Deliverance (1972) Reynolds with trademark mustache The existence of this 1972 multiple award nominated film came to my knowledge during a long and tedious royal function when my friend and I were talking about movies and he placed 'Deliverance' as his all time favourite. And here I am, writing about it after downloading it on line. It is a story of four town buddies who go on canoeing trip in place of their usual golf weekend. The river with its undisturbed beauty and rapids was to give way for development soon, so our friends were there to savour its view in its dying days. Burt Reynolds is Lewis (seen here before his trademark macho mustache and had more hair than his pre-Smokey and Bandits as well Cannonball Run days), Jon Voight is Ed, Ned Beatty is Bobby and Ronny Cox is Drew. Lewis is the most experienced one of the gang, followed by Ed whilst Bobby and Drew were novices. The movie builds up showing the urban rich boys sneering at the mountain peop...
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