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Canoeing down a river, four city men run into some unfriendly locals. Unable to escape from the gorge in which the river runs, the locals become more and more of a threat.
Adapted from James Dickey's popular novel, John Boorman's 1972 movie recounts the grueling psychological and physical journey taken by four city slickers down a river in the backwoods of Georgia. At the behest of Iron John-esque Lewis (Burt Reynolds), the less adventuresome Ed (Jon Voight), Bobby (Ned Beatty), and Drew (Ronny Cox) agree to canoe down an uncharted section of the river before a dam project ruins the region. After warnings from the grimy, impoverished locals, and Drew's tuneful yet ominous "Dueling Banjos" encounter with a mute inbred boy, the four men embark on their trip, exulting in the beauty of...
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nature and the initial thrill of the rapids. The next day, however, things begin to take a turn for the worse when Bobby and Ed decide to rest on shore after becoming separated from Lewis and Drew. Two rifle-wielding mountain men (Bill McKinney and Herbert "Cowboy" Coward) emerge from the woods, tying up Ed while one of them rapes Bobby and makes him "squeal like a pig." Lewis and Drew rescue them, but the attack irrevocably changes the tenor of the journey. As the river gets rougher and rougher, the men come to nightmarish grips with what it means to survive outside the safety net of "civilization."
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In de Appalachen is men bezig met het bouwen van een dam in de hoop zo de woeste Cahulawassee rivier wat in te tomen. Vier mannen uit de stad willen de daarom de ruwe rivier nu eens per kano afvaren. Leider van de expeditie is Lewis Medlock, die zijn filosofie over individueel overleven na een onvermijdelijke val van onze beschaving wil bewijzen. Ed Gentrey daarentegen is een echte familievader, die gezellig verankerd leeft in een dagelijkse routine maar een onuitgesproken behoefte heeft naar avontuur. Hij heeft twee van zijn vrienden meegebracht: de joviale vrijgezel Bobby en de gezellige Drew. De eerste dag ver...
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loopt zonder incidenten. De volgende ochtend vertrekken Bobby en Ed echter al vroeger dan hun vrienden. Hun eerste ontmoeting van die dag is angstaanjagend én vernederend, én het is het begin van een hels avontuur.
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Veteran actor Bill McKinney , known throughout the world for playing some of the most memorable villains in film history, has died according to a post on his Facebook page. He was 80.Though younger audiences may not be immediately familiar with the name or face, long time film fans remember McKinney for such iconic and bloodcurdling roles as the Mountain Man in the 1972 horror/thriller " Deliverance ," where he uttered the infamous line "I bet you can squeal like a pig."McKinney's death follows a long battle with esophageal cancer.A joining the Navy during the Korean War and serving four years of active duty, McKinney left the service in order to pursue an acting career, studying the craft alongside Dustin Hoffman at the Pasadena Playhouse. After making his film debut in 1967, McKinney went on to appear in over a hundred films and TV shows and was reportedly still filming commercials less
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