Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight, Ned Beatty and John Boorman Talk About Deliverance (1972)

[@Czechbound]

I sat beside Mr. Boorman on a flight. I recognised him instantly, but was too awestruck / shy to introduce myself. What a legend !

[@machtnichtsseimann]

Understandable. If I were ever in that situation hopefully I'd muster up the boldness to at least converse with him over "Excalibur" as well as "Deliverance."

[@89Awww]

RIP Ned Beatty (1937-2021)

[@kyodoconsultingtraining967]

Boy was he priceless in this interview.....

[@selineherrera6109]

Wish they would have recognized the Great James Dickey, author, as without him there wasn't a Deliverance, though good interview, Jon Voigt looked great, a fine gentleman

[@LinnyRaven]

Yes. And Dickey's cameo performance at the car near the end is one of my favorite scenes in the film

[@JrJVintage1956]

RIP Burt.... you will always be THE MAN for my generation!

[@Johnfreedom64]

That's says a whole hell of alot for Burt Reynolds to say out of all the movies he has done that he felt this movie was the real one for directing and star power I guess with his last comments

[@scottroe2674]

It is one of the very few films that has had a cultural impact. It will forever be etched into any person's mind that has ever seen it. There has never been a movie quite like it. It is a shocking, scary, masterpiece.

[@pfflyer3381]

Thanks Burt for all your work RIP .

[@GOOSEYGOOSE9]

Burt Reynolds,Dan August,The Bandit,Rest In Peace.

[@taratupa73]

Too bad that Bill McKinney had passed on, by then. It would have been great, to hear his commentary on his participation.

[@jimmerhardy]

What I see a four warhorses who are fed up with each other, with a wink.

[@DedicatedSpartan]

9:28 they say 90% of directing is casting.

[@MrMathExpert]

For Deliverance, 90% of casting is Burt Reynolds.

[@hackbritton3233]

My parents thinking this was a movie about a float trip and never in there lives supposing it was a movie for adults took the whole family to the drive in to see this movie. They really had never seen anything like this before, they did not know at that in 1972 you couldn't just take the kids to any movie. They learned that night. Somewhere after a few f words the speaker was thrown out of the car and we left. We then got hamburgers somewhere and went to park to eat them and my mother cried tears because she had taken her 11 and 12 year old kids to this movie. I just now in 2022 watched the whole movie and I see what my mother cried about. She never even saw the rape scene she was concerned with the awful language in the first few minutes. It was awful and still is. Hollywood thinks everyone uses the language they us but it is not so. I have worked in construction for well over 40 years and I can tell you there are a lot of people who do not talk like this. Some do of course but to depict all men as talking this way when they get together is very untrue. God help us excape hollywood.

[@dh-vt1vh]

It's a great movie, but I get your point. Good thing your parents decided to leave before the rape scene. I first saw that scene was I was in my late teens and it was traumatizing. Can't imagine how it would effected an 11-year-old, especially watching it with their parents. Cringe. The movie was rated R, so I'm surprised your parents didn't know that the material would get into adult territory.

[@unfortunatebeam]

The MPAA rating system was in place since 1968. Your parents should have noticed the film was rated R and not for children. As for your mention of the swearing in this film, it's small potatoes compared to the number of Fs that would fly in later movies, actually I don't think the language was as bad as some other films even in that time like Boys in the Band or Joe or French Connection. Btw, if you work around guys of a certain working class Irish/Scot background, guaranteed you're gonna get a lot of swearing, and it always was that way more or less from what I heard from older folks.

[@drewjames2846]

When is this from? Burt looks pretty good even though he passed away last year.

[@ChrisGroggyCreaser]

Burt Reynolds Didn't look after himself (physically) as he aged & he's Trying to Do a Bob Newheart impersonation....

