InfoAnda - Deliverance: Of dunking and dummies 40 years on |

Pakistanis angry over detentions in Times Sq. case
Monday, May 24, 2010
ISLAMABAD – Relatives of three men detained by Pakistan for alleged links to the suspect in the attempted Times Square bombing say the men are innocent.
They

Taiwan denies boycotting Australian film festival
Thursday, August 6, 2009

AFP - Thursday, August 6TAIPEI (AFP) - - Taiwan's Beijing-friendly government on Wednesday denied boycotting an Australian film festival amid a row over the e

Merkel's support dips, regional ally resigns International
Thursday, September 3, 2009

By Sarah Marsh and Noah Barkin

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a double blow on Thursday as a senior party ally in east German

Minister seeks closure of anti-Berlusconi websites
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
ROME (AFP) - – The Italian government moved Tuesday to close down Internet sites encouraging further violence against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who

Asian markets mixed after Wall Street rally
Wednesday, March 18, 2009

By ELAINE KURTENBACH,AP Business Writer AP - Wednesday, March 18SHANGHAI - Asia's stock market rally seemed to be running out of steam Wednesday, despite an

US-born pandas on way 'home' to China | 5 February 2010
Update 2: After White House Beer Summit, Prof. Gates And Sgt. Crowley Agree To Meet Again | 31 July 2009
New Lady Gaga album leaks ahead of May 23 release | | 19 May 2011

Major quake hits Indonesia, tsunami warning lifted | 12 February 2009

Forum Views () Forum Replies ()

