deliverance still hasn't lost it's edge 50 years later.....simply one of the best movies ever
@ExaltedSeahawksFan2 жыл бұрын
I couldn’t agree more
@2A-Bear-Arms Жыл бұрын
@@ExaltedSeahawksFan Saw the movie at 16 years old and it made me homophobic forever.😁
@ynotttt Жыл бұрын
So true…so ahead of it’s time.
@cv507 Жыл бұрын
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@Gmthekiller10 ай бұрын
@@2A-Bear-Armsmost r*pists are heterosexuals
@onemoremisfit4 жыл бұрын
I'd be with Lewis too, since he's the one who came through in the clutch to save their lives.
@rickbehrens50464 жыл бұрын
THATS RIGHT WITHOUT that great shot it would be two dead guys
@ynotttt3 жыл бұрын
That’s 100% correct
@dougwebb7042 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't even have to think about it under those circumstances. Bury the bastard right there.
@billtmarchi43202 жыл бұрын
I think they should fry him up and eat his liver with some favir beans and a nice bottle of kueanti. Sthft,sfhft,sthft,sthft
@chriswayneevans2 жыл бұрын
Yep, absolutely, I think they would owe him that.
@robinrobyn17144 жыл бұрын
If that had been me, and Lewis saved me from those disgusting hillbillies, there would be absolutely nothing to think about or consider. I would totally back Lewis up, and bury that guy.
@robbyosborne9708 Жыл бұрын
Same here
@rimrunz17959 ай бұрын
Damn straight, yep
@johncase2408 Жыл бұрын
This scene is so good. Reynolds was really good in these roles, and John Voight's anguish and vulnerability is spot on. This movie was bold very much like Sunset Boulevard in expressing very taboo subjects.
@chrisjames30879 ай бұрын
Burt Reynolds best movie. I saw this as a young teen and was deeply disturbed.
@coachacola3755 Жыл бұрын
Drew: > Sales Supervisor for Coca-Cola > An accessory to murder > fucking dies
@markgiordonello67102 жыл бұрын
deliverance is a perfect movie.....everything about it: the pacing, tone, the suspense and of course the acting. in my opinion it's one of the 10 greatest films ever made
@duskopopov77 Жыл бұрын
Totally agree!
@practicaliching23113 ай бұрын
There should be a whole genre of movies where people are dropped into the wilderness and have to fight their way out. The Edge, Predator, Deliverance. All good.
@e.l.norton4 жыл бұрын
Lewis was right. Drew was weak. Clinging to his illusions of law. Natural law is all that matters.
@ckobo843 жыл бұрын
Hard to believe he turned into ruthless bad ass Dick Jones.
@richardstevens88393 жыл бұрын
Unless you fall foul of human law
@coachacola3755 Жыл бұрын
Drew’s went from 🎸😃 -☹️-🚣🌊- 💀
@surengrigorian7888 Жыл бұрын
Nonsense. A man must display due regard for his conscience, which is what the law symbolises.
@ryane3543 Жыл бұрын
@@surengrigorian7888 no. Drew was weak.
@jamesdrynan2 жыл бұрын
" Man, that's about as buried as you can get. " A great line. Fifty years later and this film is still as chilling and dark as ever. The four actors threw in together to create an unforgettable drama. How quickly men can forfeit the civilized conventions of their cozy world for survival.
@ExaltedSeahawksFan2 жыл бұрын
One of the best movies of all time.
@paulrichardson984311 ай бұрын
Yes and I think this was the best scene which is saying something from a film that is full of great scenes. The realization of what they've done, and the moral conflict between knowing what would normally be the right thing to do in contrast to their alien environment where people are very likely to take the law into their hands, is brilliantly shown.
@darthkek19538 ай бұрын
"They're gonna drown the river."
@scottrobbins20935 жыл бұрын
Lewis was correct. It's just like the gun debate, in the heat of the battle no police will be there to save you and you have to take matters into your own hands. It's survival of the fittest. The hillbilly and his buddy got what they created. There is no way Lewis would get a fair trial and Lewis knew that. Life's choices suck sometimes. One can only hope you don't get stuck in this type situation...
