"Deliverance" film makes an impact 40 years later

It's been 40 years since the film "Deliverance" made a star out Burt Reynolds and scared people with its terrifying depiction of southerners. CBS News' Mark Strassmann visited the area where the movie was filmed and discovered the film continues to have a lasting impact.

[@barragin9893]

What's odd is that no one ever mentions the hospital and dinner scene at the end, which paints that culture and community as very kind and generous, very positive. RIP Burt and Ned

[@thomaskemer8109]

Thats the darndest looking cucumber you ever seen

[@Mrz-sb1hw]

Are hillbillys bad or good people. I suppose there will be goodies and baddies like everywhere else.

[@plasticweapon]

one of the most perfectly made films of all time. the acting, the direction, the dialogue, the cinematography...like a swiss watch.

[@jmua8450]

I'll never go to North Georgia without Burt Reynolds with me.

[@cylentkills]

jmua04 he died 😢😢

[@ИгорьИжщенков]

CYLENTKILLS KUO DESTINY With Burt gone he’ll have to learn how to shoot a bow and arrow on his own now. I’d prefer a Glock 9MM myself.

[@Ramblin-Man]

Burt died, so bring Ted Nugent...!!

[@Atombender]

Just bring a hunting bow and enough arrows.

[@jbilotta]

Damn straight

[@redrock717]

I hate to tell that lady, but the two actors who played the deranged hillbillies were actually southerners/Appalachians. Bill Mckinney was from Chattanooga and Herbert Coward was born and raised and still lives in Maggie Valley, NC. They were proud of the film they made, but they knew it was just a movie as well.

[@mitchbanner4094]

I'm a volunteer EMT Fireman in western North Carolina. We were once called to search for 2 missing hikers deep in the mountains where we live. We searched all night and into the morning for them. They were found by an Avery Co. sheriff deputy and our squad chief, muddy, tired, and out of breath. One was even barefoot. They had run from us since sunrise when they heard our bloodhound Roscoe barking and voices of my fellow rescuers. When asked why, their response was we heard people up here are mean! Our response was, guys, Deliverance was only a movie! That stereotype is still alive and well, but we were just too tired to argue. You've accomplished nothing when you've bested a fool.

[@richardpalmer8478]

🤣🤣

[@jeffreystroman2811]

That "southern hospitality" thing is real, people down younder are truly some of nicest, kindest you'll ever meet. That's my experience

[@CopperheadGarage]

Yessir

[@breadfan9]

Unless you re black

[@CopperheadGarage]

@@breadfan9 no

[@robertmasina4610]

I'm sure the villains in the movie comprise only a small percentage of that region's population.

[@MichaelPop72]

@@breadfan9, no, that’s just the whining entitlement factor in your inner self. Blacks only think blacks are treated badly, well blacks and liberals anyhow.

[@DRock6906]

Billy Redden, bless his heart, had the correct analogy about this film: "It's just a movie. If you don't want to watch it, don't watch it." But it also shows how a film can burn an image into your brain that can't be erased. Deliverance came out in 1972 and 46 years later, you can't hear a banjo or see Ned Beatty without thinking about that movie.

[@williegordon9188]

Even when Ned Beatty died the first thing brought up was his role in Deliverance where he was made to SQUEAL LIKE A PIG. 🐖

[@mattpartington5312]

30,000 people a year, that's a whole lot of squealing

[@THEGODDAMNDINOSAUR]

I love you.

[@BopWalk]

GET DOWN THERE BOY. GET THEM BRITCHES OFF, YES SIIIIR.

[@rshelley7496]

And alot of panties..😆😆😆😆

[@theaccountant5133]

You are an ugly man.........ha ha ha.

[@rustyshakelford1279]

Those 30,000 look like big ‘Ol hogs.

[@phatphish7617]

Moved to the Appalachians after retirement , it's a whole different planet.. rascism, obesity, lack of education, paranoia, no dental hygiene, opioid epidemic, smoking cigarettes like crazy , no industry, bad medical systems or none at all , high crime rates (for such small populations ) , been here about 4 years now...I watch my back...

[@alcd6333]

Surprising that the elderly woman is not upset with the novel it is based on. It was a bestseller by the late poet James Dickey (he makes a cameo appearance as the sheriff). Artistically, it is a well-made classic: Burt Reynolds said "Smokey and the Bandit" was his most profitable film, but "Deliverance" was his best film

[@joshs3916]

Coming up this year on 52 years since it’s release and I can see both sides.