[@coldwinter5710]

Burt's injuries caught up with him. He had over 60 broken bones, multiple knee surgeries on each knee, back surgery, spleen removed, etc. I think he ultimately had some nerve damage in his back they could not fix, hence the cane. Then, once your heart goes, all your strength goes with it. Muscle strength you need to keep all that bone/joint pain at bay. Not a good combo for Burt. He is missed 💗

[@graemefarquharson465]

Well Burt is about 75 during this interview

[@margiepargie1982]

Too bad they couldn't have helped the community some how. Try to give back. Maybe scholarship money, summer camps for underprivileged, a basketball court, a dentist office etc. I feel the actors should have given back somehow. I feel sorry for the people in that town.

[@MrOctober44]

Beatty comes out swinging, lol

[@queenslander954]

John Voight sounds pretty sharp , hard to believe he’s such a big Trump fan.

[@Dooguy]

Common sense is tough to find these days.

[@GOOSEYGOOSE9]

Deliverance Planned To Star James Stewart As Ed Gentry,Marlon Brando As Lewis Medlock And Henry Fonda As Bobby They Chose Jon Voight As Ed Gentry,Burt Reynolds As Lewis Medlock,And Ned Beatty Were Better Choices.

[@007gunlogo]

Agreed...WAY better choices. I love Jimmy Stewart, but I cannot imagine him in this movie. Not a Brando fan...except for Godfather.

[@unfortunatebeam]

It's almost like people today aren't even qualified to discuss scenes like the infamous one in this movie. Not sure if they were back when it first came out, but apparently no one now can have a serious adult talk about a male rape scene. The only thing I ever hear them saying about it is how women got it long before men...oh gee, what an analysis.

[@GOOSEYGOOSE9]

Deliverance Planned To Star George C.Scott As Ed Gentry And Lawrence Tierney As Lewis Medlock,Before Jon Voight And Burt Reynolds Got The Parts.

[@mamiemonrovia7654]

Is Ned drunk?

[@SueProv]

Ned sounds drunk or pretty mean. I like his work but no wonder he was married 4x.

[@unfortunatebeam]

@@SueProv Nah, he just didn't take crap from women, that's why he was married 4 times

[@Katzenhase]

Where´s Ronny Cox?

[@coldwinter5710]

Not at this IV, but he was at other IV's, photos re the reunion.

[@the_Real_Grammy_of_6]

How much did Reynolds drink before this?

[@007gunlogo]

As much as I love Deliverance and these great actors, this interview was unwatchable. Jon Voight was the only one having a good day that day. Usually Burt gives a great interview, but he must have been in a bad mood or not feeling well. As for Ned, good lord, he was all over the map.

[@waynemcauliffe2362]

Great film.Shit Burt looked fucking old

[@jimmerhardy]

Deliverance is nearly the perfect film, except for the cliff climbing day-for-night sequences. So ham handed, those mushy masks (one of which bleeds onto Voight's face) takes the viewer right out of it. How could that have been reviewed and approved? Or was it due to the shrunken budget? I have the same reaction each time I watch this otherwise masterwork.

[@unfortunatebeam]

What mushy masks?

[@jimmerhardy]

@@unfortunatebeam They 'masked' him to darken the background. A common technique back then but done poorly, sloppy here. The director should have demanded a better job. Watch that sequence again. It really takes you out of the tension. Too bad.

[@unfortunatebeam]

@@jimmerhardy Hmm maybe I will. I didn't really notice that at first or that it distracted too much. Anyway I don't think it would take away from the overall greatness of the movie.

[@jimmerhardy]

@@unfortunatebeam It is a great film with fantastic performances. But that one scene...

[@GOOSEYGOOSE9]

Deliverance Would Star George C.Scott As Ed,Marlon Brando As Lewis,Henry Fonda As Bobby And James Stewart As Drew,Deliverance Would Star Frank Sinatra As Ed,Richard Crenna As Lewis,Bing Crosby As Bobby And Elvis Presley As Drew,

[@MarshaMarsha885]

Burt died awhile back so when did they film this ?

[@dennydeckerful]

2013, it's listed under the description.

[@eleanorhinton5816]

What a poor interview

[@JeffreySinclair-g8y]

Not sure point of this whole thing; great film but focus of this event lost