@pantarei83824 жыл бұрын
Its not at all like the gun battle.. but nice try
@Alpa6c4 жыл бұрын
A killing is a killing be it with a gun or an arrow.
@MrBrownsugar854 жыл бұрын
lol guns are for guys with tiny penises
@chrismc4103 жыл бұрын
@@MrBrownsugar85 ok. What do suggest if one wants to go out in the woods with friends, has a lot of physical infirmities ie: severe arthritis and severe neuropathy so throwing hands to the degree needed to do so appreciably is not an option. Can barely shoulder a rifle, even various lightweight ones but not with with near 100% certainty as such, rules out most archery equipment but can safely use carry a large, hunting caliber handgun, wants to hunt, feel same and explore like everyone else. Does such a person give up those rights and privileges and should they face ridicule and judgment for having a so-called small penis for using the means available that he's chosen to be most effective in line with his physical abilities? Of course not. Such a person has as much right to hunt, fish and camp as every one else.
@AdamShumpis3 жыл бұрын
@@MrBrownsugar85 Is being able to defend yourself and your family for people with small penises too? You miss the entire point with your misandry. Typical and expected but still disgusting.
@marcusmorrison32926 жыл бұрын
"Where's the Law ?". Burt can ask that question in heaven now. Amazing performance from this great actor.
@jkdbuck76703 жыл бұрын
So can Ned Beatty now.
@ynotttt3 жыл бұрын
Burts best performance. Great movie.
@cv507 Жыл бұрын
1 eävvenn 1 ´gömpetzischn -:- ´# lülZ ^?^
@moreme4011 ай бұрын
@@jkdbuck7670Ned Beatty is still living. Ronnie Cox has passed though
@deathislife35455 жыл бұрын
"I'm with Lewis!" *SO AM I*
@harrykadaras94594 жыл бұрын
Lewis 4Ever
@tohopes3 жыл бұрын
fuck those butt-rapists they can go 6ft under!
@Arselpang9 ай бұрын
That "HA!" Reynolds does, haha 🤣
@MatthewCox-fc5cu3 ай бұрын
Sarcastic yet somehow badass
@matt_ohern Жыл бұрын
Ronny Cox’s acting here as Drew is exceptional. Especially the authentic combination of anger and despair in his voice right before this clip when he yells “This isn’t one of your f-ing games!”
@Hurricane07214 жыл бұрын
This entire scene is just a beautifully acted piece of movie history. This was a very intelligently written scene!
@terryhancockroc65602 жыл бұрын
The way it's shot. You're looking through branches. Everything's moving too fast. Say what you want, this was a horror film and scared the shit out of me back then and it still rings true now. So well done.
@Matchhead795 жыл бұрын
Right up there with the Indianapolis speech from Jaws. R.I.P. Louis
@godsstruggler8783 Жыл бұрын
I'm with Lewis, too. Those psycho perverts lost all their rights the moment they unzipped.
@uneedtherapy424 жыл бұрын
seriously tho Burt is a total badass in this movie
@johnpaul20212 жыл бұрын
Even more bad ass in the book
@justinhenderson58132 жыл бұрын
Those four guys didn’t come to that place looking for trouble, they didn’t start the problem, the mountain men did. Also when drew said “ it a matter of the law “I doubt the mountain men care about the law, if it wasn’t for Lewis, those mountain men would have killed his friends without any remorse. So the way I see it , what Lewis did was in a way of self defense( saving his friends from being killed by someone) however even if they come forward with it like Drew wanted,the law in that town probably won’t see it that way
@tomennis741410 ай бұрын
These were the films of my Childhood,and this one Tops the list,no internet or mobile phones,it’s not the same anymore,all we have is memories of the life we had .
@borood11884 жыл бұрын
Great acting by all four actors.
@tallykev66082 ай бұрын
Ed made the right call. Lewis saved his life. He owed Lewis.
@CasinoMan20054 жыл бұрын
Bobby doesn’t want this getting around. Who could blame him?
@SolidusShadow293 жыл бұрын
"I remembered how unmanly he looked, crouched over the log, how soft, how willing to let anything be done to him." Ed Gentry, Deliverance novel, 1970.
