Who won the movie
Burt Reynolds
Roger Ebert
“That Guy” Award
Ronny Cox
The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award · 56:46
Bill Simmons: Deliverance is called secretly influential across wilderness and wrong-turn horror; Breakdown is cited and distinguished from the Sean Penn film mentioned alongside it.
The premise of a hostile local jury is questioned by asking whether the relatives would attend jury duty.
The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson · 1:28:32
Bill Simmons: Never get out of the boat, avoid canoe trips, and know the water are the lessons.
Selected cast credits · Film reference
In the order the hosts got to it. Open a row for the discussion.
The canoe crash, cliff climb, and “Dueling Banjos”
Reynolds’s sleeveless wetsuit, the shifting hierarchy after his injury, character archetypes and canoeing’s ominous appeal hold up.
The convincing dead attacker and cucumber lady are initial candidates.
The convincing dead attacker is explicitly floated for Just One Oscar; the response says the possibility was considered. This is a tentative suggestion, not a final award choice.
Ed on the cliff and impaled by his own arrow
Confusion about car shuttling is resolved, leaving criticism of arriving without a transport plan and trusting insulted strangers.
Drew’s poorly motivated fall (gunshot, nervous collapse, or both disputed)
No — Deliverance
Deliverance is called secretly influential across wilderness and wrong-turn horror; Breakdown is cited and distinguished from U-Turn.
Cox and Reynolds shouting about the law are nominated.
The banjo child (Redden)
No affirmative selection
An all-Black remake
Wayne Jenkins fits as sheriff, Lewis or a Griner brother; impressions imagine arrest, driving the car and coping with the broken leg.
Burt Reynolds or Boorman
Reynolds’s vest.
Never get out of the boat, avoid canoe trips, and know the water
Recorded movie reference
The Rewatchables · aired January 31, 2023
1972 box office top ten: 1 The Godfather; 2 The Poseidon Adventure; 3 What's Up, Doc?; 4 Deliverance; 5 Deep Throat; 6 Jeremiah Johnson; 7 Cabaret; 8 The Getaway; 9 Last Tango in Paris; 10 Lady Sings the Blues
