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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
1,203 Views


He really does.

Not really.

He learned 'em, he doesn't feel 'em.

That's his problem.

He wants to be one with nature

and he can't hack it.

This is a hell of a time to be tellin' us that.

Jesus!

Lewis, you scared the sh*t out of me!

Oh, who was it, Lewis?

I don't know. I thought I heard something.

Something or someone?

I don't know.

Good night, Lewis.

Good night, Drew.

I'm goin' to sleep.

Night has fallen.

And there's nothin' we can do about it.

I had my first wet dream in a sleepin' bag.

How was it?

Great.

There's no repeatin' it.

Never mind.

No matter what disaster may occur

in other parts of the world...

...or what petty little problems...

...arise in Atlanta...

...no one can find us up here.

Good night, Lewis.

Goddamn it!

Hey, Bobby,

look what came out of the forest.

Get a shot, Ed?

Hell, sometimes a man can...

...hunt for three years...

...never get a shot. Isn't that right, Lewis?

- Right.

I don't understand

how anyone could shoot an animal.

Some people never can, Drew.

I've known tournament archers,

damn good shots.

Never out of the five ring.

Draw down on a live animal

and they get buck fever.

What the hell's that?

Loss of control, psychological.

Who gives a sh*t?

You take that Chubby boy

with you today, okay?

Hope we can get off this river today.

Don't get too far ahead, now.

No, we'll be takin' it slow.

Easy, easy, my man.

I got eaten alive last night.

My bites have got bites.

I'm a salesman, Ed.

Good morning.

I'm not mad at you, Ed.

Just do me a favor, don't holler at me.

I'm not used to bein' hollered at.

Damn friend of yours screamed at me

all day long yesterday.

Paddle, you son of a b*tch.

Look!

What in the hell are Lewis and Drew

doin' up there anyway?

Probably they're doin'

the same thing we are.

Bobby?

How goes it?

What the hell you think you're doing?

Headin' downriver.

Little canoe trip. Headin' for Aintry.

Aintry?

Sure, this river only runs one way, Captain.

Haven't you heard?

You ain't never gonna get down to Aintry.

Why not?

'Cause.

This river don't go to Aintry.

You done taken the wrong turn.

See, this here river don't go nowhere

near Aintry.

Where does it go then?

Boy, you are lost.

Well, hell, I guess this river

comes out somewhere, don't it?

That's where we're going, somewhere.

Look, we don't want any trouble here.

If you gentlemen have a still near here,

that's fine with us.

Why sure. We'd never tell anybody

where it is.

You know something?

You're right, we're lost.

- We don't know where in the hell we are.

- A still?

Right, yeah, you're makin' whiskey up here.

We'll buy some. We could use it.

Do you know what you're talkin' about?

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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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