@Meta_Meech Жыл бұрын
Idk. He don’t seem too traumatized by what just happened. Both the movie and the book kinda make you wonder Bobby’s sexuality
@timbartschwolfman9 ай бұрын
The man was just brutally raped
@CrazyHorseTheSiouxW4rrior9 ай бұрын
@@Meta_Meech what the hell's his sexuality got anything to do with this he was assaulted and he feels embarrassed about it LIKE ANYBODY WOULD BE that's why he doesn't want the word to get out
@BryanPartington2 ай бұрын
@@CrazyHorseTheSiouxW4rrior your right, and its that old disgusting excuse many rapists use whether its a male or female victim. They would say " well they may have been protesting at first, but then they soon shut up so i reckon deep down they really liked it".
@R.POliver8 ай бұрын
I guess it’s easy to believe in democracy, if what you believe in is the same as the majority.
@dominickeefe24548 ай бұрын
Great acting from everyone in this scene.
@Natedawg38 Жыл бұрын
Need to watch this again. A real film.
@Simpleburger19682 жыл бұрын
It surprised me when I first saw this : I'd assumed from what I'd read about the film and the pics I'd seen that Reynolds/Lewis was clearly set up to be the hard man hero ...which he is up to a certain moment....then he's neutralised completely and is a terrified , agonized "cripple" ...and the Everyman has to step up supported by the Violated One. Wasn't expecting that !
@johnpaul20212 жыл бұрын
He almost dies bro lol what do you expect
@gouvyrock6 жыл бұрын
great movie great actors- so long burt rip :'(
@marcdewey1242 Жыл бұрын
Those mountain men probably had reputations for being trouble makers,so it was just a matter of time before they started in with the wrong people.
@johncostello29484 жыл бұрын
In the rural area that I grew up in, this was called "shoot, shovel and shut-up".
@thomasgreen15574 жыл бұрын
Joe rogan
@CrazyHorseTheSiouxW4rrior9 ай бұрын
bro this isn't the Vietnam war 😂
@JacksonDick-b9r8 ай бұрын
Suuuuure it was
@johncostello29488 ай бұрын
@user-wz3ft3vy4v You got a might purty mouth.
@practicaliching23113 ай бұрын
Also known as the 3-S method.
@marcdewey12423 ай бұрын
At first,Lewis wasn't real fond of the idea about Bobby coming on this trip,but felt sympathy for him after that run in with the Hillbillies.
@pantarei83824 жыл бұрын
Drew whines and whines.. like all people who have their ego and morals intertwined
@65tosspowertrapl368 ай бұрын
Definitely should be in any 'Best Film' list!
@markgiordonello67102 жыл бұрын
no hesitation for bobby lol. i would do exactly the same thing lmao!!
@vigilanterocco3814 жыл бұрын
The acting in this one is unequivocally----top notch. An excellent actor is when you can't tell they're acting.... Burt Reynolds best by me.... RIP.
@randybonner98704 жыл бұрын
I can't believe a conversation they were having about what to do with the body? Like it's perfectly reasonable to take the body to town to the sheriff department and just think that would be just fine and dandy. Burt knew what to do.
@billyshane38049 ай бұрын
How can we tell the sheriff after what they did to Bobby??
@joesmith82703 жыл бұрын
Lewis has it right. Bury him and do not speak of this matter again.
@jkdbuck76703 жыл бұрын
I was shocked when I found out that DELIVERANCE was NOT a documentary about my hometown.
@nycinstyle2 жыл бұрын
Lewis is right. The other fellow is thinking that the right thing to do is report it to police as self defense. Ridiculous. Those 4 would have been convicted and hung likely by a jury in that district. Outsiders coming in and killing one of us is how a lot of the jury would have viewed it. They did the right thing killing both mountain men. Reynolds actually saved them all from years of misery being inarcerated fighting with lawyers in that district. No Lewis. They are all fucked.
@randomguy6117 Жыл бұрын
Right. That is, if they weren't killed by a mob before the case even went to trial.
