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Deliverance

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…

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Based on
Deliverance by James Dickey
Box office
$46.1 million
Budget
$2 million
Cinematography
Vilmos Zsigmond
Country
United States
Directed by
John Boorman

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Starring · 4
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Deliverance → Deliverance by James Dickey

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DeliveranceBased onDeliverance by James Dickey1.00infobox
DeliveranceBox office$46.1 million1.00infobox
DeliveranceBudget$2 million1.00infobox
DeliveranceCinematographyVilmos Zsigmond1.00infobox
DeliveranceCountryUnited States1.00infobox
DeliveranceDirected byJohn Boorman1.00infobox
DeliveranceDistributed byWarner Bros.1.00infobox
DeliveranceEdited byTom Priestley1.00infobox
DeliveranceLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
DeliveranceMusic byEric Weissberg1.00infobox
DeliveranceProduced byJohn Boorman1.00infobox
DeliveranceProduction companyElmer Enterprises1.00infobox
DeliveranceRelease dateJuly 30, 1972 (1972-07-30)1.00infobox
DeliveranceRunning time109 minutes1.00infobox
DeliveranceScreenplay byJames Dickey1.00infobox
DeliveranceStarringJon Voight1.00infobox
DeliveranceStarringBurt Reynolds1.00infobox
DeliveranceStarringNed Beatty1.00infobox
DeliveranceStarringRonny Cox1.00infobox
Deliveranceis a1972 American thriller film directed and produced by John Boorman from a screenplay by James Dickey0.90text
Deliveranceis aterrifying adventure0.90text

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