Deliverance - Dueling Banjos (HQ)

The classic banjo pickin' scene from the movie Deliverance.
Deliverance is a 1972 drama film produced and directed by John Boorman. Principal cast members include Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ronny Cox, and Ned Beatty in his film debut. The film is based on a 1970 novel of the same name by American author James Dickey. The screenplay was written by Dickey and an uncredited Boorman.
In 2008, Deliverance was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Billy Redden plays "Dueling Banjos" opposite Ronny Cox, who joins him on guitar. Redden plays "Lonnie", a mentally retarded, inbred, but extremely gifted banjo player. The song went to #2 for four weeks on the U.S. pop chart in 1973 and topped the adult contemporary chart for two weeks the same year. It also led to a successful lawsuit by the song's composer, since it was used in the film without his permission.
"Duelling Banjos" was arranged and performed for the movie by Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell and was included on the soundtrack album. The song had been composed in 1955 by Arthur Smith as a banjo instrumental he called "Feudin' Banjos". Smith recorded it, playing a four-string plectrum banjo and accompanied by five-string bluegrass banjo player Don Reno. When he was not acknowledged as the composer by the filmmakers, Smith sued. He eventually won, receiving songwriting credit as well as royalties. Two young musicians, Ron Brentano and Mike Russo, had originally been signed to play their adaptation for the movie, but instead it was performed by the others.
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[@peterdonelson]

Ultimar liebert

[@user-di6kx8ns1y]

LOL❤

[@peternicholson233]

Over yonder. Where the Driver brothers live...

[@huttona3]

They both are terrible choices and you know it.

[@zpridgen75]

Imagine being so pathetic and emotionally bankrupt that you take absolutely any chance you have to be butthurt that your orange rapist lost a fair and free election.

[@scottjaques767]

I went white water rafting on the Chattooga river where this movie was shot, and can confirm there is a sign on the river that says "if you hear banjos, paddle faster".

[@assholemanguy]

@@Bigdrivesbigheart can’t be fictional if it was shot in a real location 🤔

[@OvertheHIL524]

@@assholemanguy it was CGI

[@scottjaques767]

Fucking idiots look up the damn river, it's on the border of South Carolina and Georgia.

[@RaferJeffersonIII]

Did you get bummed by hillbillies too?

[@scottjaques767]

@@OvertheHIL524 No it wasnt dude, lol.

[@commentingpausedtoprotectus]

If anybody has yet to see this film it's a heartwarming story of 4 friends having a lovely romp through the woods, meeting friendly locals along the way. Great film.

[@earlgray7003]

And friendly playful woodland creatures.

[@georgelevy1189]

I like your satire. Well done. Biting humor. You made me laugh. Certainly would not care to meet these friendly locals in a dark alley.

[@bs321321]

And becoming the first furries (coincidentally all pigs) and discovering yiffing simultaneously.

[@nthomas32]

They end up playing fun games such as where the goose goes and hose suckle.

[@bs321321]

@@nthomas32 and Dandy Balls and Legs-a-Spread and Penis Butt.

[@richardrowe2615]

Beneath the beautiful banjo playing and connection between two people through music, a dark sense of foreboding is evident. Bits of the dialogue, certain characters’ faces, the woman in the window reveal this; it’s such a great scene that I love so much.

[@rorykelly5287]

Agreed. Especially the look at 3:36

[@bluehealer81]

The part that jumped out at me was at 2:18 when that guy said "Who's pickin' that banjo here?" If I was in some small town in the middle of nowhere and I had a buddy playing some music and that happened, I would tell my friend to stop playing, it's time to leave.

[@adamlaroche7859]

That is the signal to come down.... banjo playing is Like an alarm for the locals

[@bencrosier8568]

@Mark rapacki I agree.The movie is about how the more ‘advanced’ modern people don’t understand or respect the connection that the rural folk have to their home. The banjo kid is tricking the guitar guy into thinking he is simple , then the kid blows the guitarist away. The men are going down the river because it is soon going to be ‘tamed’ in the name of progress. It is an environmental activist picture , albeit over the top in a 70’s way( the rape analogy) ,

[@MrPocketfullOfSteel]

@@rorykelly5287 *BOOM*

[@donaldmccormack7580]

One of the best duets I´ve seen in any film.

[@82dupont]

The kid never played the banjo, it was a professional banjo player who was hidden behind kid with oversized shirt. Look it up I’m not lying, but it is well played!

[@inthespiritworld77]

Acoustic guitar and banjo All ya need

[@Simp_Zone]

@@82dupont Well that dude wasn't playing that guitar neither. They were both miming. Someone showed them the chord shapes and the editing does the rest.

[@gibletto]

@@Simp_Zone Ronnie really plays the movie version that you hear, but it is playback for movie magic. Ronnie can play a mean guitar, I really wonder why you would write such a comment with such surety.. but bult on random crap pulled from your ass. You must be insufferable in real life. "Someone showed them the chord shapes"... You're a shitty cynic.

[@alexpotter5368]

Truly, the calm before the storm.

[@CaptTragedy]

Truly, the tunes before the rape.

