Deliverance

Deliverance is a 1972 American thriller film produced and directed by John Boorman, and released by Warner Bros. Principal cast members include Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ronny Cox and Ned Beatty, with both Cox and Beatty making their feature-film debuts. The film is based on a 1970 novel of the same name by American author James Dickey, who has a small role in the film as the Sheriff. The screenplay was written by Dickey and an uncredited Boorma... More

Initial release date:

  • Jul 30, 1972

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Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 1 h 49 min

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Also known as:

  • Amargo Pesadelo,
  • Un tranquillo week-end di paura,
  • Otan xespase i via,
  • Fim-de-Semana Alucinante,
  • Uwolnienie,
  • Wybawieni,
  • Kurtulus,
  • Udflugt med døden,
  • Amarga pesadilla,
  • Den sista färden,
  • Oslobaðanje,
  • Délivrance,
  • La violencia está en nosotros,
  • Den djupa floden,
  • Beim Sterben ist jeder der Erste,
  • Picnic med døden,
  • нЯБНАНФДЕМХЕ,
  • Syvä joki,
  • Defensa,
  • Oslobadjanje,
  • Gyilkos túra,
  • Flußfahrt,
  • Gvarim B'Malkodet

Film

Directed by

John Boorman

John Boorman (18 January 1933-22 May 2012) was a British filmmaker who was a long time resident of Ireland and is best known for his feature films such as Point Blank, Deliverance, Zardoz, Excalibur, The Emerald Forest, Hope and Glory, The General and The Tailor of Panama. Boorman was born in...

Tagline:

  • This is the weekend they didn't play golf.

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Release date(s):

Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • 1972
  • Sep 18, 2007
  • Jun 1, 2004
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Runtime:

  • 1 h 49 min
  • 1 h 50 min
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Estimated budget:

Currency Amount
  • 2,000,000

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Awards

Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Film Nominees

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills of 2001

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Adapted From

Deliverance

Deliverance is a 1970 novel by James Dickey, his first. It was adapted into a 1972 film by director John Boorman. In 1998, the editors of the Modern Library selected Deliverance as #42 on their list of the 100 best 20th-Century novels. The novel was included on Time magazine's list of the 100 best...

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