Name: Deliverance
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1972-08-18
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox, Ed Ramey

Deliverance

A Weekend Adventure Turns Into a Nightmare

Taglines Four men ride a wild river. A weekend turns into a nightmare.

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Deliverance

Confronting Consequences in the Wilderness

Lewis Well, we fucked up.

Griner Where you goin city boy?

Lewis We'll find it. We'll find it.

Griner It ain't nothin but the biggest fuckin river in the state.

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Deliverance

Confronting Consequences of a Tragic Encounter

Lewis What are we gonna do with him?

Drew There's not but one thing to do. Take the body down to Aintry. Turn it over to the Highway Patrol. Tell em what happened.

Lewis Tell em what exactly?

Drew Just what happened. This is justifiable homicide if anything is. They were sexually assaulting two members of our party at gunpoint. Like you said, there was nothin else we could do.

Ed Is he alive?

Lewis Not now. Well, let's get our heads together. Come on now, let's not do anything foolish. Does anybody know anything about the law?

[To vengeful Bobby]

Drew Look, I-I was on jury duty once. It wasn't a murder trial.

Lewis A murder trial? Well, I don't know the technical word for it, Drew, but I know this. You take this man down out of the mountains and turn him over to the Sheriff, there's gonna be a trial all right, a trial by jury.

Drew So what?

Lewis We killed a man, Drew. Shot him in the back - a mountain man, a cracker. Not a nigger, a cracker. It gives us somethin to consider.

Drew All right, consider it, we're listenin'.

Lewis Shit, all these people are related. I'd be god-damned if I'm gonna come back up here and stand trial with this man's aunt and his uncle, maybe his momma and his daddy sittin in the jury box. What do you think, Bobby? How about you, Ed?

[Bobby rushes at the corpse, but is restrained]

Ed I don't know. I really don't know.

Drew Now you listen, Lewis. I don't know what you got in mind, but if you try to conceal this body, you're settin yourself up for a murder charge. Now that much law I do know! This ain't one of your fuckin games. You killed somebody. There he is!

Lewis I see him, Drew. That's right, I killed somebody. But you're wrong if you don't see this as a game...Dammit, we can get out of this thing without any questions asked. We get connected up with that body and the law, this thing gonna be hangin over us the rest of our lives. We gotta get rid of that guy!...Anywhere, everywhere, nowhere.

Drew How do you know that other guy hasn't already gone for the police?

Lewis And what in the hell is he gonna tell em, Drew, what he did to Bobby?

Drew Now why couldn't he go get some other mountain men? Now why isn't he gonna do that? You look around you, Lewis. He could be out there anywhere, watchin us right now. We ain't gonna be so god-damned hard to follow draggin a corpse.

Lewis You let me worry about that, Drew. You let me take care of that. You know what's gonna be here? Right here? A lake - as far as you can see hundreds of feet deep. Hundreds of feet deep. Did you ever look out over a lake, think about something buried underneath it? Buried underneath it. Man, that's about as buried as you can get.

Drew Well, I am tellin you, Lewis, I don't want any part of it.

Lewis Well, you are part of it!

Drew IT IS A MATTER OF THE LAW!

Lewis The law? Ha! The law?! What law?! Where's the law, Drew? Huh? You believe in democracy, don't ya?

Drew Yes, I do.

Lewis Well then, we'll take a vote. I'll stand by it and so will you.

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Deliverance

Finding Yourself in Loss and Change

Lewis Medlock Sometimes you have to lose yourself before you can find anything...A couple more months, she'll all be gone...from Aintry on up. One big dead lake.

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Deliverance

Nature's Essence Lost in Urban Life

Ed I'm glad we came here.

[to Bobby]

Bobby Lewis?

[offers Lewis a drink]

Ed Lewis does not drink.

Bobby It's true Lewis, what you said. There's something in the woods and the water that we have lost in the city.

Lewis We didn't lose it. We sold it.

Bobby Well I'll say one thing for the system. System did produce the ], or as is better known among we camping types, the instant broad. And if you fellas will excuse me, I'm gonna go be mean to my air mattress. I do baptize thee, now in the name of modern technology - How sweet. Oh yeah. Oh yeah.

[[w:Air mattress|air mattress; The other three laugh and continue laughing.; He starts spraying bug spray on himself.; Drew cheers.; He laughs. Lewis motions for them to be quiet, and they fall silent. Lewis goes into the woods and disappears.]

Ed Lewis?

Bobby Does he think he is Tarzan or what?

