What is Deliverance?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox movie | name = Deliverance | director = [[John Boorman]] | producer = John Boorman | writer = '''[[Deliverance (novel)|Novel]]:'''<br>[[James Dickey]]<br>'''Screenplay:'''<br>James Dickey | starring = [[Jon Voight]]<br>[[Burt Reynolds]]<br>[[Ned Beatty]]<br>[[Ronny Cox]]<br>[[James Dickey]] | music = | cinematography = [[Vilmos Zsigmond]] | editing = [[Tom Priestley]] | distributor = [[Warner Bros.]] | released = July 30, 1972 | runtime = 109 [[minute]]s | country = United States | language = English | budget = [[United States dollar|$]]2 million | gross = $46,122,355<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1972/0DLVR.php|publisher=The Numbers|title=Deliverance, Box Office Information|accessdate=January 21, 2012|archive-date=October 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029205850/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1972/0DLVR.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> }} '''''Deliverance''''' is a 1972 [[United States|American]] [[adventure movie|adventure]] thriller [[drama movie]] made by [[Warner Bros.]] It was directed by [[John Boorman]] and stars [[Burt Reynolds]], [[Ronny Cox]], [[Ned Beatty]] and [[Jon Voight]]. It was based on a book written in 1970 by [[James Dickey]], who also wrote the screenplay and had a small part in the movie. It is set in rural northern [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. Four men from [[Atlanta]] take a trip in a [[canoe]]. One of them is [[rape]]d by [[sadism|sadistic]] local men who force one of the other men to watch; the four take revenge on their attackers and swear each other to secrecy. ''Deliverance'' got good reviews from critics and is widely considered one of the best films of 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmsite.org/1972.html |title=Greatest Films of 1972 |publisher=Filmsite.org |accessdate=2012-05-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.films101.com/y1972r.htm |title=The Best Movies of 1972 by Rank |publisher=Films101.com |accessdate=2012-05-05 |archive-date=2014-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106