Deliverance
Screenplay by James Dickie, based on his novel
Starring Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, and Ned Beatty
1972
From the year of Nixon's re-election comes this classic outdoor flick. Burt Reynolds is at the top of his game, taking his yuppie buddies on a river trip, just before it is damned by the most recent project of the Tennessee Valley Authority (The SE US's equivalent to the BPA).
Locals aren't happy about being displaced in name of progress, but they do share a love of music. The banjo playing in this movie is incredible.