[@danletter9357]

Jeff foxworthy’s joke was great too: “They used the same river for the kayaking portion of the ‘96 Olympics. If Ned Betty can’t make it down that river, a Frenchman in a pair of bicycle shorts, doesn’t stand a chance.”

[@ElectricTatersFTW]

as a resident of georiga i have one thing to say...SQUEAL LIKE A PIGGY!

[@jimmysapien9961]

Haaaaaaaaa

[@jogmas12]

Chandler Beckner i ain’t going to Georgia no more!

[@marcosmodernliving7070]

🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷🐷

[@nofirstorlast8405]

My mom's ancestors have been in the Deep South since the 1600s, and she doesn't mind the stereotypes. She calls the Beverly Hillbillies her "family," because some of her family ARE like them.

[@danblanusa1318]

🤣🤣🤣 I bet she’s Purdy 😜

[@thevortexofdoom8778]

I went there rafting like 10 years ago, yep got raped also. The movie was spot on.

[@kurttyyduzit]

lmfao I like how nonchalantly you said you were raped. Actually laughed out loud

[@cowboykody6775]

Did you enjoy it?

[@matthewlee4834]

uh...

[@woismith5899]

Me too... Got raped right up the arse... I was livid. It's all true.

[@tomhuppi3949]

Thank God I got kicked out after a few weekends at the Cub Scout level and never experienced these things.

[@BRuane-pw6xq]

I went camping in the Mountains with my friends after seeing this movie. We were all packing in the event we encountered Mr Purty Mouth and his friend. That scene scared every Male who saw it. The ultimate nightmare experience .

[@lafireteamplx3400]

Did he make you squeal

[@jossrock6458]

There will never be a movie better than this movie type.

[@OneManParade]

Nobody is is laughing at North Georgia. We are laughing at that mop on Gayle Kings head.

[@whipsnade13]

The old lady's claim that mountain people are all "wonderful, passive people" is every bit as stereotypical as claiming the opposite.

[@dalejones9919]

Exactly~!

[@dominickjustave3558]

Shes a Karen

[@sombojoe]

Yeah, she is allowed to stereotype, but nobody else is. Can you say hypocrite?

[@davida1251]

I agree. Although you can tell the lady is not really a true "hillbilly", she is clearly educated, thoughtful, and shows her nature as an author

[@Doc_Valparaiso]

@@davida1251 If by true nature you mean sanctimonious.

[@philrobertson2708]

They shouldn't be so sensitive about this depiction. You could pick any outback region in the world in most any country and encounter this sort of thing. It's a good story and a great movie

[@integral]

That the movie caused a multi-million dollar tourist industry to develop in the area tells you the majority of people knew and know it really was "only a movie".

[@na-z4l]

I like how they blame the movie but forget this was a novel by James Dickey who was born and raised in Georgia. The film and the book are masterpieces. Also the south had a bad image before Deliverance for crying out loud they succeeded from the union, brutalized black people, started the KKK and justified racism and bigotry.

[@nicholasdickens2801]

Exactly - but we can't let things like facts get in the way for idiots like the woman in the video can we?

[@Theomite]

And Georgia's got a lot more going for it now. The music scene and the movie culture has really given its various ranges more exposure. Sure, DELIVERANCE was the iconic first glimpse and you never really leave that behind, but TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE did the same for Texas and Texas got over it because more stuff came out after it. Now CHAINSAW is just one part and most people know it's fiction.

[@na-z4l]

Had Deliverance never had he sodomy it would not have this bitch complaining. The people upset over it don't like being perceived as some of them having homosexual proclivities.

[@MrAquinas1]

Nicholas Dickens: So it is factual and non-idiotic to form extrapolated conclusions regarding the state of soul of millions of people making trillions of moral decisions in the course of their lives based on historical clichés?

[@spec24]

Yeah, they were called the Democrat party.

[@rogertalley7944]

I've lived in this area my whole life Banjo Billy still works at Walmart. My great uncle was the chief of police in Clayton, Rabun County. If you need help, broke down, no roof over your head, and most importantly if you are hungry, I promise you you'll find someone that will help you out. It's just a dang movie. I live near a lake called Crystal lake and I've never heard of anyone being killed by a Jason if you know what I mean.

