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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
1,191 Views


Go right, go right.

Go right, go right.

- Look up ahead where you're goin'!

- All right, I'm lookin'.

Don't quit, don't quit.

Come on, paddle, paddle.

Okay!

We did it!

Are you gonna call them out now?

- Right, go right.

- Go right.

All right, now left.

Left, to your left.

All right.

- Keep it straight.

- Watch that tree.

- Left.

- Watch your head.

We ain't gonna make it!

Turn it!

Hey, this doesn't seem right.

Just a little unorthodox.

Go left, Chubby. Come on.

Straighten it out.

All right, I got it straight.

Oh, my God!

- Yes, thank you, Lord.

- Turn it around.

Hold it up there. Slow it down.

All right, go.

Go!

Good, push straight ahead.

Hell, here's a big one!

We're gonna make it. Keep it straight.

I'm with you, Ed!

All right. You're doin' all right, now.

Keep her headed right.

Go, go, go...

There's a rock!

On the right, watch it now.

- Okay, now.

- I got it.

All right now, Chubby, don't fall apart.

What the hell I tell you?

He's something else, ain't he?

- Hold on.

- I'll tell you, Lewis...

...that's the best,

the second best sensation I ever felt.

You did good, Chubby, you did good.

Damn, I thought we'd bought

the farm there for a while.

You know that one place there...

You know what I was just thinking?

The first explorers saw this country...

...saw it just like us.

In a canoe.

I can imagine how they felt.

Yeah, we beat it, didn't we?

Didn't we beat that?

You don't beat it.

You don't beat this river.

Machines are gonna fail.

And the system's gonna fail.

Then...

And then what?

Then survival.

Who has the ability to survive.

That's the game:
Survive.

And you can't wait for it to happen,

can you?

You can't wait for it.

Well, the system's done all right by me.

Oh, yeah.

You got a nice job.

Got a nice house...

...nice wife...

...nice kid.

You make that sound...

...rather shitty, Lewis.

Why do you go on these trips with me, Ed?

I like my life, Lewis.

Yeah, but why do you go

on these trips with me?

You know, sometimes I wonder about that.

Here's to you, Lewis.

Hot damn, he got one!

Terrific, Lewis.

I hate him.

I'm glad we came here.

Lewis?

Lewis does not drink.

It's true, Lewis, what you said.

There's somethin' in the woods

and the water that we have lost in the city.

We didn't lose it, just sold it.

Well, I'll say one thing for the system.

System did produce the air mattress.

Or, as it's better known among

we camping types, the instant broad.

And if you fellas will excuse me,

I'm gonna go be mean to my air mattress.

I do baptize thee now,

in the name of modern technology.

How sweet, yeah.

Lewis?

Does he think he is Tarzan, or what?

He knows the woods, though.

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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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