at theaters: july 21, 1972

premiere

Opened in movie theaters 41 years ago today:

deliverance

DELIVERANCE (Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight, Ned Beatty; directed by John Boorman)

Review: “The performances have a validity that transcends the film; Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds and, indeed, all the members of the cast are finely tuned and very good.”  Roger Ebert

Trivia: Deliverance was shot in the Tallulah Gorge southeast of Clayton, Georgia and on the Chattooga River, which divides the northeastern corner of the state of Georgia from the northwestern corner of the state of South Carolina. Additional scenes were shot as well in Salem, South Carolina and Sylva, North Carolina. A scene was also shot at the Mount Carmel Baptist Church cemetery, which now lies 130 feet under the surface of Lake Jocassee, on the border between Oconee County and Pickens County South Carolina.” —wikipedia

Quote: “Sometimes you have to lose yourself before you can find anything.”

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starDate: norman jewison

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Norman Jewison

Born: July 21, 1926, Toronto
Served in: the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II
Directorial debut: FORTY POUNDS OF TROUBLE (1962)
Recipient of: the Directors Guild of America’s Life Achievement Award
Winner of: the Academy’s Irving Thalberg Award
Recommended films as director: IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT, MOONSTRUCK, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR (1968), FIDDLER ON THE ROOF…