[@redacted5035]

@@CaptTragedy truly, the strumming before the humping

[@baileymcclure5115]

@@redacted5035 Truly, the tone before the bone

[@ACowboyHat]

Truly, the harmony before the sodomy

[@helmhammerhand7928]

Truly, the plucking before the fucking

[@marcushughes8479]

This movie did for camping what Jaws did for going to the beach.

[@AngelofAnguish]

and what Psycho did for showers.

[@b.j.g5949]

Can u fuck off with ur politics

[@fishordie1992]

@@b.j.g5949 I used to not agree with you but I do now. To heck with politicians. Anyone who thinks they are for "us", no matter your definition of "us" is, are fooling themselves.

[@6YJI9]

Damn dude, that's the best more accurate comment of the year!

[@chain-wallet]

@@lachlanf4842 nutz fucko

[@CajunNative]

This is the perfect beginning to this movie. It shows how our main characters are so confident in their manhood and superiority over the locals. They see themselves as above these men and thoroughly underestimated them. And that's exactly what we see when they go on their nature adventure. Beautiful and subtle foreshadowing.

[@ivanvanogre-nd1sw]

And it's the guy that acts like the biggest jerk that gets the keilbasa.

[@arianamcnally6840]

My great grandparents had a banjo magnet on their fridge and every time I’d go into the kitchen I’d press on the strings and it’d play this song. Not sure why, but I began thinking of them tonight and needed to hear this song again. Hadn’t realized it was from this movie. So strangely nostalgic hearing it again. A small but good memory.

[@AdrianDaWeeb]

Its something good to come back to. People say we can’t hold on to the past, but it always good to come back to it.

[@manga12]

@@AdrianDaWeeb unless its very much living history, like the old guard sentnals at the tomb of the unknowns, running machines that are older then ones grandpearants and dressing that part and taking on the way of life, sure we got tech but somethings dont change, or reenactors and artists that make a living making historical items the same way it was and has to be done for it to be athentic, as for some things only the tools change and maybe the clothing but its still just as much hardwork to do as it used to be and require the practice it always did now there are things that can make the practice more effective but to get to the top of the mountain you still have to climb it

[@jamesspooky9488]

This song speaks to the souls of all musicians who just want to have a spontaneous jam moment

[@sheilagravely5621]

Beautifully played!!

[@perry714.]

Me and me mate whenever we went into town on the piss always ended up jumping in with the buskers using whatever instruments and mics they had for us spare lol

[@crowickedone4037]

And that video with two Sax guys in the metro

[@ajm2360]

Those moments are some of the best

[@steve-rw7ty]

pickin a banjo aint so hard. and yer not speakin at my soul. . sounds like yer a hack. billy boi dont mouth off. lest you got the "chops" spooky my ass.probably fat as fuck too.

[@alaskaismyhome39]

I wonder how many people who hadn't seen Deliverance watched this and said, "This movie looks so wholesome, I think I'll watch it!"

[@jewski6852]

That might cause them to squeel like a pig

[@MaxGaming-gp6ij]

I saw the R rating and was immediately suspicious what's the movie about, exactly?

[@DinoDave150]

@@MaxGaming-gp6ij Do you really want to know?

[@aaronvannatta9329]

​@@MaxGaming-gp6ij "You take the blue pill... the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill... you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes."

[@aaronvannatta9329]

@@MaxGaming-gp6ij and i mean that in the worst possible way lmao

[@therealfilmenthusiast]

What a scene. Virtually no dialogue or action yet this scene tells you everything you need to know just with acting. The ending of the scene says it all as the man thought he had become a sort of “friend/ally” with the young boy, but that wasn’t the case as the boy refuses to even shake hands. That there was a sign that nobody back in those woods should be trusted, even if they look and act friendly.

[@kls2020]

I had always heard that Banjo playing kid grew up to be "Morning Joe" . Even if untrue the resemblance is striking .

[@slaphead8835]

This is one of the most classic scenes in ANY Hollywood movie. That kid is so creepy and compelling that you just have to watch this clip again. There is no scrolling past this!

[@OGMaverickGaming]

I'm scrolling past this 😜

[@MechanicalSculptor]

He said, “There. Is. NO. Scrolling. Past. This. FFS, learn to obey authority when you encounter it!@@OGMaverickGaming

[@tommyfuller103z]

Tell me that kid does not look like Joe Biden?

[@kris242]

I love how this scene is both beautiful in the moment and absolutely horrifying in the irony. It tricks the main characters as well as the audience into the assumption that this movie is wholesome and that these outsiders are amongst friends. A really scary example being comforted into faux safety.

[@tomh.2405]

Yes, and the kid averting his head and refusing to shake Drew's hand at the end underscores the point beautifully. It puts a dark spin on what seemed like a heartwarming scene. These city boys think they're fitting in and figuring this place out, but that's hubris. Deadly hubris, as it turns out.

[@lwcarr3879]

@@tomh.2405 I remember reading somewhere that that wasn't even in the script -- the kid really didn't like Ned Beatty, who comes into scene from the left side. Not sure if true or not, but the message was clear.

[@osasunaitor]

​@@tomh.2405wait isn't the kid blind? I thought that all the time, he doesn't shake his hand because he can't see him. I could be wrong anyway

[@DarthWall275]

Remarkably pretentious assessment, my man

[@kris242]

@@DarthWall275 Thanks! ☺️

[@snowrocket]

A scene so memorable that people are STILL talking about it and referencing it 50 years later!

