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1972
Deliverance is a 1972 American thriller film directed and produced by John Boorman from a screenplay by James Dickey, who adapted it from his 1970 novel. It follows four businessmen from Atlanta who venture into the remote northern Georgia wilderness to go whitewater canoeing down the Cahulawassee River before it is dammed, only to find themselves in danger from the area's inhabitants and nature. It stars Jon…
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*Deliverance* (1972), directed by John Boorman and based on James Dickey’s 1970 novel, remains a landmark in American cinema for its unflinching exploration of the deep-seated urban-rural divide. This rift, one of the oldest and most enduring fissures in American society, has long been a source of fascination—and exploitation—for Hollywood. Few films have capitalised on this tension as effectively as *Deliverance*,…More