@nycinstyle Жыл бұрын
@@randomguy6117 It is sad that their friend died, but they would have had terrible lives if they hadnt listened to Lewis. I think, battling the charges of murder. etc., locked up, yeah probably beaten up and tormented. I think they would never get out. Some local prosecutor would max out the charges. Court would rule on it in favor of the prosecutor. Max charges. Jury would convict them on all charges. Likely, hung to death. No Lewis, Voight and Beatty are killed, I think. He came in the nick of time and saved them both. In another 15 minutes or so, those mountain men would have been done doing their best humiliating Voight and Beatty, then killed them both. IMO.
@johnclemons22084 жыл бұрын
Unbelievably brilliant.
@ynotttt3 жыл бұрын
You can tell how fast Drew would have folded if they took the body back to town. He would have thrown Lewis to the wolves for his own benefit even after Lewis saved his life. Though one note worthy thing is…….Lewis knew he had no worse than a tie in the votes. He had Bobby.
@zulu32742 жыл бұрын
Yeah but Drew isn't totally wrong actually he's not wrong at all and it's not like that...He understood why Louis did what he did so I don't think he would have necessarily thrown him to the wolves... He just wanted to do things by the book which is the way you should do it but doesn't always go as planned when going by the book...sometimes... You know?.... lol
@SunriseArtsCinema112 жыл бұрын
@@zulu3274 Louis knew they would never get a fairshake in that hell hole of a town
@ynotttt2 жыл бұрын
@@zulu3274 …..Drew even tried to convince Ed that he wasn’t involved in this. Another indication of what he would have laid all liability on Lewis. Their plans would have had “no” value to the people in that town. The law in town like that doesn’t care about the truth. Lewis would have been fed to gators.
@zulu32742 жыл бұрын
@@SunriseArtsCinema11 🙂oh I understand that And you're right but Drew isn't a dummy... He just had a fair point though, suppose they buried the body and then some kind of way the people were able to find the body and connected it back to them... Now they committed a murder and ran... Which would definitely get them in trouble...
@zulu32742 жыл бұрын
@@ynotttt You have a point and I get that. But like I said Drew still isn't totally wrong in what he said... If they were questioned by the cops about what happened it wouldn't be feeding Lewis to the gator by telling the truth of the situation... If Louis is man enough to tell them the truth he would be like Yes, I shot the man with the bow and arrow because he was raping my friend at gunpoint...So it wouldn't be wrong of Drew to say that if that's the truth... And Louis shouldn't have any hard feelings against him for telling the story as it truly happened... But I would side with what Louis did in this situation if I was in it... I just would acknowledge that Drew has a fair point... It's all good... Great movie!....lol
@Daniel-ng7oe4 жыл бұрын
I loved the opening of the film. It puts the characters right at the scene of a beautiful place of nature with a culture that might as well be a foreign country for most of these men.
@nycinstyle3 жыл бұрын
These four guys could have all went to high school together. All four born in 1936 to 1938. Excellent casting in this movie. They talk with each other like teens in high school may together out in the wilderness, unfamiliar territory. Primal exploration, really not knowing what to do in those surroundings. Reynold's character s was right. I think sheriff at end of movie knew those two mountain men were trouble making pieces of shit. I think Sheriff realized those 2 mountain men had a fight and killed one of the city guys when he saw the life jacket. . Sheriff realized the two mountain men are probably dead. I think, It made him happy.
@nycinstyle2 жыл бұрын
@@paulwhitley5515 The sheriff at the end played his part wonderfully. Very, very believable. The way he looked at them and talked to them was great. I agree. Fantastic, and very memorable, movie.
@johnpaul20212 жыл бұрын
The sheriff is actually James Dickey who wrote the book. And in the book, the sheriff makes a comment about how the mountain man is a wife beating piece of shit so yeah spot on
@nycinstyle2 жыл бұрын
+John Paul I heard it is a great book. I should read it. You can tell the way the sheriff is talking to them at the end that he doesn't like them (Voight, Reynolds, Beatty) and he doesn't like the mountain men, either. His town, the way it operates in a sort of backwoods way with little electricity and little influence from the outside world is soon going to change. I think he knows those asshole mountain men got in some type of gunfight with Voight, Reynolds and Beatty cause the life jacket situation. I think he knows that they probably killed the mountain men and they lost their friend who was killed by the mountain men. The sheriff just wants things to go smoothly now. No problems, no bs from the outside world. Let it be now the last few months of basically living free from the outside world. The sheriff is a big shot in that little world. Things will soon change when electricity, TV's, outside world influence will take hold completely on that little backwoods community that the sheriff now runs.
@sombojoe5 жыл бұрын
Better side with the guy who just safe your tied-up ass!
@Revolver1701 Жыл бұрын
I live in the county where this movie was made. It is based on an excellent book by James Dickey. He was a lit professor at USC ( South Carolina). This is probably Burt Reynolds best performance.
@RUSHisRIGHT094 жыл бұрын
I would have voted with Lewis to bury him
@Roger-d5o11 ай бұрын
When you're out in the wilds your perspective would likely change on how to act and what you can get away with.
@dancingtrout67192 жыл бұрын
>>--------------> Thumbs Up if Your With Lewis.
@venturingwgio_92672 жыл бұрын
At 22 years old I’m barely seeing this movie and I loved it down to the core. Love the dialogue. These days I only watch shows like Better Call Saul or Breaking bad which have slow realistic dialogue like this. It’s rare to find good movies with amazing writing.
@Hn-gz5iw Жыл бұрын
Breaking bad realistic? Give me a break
@venturingwgio_9267 Жыл бұрын
@@Hn-gz5iw specifically said the dialogue is realistic lol
@JAF-pd9mw Жыл бұрын
Brilliant move. Writing, directing, casting, acting, cinematography. When discussing movies and this one comes up, it bothers me that some people want to focus on one scene. This is a dramatic thriller masterpiece from start to finish. Burt Reynolds finest performance a few years before he became somewhat of a buffoon.
@neil13909 күн бұрын
One of the best movies ever
@tHeWasTeDYouTh4 жыл бұрын
Drew actually survived and became the second most powerful guy at OCP. Robocop killed him
@jkdbuck76703 жыл бұрын
So did Quaid in TOTAL RECALL.
@crepesoftime3 жыл бұрын
@@jkdbuck7670 Yes, his eyes bug out when he finds himself on the Martian surface.
@Carlos-xz3vi Жыл бұрын
Spoiler bruh
@KnowYoutheDukeofArgyll18418 ай бұрын
"Drew made a mistake!"
@mikedevo363 Жыл бұрын
Until the body floats up based on how they buried it.
@saanzacs3 ай бұрын
Burt's breakthrough role
@BushCampingTools4 жыл бұрын
Best performances from all of these actors if compared to their other roles in subsequent movies IMHO.
@christophersawyers55612 жыл бұрын
What a performance from Burt Reynolds in particular.
@TheBermudaMan3 жыл бұрын
0:47 Cue epic Judge Dredd entrance: *_"I AM THE LAW."_*
@mulehead1262 ай бұрын
"That's about as buried as you can get!" Indeed! A GREAT line!
@roquefortfiles3 жыл бұрын
This movie resonates to this day because it is an event that could happen to anyone. It becomes a morality play. What would you do!!
@molanlabexm152 ай бұрын
How many times has a situation like this played out in real life? Innumerable times to be sure.
@carljohnson87323 жыл бұрын
“I don’t want this gettin around”. Unfortunately for Ned it not only got around but stayed around the rest of his life. Rip
@joep87872 жыл бұрын
No. Ned Beatty gave an even better performance in "Network". Remember his one on one speech to Peter Finch about how the corporate world really works? You'd never have know it was the same guy. I believe he will be better know for that one scene. Beatty was a great character actor.
@BackwoodsFilms11 ай бұрын
But this was the first movie role for both Ned and Ronny Cox, both of whom went on to have great film careers. Without this role, we might never know who he was.
@jeffhobbs1729Ай бұрын
man thats about as buried as you can get. love that line
@caliwaiiankev22795 жыл бұрын
And so will you !! Louis knew everyone else would side with him which is why he said, "We'll take a vote..."
@mgn56674 жыл бұрын
yess
@aldosigmann4193 жыл бұрын
so..? 'democracy'...
@jerryc57433 ай бұрын
Long before Captain Jellico joined Starfleet.
@phaedrabacker20043 жыл бұрын
Simple. Bury him. Party on.
@ingleringlet-snipps3rd4493 жыл бұрын
It was survival of the fittest in the forest AND in that town's court of law. Lewis knew the score.
@houstonrebel44493 жыл бұрын
Burt reynolds sounds like a preacher at the beginning. Lol.
@christophermorton9805 Жыл бұрын
Good movie
@paulatkinson55663 күн бұрын
Burt Reynolds in this specific movie is as cool as it gets.
@LCCWPresents7 ай бұрын
I know 3 Lewis’s in movies and by far this Lewis has the most fucked up journey to deal with (the other 2 being the boy in the wb king and I cartoon and the other in meet the robinsons), but between those 3 Lewis’s, this one has got to be the best Lewis.
@jmh13654 жыл бұрын
Burt looked just like the sort of man youd want to be in this situation .....had sum thick set arms on him like christ he was pumped fr this picture
@nobodynothing000009 ай бұрын
a 3rd guy got into the truck with the Griner brothers at the beginning. We never see his face, the camera zooms in the hands holding a rifle or shotgun
@Daniel-ng7oe4 жыл бұрын
Burt made some good movies but he made three great movies with great performances even if he wasn't the star of some of the films. This film, Boogie Nights and the Longest Yard. I wonder how many great films he could of made if he made better choices.
@rawbacon3 жыл бұрын
Chubby Boy has now outlived Healthy Buck Burt and the other 2 are the same age as Burt when he died.
@timdaugherty40143 жыл бұрын
Now Ned and Burt are reunited.
@hellbenttrent2 жыл бұрын
it is a matter of THE LAW!!
@krobinwoollacott85842 жыл бұрын
Lord of the Flies. Human nature.
@JohnHarper-d9n26 күн бұрын
I'm with Lewis
@BackwoodsFilms11 ай бұрын
What would they have done if Ed had sided with Drew? They would've been deadlocked, two against two.
@bigbadjohn80992 жыл бұрын
This film is awfully graphic for 1972. I first seen this film nearly 40 years ago when VHS rentals first became popular... and it was haunting. These men all gave superb performances. Does anyone know if this is the first film to address male on male rape? This type of crime is largely ignored, even today.
@brettsinger95652 жыл бұрын
I'm talkin about da LAW!!!!!!
@joelhorlen20-zk3xr2 ай бұрын
The acting!!
@Dragonblack904 жыл бұрын
Don't know why everyone is slamming drew? If they ever get caught they would be found guilty immediately. He's scared anyone would and even all you tough keyboard warriors to.
@danielmccarthy27853 жыл бұрын
Drew sure as hell is no coward or weakling he’s just considering the possible consequences for the choice they are now forced to make. Once you pull the trigger on that decision there’s no going back. I do think I probably would have went with the decision that Lewis proposed. In the moment they were in there was no way of knowing with any certainty how the legal process would play out. Extremely tough decision.
@randomguy6117 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, no reason to slam Drew. Under normal circumstances his position would be the correct one, and even here there's a strong case for it. The thing that tips the balance in my eyes, and presumably in Ed's, is that there was precious little chance of their returning to their normal lives if the case was tried. Their best chance by far at that point was to bury the body, even though the risks of that course were enormous. Plus there's the fact that the cost to Bobby of having to tell the full story publicly would have destroyed his chance of resuming a normal life no matter how the trial came out. They did what they had to do in that circumstance, even though in virtually any other it would have been the wrong choice.
@jeffreyrichardson3 жыл бұрын
Brother where Art Thou?
@zacharydevan41073 жыл бұрын
Agreed. C'mon Ed.
@joeburns420925 күн бұрын
So Democracy is about people voting to establish a consensus? For the past few months all I’ve heard was that if a certain politician was elected it would be a threat to democracy. Thankfully we have the other party that elected their nominee through a fair and free election so there’s it’s not like 😊she was put there against the will of the people.