[@Bangbangbigelow]

Yeah this ain’t the only scene they’re still talking about 50 year later 👀

[@snowrocket]

@@Bangbangbigelow How true. As I recall, the four friends once again meet some locals and have a memorable experience.

[@stevesteve8098]

Because it is the only scene you can talk about in public, without breaking into a sweat......

[@blackholeentry3489]

Bend over so I can take your pulse!

[@BattlefieldNPC]

Alright this comment sold me imma watch it not sure what happened but I'll know soon enough

[@donnatate458]

Great movie. Probably Burt Reynolds' best performance. And the scenery was spectacular.

[@gloobark]

i've never actually seen this movie.. sure looks wholesome!! gonna watch it with grandma and the kids

[@baiatu_teh_boss5613]

Lol

[@hudzj01]

Yeah...I wouldn’t

[@haroldgerken4835]

Bad idea

[@valgehiir]

Great idea!

[@volgax3646]

Great idea it’s a perfect family movie night

[@ravenlord4]

Ah yes, Deliverance! That classic Southern romance about four city boys who explore the countryside and find love in the most unexpected places.

[@GroovyMinecraft]

Squeal!

[@queenbee3647]

Before Brokeback Mountain there was Brokeback River! 🤡

[@peterclarke7240]

I believe they found love in an area known to the indigenous tribes as "place where sun shines not."

[@trwent]

@@peterclarke7240 Only Ned Beatty did, actually.

[@matthewjohnathanwarburton8342]

Well...that's one way to put it.

[@ianheron8812]

I'm 62 now and for the life of me as a beginner guitar player I cannot keep up with this tune. Timeless and will forever remain the best musical scene in any movie. Nothing comes close not even cross roads.

[@DoomieGruntVentures]

Finally watched the movie for the first time a few days ago. Aside from this scene, didn't know much about the movie other than it's where "squeal like a pig" comes from. What surprised me is that you never actually see that part coming until you're right there. For 1972, I think it's a great movie. The blue filter to simulate night is pretty rough, but beyond that, it's a good overall movie.

[@zenodotusofathens2122]

Note of Interest: The old dude doing the jig was not scripted. It was spontaneous

[@chrissibersky4617]

Like when Joe Biden said "My butt's been wiped!".

[@aliorr9356]

Please don’t tell me the scene where he gets shafted wasn’t scripted too 🤔😆

[@Unus_Annus_]

That doesn’t make sense considering how the actor playing the banjo kid couldn’t play the banjo, and the actual song is a recording

[@zenodotusofathens2122]

@@Unus_Annus_ from IMDB Website, section regarding trivia: "According to director John Boorman, the gas station attendant's jig during "Dueling Banjos" was unscripted and spontaneous." But I would agree with you it appears at first blush not to make sense

[@rogerwillingham8080]

@@Unus_Annus_ they also created a new fad....dancing to a recording

[@deadgowr8958]

Dueling Banjos has always represented a healthy rivalry, two people who appear to be facing off, but are really just having a lot of fun. A sort of which you don't see now-a-days.

[@sean5028]

@K ah yes my favorite bogeyman

[@matthewschmoyer8552]

Haven't seen since Hee Haw 😎

[@sean5028]

@K i meant the left is a bogeyman. just tryna say political ideologies aren't monoliths bud.

[@sean5028]

@K literally not a response to what i said homie

[@williammatthews693]

@K Ah yes. The left; the right-wing idiot's go-to scapegoat. Unfortunately, it wasn't the left that nearly ended democracy in this country on January 6 of this year.

[@fraserhenderson7839]

I watched this in the theatre when I was 15 years old. It was eye opening. This scene was eclipsed by subsequent developments. Now, I consider it the defining moment of the movie. It demonstrates so easily the divide of culture of which the adventurers are blind and towhich they fall prey.

[@Paul-lm5gv]

One of the classic all-time movie clips with an all-star cast! A great movie!

[@brindlebucker4741]

What's great is that Burt Reynolds was a southerner. OK, north Florida, but enough to understand what was going on in reality. And he's the one who throws in enough facial cues to let you know later that he understands what's going on. He's just cocky enough to believe he's above these people's attitude and games.

[@debaser_666]

There's a moment at the end when Drew, played by the great Ronnie Cox, says, "I'm lost" that's always been haunting to me. Like a premonition of things to come.

[@petermccarthy4525]

Do you feel able to develop this thought? It might resonate with others.

[@Bob-dt7vt]

I reckon you’re overthinking it. It just means that he couldn’t keep up with the banjo kid.

[@debaser_666]

@@Bob-dt7vt I reckon you squeal like a pig 🐖

[@neilkennykenny4113]

The moment the kid left him hanging on the hand shake I knew they where in trouble.

[@civallwarrnow8643]

That boy was taught by Uncle Dad and Auntie Mom in the trailer with his sister wife.

[@OAParty]

It's always amused me that Dueling Banjos is played with a only one banjo.

[@carpballet]

I’ve watched that movie one hundred times and never noticed that

[@4redniwediS]

I guess the writer of the story figured that a guitar would be better than a banjo on a canoe trip!

[@thomasmooney9505]

One is a guitar one is a banjo which one is better

[@carpballet]

@@thomasmooney9505 What in the world do you mean?

