Movie

Deliverance

by James Dickey, Mountain Man, Bill McKinney, Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds and 95 others

Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.

(17 total)

Characters

James Dickey (17)Burt Reynolds (5)Bobby Trippe (5)Ned Beatty (5)Lewis Medlock (5)Bill McKinney (2)Jon Voight (2)Mountain Man (2)Ed Gentry (2)Stanley Kubrick (1)

“[Lewis and Ed take a wrong turn looking for the river] First Griner: Where you goin' city boy? Lewis: We'll find it. We'll find it. Second Griner: It ain't nothin' but the biggest fuckin' river in the state.”

— James Dickey, Lewis Medlock, Burt Reynolds, imdb.com

Tagged: Urban, Rural, city boy, River

“Lewis: You w- you wanna...you wanna talk about the vanishing wilderness? Bobby: Lewis, listen—what are you so anxious about this? Lewis: Because they're buildin' a dam across the Cahulawassee River; they're gonna flood a whole valley, Bobby, that's why. Dammit, they're drownin' a river; they're drow…”

— James Dickey, Lewis Medlock, Burt Reynolds, imdb.com

Tagged: Wilderness, Development

“You ever had your balls cut off you fucking ape?”

— James Dickey, Mountain Man, Bill McKinney, imdb.com

Tagged: balls, Castration, Fucking, Ape

“Goddamn, you play a mean banjo.”

— James Dickey, Drew Ballinger, Ronny Cox, imdb.com

Tagged: banjo, Goddamn

“Talk about genetic deficiencies—isn't that pitiful?”

— James Dickey, Bobby Trippe, Ned Beatty, imdb.com

Tagged: genetic deficiencies, pitiful

“Lewis: Can that chubby boy handle himself? Ed: Bobby? He's rather well thought of in his field, Lewis. Lewis: Insurance? Shit. I never been insured in my life. I don't believe in insurance. There's no risk.”

— James Dickey, Lewis Medlock, Burt Reynolds, imdb.com

Tagged: Insurance, Risk, chubby

“Lewis: Now you listen, Ed. Damn it, we can get out of this thing, without any questions asked. We get connected up with that body, and the law, this thing's gonna be hangin' over us the rest of our lives. We've gotta get rid of that guy. Drew: Just how're you gonna do that, Lewis? Where? Lewis: Anyw…”

— James Dickey, Lewis Medlock, Burt Reynolds, imdb.com

Tagged: Murder, body disposal

“Bobby: I had my first wet dream in a sleepin' bag. Ed: How was it? Bobby: Great. [pause] There's no repeatin' it.”

— Stanley Kubrick, Bobby Trippe, Ned Beatty, imdb.com

Tagged: wet dream, camping

“No matter what disasters may occur in other parts of the world... or whatever petty little problems arise in Atlanta... no one can find us up here. Good night, Lewis.”

— James Dickey, Ed Gentry, Jon Voight, imdb.com

Tagged: Disasters, Safe, Atlanta

“[indicating a junk car by a rural gas station] That's my '51 Dodge. No, that's my car! That's my car! Whooee! All my youth and passion... spent in that back seat. It's all gone, you see? It's all gone—rust and dust.”

— James Dickey, Bobby Trippe, Ned Beatty, imdb.com

Tagged: 51 dodge, Rust, Nostalgia

“Bobby: We beat it, didn't we? Didn't we beat that? Lewis: You don't beat it. You don't beat this river...”

— James Dickey, Bobby Trippe, Ned Beatty, imdb.com

Tagged: man against nature

“Night has fallen. And there's nothin' we can do about it.”

— James Dickey, Ed Gentry, Jon Voight, imdb.com

Tagged: Night, helpless

“Do know what's gonna be here? Right here? A lake. As far as the eyes can see. Hundreds of feet deep. HUNDREDS of feet deep. Did you ever look out over a lake and think of somethin' buried underneath it? Buried underneath it. Well man, that's just about as buried as you can get.”

— James Dickey, imdb.com

Tagged: lake, buried, Industrialization

“Mountain Man: I bet you can squeal like a pig. Weeeeeeee! Bobby: Weee! Mountain Man: Weeeeeeee! Bobby: Weee!”

— James Dickey, Bobby Trippe, Ned Beatty, imdb.com

Tagged: male rape, squeal like a pig

“Sheriff Bullard: Don't ever do nothin' like this again. Don't come back up here. Bobby: You don't have to worry about that, Sheriff.”

— James Dickey, Sheriff Bullard, James Dickey, imdb.com

Tagged: promises, Threats

“Sometimes you have to lose yourself 'fore you can find anything.”

— James Dickey, Lewis Medlock, Burt Reynolds, imdb.com

Tagged: Lose Yourself, Ego

“Mountain Man: What do you want to do now? Toothless Man: [grinning] He got a real pretty mouth, ain't he? Mountain Man: That's the truth. Toothless Man: [to Ed] You gonna do some prayin' for me, boy. And you better pray good.”

— James Dickey, Mountain Man, Bill McKinney, imdb.com

Tagged: Male on Male Rape, purty mouth, Pray, Terror, Rape