Dan August" a couple of years ago. It holds up pretty well given its age.
Burt said Deliverance was his best movie, but he screwed up all that good work by posing nude in the centerfold of Playgirl right after. He said he was looked on as a bit of a joke and not considered a serious actor after that. He ended up doing Smokey and the Bandit.
I first saw Deliverance on VHS, which I bought out of my own curiosity in the year for the film’s 20th Anniversary, and it gave me the best appreciation at that point for how realistically disturbing some films are allowed to be. I had to view it a second time to include it among my favourite films and to agree that it was Burt’s best film ever. He was also of course one of The Twilight Zone’s best guest stars. R.I.P., Burt. 🛶
@@mikebasil4832 Yeah, I think it is a gem worth exploring some day. I think Burt got an Emmy nomination for "Evening Shade." I ate in his restaurant "Burt & Jack's" in FL; they used to say he might stop in, but he rarely did, I hear. I think they said that to keep people coming & hoping to see him.
I have a cousin who looked exactly like Burt back in the 70s. I used to love going places with him because everybody thought he was Burt Reynolds! He harvested his share of women.
Deliverance was Burt's finest hour with Boogie Nights coming in second. I can't help but think how different his career trajectory would have been if he had made different decisions. By 1973 it was obvious to anyone paying attention that Burt was the real deal. I can't knock films like Smokey and the Bandit or Cannonball Run because I really do enjoy them. I mean the guy was almost Han Solo. But it seems to me that Burt was presented some big choices when his career was skyrocketing. Should he star in films where he could basically just hang out with his friends and have a great time? Or should he more picky? Seek out better films and more challenging roles. Roles that would push him to develop and evolve as an actor. Film where he couldn't so readily fall back on his good looks and easy charm. But that wold have meant less fun, less money, and more work. Burt might have even had to take second billing or supporting roles as he built up his credibility and developed his craft. He certainly could have gone down that road because I believe he was really that talented. But he made the decision to keep it light and have fun with his friends. A large part of me doesn't blame him. Who wouldn't want to make movies with some of the funniest people of all time? Burt was king in the late 70's mostly because the films he was making were riding the crest of the pop culture wave at the time. But after Stroker Ace the writing was on the wall. The public was moving away from those types of films. Burt made his bones making films that were A) no longer popular and B) Not well respected artistically or critically. As an actor he essentially became an orphan. I think if he took the harder path it would have paid off in dividends down the road.
Great film! The bumming scene people said was unnecessary but it added to the tension and gave reason for what would come after that scene, some people involved in the film were nervous about how the public would respond to the bumming scene and the emotional impact on the character that got bummed.
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Deliverance - one of those all-time classic movies you always make time to watch again...no matter how many times you've seen it. RIP Burt.
Yes. The deadly episode with the rapist/killers on the river lives on.
@@coconuciferanuts339 I think you missed the point
Couldn't get enough of the man on man rape scene, eh Chad?
Best movie at that time. 😘
Again and again !!!.. They didn’t make em like they used too.classic !!!!!
James Dicky was my English professor at Georgia Tech, when he was writing "Deliverance". Much of the class was just watching color slides of various parts of the Southeast. We skipped afternoon architecture classes three times to watch the filming of the canoe scenes in the movie. It was an amazing experience.
Now that is real cool. What an experience.
Man, I’d give a kidney to have gotten to experience what you experienced
I wished I realized at the time, what I was experiencing at the time. We just thought that Dicky was was an eccentric poet, whose book would never be read by anyone. I didn't even realize that the book had been published until the Atlanta newspapers mentioned that his book was going to be made into a movie. The lead characters were played by people who we had never heard of. Deliverance made Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight and Ned Beatty into A-list actors. Many of the supporting actors were from northern Georgia and were in the 1951 movie," I'd Climb the Highest Mountain" plus "Thunder Road."@@hollyswafford5377
I was fortunate to read the screenplay written by Dickey, and it is a thing of beauty. It reads like poetry, in that the simplest description of the river, or the forest, or the characters, is filled with emotion. You come away tasting the damp air, smelling the earth, and feeling the mosquitos bite the back of your neck.