Ed He knows the woods though. He really does. He does.

Drew Not really. He learn em. He doesn't feel em. That's Lewis's problem. He wants to be one with nature, and he can't hack it.

Bobby That's a hell of a time to be telling us that! Jesus! Lewis, you scared the shit outta me!

[He and Ed laugh. Drew motions to be quiet, and they fall silent. The three go in the direction that Lewis went while Lewis appears behind them. Bobby turns around and is surprised.]

Ed Oh, what was it, Lewis?

Lewis I don't know. I thought I heard something.

Bobby Something or someone?

Lewis I don't know.

[He laughs and goes into his tent.]

Drew Good night, Lewis.

Lewis Good night, Drew.

Bobby I'm going to sleep.

Ed The night has fallen, and there's nothin we can do about it.

Bobby I had my first wet dream in a sleeping bag.

Ed How was it?

Bobby Great. There was no repeatin it.

Drew Never mind.

[He and Bobby get in their tent.]

Ed No matter what disaster that may occur in other parts of the world, or what petty little problems arise in Atlanta, no one can find us up here. Good night, Lewis.

[to Lewis]

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Deliverance

The Value of Survival versus Stability

Lewis Machines are gonna fail and the system's gonna fail...then, survival. Who has the ability to survive? That's the game - survive.

Ed Well, the system's done all right by me.

Lewis Oh yeah. You gotta nice job, you gotta a nice house, a nice wife, a nice kid.

Ed You make that sound rather shitty, Lewis.

Lewis Why do you go on these trips with me, Ed?

Ed I like my life, Lewis.

Lewis Yeah, but why do you go on these trips with me?

Ed You know, sometimes I wonder about that.

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Deliverance

Confronting the Past and Urgency of Action

Ed Everything happened right here. Lewis broke his leg in those rapids there, and Drew drowned here.

Bobby No, nothin happened here.

Ed Bobby, listen to me. We got to stop them from lookin up river. It's important that we get together on this thing. Do you understand?...We're not out of this yet.

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Deliverance

Life Jacket Accountability in the Wilderness

Sheriff How come you all end up with four life jackets?

Bobby Didn't we have an extra one?

Ed No, Drew wasn't wearin his.

Sheriff Well, how come he wasn't wearin it?

Ed I don't know.

Sheriff Don't ever do nothin like this again. Don't come back up here.

Bobby You don't have to worry about that, Sheriff.

Sheriff I'd kinda like to see this town die peaceful.

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Deliverance

The Allure of Adventure on the River

Griner Canoe trip?

Lewis That's right, a canoe trip.

Griner What the hell you wanna go fuck around with that river for?

Lewis Because it's there.

Griner It's there all right. You get in there and can't get out, you're gonna wish it wasn't.

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Deliverance

Confronting Uncertainty in a Critical Moment

Ed What are we gonna do, Lewis? You're the guy with the answers. What the hell do we do now?

Lewis Now you get to play the game.

Ed Lewis, you're wrong.

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Deliverance

Unexpected Revelations in Rural Life

Mountain Man He was the tightest and damndest pig I ever did screw.

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Deliverance

Reflections on Loss and Responsibility

Bobby What are you going to do with Drew?

Ed If a bullet made this, there are people who can tell.

Bobby Oh God, there's no end to it. I didn't really know him.

Ed Drew was a good husband to his wife Linda and you were a wonderful father to your boys, Drew - Jimmie and Billie Ray. And if we come through this, I promise to do all I can for em. He was the best of us.

Bobby Amen.

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Deliverance

Canoe Trip Downriver Discussion

Mountain Man What the hell you think you're doin'?

Ed Headin down river. A little canoe trip, headin for Aintry.

Mountain Man Aintry?

Bobby Sure, this river only runs one way, captain, haven't you heard?

Mountain Man You ain't never gonna get down to Ain-.

Ed Well, why not?

Mountain Man Cause. This river don't go to Aintry. You done taken a wrong turn. See uh, this here river don't go nowhere near Aintry.

Bobby Where does it go, then?

Mountain Man Boy, you are a lost one, ain't ya?

Bobby Well, hell, I guess this river comes out somewhere, don't it? That's where we're goin'. Somewhere. Look, we don't want any trouble here.

Ed If you gentlemen have a still near here, hell, that's fine with us.

Bobby Why sure. We'd never tell anybody where it is. You know somethin', you're right, we're lost. We don't know where in the hell we are.

Toothless Man A still?