[@raymonkravagna6365]

Just in this movie. Every other time I have seen it has always been 2 banjos.

[@Kainlarsen]

One of the most iconic scenes in any movie! :D

[@carolecarr5210]

Greatest music scene ever in any movie. That scene made that movie popular. Phenominal!!

[@drakehonest2]

Hey how are you doing today?

[@YautjaPrime-gw1on]

​@@drakehonest2 Go away....bot!

[@robinhooduk8255]

cant believe that kid finally became american president yesterday after all these years. well done sleepy joe

[@bodesbodes9408]

You SOB. What have you done to my sides?!

[@Mitchincredible]

Dude, have you seen young Biden? He was a fricken Chad. Poor take.

[@sheevpalpatine7056]

I try to avoid the political stuff but I can't stop laughing and can't un see it

[@mrredacted85]

@@Thekennel177 salt must głów

[@paulyriddim4796]

lmao😂

[@hulk7272]

My favorite part of the song is when, near the end, Drew said "I'm lost..." and young boy just smiled as if to say "I'm not...." and finished that joint with a proper ending. Yeah!!! I loved that!!!!😄😄😄

[@tapper701]

Boom !

[@d.st.michael4195]

Yeah, he’s just plain cool!

[@thomasstryker216]

These heartwarming moments were the best and well-made not just for its time, but for all time.

[@maxrocketansky]

Dude, Burt Reynolds was STACKED for this movie

[@kiriuxeosa8716]

Sometimes you're just lucky enough to find a single joyful peaceful moment in life where you can just smile and thou this is just a movie this is a good example of what such a moment would look like

[@meznz]

you should watch the whole movie, some joyous scenes further on.

[@justinlanger7109]

@@meznz didn't you have a little cameo in this film?

[@meznz]

@@justinlanger7109 oink oink

[@yvonnewatkinson840]

Fabulous movie, odd creepy thrilling, shocking. From UK. 😊

[@jaystew730]

All the joy will stop when you hear the phrase, "You look like a hog, boy..."

[@maryjanemiles3525]

RIP Mr. Burt Reynolds. Your legacy will live on through your films, such as this one, which is one of my all-time favorites.

[@gaygambler]

I have his tash

[@christopherbrian8638]

Hi Mary

[@glennbeadshaw727]

Bye Burt.... see you soon

[@glennbeadshaw727]

@@findstuff- after a few drinks everybody feels that way until they get on the river

[@SoftDrinksOfChoice]

If someone would ask me to describe the ultimate man's man, it would be Burt Reynolds

[@BlacKnightRising]

who the hell thumbs-downed this scene it was INCREDIBLE!

[@coachacola3755]

The banjo kid tried to save him. Later in the movie, they come across the same kid who’s waving his banjo like a pendulum across the wooden bridge they’re going under. Drew (Ronny Cox) doesn’t catch on and tries to invite him to play as they sail away down the river. The banjo kid can’t verbally communicate due to his autism and the message he was trying to convey, that being a warning goes unread. Drew never makes it to Aintry.

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

David Attenborough voice:''Here we see a rare species of Appalachian, that only communicates through music. Let us listen to his majestic song, as he engages in dialogue with a visitor.''

[@nextari]

quaint, your referencing people as animals. I think DA would be ashamed of your association.

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

@@nextari You must be fun at parties.

[@ionlyfearphobophobia]

Reading your comment, i actually heard his voice in my head.

[@KAZAAPOPULAS]

This is probably one of the important scenes in a movie that gets over looked. What's so interesting about it is that these are two people from different parts of the same country who can connect through music. Not many words are spoken, but when the song gets going it's a connection not many experience.

[@conversationflex3238]

It's kind of a sad scene in retrospect as Drew was a good person who didn't discriminate or cast aspersions. He's the only one who found joy, the only one who tried to do the right thing and the only one who lost his life.

[@joesmith-dq9iy]

But then they rape them ....

[@tommyfuller103z]

Am I missing something Ned Beatty got corn holed

[@tommyfuller103z]

@elizabeth kelly Thats the problem Ned just let it go! His moment of truth was when that hillbilly cornholed him without throwing a fist he just Exhaled and Voila. Its in

[@Nihilianth]

This scene was overlooked!?

[@user-ok9ft1iv4x]

One of the best movies ever made!!!

[@RIP_Greedo]

Just an incredible statement on film. The sense of foreboding underneath it all. But also this is a pure celebration and showcase of traditional American music.

[@adamkelloway3325]

If I ever hear a banjo while camping I'm running LMFAO

[@ryanmorris6868]

What is the name of the movie

[@kingpingu5441]

@@ryanmorris6868 Deliverance

[@keiththompson7392]

The question is away from it? Or toward it? Lol

[@mikegorgonzola8391]

@@keiththompson7392 bro I’m hauling ass towards it🤣

[@towhook]

Running for a box of rubbers and a jar of Vaseline?

[@iamyournytemare4253]

Banjo kid vs Steve vai. Winner: no one. They continued to play eternally.

[@dorianmelrath6735]

Wait is that Ralph Macchio

[@diffusewings4937]

@@dorianmelrath6735 nononono it's not XD

[@AlchemistsTable]

All the animals fucking in the woods are the real winners when Steve Vai plays.