[@williedegee1]

In reality Crystal Lake does not exist.. It's called Sand pond on a Boy Scout property Camp Nobibosco in Hardwick Township New Jersey.. Friday the 13th was filmed there..

[@plasticweapon]

how come nobody ever notices that only of the natives are not nice?

[@VigilanteVegan]

"It was an insult of humble passive people who didn't deserve to be insulted on the silver screen like that." - who does the old lady believe the film is targeting? People who live in rural areas? Our a general depiction of Southerners? I never saw the film as depicting a whole group of people like that, I saw the psychos as individual psychos.

[@ScooterLee-ei1ep]

@kragseven 😂😂😂 got proof?

[@ScooterLee-ei1ep]

And ive been affected by this movie. I got a masters from Ohio State. Moved to NY and couldnt work for 6 months. Meet my wife there. Moved home after 6 months after not getting a job and being robbed of everything I owned. Simply because of how this movie protrayed where I'm from. When I moved back got a job at toyota as an engineer. Now her family is in dept to me because I bailed them out. And they are horrible hateful people.

[@mpaxton8991]

Exactly. The people at the boarding house and hospital were decent. She needs to get real.

[@mpaxton8991]

@@ScooterLee-ei1ep You have a masters degree and write like this.

[@ScooterLee-ei1ep]

@@mpaxton8991 big fingers and little screen. Also TBI.

[@ericjohn8466]

I'm sorry but that lady saying "if ya hear banjos, paddle faster" cracked me the eff up.

[@Moonlitwatersofaqua]

I'm not surprised Barbara dislikes the movie. The town is portrayed as a place where everyone marries their cousins and no one leaves. Its not really far off from the truth which I can attest to having grown up in a small town. In this movie the protagonists fear the people there because two of the mountain people assaulted raped one of their friends and the protagonists killed them in self defense. In a town where the judge and jury is likely the dead men's family in spirit and in blood, they do not expect that their story is to be believed so they try their best to hide what happened. Nobody would want to be portrayed in such a fashion. However I think there is something rather human to this story. How willing would you be to believe your brother raped someone? Not to mention raped another man, when such a matter is highly taboo. Furthermore how willing would you be to believe this story when presented with their corpse? Rural Georgia may be what we think of when we think of injustice due to nepotism due to the family relations, however as the dueling banjos in the beginning of the movie show the commonality between city dwellers and rural folk, this is something that all of us are capable of.

[@jeffmurray1681]

I grew up in the north Georgia mountains. Was 12 when this was filmed. Most people are very friendly, or were back then. However, some of the meanest people I've ever met lived back there, also. I thought the depictions were spot on. There were people still living like that back then, but they were the minority. The film is just a story. The film also depicted doctors, and nice locals.

[@leeashford2259]

I always wondered the first time I saw this film what the hell the locals must’ve thought of that depiction

[@aarfeld]

"Mystic River" doesn't portray that community in a positive light either. But only a fool believes that everyone is South Boston is bad. Them boys was rotten, but every community has some bad apples.

[@korchuo1439]

personally i CAN see why Barbra would be mad, although I think she is broadly misinterpreting the movie, the movie was not made to make any sort of statement, it is a beautifully done piece of writing and camera play, nothing more. I don't blame her, although i hope she can still find a way to appreciate the artwork behind this amazing film.

[@chrishill3590]

Excellent movie.... Well directed...Great cast!!!!!

[@cajunpipesmoker1519]

I was born and raised in Louisiana, but have live my adult life in the area this movie was filmed in. The Beverly Hillbillies probably did more damage to the southern image than Deliverance! It's just entertainment, most people are smart enough to know that! Heck, we think New York City is nothing but gangsters, gangstas, and Kojaks! LOL And the "squeel like a pig " scene scared the beejesus out of us (Southerners) also!! 😂🤣😂

[@mclyte20]

Yeah I bet you been doin a whole lot of "squeeling like a piggy," BOY by takin it real deep and good

[@porkinwitz]

Translation- "Less tempting than a hair in a biscuit."

[@donabelanderson6027]

I watched this movie long time ago and made a great impact on my life

[@Blue-rw9kj]

You'll find crazies about anywhere, it's "just a movie"

[@joshmattera8774]

I'm from Chicago, I went to Georgia when I was eighteen, the only people I met they were nothing but friendly. They also told us where to fish ect.

[@moore4615]

You sure have a pretty fish mouth.

[@kirstenness6817]

It probably depends on where in Georgia you are.

[@robertmasina4610]

I'm sure the bad guys in the movie make up only a small percentage of that state's population.

[@MrZlathan3]

@@kirstenness6817 Exactly. There's good Georgia and then there's backwoods MAGA world.

[@pepperton54]

One of the greatest movies ever made. I'm from Kentucky and if people think we don't wear shoes here that's fine with me. Every culture has it's sticking points. So what are we supposed to see her area as? Listen to her accent. She sounds just like the characters in the movie Deliverance. And there isn't anything wrong with that in my book. Chill out gal.

[@billgeezeriommi]

I appreciate the lady being upset but no one is thinking that all southerners are like those 2 gentleman depicted in the film. We all understand that people are individuals.

[@SMcCaskill]

The man that played the toothless man, Herbert "Cowboy" Coward, his girl friend, his pet squirrel, and their chihuahua, were all killed in a vehicle crash, a couple of days ago in January 2024.

[@josephclark4999]

I live in Southern Indiana and know a guy that lives in a house that makes those shacks look like the Taj Mahal. I am not joking.

[@mrjefery1]

having grown up in the deep south i can honestly say it is very accurate.

[@mclyte20]

The rape scene too ?

[@darinmalone]

I met the actor Cowboy Coward one of the mountain men. He was a wonder man and genuinely nice.

[@TaylorStJohn-fp9zs]

It was a phenomenal movie(easily a top ten for me), but it did create a pretty heinous depiction of mountain locals in North Georgia. You guys below are right. Every culture has its crazy characters. It is an all-time classic, but def not for everyone. It def leaves a lasting mark if you really allow it to get under your skin. Top notch acting from the entire cast! Bill McKinney was superb!

[@josephdrbohlav5705]

In 2005, Koch Industries transferred me from Wichita KS to Spartanburg SC. My wife was on-board with the move, but I had to do some work to convince my 3 grade-school and middle school aged children that it would be a good move. While thumbing through a guidebook on South Carolina at a bookstore in Wichita (looking for pictures to impress my oldest son who liked to fish...) I came across an introductory paragraph that stated something to the effect that South Carolina is a state of contrasts--most people think of the beaches, but South Carolina also has clear mountain brooks--in fact the movie DELIVERANCE was filmed on the Chattooga River (or something to that effect...). Well, by golly, after reading that I scooped the kids into the car and we were off to the closest Blockbuster Video store to rent this movie "Deliverance" which I had never before heard of. I wanted to see the scenery and wanted my kids to see what it would be like where they were moving to. Turned out that our local Blockbuster didn't rent this movie, but they had copies for sale, so I purchased one and we went home to watch it immediately. Needless to say I ended "movie night" as quickly as I could when the rape seen started to unfold. Thanksgiving weekend in 2008, my son and I drove up to the Nantahala National Forest just southwest of Cashiers, NC and hiked and camped along the Chattooga river. What a beautiful place and such awesome memories. Makes me smile while I am writing this.

[@mickberry164]

Sheesh, are you making me laugh! That's a riot. Oops...Wrong movie to encourage kids to move to that locale.

[@swellcat66]

"Less temptin' than a hurr in a biscuit." Now, that's country.

[@TimCarter]

There were stereotypes on both sides though. Ned Beatty's character was actually the most ignorant character in the movie, the way he looked down on the southerners, and repeatedly mocked them.

[@jeremyperry6206]

Tim Carter And karma got him right on target!

[@nicholasdickens2801]

Such a great movie and it's great it had s positive impact upon the local community. That tourists came here like in the film and that's a positive thing.

[@badbobby656]

Deliverance iconic movie.

[@izom]

great film- rip burt

[@coldwinter5710]

Georgia has a HUGE amount of thanks to offer to Burt Reynolds for all the movies he brought to the state. He was one of the 1st to do so repeatedly.

[@8bert9]

Yes he did including Smokey and the Bandit

[@dannyreyna2821]

James Dickey played the Sheriff perfectly

[@hellcatredeye-g6582]

He’s absolutely right it’s just a movie .Burt Reynolds is a great actor this gentleman playing the banjo even though he didn’t👍👍😁Great movie

[@sgshumblecrumb6046]

The thing about the movie is that the protagonists in the film "looked down" on the locals and they payed for doing so. So in that sense the film's message is to not have judgement for what you don't understand.

