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Deliverance

What did happen on the Cahulawassee River?

7.3(1,903)19721h 49m6

Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.

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Status
Released
Budget
$2M
Box office
$46.1M
Language
English
  • rape
  • based on novel or book
  • river
  • banjo
  • strangeness
  • wound
  • wilderness
  • georgia
  • canoe
  • rafting
  • hillbilly
  • rapids

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

John Boorman

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereRNew York City, New York30 Jul 1972
    • Theatrical18 Aug 1972
    • TheatricalRNew-York30 Jun 1976
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1825 Aug 1972
  • United Arab EmiratesAE

    • PhysicalBlu-ray5 Nov 2013
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalR 18+23 Nov 1972
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical14 Oct 1972
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical28 Sept 1972
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical1 Oct 1972
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical182 Feb 1973
  • BrazilBR

    • PhysicalDVD15 Sept 2007
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical1530 Oct 1972
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-1613 Oct 1972
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical1230 Sept 1972
    • TheatricalRe-release13 Jul 1994

Frequently asked questions

Deliverance was released on 18 August 1972.

Audience reviews

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    talisencrw

    7/19/2016

    10/10

    This was remarkable and scared the crap out of me. I read the book eons ago, probably 1988, for a first-year university class back when I was earning my first degree. Not a Burt Reynolds fan, and having only seen two other works by Boorman (the great 'Point Blank' and the not-so-great 'Exorcist II: The Heretic'), I wasn't in a huge hurry to rush out and see the film. BIG mistake on my part, to be frank. Probably t…

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    John Chard

    8/11/2016

    10/10

    Brutal, Beautiful and Brilliant. Four Atlanta friends - Lewis (Burt Reynolds), Ed (John Voight), Bobby (Ned Beatty), and Drew (Ronny Cox) – decide to canoe down the Cahulawassee River out in the Georgia wilderness. They see it as a test of manliness whilst also wanting to experience this part of nature before the whole valley is flooded over to make way for the upcoming construction of a dam and lake. But the peri…

  • B

    Bazzjazz

    7/16/2018

    9/10

    The Banjo scene still haunts me today! Never mind the New Beaty scene. Great movie.

  • F

    Filipe Manuel Neto

    3/11/2024

    3/10

    **It would certainly have been more interesting at the time it was released.** When this film came out in 1972, there was something interesting about themes linked to nature and the environment. Not that environmentalism was in vogue, but it was the golden age of the hippie movement that advocated, among other things, a more harmonious connection between Man and Nature. And in fact, what we have here is a group of…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    12/4/2024

    7/10

    This is one of those films I remember watching as a kid and being genuinely scared! It centres around a bunch of city folks who decide to canoe down the Cahulawassee river before it is dammed to make a giant reservoir. The four men arrive at the backwater town where they are to start their journey, and meet a population that progress has largely skipped and where the gene-pool is sadly nowhere as deep as the river. "…

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