MOVIE · 1972

Deliverance

ActionAdventureDramaThriller109 min

Burt Reynolds is outdoorsman Lewis Medlock, who talks three Atlanta friends into one last canoe trip down the Cahulawassee before the river is swallowed by a dam project. Jon Voight, Ned Beatty, and Ronny Cox are the men following him into the north Georgia backcountry, where rough water, isolation, and a hostile encounter turn a weekend escape into a desperate push to make it back. John Boorman’s 1972 film keeps its focus on the strain inside the group as the wilderness closes in and the river carries them deeper into unfamiliar territory.