Bobby Right, yeah. You're makin some whiskey up here. We'll buy some from ya, we could use it, couldn't we?

Mountain Man Do you know what you're talkin about?

Ed We don't know what we're talkin about, honestly we don't.

Mountain Man No, no. You said somethin about makin whiskey, right? Isn't that what you said?

Ed We don't know what you're doin and we don't care. That's none of our business.

Mountain Man That's right. It's none of your god-damned business, right.

Ed We got quite a long journey ahead of us, gentlemen.

Toothless Man Hold it. You ain't goin no damn wheres.

Ed This is ridiculous.

Toothless Man Hold it, or I'll blow your guts out all over these woods.

Ed Gentlemen, we can talk this thing over. What is it you require of us?

Mountain Man What we, uh, "re-quire" is that you get your god-damn asses up in them woods.

Deliverance

A Tense Encounter in the Wilderness

Mountain Man Whatcha wanna do with him?

Toothless Man He got a real pretty mouth, ain't he?

[grinning]

Mountain Man That's the truth.

Toothless Man You're gonna do some prayin for me, boy. And you better pray good.

[to Ed]

Deliverance

Embracing Self-Identity and Personal Choice

Lewis Medlock I sleep at night. I have no worries. I am becoming myself, as inconsequential as that may be. I am not something that somebody shoved off on me. I am what I chose to be, and I am it.

Deliverance

A Weekend Beyond the Golf Course

Taglines This is the weekend they didn't play golf.

Deliverance

Confronting Nature's Unyielding Power

Lewis The first explorers saw this country, saw it just like us.

Drew I can imagine how they felt.

Bobby Yeah, we beat it, didn't we? Did we beat that?

[about the rapids]

Lewis You don't beat it. You never beat the river chubby.

Deliverance

Unexpected Encounter in the Wilderness

Mountain Man Now, let's you just drop them pants.

Bobby Drop?

Mountain Man Just take em right off.

Bobby I-I mean, what's this all about?

Toothless Man Don't say anything, just do it.

Mountain Man Just drop em, boy! You ever had your balls cut off, you fuckin ape?

[To Ed - at knifepoint]

Bobby Lord.

Mountain Man Look at there, that's sharp. I bet it'd shave a hair.

Toothless Man Why don't ya try it and see?

Bobby Lord, lord. Deliver us from all.

Toothless Man Pull off that little ol bitty shirt there, too. Did he bleed?

[To Bobby; To Mountain Man]

Mountain Man He bled. Them panties, take em off. Get up, boy. Come on, get on up there.

[To Bobby; After attacking and spanking him as Bobby tries to scramble up the bank; Slaps Bobby's ass, Bobby eventually reaches the top of the bank before Mountain Man pulls him down, who joins him on the floor before lustfully groping his naked chest, with utter hunger and lust in his eyes]

Bobby No, no, no. Oh, no. No. Don't.

Mountain Man Hey boy. You look just like a hog.

Bobby Don't, don't.

Mountain Man Just like a hog. Come here, piggy, piggy, piggy. Come on, piggy, come on, piggy, come on, piggy, give me a ride, a ride. Hey, boy. Get up and give me a ride.

[Holding Bobby's nose as he straddles him from behind; Punches Bobby in the back after he is unable to handle the Mountain man's weight and collapses]

Bobby All right.

Mountain Man Get up and give me a ride, boy.

Bobby All right. All right.

Mountain Man Get up! Get up there!

Bobby All right. Oh no, no!

[His underwear is pulled off, and the Mountain man once again spanks him; The Mountain Man keeps lunging for Bobby, slapping at him while Bobby whimpers and cowers away, eventually getting up and pulling his pants up while the Mountain Man just laughs]

Mountain Man Looks like we got us a sow here, instead of a boar.

Bobby Don't. Don't.

Mountain Man What's the matter, boy? I bet you can squeal. I bet you can squeal like a pig. Let's squeal. Squeal now. Squeal.

[Undoes his braces, causing his trousers to slowly lower; Bobby's ear is pulled]

Bobby Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Mountain Man Squeal. Squeal louder. Louder. Louder, louder. Louder! Louder! Louder! Get down now, boy. There, get them britches down. That's that. You can do better than that, boy. You can do better than that. Come on, squeal. Squeal.

[The Mountain Man pulls down Bobby's pants, who is now prostrate over a rotting log; The Mountain Man begins preparing his own erection while slapping Bobby's ass one more time]

Deliverance

Questioning the Cahulawassee River Experience

Taglines What did happen on the Cahulawassee River?

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