Four Atlanta men, Lewis Medlock, Ed Gentry, Bobby Trippe, and Drew Ballinger, decide to canoe down a river in the remote northern Georgia wilderness, expecting to have fun and witness the area's unspoiled nature before the fictional Cahulawassee River valley is flooded by construction of a dam. Lewis and Ed are experienced outdoorsmen, while Bobby and Drew are novices. While traveling to their launch site, the men (Bobby in particular) are condescending towards the locals, who are unimpressed by the "city boys".
MPAA Rating: | R |
Genre: | Adventure, Drama, Thriller |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | John Boorman, Charles Orme |
Directed By: | John Boorman |
Written By: | John Boorman, James Dickey |
Cast: | Johnny Popwell, Ed Ramey, Ronny Cox, Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward, Louise Coldren, Bill McKinney, Lewis Crone, James Dickey, Peter Ware, Hoyt Pollard, Seamon Glass, Burt Reynolds, Randall Deal, Belinda Beatty, Kathy Rickman, Jon Voight, Charley Boorman, Billy Redden, John Fowler, Ken Keener, Macon McCalman, Ned Beatty |
In Theaters: | Jul 30, 1972 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 49 minutes |
Production: | Warner Bros., Elmer Enterprises |
Budget: | $2,000,000 |
Box Office: | $46,122,355 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Netflix, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |