Hi, this is Steve. Less than two weeks ago we lost the great Bert Reynolds, and almost immediately folks started asking us how we would honor him on the cinnophiles.

Unfortunately, John and I couldn't agree on what film to do, so in the end, we decided to leave it up to you, and your choice was the film that made Bert Reynolds a star.

John Borman's 1972 film, Deliver Deliverance. Now I hadn't seen Deliverance in a long time

when I sat down to watch it for the Cinephiles and I was surprised at just how

strange and powerful a movie it is.

Shot on location on the Chituga River in northeastern Georgia,

deliverance is a powerful, haunting, disturbing,

and deeply symbolic movie

about four men whose canoeing trip through rural Georgia

becomes a terrifying battle for survival.

It's obvious from the beginning why this film made Bert Reynolds a star,

but his isn't the only powerful performance.

Ronnie Cox, John Voight, and Ned Beattie create characters which are nuanced, complex, and deeply moving.

Now there are probably a lot of people out there who've heard of deliverance

and maybe its most famous or infamous scene

but have never taken the time to watch it.

Well trust me when I say this film is

absolutely worth your time so if you want to check it out my recommendation is to go to

our website cinnophiles.net where you can buy or stream deliverance along with every other film we've ever

discussed.

So once again, that's deliverance in honor of the great Bert Reynolds this Friday on the

cinephiles.

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