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 actors reportedly performed dangerous canoe stunts without insurance; Reynolds broke his tailbone. The book-to-film turnaround was two years.
1972 box office top ten
The banjo child was reportedly cast for his appearance; a hidden player supplied the hands, and later interviews show the child never learned banjo.
Throwing away the captured firearms is criticized when more attackers may be nearby.
Dickey reportedly wanted a director observed as “Sam Peck and Potter” (candidate Sam Peckinpah, externally unverified) and Hackman as Ed; Boorman wanted Marvin and Brando, then Nicholson tied participation to Brando. Sutherland and Heston were next possibilities.
Sutherland is endorsed as a great Ed and as a possible Drew, distinct from the historical casting-offer account.
John Cazale as Drew; Dennis Hopper as a mountain man
The film was shot in northeast Georgia; the fictional river draws on one dammed in the 1970s.
The long debate over the body is criticized as wasting escape time, though the jury concern is defended; keeping the weapons is urged.
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.
Was Drew shot? Disputed and ultimately immaterial
The producer nearly watched with his girlfriend and future mother-in-law and reveals a forthcoming canoe bachelor trip.
Gerard Butler, Liam Neeson, and Paul Dano in a remake
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