[@lisagreybill7271]

Absolute best scene in the film. I had this song on a "45" record in 4th grade - LOVED it!! Saw the movie as an adult - the rest of the film scared me sh**less!!!

[@JohnSmith-cc3ud]

Music brings people together, and everyone has something to add, even just a sway. This scene gets my heart.

[@bre797]

The old man dancing gave me a pleasant vibe🥺 so wholesome

[@zorrokitty5666]

Too bad the rest of the movie is not wholesome at all

[@roderickshelton9176]

Cloggin..scot irish people...came over here from the ulster scots..

[@Jelsick]

Mr. Bojangles

[@stevenvertnum3708]

@@roderickshelton9176 scotch irish indeed East Tennessee

[@roderickshelton9176]

@@stevenvertnum3708 yes sir...me too

[@larrycooper7261]

I saw Deliverance when it first hit the theaters. I couldn't get this song out of my mind. You can't listen to Dueling Banjos without tapping your feet and getting a big smile on your face!

[@inthespiritworld77]

Get up off that ass and dance a Jig

[@ivanvanogre-nd1sw]

But then I hear, "..........." And I'm not smiling anymore...

[@WizzRacing]

I seen this in 1972 when it come out. 51 years just flashed by.

[@DennisFriedman]

I saw that movie many years ago, & love it, Now again I can listen to the song any time I want

[@franziskafoster411]

Gotta love the acting, maybe they were just actually having a good time but I can absolutely buy that every one in this clip is having a blast just having their own little party in the middle of no where

[@janebrown1706]

An iconic scene that will never die. Playing it to kids born 30 years after it was made!!

[@tullamorejameson480]

Hope it's not played to kids canoeing..... PADDLE!

[@chadwillett619]

And I'm sure they'll be devastated when it's over. Nothing these kids today love more than banjos and 30 year old movies.

[@jcofortco]

Heck, it's FIFTY years later & it STILL rocks! This is the 1st record album I distinctly recall my folks playing often when I was very young in the 70's, & we STILL enjoy hearing it. ♡

[@dmmchugh3714]

The backstory of who really played the banjo is really fascinating. Shows the lengths they went to to make an incredible film.

[@jamesbrown4399]

Backstory? Do tell

[@brenyboy26]

@@jamesbrown4399 it was an adult who slipped his hands through the back of the child sleeves. They are not his hands or arms playing, but the music is real

[@ivanvanogre-nd1sw]

Cool!

[@franklee2683]

The player is not retarded. He is normie. Look him up in "what evah happened to...."

[@crabtrap]

bullshit story. the hands aren't even playing the song. the tune takes very little left hand movement by banjo player. also the audio is dubbed over the anyway.

[@Twerkulies]

1:44 For those who don't speak southern, "Back over that way" means 10-15 minutes back down the road you just came from.

[@TheSavageChimiChanga]

Found a bluegrass playlist on Spotify yesterday and it had this song on it. I had to come to KZbin to watch this amazing scene again. Iconic.

[@dave1517]

Music is a language that goes beyond races, beyond every level of hatred or fear that man can induce in people, music will never die

[@dentureadventure1490]

As a southern mountain boy this hits home so well. Reminds me of growing up walking down these back roads or a holler as we call them and hearing people sitting on the front porch playing music just enjoying life one day at a time. Despite what takes place in this film, I can assure we're nothing like that. The Irish and Scottish settled in these mountains where I'm from. Best way I can sum mountain folk or hillbillies or Hill Williams as I've heard it called before is we're just hard working lower class people.

[@x101st]

Amen! I was stationed in Georgia, and seeing the people gave me a sense of pride! You all rock! God Bless from Texas!

[@dentureadventure1490]

@@gsesquire3441 sure they are dangerous people in the mountains but same could be said about big cities. The majority of people stay to themselves and are willing to help their neighbors without asking a lot of the time if they see themselves in need of help. Sure we aren't no stranger to trouble, it's not all a bowl of cherries down here, we have our problem as well but Don't believe the Hollywood stereotype that we are all a bunch backwoods murderers and crazy folks. I hope ya get to see it one day and change ya mind. I wish ya the best :)

[@redtap5426]

Where do you guy's live

[@patinaz6758]

Do they have Kinkos there?

[@ericjensen3662]

With what upper class looks like today, I'll take lower class folks all day long. My kind of people.

[@tooshort5024]

Amazing how they made the kid look like he is playing when it is really another kid with his arms sticking through the outfit and being off camera! Love the scene!

[@lee-daniels]

That adds to the unsettling-ness of the scene.

[@DarrylAquino-zb9xn]

Beautiful music 🎶 🎵 and a lovely movie as well too 👌 😊, *** western Australia 🇦🇺

[@lenhummel5766]

Truly one of the great classic movie music scenes of all time. Timeless. Brilliantly done.💛🎯✔

[@peaweapeople3501]

its funny how wholesome this scene is for a pretty fucked up movie

[@williammatthews693]

It's really an awesome scene with an awesome bit of music!

[@j.a.motteux2785]

That's the point, really.

[@phenomenal_psych]

What movie is this and what happens in the movie?

