Deliverance

Deliverance
Directed by	John Boorman
Written by	Novel: James Dickey Screenplay: James Dickey
Produced by	John Boorman
Starring	Jon Voight Burt Reynolds Ned Beatty Ronny Cox James Dickey
Cinematography	Vilmos Zsigmond
Edited by	Tom Priestley
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	July 30, 1972
Running time	109 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2 million
Box office	$46,122,355

Deliverance is a 1972 American adventure thriller drama movie made by Warner Bros. It was directed by John Boorman and stars Burt Reynolds, Ronny Cox, Ned Beatty and Jon Voight. It was based on a book written in 1970 by James Dickey, who also wrote the screenplay and had a small part in the movie. It is set in rural northern Georgia. Four men from Atlanta take a trip in a canoe. Two of them are raped by sadistic local men; the victims take revenge on their attackers.

Deliverance got good reviews from critics and is widely considered one of the best films of 1972.

In 2008, Deliverance was selected by the Library of Congress into the United States National Film Registry.

Awards and nominations

Nominated for:

• Academy Award for Best Picture
• Academy Award for Directing – John Boorman
• Academy Award for Film Editing – Tom Priestley
• New York Film Critics Circle for Best Film and Best Director
• Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
• Golden Globe Award for Best Director – Motion Picture – John Boorman
• Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama – Jon Voight
• Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song – Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel
• Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay – James Dickey

Other websites

• Deliverance on IMDb
• Deliverance at the TCM Movie Database
• Deliverance at Box Office Mojo
• Deliverance at Rotten Tomatoes