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Synopsis: The Cahulawassee River valley in Northern Georgia is one of the last natural pristine areas of the state, which will soon change with the imminent building of a dam on the river, which in turn will flood much of the surrounding land. As such, four Atlanta city slickers - alpha male Lewis Medlock, generally even-keeled Ed Gentry, slightly condescending Bobby Trippe, and wide-eyed Drew Ballinger - decide to take a multi-day canoe trip on the river, with only Lewis and Ed having experience in outdoor life. They know going in that the area is ethno-culturally homogeneous and isolated, but don't understand the full extent of such until they arrive and see what they believe is the result of generations of inbreeding. Their relatively peaceful trip takes a turn for the worse when half way through they encounter a couple of hillbilly moonshiners. That encounter not only makes the four battle their way out of the valley intact and alive, but threatens the relationships of the four as they do an
Director(s): John Boorman
Production: Warner Bros.
  Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Metacritic:
82
Rotten Tomatoes:
93%
R
Year:
1972
109 min
1,183 Views


...before we ever see any water.

Slow it down, Lewis, come on.

Come on, don't fool around.

Listen, Ed.

Listen.

Hear it?

Sometimes you have to lose yourself

before you can find anything.

Any snakes around here?

This is the one.

There she is.

Looks good.

A couple of more months

and she'll all be gone.

Even up as far as here?

From Aintry on up.

One big, dead lake.

Over here!

Couldn't we have found a harder place

to get in?

- This is steep here, now.

- All right.

- Watch yourself.

- I'm watchin'.

You're losin' glass on your bow.

It's freezin'!

Hell, it'll hold.

What the hell are we gonna do...

...if we come off this river

and our cars aren't there?

They'll be there.

They're rough-lookin' boys, them hillbillies.

You judge people by the way they look.

You can trust 'em.

I'm goin' with you, Ed,

and not with Mr. Lewis Medlock.

I saw how he drives these country roads...

...he don't know nothin' about.

I guess you're gonna be with me, Chubby.

Get them supplies up there.

It's cold!

Put this on.

Looks like my mama's corset or something.

Here you go.

Thank you.

- Okay, let's go.

- I'm comin'.

Can't go in the water

without your paddle, boy.

I coulda went up the river without my oar.

Sh*t!

If we hit any strong water...

...instead of bare-assin' through it...

- I'm ready.

- Come on.

- I'm comin' on.

I got myself a plump partner here.

We can save ourselves

considerable hardship...

...if we just back water,

talk it out before we make our move.

You got that, boy?

All right, put on your life jacket.

Which way are we goin'?

I think downstream would be a good idea,

don't you?

All right.

You and Bobby see some rocks,

you yell out now, right?

Lewis, is this the way

you get your rocks off?

- Let's go.

- Let's go.

- Keep your eyes open, Drew.

- I'll race you.

Keep your eyes open, Robert.

That a boy, that a boy.

Every move you make, call it out.

I'm behind you.

Right. Here we go.

See how fast we can shoot this bush.

What is this?

Is this some fast water we're comin' up to?

All right, Drew,

just get in behind Lewis there.

Look at this!

- Let's pick up some speed.

- All right. Let's go.

Just a little, there you have it.

To the left.

Hey, now, that didn't hurt too bad, did it?

I'm with you, Ed.

Now you got it, boy. Very good.

Look, Ed.

Well, for the Lord's sake,

will you look at that?

What do we do now?

This is gonna be fun!

Just follow us!

Hey, what happens

if we flip this thing over?

Now that you brought that up,

hang on to your paddle.

And if you hit any rocks,

don't hit 'em with your head.

Watch Lewis.

Maybe we can learn something.

Back water now.

Oh, yeah.

Go right.

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James Dickey

James Lafayette Dickey (February 2, 1923 – January 19, 1997) was an American poet and novelist. He was appointed the eighteenth United States Poet Laureate in 1966. He also received the Order of the South award. Dickey was also a novelist, known for Deliverance (1970) which was adapted into an acclaimed film of the same name. more…

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