Deliverance

Synopsis

Four Atlanta businessmen embark on a weekend canoe trip down the wild Cahulawassee River before the pristine valley is dammed and flooded into a reservoir, only to be ambushed in the remote Appalachian woods by feral mountain locals, forced to fight for survival with hunting bows and bury a corpse in the rising river waters. John Boorman and James Dickey's triple-Oscar-nominated survival thriller milestone starring Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, and Ronny Cox featuring 'Dueling Banjos'.