Dueling Banjos

"Deliverance is a 1972 American thriller film produced and directed by John Boorman. Principal cast members include Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ronny Cox and Ned Beatty in his film debut. The film is based on a 1970 novel of the same name by American author James Dickey, who has a small role in the film as the Sheriff. The screenplay was written by Dickey and an uncredited Boorman. Widely acclaimed as a landmark picture, the film is noted for the memorable music scene near the beginning that sets the tone for what lies ahead: a trip into unknown and potentially dangerous territory. In 2008, Deliverance was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. "It is also notable that residents of the rural south, and in particular the Southern Highlands, find the film portrayal of the populace to be largely inaccurate and highly offensive. Despite being born and reared in the South, Author Dickey had little actual experience in southern U.S. rural life or river rafting and had no documented basis for the mischaracterizations in the film. Some have attempted to classify his distorted characterizations of rural southerners as artistic commentary on the Jim Crow south, yet given that race plays no role in the film this view is inaccurate as well...."