Burt Reynolds' unusual intensity as a storyteller never faded, the way he inhabited his anecdotes and brought them back thru time. A rare thing to see an actor as dedicated to story offscreen as he was onscreen.
This was Burt's defining role and hands down his best performance.
I completely agree.
He shows his professional essence in the bar encounter with James Dickey, with insight to who and why that writer created the story.
Ever since he did Lewis, I wanted to see Burt do these intense roles.
Boogie Nights - Jack Horner, is a close, close second.
@@johnnycobalt2758 I absolutely agree.
A strong and powerful a movie as you will ever find. Such magnificent performances from all concerned. I would put it in my top 5 movies of all time.
Deliverence is maybe my favorite movie of all times and is certainly Burt Reynolds's best performance. That movie still holds up today.
I'd say in certain respects the movie holds up today even better than originally
Before I saw it I assumed it was just a nice chill film about....nature and guy bonding.
Um...😒
@@jennyrose9454 Nothing wrong with that... in a way that's _exactly_ what it was
One of my favorite movies of all time. You really can’t get a better cast than this especially at this time when they were all pretty fresh in film making.
Yeah, this movie had a hard edge to it, I liked.
..."That's exactly what Lewis would've said".....LOL...Burt was a brilliant, masterfully (funny) story teller ......Thanks for the memories!
I saw it as a kid and was way too young to see it…those were the days when parents weren’t screening everything you watched….glad I saw it…have watched it as an adult of course thru the years…and it still disturbs me. Great film.
Burt Reynold's shining moment. He WAS Lewis, just the way he is in the book.
perfect casting makes a perfect movie.
Sure do miss you Burt, R.I.P..
all 4 actors in this movie deserve an Oscar they were so convincing dammmmm even the griner brothers were good
A cannot help watching film
I couldn't agree more. Too bad the Godfather came out the same year and swept every oscar on the board.
@Thomas Hill why not Ronny Cox
They were great. Very intense
Right, the Griner bros.
RIP Burt. You were great.
I love these stories. They're almost as entertaining as the movie itself.
The book and the movie both ranked very highly globally on several continents; watching the movie more than once, and it holds up very well. The delicate parts of the story are handled very well; the actors have chemistry; and the gear and the trucks and suvs of the era are fun to watch; surviving the float down the river and the story around the river (damming it up) are both great aspects to the story.
Don't believe I've ever seen any actor portray physical pain better than Reynolds. I believe in the canoe with his broken leg he was "channeling" the barely bearable pain of old football injuries. Very convincing.
I’ve wiped out good on a rafting run and didn’t get hurt, but afterwards my imagination went there on ‘what could have happened’.
" Now you get to play....the game"
Hands Down… Burts best movie. A movie I will never forget.
Cmon man, better than Smokey ?
Burt amazing in this...hilarious regarding sheriff...his greatest movie..classic
One of my favourite movies. It still feels so fresh and timeless. This is Burts greatest role i think
Really, the kind of movie that's needed today more than ever
What a masterpiece of a movie!
R.I.P TO BURT REYNOLDS
Agreed. His finest role
RIP Ned Beatty...
I found the most fascinating part was seeing a slightly younger Burt Reynolds without his trademark moustache or hair piece for the first time, in a movie before he became an A list star. This was Burt really acting.
Was that a hairpiece!?? ;)
Easily Burt's best work,
@@brando7266 What the piece?!
@@erickjason9092 no the movie,but burt was at his best looking ( in the movie)
"Ever look out over a lake and think about something buried underneath it? Buried underneath it!
Man, that's about as buried as you're gonna get."
There's just something about this film... those lines are in my mind, too. Your comment anticipated Burt's death by 3 days, man.
@@boztos6025 😢
This line hits home.
Man I love that line.
Very true, living in Missouri I have researched the little towns, places, cemeteries, churches moved and covered by the lakes.
