Movie Notes: Deliverance

February 12th, 2008

Deliverance

4 stars = 4 stars

Starring Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight, Ned Beatty
Directed by John Boorman

Synopsis

Four suburban businessmen, on a camping trip in the backwoods of Georgia, encounter some disturbing situations that devolve into a matter of life and death.

The Good

The Bad

Conclusion

Several themes: Most of us “civilized” people would be literally up a creek if left to fend for ourselves in the woods, and our civilization can be stripped away all too easily. The film also wonders if living with the guilt of having committed a horrible crime is worse that getting caught, as this implies the absence of God. Others see Deliverance as a metaphor for America’s involvement in Vietnam. All and all, a harrowing adventure in the woods.

IMDB: Deliverance
Wikipedia: Deliverance
Rotten Tomatoes: Deliverance 94%

5 Comments

  1. Anny says:

    PS How can I get that little cloud before the comment link on the blog? Is that Haloscan and Blog template?

  2. Deliverance Fan says:

    I heard there is a sequel in the works called DELIVERANCE THE RETURN. There was serious interest from Warner Independent before they folded and now a couple of directors looking at it.

    From what I heard the script is great and it reunites the entire cast from 36 years ago.

    Anyone heard about it??

  3. R.Jilek says:

    who out of the four in Deliverance Movie die or did not make it out ???

  4. R.Jilek says:

    Who in the Movie Deliverance broke their Leg ???? we have a bet on ????

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