[@isaacfeinberg4623]

@@phenomenal_psych the movie is called Deliverance

[@B-Mag]

@@phenomenal_psych deliverance and don’t spoil yourself it’s best experienced blind

[@dmlchannel3262]

"Deliverance" was an extraordinarily well written, screen-writing adapted, directed, acted, and cinematographically filmed movie. Enjoy it for what it was. In 2021, this film couldn't even be produced.

[@thespacebetween4102]

The only movie where Burt Reynolds didn't play himself.

[@wntrtmpst2500]

@@brianlovi9515 the world will sleep better when ur decrepit ass finally crawl into the dirt. You can change with the world or watch it change around you, and get left in the past, where you belong

[@davidharris733]

@@brianlovi9515 wntrtmpst is a troll. You speak the truth.

[@brianlovi9515]

@@wntrtmpst2500 My feelings are hurt and now I'm officially offended..LOL. 💪🏼😘

[@namvet6971]

One of my all-time favorite movies...❤

[@ghost-tz9bg]

sets up the rest of the movie right with a wholesome family fun vibe ❤

[@ginagomez5258]

While it is only a movie to see the smile on that young lads face was a real treat.

[@rockcockhockenhull8204]

How old are you jesus christ

[@Baskerville22]

The 'young lad' was an actor, and someone else played the banjo.

[@claybee1687]

@@Baskerville22 actually he was no actor, the kid was simply cast by the casting director from a very small town. Totally random, and had zero acting experience, so technically not a real actor

[@RayMcKigney]

He was only cast because he's weird looking and lived in the town they were shooting in

[@johnclifton6320]

@@RayMcKigney His name was Billy Redden from the little town of Clayton, GA where he also worked in the Wal Mart there.

[@empressironbladder8942]

Why do I get goosebumps all over EVERY time I watch this scene??!! I NEVER get tired of it. This is one of the top three greatest movies of ALL time!👏🏽🏆

[@eddieg.aoe-4482]

AGREED

[@thatotherguy1]

I could listen to this every day and never get sick of it.

[@blackholeentry3489]

Another being, "Close Encounters of the Third kind".... the epic tale of our emmanant destiny.

[@jarodquintillius7547]

macron play ahahahahahahahaihihihihihihhihihihihihihihihihihi groin groin pig macron

[@alanbadham]

I could listen to those banjos all the time. And I'm saying wow.

[@wallacelarry1813]

chills every time is see and hear this, music brings them all together no matter what their differences, LOVE the movie, I just go through watching it as a matter of fact

[@jejejeje895]

Incroyable, toujours d'actualité ! Autant la bande son que le film, vraiment incroyable de revoir ces image après tant d'années, ... et puis le duel banjos et guitare, cool ! Je ne regrette pas ce tour musical sur le net , super matinée et journée sauvée.

[@HeeroYuy911]

Best scene in the movie.

[@waynewayne9693]

I am partial to the almost butt rape scene personally.

[@frankmachin5438]

@@waynewayne9693 almost?

[@mrraffe82]

@@waynewayne9693 Nothing ‘almost’ about it,he wasn’t squealing like a piggy for fun.

[@alitlweird]

Perhaps. But it’s not the most memorable.

[@natalliaf6387]

tidbit: the kid didn't play a lick of banjo (it's true).....just got the part because of his look

[@anactualalpaca7016]

Something this scene demonstrates well, music is a universal language understood by all walks of life

[@chaseengel9801]

And understood between intelligent people as well as "unintelligent". To me that's the inspiring point. To walk up to someone and have a good jam takes quite a bit of playin between them both.

[@kennethedwards7229]

Glad originator of piece (Arthur Smith), GOT HIS DUE.,

[@flingage]

_"Music soothes the savage beast"_ The most savage of beasts is Man, yet it is Man to whom the saying applies the strongest.

[@marks6663]

The opposite is actually the point of the scene. Even though they jammed together, the hillbillies still decided to kill them. The music they shared meant nothing. The kid turns his head away rather than shake his hand. They were outsiders in their territory, and they would die.

[@bstrdbss]

@@marks6663 the "pick of the manger" comment is what makes me think it was their disrespect that caused them to be attacked.

[@JonathanReynolds1]

Rest in Peace Burt Reynolds and Ned Beatty.

[@commanderkeen3787]

The quick shot of Burt Reynold's face at 3:35 showing that he senses something is very wrong and sinister about this encounter. Because he's the only guy in the group with that killer instinct, but he's too macho and reckless to retreat

[@skaterpulse6746]

It's like that idea that whenever you get a gut feeling that something is wrong or something bad is coming 9 times out of 10 that feeling is correct. Burt seemed to have had that feeling. If only he listened to it and said "Boys let's call it a day and go back"

[@alwyn626]

@@skaterpulse6746 there wouldn't be a movie then.

[@OptimisticCynic715]

@@skaterpulse6746 - he wanted to try out that bow.

[@mroddydawg]

Who’s the actor of the boy?? Does he still do movies?

[@JohnSmith-ys4nl]

I picked up on that too. He was having fun at first, then realized these people are some crazy redneck mofos.

[@leonchapman3578]

Still one of the best riffs ever done to this day too bad it wasnt longer

[@JarthenGreenmeadow]

Legend has it: This is the true song Charlie Daniels played to escape the devil.