[@williegordon9188]

Like you wouldn't look down on people having sex with their relatives and having sex with pigs and other animals.

[@shelbyindianajones3226]

I live in north Georgia, love it, work near the city.

[@awayfarer6813]

wow- the awkward silence at the end- then Gayle seems to perpetuate the stereotypes when humming the banjo picks- reflecting "I hear banjos, paddle faster"

[@jamesschott2870]

Oh yes great movie........when I saw this film I was on a first date with a pretty beauty queen at my college who I thought was terrific........needless to say, after that horrid rape scene I felt light headed and sick to say the least. I excused myself and headed to the men's room but never made it........instead heading outside to the curb of the theater, where I proceeded to lose my rather expensive dinner in the street.......in front of hundreds of people lining up for tickets for the next showing. The looks on their faces were priceless, mine as well. Long story short I later found out that a news reporter later said that my staged or real performance was what pushed ticket sales to new heights for that movie and the downtown theater in the heart of Cincinnati.........on that note the theater manager refunded our tickets and gave me 50 bucks for a new dinner....what a hoot.....!!!

[@phillipsmom6252]

Cowboy couldn’t read or write. Burt Reynolds got him the acting gig. His audition line was, “ Get over by that tree and take your pants down”. He got the part.

[@johnharris8191]

Burt met Cowboy when he was a guest star at Ghost Town in The Sky.

[@TheSaltydog07]

The book should be read. James Dickey was primarily a poet.

[@queenbee2371]

I just bought it on dvd. Only ever saw it once years and years ago!!

[@richardadkins8722]

We used to camp in that part of "Tallulah Falls" Georgia. And I met the love of my life there. Of corse we lived just a few hollers down. She's my first cousin,never removed. And we have three children .....all conjoined fer dat matter. But day sure is purdee....

[@GreasyFilms-qc1xo]

Billy Redden is the center of one of the greatest scenes in movie history. Good on him!

[@chaimnisan2841]

I always thought that was Joe Biden

[@thomaskemer8109]

Same eyes,no doubt!

[@scottsimmons7897]

The lady is correct but it a great movie. I live less than fifty miles away where it was filmed.

[@paolamgls]

Damn he did a whole scene and he works as maintenance at walmart

[@eugenebell83]

Much of the country are under the impression that the South is like this, they have not been here, but still, they have the idea this is the way it is. But that's OK, perhaps this movie will keep scaring these idiots away.

[@thelogicalracer1036]

that is why i love it

[@FredDude27]

The South was easy pickins in those days...Though I dont get the impression that the author tried to make it an anti-South novel or something.

[@bighands69]

There are areas of the UK that you would get the same bother on. And there are areas of America such as LA where you cannot leave the car alone as they will strip and and if you are in the car they will just shoot you.

[@ToddiusMaximus]

That’s a GREAT way to look at it.

[@stolasgoetia93]

That's because people are braindead sheep that will believe every thing Hollywood tells them.

[@mardukgilgamesh1500]

Hol up. Deliverance actually ADDED tourism!!!???

[@jmansfield8554]

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Congrats on being first commenter to point this out...I believe that's what they call irony.

[@hisdness1]

Of course it did. You got great scenery there. You expected people to believe that there were hillbilly rapists waiting for you in the woods?

[@capoislamort100]

Tough shit Grandma...I'll bet you had nothing to say when they showed 'gone with the wind' in your state, portraying southerners as a noble, brave, virtuous and gallant group of people!

[@you2449]

+capoislamort100 Yeah, and you're the first one to start ranting and raving if anyone depicts your own group or cause, in anything other than Angelic light.

[@capoislamort100]

you2449 y'all haven't stopped yet for the past 500yrs

[@zobielamouche1]

trump was fathered by 2 such imbecile gay hillibillies

[@humbleone6405]

zobielamouche1 funny ..but probably true

[@39Hundred]

zobielamouche1 Imbecile, Gay hillbillies? His grandparents built up a fortune thru hard work.

[@kathyandrews8898]

That movie is still on target in rural areas in SC and GA.

[@tinarowland4120]

A movie made most likely to scare city folk away instead created a tourist getaway

[@Westy0311]

If you want to see true hillbillies, go to West Virginia. My great grandmother was a Hatfield. Trust me, there are some odd ducks in those hills.