One of my top three favorite movies. Went to see it in 1972 because I was canoeing the Brule River in Wisconsin at the time, heard it was about a canoe trip. I've probably seen it 50 times since then. Know some lines by heart, including opening dialogue.
With all due respect for Reynolds, this is Voight's movie through and through. Every iota of emotion and conflict flows through him. The movie says as much; Lewis becomes incapacitated and it's Ed that we turn to for answers on ethics and morality.
Yeah Deliverance is an epic, and the protagonist is the one whose character is changed in the end from what they were in the beginning, the one who goes on the epic journey, that's Ed. Lewis is already fully formed, and doesn't change. He's the primitivist foil for Ed's insulated intellectualism. He's also the man's man Ed dreams of being, like Tyler Durden in Fight Club.
Bobby is soft, and bigoted about the backwoods folk, and bigotry is a kind of fearfulness, so country folk do bad things to Bobby, and his exit is on a fearful note. Drew is able to get along with everyone, and take everything in stride, so of course he's the one who is murdered.
All of these characters are part of Ed's inner self, and they are agents who draw out different aspects of Ed's psyche on his journey from a somewhat smug, comfortable middle class existence to a deeper understanding of the meaning of life itself, and his place in the cosmos.
The man's man gets injured by the nature he loves, and he ends up being taken care of by modern society. The happy go lucky man who thinks he has made a real connection with the folk is murdered by them. The bigoted man is punished and runs away. In the end Ed confronts and kills the chaotic, malevolent other, and becomes the man's man he wanted to be, under circumstances he would rather have done without. His easy going, accepting side is gone, for now anyway, and he remains wary, and haunted.
@@dalegreer3095 I enjoyed this post. Thanks for taking the time writing it.
@@svenzia me too pretty insightful way of interpreting the archetypes, Dale, that make this novel and the movie based on it masterpieces.
@@etamommy indeed :)
@@dalegreer3095 ........So, you read the SparkNotes, huh? Fairly accurate bout most....wrong bout Bobby~
As a kid, that movie scared me worse than The Exorcist.
BURT REYNOLDS WAS A TRUE MOVIE STAR!!!❤ GOD BLESS HIM
Yes, one the last of the man idols in Hollywood , as opposed to the 'teen idols' we have seen since.
Even the stories surrounding during making of the this film is more entertaining than all the superheroes shit came in the past 10 years
No kidding. Not even close.
Thank you for saying that he's superheroes seem like alien beings that no human will ever achieve. Hence not worth watching your phony supernatural presence in these movies. Real one good movies like Deliverance really we'll go on and on but none of those people know about these movies to appreciate movies like Deliverance I was in usher in Brooklyn back in the late sixties early 70s I must have saw this movie thousands of times on big screen not like these quadruplexes are multiplexes where the screens there no bigger than what you can buy in a box electronic shop.. in this movie I can hear the sound of those rapids and allowed sound system. I only wish they had some mechanism that let you feel the spray of the water the smell of the rapids coming from the stage man that will really be 3D viewing thanks for this post interesting comments. Well look at those biceps with Bert in that wetsuit looks great
Amen!
Well said!!!
@@georgeplagianos6487 .......So you liked those biceps, huh?
Easily up there with the best of films even now.
Second that
All those guys were talented actors but Ole Burt was the Lady charmer. I didn't realize it till later in my adult life but, my father was influenced by two actors in his life James Dean and Burt Reynolds hahaha. When my dad was young his pictures reflected the look and style of Dean and being my mother was quit a looker back in the day, he must've been a charmer. As a teen I remember my dad driving a Ford LTD like in the movie Gator and dressing like Reynolds with the shirt open all the time. RIP Dad Love ya
Burt Reynolds Rules in this Film!!
Yes, he beefed up in this, should have got a supporting actor nomination, for his is great Acting in this!!
@Bir Datt He didn't have "a real purdy mouth" like Jon Voight
Ned Beatty is the best actor of the group, he played a very difficult scene as the rape victim and did it convincingly.
