DELIVERANCE

 "DELIVERANCE" --- (1972) --- 

MY THOUGHTS:

I only recently watched this movie, for the first time. It is, at times, a difficult movie to watch. However, it is done so very well, and the acting is so good, that you find yourself unable to turn away (for longer than what would be needed, to "miss" certain things). I can't say I "enjoyed" it, but for what it's worth, I sure was impressed by it.

SYNOPSIS:

"Four city-dwelling friends () decide to get away from their jobs, wives and kids for a week of canoeing in rural Georgia. When the men arrive, they are not welcomed by the backwoods locals, who stalk the vacationers and savagely attack them in the woods. Reeling from the ambush, the friends attempt to return home but are surrounded by dangerous rapids and pursued by a madman. Soon, their canoe trip turns into a fight for survival."

STARRING:

Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox

SCREENPLAY:

The screenplay was adapted by James Dickey, from his 1970 novel of the same name.

DIRECTOR:

John Boorman

AWARDS & OTHER HONORS:

It was nominated for fourteen awards, three of them for an Academy Award, and it won two (2) awards, neither of which was an Oscar.

It was named 7, in The Top Ten Movies for that year, by the National Board of Review Awards.