[@icegawat6078]

My husband knows how to play banjo joemarie and joyonne play tha guitar. They do have concert here in bacolod city philippines!!! But sad to say they are both gone already. Miss my husband jormarie coz of covid last july 30 2021. Love you papa joe!!!

[@listrahtes]

To think this was a so called A list movie back then and bringing that rawness and emotion. Truly a lost art nowadays in Hollywood. You could cry compare nowadays with the 60s-90s Hollywood. What fall from grace.

[@NeilMcGlashan-ix7tp]

This movie is one of the old time classics and when your sitting in a pub / club / anywhere where there are two people with a guitar and a banjo....ask them can you do the Dueling Banjos ! and always they will say Yes and play it for you...an awesome movie I have watched so so many times and still be one of the best for me!....respect to the old good movies

[@TheRoark85]

I first saw this movie 15 years ago and it still gives me the creeps, it's one of those movies you can't un-see.

[@simonb6306]

Had never seen it then it was on a long flight and decide to watch it. Never forget the young girl next to me watch in horror on the squeal like a pig scene. Just have to keep watching and Prendegast it’s not happening like a sex scene on tv with your parents.

[@hobowithabass4034]

Ive heard alot about the content of this film. Imma just keep watching this scene and live in blissful ignorance of the rest by not watching the film

[@NostalgiaMan]

Hey can ya tell me how to get to town? (cocking sound) yea, it's back the way you came

[@bonjourmoi6553]

Ru everywhere

[@charlesnathen8444]

Kermit

[@Roadrunner78626]

Way back then who were you to judge a man ? Specially, when you were just passing through you weren’t welcomed. You were just camping with the family. They were always hospitable and always had the weed how lucky we were in those days that we survived.

[@user-ok9ft1iv4x]

Such a great movie! Always will be dynamite!

[@wafflesmet]

I haven't seen this since my dad passed away years ago, this was his favorite scene of all time. He talked about it often. So I play this for him today.

[@dorianmelrath6735]

I wanna scare the shit out of people by playing this in the woods

[@Legohaiden]

that's the thing I don't understand that people get from this movie... the Banjo has nothing to do with what happens next... these are just some simple swamp folk who own a gas station, nothing mean nor evil about them... they have nothing to do with the villainous scum they run into next.

[@dorianmelrath6735]

@@Legohaiden its because it was an iconic scene , dueling banjos increased in popularity after this film was realised

[@TheTmoney523]

Currently learning how to play the banjo just so I can park my canoe on the local river and play this lmao

[@b0mbthr3t9]

@@TheTmoney523 😂😂😂😂

[@mattietottle6061]

@@TheTmoney523 I'll grab my guitar and join you :-)

[@michaelbrent5950]

This scene is a microcosm of the entire movie. The travelers feel safe and in harmony with their surroundings up until a point. Then, "I'm lost...".

[@mikb277]

Almost 2024 and this is still amazing to watch.

[@KennyEvansUK]

One of the greatest and most memorable scenes in movie history.

[@jerrybrimberry342]

Actually it had 2 of the most memorable scenes from any movie … the dueling banjos, and the “love scene”.

[@gohome678]

​ the banjo player is Joe Biden before he got into politics😂

[@matrox]

Deliverance is an all time classic...one of those movies you never forget once you see it.

[@robinr5705]

True, but sadly because of how sick it is.

[@jrmetmoi]

@@robinr5705 exactly

[@jrmetmoi]

Yeah because of all the violence

[@tastycookiechip]

@@jrmetmoi it's not even that violent lmao

[@jrmetmoi]

@@tastycookiechip yet it is it’s very violent. It shows a rape. Not a man raping a woman but it’s still a rape. It shows a man raping a man and then it shows them about to rape another man - Angelina Jolie’s father Jon Voight

[@AdventursWithNick]

My brother and I just pulled into the campground at Tallulah Falls where they filmed this, and it's pouring rain so we're sitting in the car watching this.

[@keymaster430]

I like the beautiful encounter that Ned Beatty's character has with the townspeople later on.

[@chuckm4540]

You can have your "Sleepless in Seattle" or "You've Got Mail." For me, "Deliverance" is the greatest RomCom ever made - period.

[@corrado9683]

Yeah especially when they get it up the ass hahaha!

[@nickjones2656]

That made my day...

[@elenacollins5129]

I was really young when I first saw this movie, and it literally took me years before I would watch it again, but this duet was the highlight of the movie.

[@matthewschelle1829]

Yeah, it was a bit traumatizing for me as well.

[@jake8855]

Took you years before you could watch it again? Why??? You didn't appreciate the music?

[@DreamseedVR]

​@@jake8855bruh

[@lutherblissett8780]

I was 13 when I saw it and was traumatized and thinking "this can happen?!!?"

[@garymahony2844]

Platinum film, pure platinum…. 👍💪

[@CallieCarter145]

So much going on in this scene. I don’t think the producers could’ve possibly planned all of this intentionally, much of it just happened spontaneously most likely. What a gem.

[@User-gh9kf]

I remember reading somewhere that the gas station attendant’s dance was spontaneous and not planned

[@mccarthy5825]

Eh what??? The kid wasn’t even playing the banjo. They had a banjo player sit behind him and used angles and cuts to make it look like he was playing it. There was a special shirt made for the banjo player and kid to use and it took a considerable amount of effort to make the scene work. Nothing was spontaneous about this mate!