"We got a sow, here!" "Squeal like a pig, boy!" "Wheeee!" 'Wheeee!'" The most terrifying movie I saw as a teen-ager! I NEVER went camping for the next 15 years!
Aww, cause you shure do have a purty mouth!
Why not boy?
Deliverance broke the mold and set the tone for many movies to come. It leaves a lasting impression on everyone who sees it. If you never have seen it make sure you do.
The novel is amazing. The film is engaging. Great to see these clips. Thanks.
Burt Reynolds...best looking man EVER, in his younger days...have mercy!!!
'He' was born female....Fact !
@@frazleburger - LOL!!! Numb nuts
Reynolds is right when he says in the movie, "Sometimes you have to lose yourself before you can find anything".
That "one" scene aside, this is an incredible movie about how easily we devolve into savagery. Doesn't take much for us to invoke our violent nature.
Terrible how Burt's health deteriorated in his later years. And the crappy facelifts made him look so weird. Despite how Angelina seems to feel about her father I like John Voight.
Can't be certain from one small interview but yes, Voight seems like a nice guy here. Reynolds just looks weird and quite possibly gay too. did he ever come out?
Whats she ever done?
RIP Ned Beatty (Ned just passed) & Burt Reynolds. Good health and life to Ronny Cox and Jon Voight. They are all very talented actors with strong bodies of work. As far as Burt’s career moments goes, well we all have had a few flops.
The tabloids headlined that Ned Beatty died with "A Gay Secret." Turned out to be typical tabloid misdirection... A BS headline to sell the rag.
Herbert Cowboy Coward is still kicking.
@@DexterHaven Of course. Proof that fake news exists.
Burt Reynolds was Alpha even offscreen. RIP Legend
Turd Ferguson’s best role
I wonder if Burt's role in this movie inspired Rambo? There are similarities. Even other than the bow.
They all were incredible! 1 of the best movies ever made. The scenes in the river were mesmerizing n I think they did all their own stunts. Wow!
was up there in Clayton. Billy Redden the banjo boy even made us breakfast in the cookie jar cafe he owned and came out and sat and talked with us about the movie and stuff. They gave him the banjo and he grieves to this day the mother sold it for beer or drugs.
That's pretty cool. Did he tell you anything about his memories of the filming that stood out?
other tidbits. he absolutely detested Ned Beaty and heard the words "they implied sex in the family!". that is why the scene where the guitar guy walked up to shake hands and he was supposed to look away but couldnt because he liked the guy. To accomplish the scene they had to have ned walk up--he then turned his head away in disgust and the scene was done. He also described how the apology from Burt Reynolds "came too little and too late"..I asked him if he gets tired of the attention and same questions? "I like it!" he really likes it. He says now "its just a movie and people need to look at it that way and let it go now". I have many photos of us in cookie jar--but no way to show them. I set up and ran the Billy Redden website now defunct since I moved and had cancer issues. He sold the cookie jar and now simply works in Walmart across the street.
he got (the mother) EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS IN BEER MONEY AND THE BANJO--that is what he got out of it. the banjo now would be maybe QUARTER MILLION beer money for the mother. and Billy sits stocking shelves struggling for survival.
remember he also heard Burt Reynolds calling them a bunch of hillbillies on the porch watching the cars go by all day--so during the filming dont think those people did know what was being said. Even cowboy coward said "I could not believe there were people up there living like that" another one--the guy dancing the jig--not in the script at all-----------------------he did it on his own out of the blue.
JC, thank you for commenting. These personal memories about Deliverance are quite poignant-especially concerning Billy.
Have you ever heard anything about the kid who actually played the Banjo hidden behind Billy’s back?
Amazing actor, amazing movie...
My mom wanted to go see this while showing at our local drive-in theater. After the sodomy scene my mom with our car windows down, exclaims, "Oh my God! He'll have hemorrhoids after that!" Everyone in the nearby cars busted out laughing.
That is hysterical. I remember my parents coming home from seeing that film. All I can remember is how disturbed my father appeared to be about the whole thing... I have this vague memory of him talking about "how rough the film" was LOL. I had no idea what the hell he was talking about... I'm sure I asked and he wasn't talking lol. I was 12 years old.
