American cinema is full of those minor moments or characters that once seen, are never forgotten, ingraining themselves into the pop culture and the collective consciousness. One of these cultural landmarks comes from Deliverance, the thriller about four men kayaking down river in the Deep South. But who is he? There was never any question of hurting it in any way. But it died. It had been given an overdose. Boorman and his assistants were in a quiet panic. And Boorman was right there with us most of the time.
It seemed dark enough. The set was closed. Its floor was so shadowed that small plants found it impossible to grow in the thick loam of the rotting leaves. The mountain laurel was not shrubbery but a collection of trees twisted like gnarled fingers reaching for the light. The whole effect was beautiful and threatening. This was where the rape scene was going to be filmed. Chris Dickey Nobody was sure how far it would go, or how convincing it would be. I was fully clothed.
Rickman Frank [the local location scout] did say that was the thing to do. And they did it. Oh gosh. He was proud of it. Reynolds There must be some phallic thing here: The guy who did the raping was a tree-trimmer.
Chris Dickey From Summer of Deliverance : It was becoming what the movie was about, it was the thing everybody was going to remember. Chris Dickey It was a miserable time in my life. After we made that scene, I wore the uniform back to where we were staying and had dinner. Boorman When I told him to leave, I said he could come back to play the sheriff.
And did very well. It was crazy. Absolutely crazy. Would I do it again? Not for three million dollars. Williams The book was big. But nobody had a clue whether the movie would flop. It just came like a bombshell out of the sky. Rickman We went to Atlanta for the premiere. Frank was into it so deeply, it was strange for him watching the movie. I liked the scenery. But the story. Williams The first thing that struck me was the night sounds.
What it sounded like on film was just like walking outside our house at night. Rickman People said it put a bad picture of Rabun County to the world. Like that rape in the woods. He lives in Rabun County. Everybody up here was kind of up in arms. But we got the rafting industry, and quite a few other movies came here and helped real estate, and other businesses around. Spivia At the premiere, I sat behind Mr.
Carter and Miss Lillian. Jimmy thought it was fine, though. We were there to help them. John Dillard , sixty-six, worked for the Dillard Motor Lodge in Clayton, which catered for the film set. His family now runs the Dillard House restaurant in Dillard, Georgia. It made for a great story. James Dickey Letter to William F. Buckley Jr. Has it been reviewed in National Review?
It can equally be taken as a political fable: law and order, or un-law and order of a sort. James Dickey Letter to John Boorman, September 22, When you see Burt in London, please have him tone down some of the public remarks he is making about me. I may be mythical to Burt in some way that has to do with his own psychological condition. Reynolds It totally changed my career. It changed my life. It changed everything. James Dickey Letter to John Foster West, October 20, You could say either that the four main characters are more or less based on people I knew—and still know.
But it would probably be even more true to say that they are all aspects of myself. And he would stand in the long lines—even walk up and down the lines—as people waited for tickets. According to U. Forest Service statistics, seventeen people were killed on the Chattooga in the four years after Deliverance came out.
Raft companies also began sending people down the river. Some died of hypothermia. I love the river, and I love that people have the opportunity to enjoy it. Redden People recognize me in the store. That was six years ago. They were giving me about twenty bucks a month.
On a casting call at the local Clayton Elementary School, the filmmakers had chosen Redden for his insular look. No one knew. They finally found him in Dillard. Ray - Banjo Player. Hide Show Self 1 credit. Related Videos. Edit Did You Know? Trivia: He also worked for a time giving Deliverance tours along the river where the movie was shot. Over 30 people have died on the river since the film was made.
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