[@lewisfrazier3506]

Nah! Arkansas, the folks there will not speak to strangers! Wierd Heber Springs was ok a camp ground is there, but in the smaller communities they will not speak to you

[@davidmorris7696]

@@lewisfrazier3506 WV and Arkansas are very similar on that front.

[@CL-od5mh]

I saw the movie when it was first released and I was amazed at the realism of the movie, and I knew it was all fiction and it was depicting an unrealistic stereotype. In no way did I think the people of the area it was filmed were like that. The only reason I can see anyone being offended by it is if it was to close to the truth as far as they are concerned and they don't see it as fiction like "Clockwork Orange", "Southern Comfort", and "Car Wash" among many other stereotype movies.

[@aNdzel0t]

Thats an intresting opinionm can u elaborate more on movies u mentioned as stereotypes? :)

[@plasticweapon]

@@aNdzel0t he doesn't really know what he's talking about. he's dealing with an issue that doesn't exist.

[@aNdzel0t]

@@plasticweapon 😀 i dont wanna put down people like that, but to each its own :)

[@anthonygross1963]

Scariest villains of all time because you know it could happen to you.

[@zacharyjarrells7084]

As someone from Southern Appalachia, I'm in no way offended by the film. The fact of the matter is, some folks way, way back in the mountains are a little off, but in a good way. They may not be in tune with modernity, but they're good people who would help you if you're in a pinch. I'm sure some are as depicted in Deliverance. I'm a huge Burt Reynolds fan, and I like Ned Beatty too. Most of the people in this film were locals (minus the hillbilly that raped Ned Beatty, Bill McKinney). Too many folks getting up in arms over stupid stuff anymore.

[@ShunyamNiketana]

It don't exactly paint a flattering picture of city folk neither. Naive, romantic, holier than thou. They deserved what happened to them. It's really a movie 'bout instincts, and the river got its own instincts.

[@MarkEvanWhite]

I grew up in this area. It’s not an unfair depiction. There was plenty of crazy mean backwoods folks in north Georgia in the 70’s and 80’s! I had several violent encounters with em!

[@lorddemonoss3945]

'THAT stereo typing' still lives on! for a damn real reason lady.

[@petersonlafollette3521]

Is not JUST a regional stereotype- the human condition everywhere contains large jealousy, envy, and many with strong negative mindset.

[@HeavyK.]

Hollywood thinks the whole country is like this except for LA and NY.

[@petersonlafollette3521]

Easy to understand why after what the U.S. has been through for past four years M.AG.A. political culture.

[@integral]

Considering red states, especially southern states, fell for Trump's con, his lies, that's not a surprise.

[@nativelands6190]

@@integral oh stfu

[@thealandislands4061]

@@petersonlafollette3521you can’t be talking with your profile picture. You look like you could be in the movie with them 😂

[@petersonlafollette3521]

@@thealandislands4061 Talk is cheap on here, isn't it sweetheart...

[@tanjawesseling1904]

How about putting Deliverance on KZbin for free??

[@astraltraveler1]

I only just watched the movie for the first time a couple of weeks ago. And I already knew to steer clear of banjos. But it's a depiction of American culture. Great job!

[@lettherebelamp5102]

This film convinced me that if I’m ever going anywhere I’ve never been before I should be packing. That may not have been their intent but that’s what I took away from the film😂

[@georgesealy4706]

Yep, it's a good idea. Now, more than ever. Gotta defend yourself from crazy idiots.

[@mrfister1899]

If there's one thing I've learned about stereotypes, it's that they're usually founded in reality

[@breebw]

Our business took us on a team building retreat to Rabon county(we based in San Fran). You can actually canoe down the river and camp. Its all an act, but out of the darkness, 2 "hillbilly's" came into our camp, and dragged one of the guys away, and made him squeal in the darkness of the night. It was terrifying. We later learned he was in on it, the bastard. Although out of our group of 15, two were never seen again at work. Always wondered what became of them.

[@rancosteel]

Billy Redden. Right on. Great performance.

[@marcdewey3848]

I wonder how folks in Louisiana feel about Southern Comfort?

[@bustercherry9643]

Deliverance on the bayou.

[@robertmasina4610]

I saw some parallels between the two movies.

[@redstallion7335]

Well , I feel perturbed by it all. Lol

[@antvenom1604]

My thoughts exactly.

[@jeffmurray1681]

@@robertmasina4610 It was a rip off of Deliverance.