[@JoePedo]

How he refused to shake his hand at the end, as if to say "We shared music but we don't share its meaning". Chilling. Describes the region well

[@SovereignStatesman]

No, he’s autistic from inbreeding

[@ian101284]

Describes Hollywood’s rendition of the “region” well. Most people are friendly country folk in the Appalachians. Oh they’ll be very clear about it if you try to gussy up to them that you somehow share the same shoes, but if you’re yourself they’re warm and inviting. This movie is so hilariously biased that to think someone would take it as a geography lesson is pretty amazing. Goebbels did a similar thing.

[@JoePedo]

@@ian101284 Deliverance was written by a guy who grew up in the mountains of Northern Georgia. I've spent some time there myself. Met plenty of nice folks, sure. Plenty of backwards, spooky fucks too. If you're an outsider you'll understand real quick that you don't belong, even if some folks do decide to show you hospitality.

[@cezarykapusta1546]

Afaik those were the hands of a guy behind the boy, because the boy couldn't play banjo. So he prolly didn't see the guy stretching his hand out for a handshake

[@firebat128]

Squidbillies represent

[@francisdedumo3323]

If you ever get lost , and it happens that someone is playing banjo on that place, you're in the Swampy South

[@el34glo59]

Swamp ass

[@pikiwiki]

if you hear a dobro, you're in the swamp

[@shchorss]

This is Appalachia, not the bayou...

[@alexbell9443]

You either in Louisiana or in the wrong damn part of Central and South Central florida

[@brandonbartley4908]

Yeeeaaa, that’s not it.. Swamps are low flat lands near and around large bodies of water.. This takes place in the mountains of the Appalachia somewheres around the Tennessee -Georgia border, on up around W.Virginia-Kentucky

[@Mocade333]

I love how behind the stage they all wanted just to creep out the audience by some uncanny plot, but instead they accidentaly maked a skinny youth bajno kid totally immortalized in entire history of cinema.

[@lorenzosyquia4769]

I have no idea what this movie is about, but I am watching it now. I like to play the guitar and my dad said I might enjoy this tune called "dueling banjos" from this old film called 'Deliverance'. So here I am. I just picked it up. No idea what to expect. Cannot wait to finish it. Commenters say it's a "heartwarming tale" about men going camping. OK. Let's see.

[@johnboi7496]

I honestly love this movie. I have genuinely never seen another film like it. It’s style is completely distinct

[@jamesage24]

The only other movie I can think of which comes close to it's style, substance, and unease is Southern Comfort.

[@pinkpeony2056]

I saw Deliverance at a theatre in Montreal when it was first released. To me, it was quite frightening but back then movies did frighten me.... like Dirty Harry or Dressed to Kill. The interesting thing is that had someone come up to me that night as I was leaving the theatre to tell me that I would end up living there, I would have been really shocked more so than by the effect of the movie! Many years later, I ended up in the Blue Ridge not far from the river where the movie was shot. The banjo player was from a community not far from where I live. I have travelled to a number of countries and although I have been out west to the plains, Rockies and coast, my heart is in Appalachia where I feel so fortunate to reside.

[@brianmartin5531]

Brian Laundrie. You seeking deliverance. On the Appalachian trail? Regards from me. Brian Martin.

[@pinkpeony2056]

@@brianmartin5531 Well Brian, I haven't seen him. Doesn't mean he wasn't here.

[@KD-mo1dv]

Amazing scene, amazing music.

[@alanbadham]

i'm after the dvd . allway's a treat to listen to the banjo's.

[@jovanlukic7390]

For me, this is one of the most beautiful and memorable scenes in history of cinematography. Music can connect people like nothing else... Thank you for this.

[@chefgiovanni]

Yes, and with Burt Reynolds ....There is always more to chew on. He was also a fun guy away from the cameras. He drank a lot of cheap beer and liked spicy chili. We partied down in Florida in the 80's . Let us cook.

[@stevec1972ad]

I totally agree with you. Who would've thought the kid was a professional musician? This movie came out when I was born as it so happens

[@AZOMBIERYO]

Idk if we are talking about most beautiful and memorable scenes i would have to disagree and say its actually a little scene further on in the movie that takes the cake 🐖

[@jovanlukic7390]

@@AZOMBIERYO Could easily be. I am being pretty subjective on this cause It reminds me of my childhood, watching this with my father...

[@hziegler]

A bit over-dramatic

[@douglasburnside]

One of the most iconic movie scenes ever put on film.

[@davidmeir9348]

While it's not really duelling bajoes since only the kid plays it (Ronnie Cox plays guitar), it is an iconic scene and it totally comes out of the blue. The kid at the end turning his head and refusing to acknowledge Cox's character is showing that the rural folks of the deep south look with suspicion folks coming from the big cities in the north and don't let this moment of levity tell you otherwise. But that musical moment shows that, at least for an instant, music is truly a language that unites all human beings.

[@user-li4qf3pm1x]

Moments are all we get. To pine for anything more is just vanity.

[@01Mary02]

I've never seen the movie but I'm very aware of what happens in it, so I think I'll leave it that I love this scene.....

[@drakehonest2]

Hello how are you doing today..?