LOL, I was sure you were gonna say after the sodomy scene your mom drove you home. Much better story, sounds like she had a great sense of humor. 😂
Ha ha, damn that's funny! I'd be laughing out loud, too, if I was in a nearby car, hearing your mom say that.
Sorry can't see qnything funny. Maybe these people can't see themselves in a similar situation.
Ned Beatty was a very very very brave actor, and very brilliant. See "'Network" sometime
Great movie!
There are places in the Missouri ozarks today that are exactly like this movie!!!
I thought this took place in West Virginia.
A must see movie. Burt, Ronny, John, Ned - ace performances each.
II wish Burt had done more dramatic films like this.when he plays light hearted roles,you sense a tough man underneath.
One of the scariest movies I've ever seen.
"thats exactly what Lewis would've said..."
Art imitates life- the bar standoff is right out of an E Hemingway story.
Old Man From Deliverance. (1972)
I love the movie but I really love these four actors.
Yes, everything came together for this film.
Burt Reynolds,Dan August,Gator McKluskey,The Bandit, RIP.
The Cinematographer, Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC, HSC, told me some mighty tales about what went on at the film'"s Georgia shooting locations. There were a couple of dues that "almost bought it" apparently. Both front of and behind the Panavision camera.
Fantastic movie and great actors🙏🏻
In a 5 year time span he made his 3 best movies ~ Deliverance, The Longest Yard & Smokey and the Bandit...........Smokey and the Bandit was of it's time for sure but the other two are sorta timeless.
One of those early TV shows Burt was talking about was the detective show "Dan August" which wasn't great, but a decent enough very early 70's show with many familiar guest stars, even Harrison Ford. Got the DVD set, entertaining stuff. And of course "Deliverance" is incredible filmmaking.
While "Dan August" was cancelled after only one season, CBS aired the reruns in 1973 and 1975 and garnered good ratings due to Reynold's gaining fame from "Deliverance" and other movies he made. The retro network GetTV aired "Dan August" a couple of years ago. It holds up pretty well given its age.
Burt said Deliverance was his best movie, but he screwed up all that good work by posing nude in the centerfold of Playgirl right after. He said he was looked on as a bit of a joke and not considered a serious actor after that. He ended up doing Smokey and the Bandit.
I first saw Deliverance on VHS, which I bought out of my own curiosity in the year for the film’s 20th Anniversary, and it gave me the best appreciation at that point for how realistically disturbing some films are allowed to be. I had to view it a second time to include it among my favourite films and to agree that it was Burt’s best film ever. He was also of course one of The Twilight Zone’s best guest stars. R.I.P., Burt. 🛶
They say Burt was good in the TV series "Evening Shade," but I never got around to seeing it. Have you?
@@DexterHaven No, I haven’t. But I can remember hearing about it many years ago.
@@mikebasil4832 Yeah, I think it is a gem worth exploring some day. I think Burt got an Emmy nomination for "Evening Shade." I ate in his restaurant "Burt & Jack's" in FL; they used to say he might stop in, but he rarely did, I hear. I think they said that to keep people coming & hoping to see him.
I have a cousin who looked exactly like Burt back in the 70s. I used to love going places with him because everybody thought he was Burt Reynolds! He harvested his share of women.
Harvested…..😀😅😃😂🤣. Love it.
I used to "harvest" women back in the seventies too. I was told that I looked like Merv Griffin.
Love it. HARVESTED ! LOL
Yeah, I crop dusted my share of women too...and I can't even fly an plane!
Thank You Burt ... That last story was great. LOL
That's the Burt Renolds I remember
Burt Reynolds always gets all the worshiping from fans for this movie, but Jon Voight is the real star of the movie in my opinion
All four are/were great stars. Trying to make distinctions is like trying to separate fly shit out of pepper.
Ha ha whatever....dont know about you but I would have wanted to be Burt's character NOT voights!