[@keithwayne2902]

Great film...don't kid yourself. I live in Louisiana people are like that. Movie never implied everybody in the south is like that. People cry about everything!!!

[@mickberry164]

If you don't like Deliverance, fine. But don't blame Hollywood. Blame your native son James Dickey.

[@virtualrooster2765]

“It’s just a movie” is always stated when it conflicts with other people’s options. Movies are a powerful propaganda device.

[@Evanz111]

But it’s not a vicious stereotype - they’ve shown that in that exact scene where the young boy was just as talented if not more than the self-righteous American claiming to be better than him.

[@KhondorFlex]

Have you seen a more uncomfortable group of journalists?

[@devindepoy2878]

Perfect depiction of the difference between men and women

[@petemoss8522]

"DELIVERANCE" is a work of art. A believable storyline, with great acting and directing. No matter where you vacation in this country, or around the world, it's always helpful to carry a deadly weapon, for defense. I loved the lady's line, "...as temptin' as a hair in a biscuit."

[@chrissheppard5068]

When a culture has been assaulted........nah its just a movie and a very good one at that.

[@davetheman2615]

I refuse every invitation to go camping after watching this film!

[@GuyBaldridge54]

The movie told many truths that Americans don't like to talk about.

[@wganz]

Let's compare the # of people shot in Chicago vs. Rabun County, GA since the first of the year. One would be safer in Iraq for a year than on the South Side of ObamyLand. heyjackass.com/2017-year-to-date-totals/

[@wganz]

Jay So original. So much thought, fact gathering, and analytics involved in that post.

[@markwatson6783]

Burt Reynolds, the star of Deliverance, passed away. RIP.

[@rustyshackelford3590]

Just like how the movie the birth of a nation told many truths that people don’t like to talk about.

[@wganz]

BOOM!!! HEADSHOT!!!!!1!!!!!!!

[@dalehoward8352]

Billy Redden looks normal to me now,only very near/far sighted. They probably exaggerated his looks for the movie. I can understand how Barbara feels. There's always a small if very small truth in stereotypes. Barbara is one of I'm sure the many people who are educated and live nicely from what I can see from her home. The movie was talking about a certain population of folk, not her or her neighbors. The movie and the tourist brought money and I'm sure jobs into the region if there's a silver lining.

[@pault8470]

Should have sent Dom Lemon from CNN he would have loved it

[@ToddiusMaximus]

Paul towey so would Anderson Cooper. I’ll bet they make each other squeal 🐷

[@i-tiyahman6519]

LOL ANDERSON COOPER TOO

[@mardukgilgamesh1500]

Brian stelter is a true sow tho.🐷👄

[@belingonza318]

Never know Don and Anderson might of all ready been there.

[@kevinparker5557]

And Jussie Smollet would love it also

[@adamzanzie]

People forget that for every evil hillbilly that's in this movie, there are friendlier ones, from the banjo boy at the beginning to the feisty older woman in the closing scenes who raves about her 12-foot long cucumber. These people are given their humanity: They love good food, music and dancing, and they don't deserve the upper-class condescension which Ed, Louis, Bobby and Drew bestow upon them at the beginning of their trip.

[@weslyon6086]

Get over it barbara woodall, it's an award winning story of survival, better yet, go sit down and write a novel that depicts life in your neighborhood as you see it, then pitch it to all the major film studios and if it's anywhere near as great as Deliverance, just maybe they will make it into a motion picture!

[@susana5052]

My father was from the south and yes, the movie did do some negative things to the view of people from the south. My best friend is from deep in the Louisiana swamps. I met her family and they are the nicest, kindest people I have ever met. Most people from the south are very kind and helpful to this day. Unlike people in Southern California. It's a shame that some would watch a movie and go away thinking that all people from Louisiana and even the deep south are all like they saw in the movie. I understand her feelings well. God bless her.🙏🙏🙏

[@jamesuberman5856]

Darnit, now every time I eat a biscuit, I'll be looking for a hair. The woman has ruined biscuit eating.

[@Stormcloakvictory]

You can't say every one there is like the stereo types, but can you deny that the movie portrayed stereo types do not exist at all in the Appalachian mountains?

[@miltonwelch4177]

Yeah. @ 3:37. The chair is falling apart. Hope that Redden is getting his part of royalties. Talking about BEST supporting actor.