Deliverance (Deluxe Edition)
by John Boorman
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Actor: Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight, Ned BeattyDirector: John Boorman
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 110 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-09-18
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- What Did Happen On The Cahulawassee River? Four ordinary men in two canoes navigated a river they only know as a line on a map, taking on a wilderness they only think they understand. Deliverence, based by James Dickey on his novel, surges with the urgency of masterful storytelling, like Georgia's Chattooga River along which it was shot. Equally masterful is the portrayal of each man'
Movie Reviews of Deliverance (Deluxe Edition)
Movie Review: Unique filming in the outdoors, the rapids, in a canoe
Summary: 3 Stars
Deliverance (1972) is inspired from a book from James Dickey, that
is well regarded, concerning events imagined in a North Georgia
rural and isolated community.
The action occurs in particular, among outcasts of already small
rural communities, for various reasons, perhaps the main one being
the operation of stills outside the reach of the law.
Many will watch this DVD on the prospect of seeing city-slickers
caught in dire straights in the boonies, with the only help
accessible being that of impoverished, illiterate, introverted,
isolated and suffering locals, in between the aforementioned
moonshining hired hands who wreck havoc on the 5 men embarcked on a
fun weekend. Not having read the book, the movie seems light on
substance and doesn't deliver on that aspect.
At the same time, the filming is absolutely unique, at least for
the year it was filmed, in terms of crystal clear shots of a canoe
following the water currents along dangerous rocks, and cliffs,
surrounded by nothing but trees and forest. The wide-screen
presentation underlines the success of the visuals, as viewers
journey well outside their time, space and dimension into this one.
Secondly, there is a commercial aspect that isn't lost, perhaps
operating on the subconscious level, as the self-admitted big city
men feel the need to go back to the wilderness, to basic survival
comprised of hunting, and canoeing inspired from the founding
explorers of America, hiking, rock climbing, sleeping in the
outdoors, lacking a proper map or light. To this end, they need to
load up on equipment, such as an aluminum and wooden canoe,
floating vests, bow-and-arrow, rope and pulleys for climbing,
provisions for sustenance, etc.
Thirdly, the acting is well accomplished in face of the light
script, mainly from Jon Voight's character, who has to dig deep
within himself to pull his party through, both in rescuing the
wounded, and against the rogue elements bearing shotguns, and more.
However, Burt Reynolds, playing the more eager one of the gang,
sports a rubber muscle shirt, which seems out of place considering
the attire of the other individuals. Ned Beatty, as Bobby, shows
how some individuals tend to be completely underestimated, being
intimately abused in the forest, not only survives his ordeal, and
but helps maintain the lifeline of the group vs. being shellshocked
and self-pitying, for example.
The music is appropriate, with some banjo rhythms that tend to be
associated with hillbillies.
Despite a 2 hour feature length, the time passes quickly, mainly
from the soundtrack, relaxing atmosphere, and cinematography.
An intriguing aspect, (touching upon entertainment) was the need
for the Director to expend a kind of voyeurism on the most humble
in society, such as the very elderly in this imagined isolated
community, and the very young (Down's Syndrome), lack of dental
treatment and care, substandard housing in this generally abandoned
community, left to itself. This movie doesn't dispel notions about
Georgia or small towns, or even, stereotypes of anyone who is NOT
born and bred in a megacity, which was perhaps unnecessary.
Summary of Deliverance (Deluxe Edition)
What Did Happen On The Cahulawassee River?Four ordinary men in two canoes navigated a river they only know as a line on a map taking on a wilderness they only think they understand.Deliverence based by James Dickey on his novel surges with the urgency of masterful storytelling like Georgia's Chattooga River along which it was shot. Equally masterful is the portrayal of each man's change of character under stress harrowingly enacted by award winners Jon Voight Burt Reynolds Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox. Director John Boorman sets us on the knife-edge of survival - and draws us in with the irresistable force of a raging current.System Requirements:Running Time: 109 MinsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?DRAMA Rating:?NR UPC:?085391165125 Manufacturer No:?116512One of the key films of the 1970s, John Boorman's Deliverance is a nightmarish adaptation of poet-novelist James Dickey's book about various kinds of survival in modern America. The story concerns four Atlanta businessmen of various male stripe: Jon Voight's character is a reflective, civilized fellow, Burt Reynolds plays a strapping hunter-gatherer in urban clothes, Ned Beatty is a sweaty, weak-willed boy-man, and Ronny Cox essays a spirited, neighborly type. Together they decide to answer the ancient call of men testing themselves against the elements and set out on a treacherous ride on the rapids of an Appalachian river. What they don't understand until it is too late is that they have ventured into Dickey's variation on the American underbelly, a wild, lawless, dangerous (and dangerously inbred) place isolated from the gloss of the late 20th century. In short order, the four men dig deep into their own suppressed primitiveness, defending themselves against armed cretins, facing the shock of real death on their carefully planned, death-defying adventure, and then squarely facing the suspicions of authority over their concealed actions. Boorman, a master teller of stories about individuals on peculiarly mythical journeys, does a terrifying and beautiful job of revealing the complexity of private and collective character--the way one can never be the same after glimpsing the sharp-clawed survivor in one's soul. --Tom Keogh
One of the key films of the 1970s, John Boorman's Deliverance is a nightmarish adaptation of poet-novelist James Dickey's book about various kinds of survival in modern America. The story concerns four Atlanta businessmen of various male stripe: Jon Voight's character is a reflective, civilized fellow, Burt Reynolds plays a strapping hunter-gatherer in urban clothes, Ned Beatty is a sweaty, weak-willed boy-man, and Ronny Cox essays a spirited, neighborly type. Together they decide to answer the ancient call of men testing themselves against the elements and set out on a treacherous ride on the rapids of an Appalachian river. What they don't understand until it is too late is that they have ventured into Dickey's variation on the American underbelly, a wild, lawless, dangerous (and dangerously inbred) place isolated from the gloss of the late 20th century. In short order, the four men dig deep into their own suppressed primitiveness, defending themselves against armed cretins, facing the shock of real death on their carefully planned, death-defying adventure, and then squarely facing the suspicions of authority over their concealed actions. Boorman, a master teller of stories about individuals on peculiarly mythical journeys, does a terrifying and beautiful job of revealing the complexity of private and collective character--the way one can never be the same after glimpsing the sharp-clawed survivor in one's soul. --Tom Keogh
On the DVD
The single-disc deluxe edition of Deliverance has plenty to recommend it over the previously released DVD. In addition to an improved transfer, director John Boorman recorded a full-length commentary track in which he explains how he shot the famous "Duelling Banjos" scene when the boy didn't know how to play the banjo, how he was instructed to use unknown actors and came up with Ronny Cox and Ned Beatty, and how he persuaded Jon Voight to do the picture when the actor was going through a difficult time ("he told me I saved his life, , then spent three months trying to kill him"). A 2007 55-minute documentary is split into four parts: The Beginning, The Journey, Betraying the River (focusing on the "squeal like a pig" scene), and Delivered. Voight, Cox, Beatty, Burt Reynolds, and Boorman all participate, as do director of photography Vilmos Zsigmond and "mountain man" Bill McKinney. Christopher Dickey, son of the author of the original novel, James Dickey, also recounts his father's experiences with the film and how he eventually had to be asked to leave the set. Included from the original DVD are the theatrical trailer and the vintage documentary "The Dangerous World of Deliverance," which is an interesting contrast to the other bonus material because of its use of behind-the-scenes footage (rather than stills) and showing Dickey working at his university. --David Horiuchi
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