Do know what's gonna be here? Right here? A lake. As far as the eyes can see. Hundreds of feet deep. HUNDREDS of feet deep. Did you ever look out over a lake and think of somethin' buried underneath it? Buried underneath it. Well man, that's just about as buried as you can get.
Released in 1972, Deliverance, is a movie that punches you in the face. Remembered mostly for the grisly rape scene, and the banjo music, it has much more than that. Friendship, survival, ethics, civilization vs. nature, and on, and on...
One of South Carolina's celebrated sons, James Dickey comes at you in the book with all he's got, and the movie rings true.
One of South Carolina's celebrated sons, James Dickey comes at you in the book with all he's got, and the movie rings true.
Here's a great article interviewing Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox forty years later.
Read the whole thing.
Read the whole thing.
| You don't beat the river. |
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