Art is a transcendent phenomenon, it elevates us and brings us together notwithstanding our own shortcomings and limitations.
One could easily call bullshit on that - as 'Art' drives us apart at least equally as well. But really, given the world today, who gives a shit.
@@emansnas Some do and that's enough
@@cizia69 Very assertive LoL
@@cizia69 Uh... what I meant to say was, good luck with that
@@emansnas Thanks, we need it.
Deliverance was Burt's finest hour with Boogie Nights coming in second. I can't help but think how different his career trajectory would have been if he had made different decisions. By 1973 it was obvious to anyone paying attention that Burt was the real deal. I can't knock films like Smokey and the Bandit or Cannonball Run because I really do enjoy them. I mean the guy was almost Han Solo. But it seems to me that Burt was presented some big choices when his career was skyrocketing. Should he star in films where he could basically just hang out with his friends and have a great time? Or should he more picky? Seek out better films and more challenging roles. Roles that would push him to develop and evolve as an actor. Film where he couldn't so readily fall back on his good looks and easy charm. But that wold have meant less fun, less money, and more work. Burt might have even had to take second billing or supporting roles as he built up his credibility and developed his craft. He certainly could have gone down that road because I believe he was really that talented. But he made the decision to keep it light and have fun with his friends. A large part of me doesn't blame him. Who wouldn't want to make movies with some of the funniest people of all time? Burt was king in the late 70's mostly because the films he was making were riding the crest of the pop culture wave at the time. But after Stroker Ace the writing was on the wall. The public was moving away from those types of films. Burt made his bones making films that were A) no longer popular and B) Not well respected artistically or critically. As an actor he essentially became an orphan. I think if he took the harder path it would have paid off in dividends down the road.
How about the movie Gator and White Lightning? Both were really good movies IMO.
1:50 - Burt sitting there watching "dead" Bill McKinney. LMAO.
Such a great movie
Great movie, brings back memories
They was the day’s
Can you please upload the rest of this documentary?
There are several special features included with the blu-ray, Adam. I highly recommend getting it... if you enjoyed it as much as I did.
Burt was the macho man of the day.He had some competition in Newman and Redford though.
The writer played the part of the sheriff near
end of movie. And he was an English teacher which results in him telling an excellent story.
Burt should of at least been Recognized by the Academy or Golden Globes for this role
If it wasn't for the Godfather, he surely would've.
@@lonerunner89 Right - wrong year to compete for best picture, actor, etc....
I love that IH Scout.
Ned Beatty never won an Oscar for great roles. Now actors get Oscars for mediocre movies.
Great film! The bumming scene people said was unnecessary but it added to the tension and gave reason for what would come after that scene, some people involved in the film were nervous about how the public would respond to the bumming scene and the emotional impact on the character that got bummed.
great film. Probably ill see it for the 10th time this night.
I thought about this movie this morning and now it was recommended to me on RUclips.
So do you have many precognitive experiences?
I will never forget the feeling the arrow thump thump stop
Boy, 'at 'air movie is REAL. I wuz raised in the coalfields of east Kentuck back in the 70's. Them people wuz inhuman. Many wuz murdered.
Gunsmoke was a hit it definitely didnt “fail”
What a treasure.
Excellent movie!
Brilliant Movie 👌
LOVE HIS ARMS AND LOVE THE OUTFIT!!!
Man Burt is simply the coolest
The IH Scout was awesome! The movie was also awesome, a true classic.
@@markdanielczyk944 100%! My father had one when I was a kid. Going fishing and taking family road trips with it are some of my favorite memories.
Ned Beatty played a hard part.
James Dickey the author of the book is the sheriff at the end of the movie.
Bert Reynolds was looking rough
Burt Reynolds was truly brilliant in this film, without him there would be no Deliverance...
His finest performance was WW And The Dixie Dance Kings... many of Burt's fans will agree.
Saw this flick at 17 and to this day it still holds a light to any garbage made today
There will never be another Burt Reynolds again, God broke the mold.
Burt is still an icon to me 1955