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Deliverance

Half-Assed Internet Research

Deliverance The Rewatchables

The film was shot in northeast Georgia; the fictional river draws on one dammed in the 1970s.

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  • The film was shot in northeast Georgia; the fictional river draws on one dammed in the 1970s.
  • Dickey allegedly fought Boorman, broke his nose and teeth, was banned, then returned as sheriff.
  • Reynolds’s injury and Beatty’s near drowning are recounted with dark jokes about completing the film.
  • Credit for squeal like a pig is disputed among Beatty, Boorman and a crew member; Reynolds reportedly ended the long scene by entering.
  • Accounts depict Boorman mistreating locals and the cast enjoying the summer; Dueling Banjos led to a copyright dispute.
  • Martin Cahill reportedly stole Boorman’s gold record, and the incident was recreated in The General.
  • The film reportedly encouraged Jimmy Carter’s Georgia film commission.
  • Book occupations are listed; Bobby moves to Hawaii and Ed has hostile fantasies about him, unlike most of the film.
  • An unused explicit threat and Dickey claiming the story happened to him are recounted; Boorman doubted the claim after seeing his poor canoeing.
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Deliverance The Rewatchables

Drunken fighting writers are considered, then Hemingway is favored over the Dickey era.

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  • Drunken fighting writers are considered, then Hemingway is favored over the Dickey era.
  • The four actors are rejected; canoeing, banjos, disturbing assault, exposed femurs and sleeveless scuba vests are considered, with River Wild, Steve Martin and O Brother alternatives.
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Picking Nits

Deliverance The Rewatchables

The long debate over the body is criticized as wasting escape time, though the jury concern is defended; keeping the weapons is urged.

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  • The long debate over the body is criticized as wasting escape time, though the jury concern is defended; keeping the weapons is urged.
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Deliverance

Picking Nits

Deliverance The Rewatchables

Climbing the cliff is debated against continuing downstream; a suspected shooter and Lewis’s injury justify it for some, but another participant wants a different plan.

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  • Climbing the cliff is debated against continuing downstream; a suspected shooter and Lewis’s injury justify it for some, but another participant wants a different plan.
  • The plan to hand car keys to insulted strangers is reiterated as a major flaw.
  • The canoe appears precut for its break; a bar’s supposed original canoe and a later prop sale are recalled with authenticity uncertainty.
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Probably Unanswerable Questions

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Asked whether Drew was shot, one answer says no based on the director and another says it ultimately does not matter.

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  • Asked whether Drew was shot, one answer says no based on the director and another says it ultimately does not matter.
  • The football game is uncertain: Georgia is offered, then a possible 1971 Niners-Falcons opener is hypothesized.
  • Whether hillbilly horror needed Deliverance is debated; Texas Chainsaw Massacre is thought likely to exist regardless.
  • A late question imagines four Boston men making the trip, with escape by shooting suggested.
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