@dougwebb7042 жыл бұрын
Drew was not weak. The character of Drew was written to act as a foil to Lewis. I believe that Drew represents morality. Drew is the guy who does the right thing. What Drew was advocating for was actually the correct decision to make and he certainly was not weak standing up to an alpha male like Lewis. The characters of Drew and Lewis provide the conflict between the characters in the group. Without the character of Drew, the story arc would have been completely different. Most people would have just avoided conflict against a man like Lewis. But Drew took a stand against Lewis. That's not weak. That takes courage. Lewis represents independence, fierceness, pragmaticism over morality. And in Lewis the audience finds its hero. Lewis knew that he would probably win that vote. Bobby was in shock, he had just been raped and all he wanted to do was get the hell home and to live down the humiliation of being raped by another man. Note how Bobby initially is rather assured when stares right into the camera and he unflinchingly says, "let's bury him" but then his confidence quickly runs away from his face and he turns away and his eyes drop and he meekly says, "I don't want this getting around. (pause) Ok?" And then he repeats the word, "ok, but this time it's barely a squeak and it's a question, not a statement. (Brilliant acting by Ned Beatty by the way.) And then the vote turns to Ed. Now Lewis was smart when he asked Bobby to vote before Ed. Lewis knew Bobby would vote to bury the rapist. (And I would too.) That instantly tips the scales in Lewis' favour. And now the pressure was on Ed. It's 2 to 1 and so it's much closer to going Lewis' way but it's not a given. Ed is clearly conflicted, he's heard both arguments and truth be told, he probably wanted to side with Drew, but Lewis was like an immovable object and Ed simply succumbed to the shear force of will of Lewis and he (Ed) got fell in line. Ed represents the every man. Ed is you, Ed is me. Ed would have had a real hard time firing that arrow into the rapist, unlike Lewis who just took aim and loosed the arrow. Without Drew, the story would not have been the same. It's kind of ironic that both Drew and Lewis, opposite sides of the same coin, ended up dying when they really were both removed from what went down between the mountain men and Bobby and Ed. They paid the price. Brilliant acting by all four men in a most remarkable movie.
@Simpleburger19682 жыл бұрын
Lewis survived ? ...though badly injured and it was Ed who had to take on the "hero saviour" role and Bobby was the only other man standing (so to speak) .
@randomguy6117 Жыл бұрын
Yes. As Ed later says of Drew, "He was the best of us." I would argue that the specific circumstances of their situation precluded the best (i.e., most civilized) aspects of themselves from being followed. The movie brilliantly examines whether the right course of action changes once the protections of civilization are removed. I find Lewis persuasive in arguing that the normal procedures and protections of civilization were no longer present for them.
@jeffreyrichardson3 жыл бұрын
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@jeffreyrichardson3 жыл бұрын
"Doug died." Gregory Paul Richardson
@cameronpickard74562 жыл бұрын
drew painted into a corner there was no escaping moment he said he believes in democracy,lewis was basically right
@auntfloyd94083 жыл бұрын
In true reality, quite frankly they really didn't have a choice, if they had not buried him, they probably would not have made it out. Like Lewis said in the other scene, the law was most likely this guy's brother, cousin, uncle. Wouldn't trust that one, cut your loses and go, cost of doing business, and the hillbilly lost-- (and find Bobby some Tucks for that sore keister).
@markrush50135 жыл бұрын
do you kiddies even realize how much tang Burt got? i dont think you do.
@jeffreyrichardson3 жыл бұрын
"Doug"
@jeffreyrichardson3 жыл бұрын
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@reginaldjohnson1637Ай бұрын
Self defense
@BG-pd6os4 жыл бұрын
This movie is like a lifelong friend, if you saw this movie in your 20's and are now in your 50's the interpretation and meaning may have shifted. To dismiss this a southern movie where a guy gets raped is a mistake. I have always wondered what if one of the Atlanta businessmen had been black, or Hispanic?
@forrestgumball6 ай бұрын
If they were brown it wouldve been so much worse. Gotta keep your head on a swivel in white mans land
@TomKennedy-no8om4 ай бұрын
Bobby just standing there with his butt hurting!
@jeffreyrichardson3 жыл бұрын
Breyn Brothers
@douglasadams60243 жыл бұрын
the man who portrayed the sheriff in this film was the man who wrote the book and he claimed everything reenacted in the movie actually happened........
@jeffreyrichardson3 жыл бұрын
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