Read more with google mobile : Deliverance: Of dunking and dummies 40 years on |

Edition: U.S. Africa Arabic Argentina Brazil Canada China France Germany India Italy Japan Latin America Mexico Russia Spain United Kingdom Home Business Business Home Economy Technology Media Small Business Legal Deals Earnings Social Pulse Business Video The Freeland File Markets Markets Home U.S. Markets European Markets Asian Markets Global Market Data Indices M&A Stocks Bonds Currencies Commodities Futures Funds peHUB World World Home U.S. Brazil China Euro Zone Japan Mexico Russia India Insight World Video Reuters Investigates Decoder Politics Politics Home Election 2012 Campaign Polling Tales from the Trail Political Punchlines Supreme Court Politics Video Tech Technology Home MediaFile Science Tech Video Tech Tonic Social Pulse Opinion Opinion Home Chrystia Freeland John Lloyd Felix Salmon Jack Shafer David Rohde Bernd Debusmann Nader Mousavizadeh Lucy P. Marcus David Cay Johnston Bethany McLean Anatole Kaletsky Edward Hadas Hugo Dixon Ian Bremmer Lawrence Summers Susan Glasser The Great Debate Steven Brill Jack & Suzy Welch Frederick Kempe Christopher Papagianis Mark Leonard Breakingviews Equities Credit Private Equity M&A Macro & Markets Politics Breakingviews Video Money Money Home Tax Break Lipper Awards 2012 Global Investing MuniLand Unstructured Finance Linda Stern Mark Miller John Wasik James Saft Analyst Research Alerts Watchlist Portfolio Stock Screener Fund Screener Personal Finance Video Money Clip Investing 201 Life Health Sports Arts Faithworld Business Traveler Entertainment Oddly Enough Lifestyle Video Pictures Pictures Home Reuters Photographers Full Focus Video Reuters TV Reuters News Article Comments (0) Pictures Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes divorce The Hollywood superstar couple are no more. Slideshow Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read Oil posts fourth biggest daily gain on record 29 Jun 2012 Katie Holmes finds Tom Cruise is "Mission: Impossible" 29 Jun 2012 Students who viciously bullied bus monitor suspended for a year 29 Jun 2012 EU deal for Spain, Italy buoys markets but details sketchy | 29 Jun 2012 Analysis: Why Roberts saved Obama's healthcare law 29 Jun 2012 Discussed 232 Supreme Court to deliver Obama healthcare law ruling 94 Sandusky lawyers may use NBC tape error in appeal 72 Most Americans oppose health law but like provisions Watched Robot is unbeatable at Rock Paper Scissors game. Fri, Jun 29 2012 Egypt's Mursi takes symbolic oath Fri, Jun 29 2012 Oldest sound recording resurrected Thu, Jun 28 2012 Pictures Reuters Photojournalism Our day's top images, in-depth photo essays and offbeat slices of life. See the best of Reuters photography. See more Raging wildfires Raging fires strike Colorado and Utah. Slideshow Hong Kong: 15 years A look at the last 15 years since Hong Kong's handover back to China. Slideshow "Deliverance": Of dunking and dummies 40 years on Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Shirley MacLaine honored with AFI lifetime award Fri, Jun 8 2012 Analysis & Opinion Angels of costume The crowd-pleasing MTV awards Related Topics Entertainment » Fashion » Film » Actor Burt Reynolds is seen in Los Angeles, California, August 21, 2006. Credit: Reuters/Mario Anzuoni By Jordan Riefe LOS ANGELES | Fri Jun 29, 2012 8:53pm EDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Forty years after "Deliverance" enthralled movie audiences and made Burt Reynolds a star, the lead actors gathered in Los Angeles this week to recall the film shoot that left them soaked on good days, and nearly took their lives on bad ones. Shot in merciless river rapids in the wilderness of Georgia "Deliverance", starring Reynolds, Jon Voight, Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox, was the tale of four Atlanta suburbanites who decide to test their mettle on a disastrous canoe trip. Directed by the late John Boorman, the movie was nominated for three Oscars, including best picture, and was a box office hit. A premium Blu-ray edition was released this week to commemorate the movie's 40th anniversary. Reynolds, who was 36 years old then, recounted one perilous scene in which he was thrown free of his canoe and sent skidding down a cascade wild, white water. The scene was first shot with a dummy, which in daily film clips appeared unconvincing. So Reynolds, a former stuntman, volunteered to run the rapids himself. "First thing I did was hit a rock, crack my tailbone, did a flip and I was in a hydro-flow. I couldn't get out," Reynolds, now 76, told Reuters. Underwater, Reynolds quickly remembered the advice of a colleague: if you get caught in a hydro-flow, swim to the bottom and it will shoot you out. "But he didn't tell me it's like being shot out of a submarine like you're a torpedo!" laughed Reynolds. "Everybody thought I was gone. They looked down and saw this nude man who looked 75 or so, crippled, walking along, coming back. It tore every piece of clothing I had off, including the high-top boots. I said to John, ‘What'd it look like?' And he said, ‘It looked like a dummy going over the falls.'" As challenging as the river was, the late author James Dickey who wrote the book "Deliverance" and the film's screenplay proved overbearing on set. "He was huge and he was always standing over you, kind of boring in," said Reynolds. Dickey, who died in 1997, was ultimately asked by Boorman to leave but invited to return at the end of the shoot for a cameo role as a cop. Reynolds had been acting for 15 years at the time and had little to show for it other than the supporting role of Quint the blacksmith on the popular TV western "Gunsmoke". For him, "Deliverance" was a last chance at a film career. Voight was an established actor at the time, having worked in movies like "Midnight Cowboy" and "Catch-22", while Beatty and Cox had only done regional theater. "When I met Boorman I knew I was in the presence of someone who knew what the hell they were doing," Reynolds said of his first meeting with the director. "And then he brought Voight out, who was in the backroom." Reynolds said he knew instantly that if anyone could steal the show it was Voight, a rising star. "This was a kind of starmaking role for Burt and he knew it," Voight told Reuters. "And our friendship was based on a kind of competitive sense." By the end of the shoot, all four actors had become close friends. Beatty, the wisecracking good ol' boy, Bobby, who gets raped by a hillbilly, also had a close call on the river that left him underwater while his co-stars searched for him. "It happened more than once," laughed Reynolds. "Literally every third day one of us would fall over and the cast would have to pull him out. That's why we're all so close. We were truly like four guys that went to war together." (Reporting by Jordan Riefe, editing by Jill Serjeant and Richard Chang) Entertainment Fashion Film Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above. Edition: U.S. Africa Arabic Argentina Brazil Canada China France Germany India Italy Japan Latin America Mexico Russia Spain United Kingdom Back to top Reuters.com Business Markets World Politics Technology Opinion Money Pictures Videos Site Index Legal Bankruptcy Law California Legal New York Legal Securities Law Support & Contact Support Corrections Connect with Reuters Twitter Facebook LinkedIn RSS Podcast Newsletters Mobile About Privacy Policy Terms of Use AdChoices Copyright Our Flagship financial information platform incorporating Reuters Insider An ultra-low latency infrastructure for electronic trading and data distribution A connected approach to governance, risk and compliance Our next generation legal research platform Our global tax workstation Thomsonreuters.com About Thomson Reuters Investor Relations Careers Contact Us Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, mobile, and interactive television platforms. Thomson Reuters journalists are subject to an Editorial Handbook which requires fair presentation and disclosure of relevant interests. NYSE and AMEX quotes delayed by at least 20 minutes. Nasdaq delayed by at least 15 minutes. For a complete list of exchanges and delays, please click here.

Other News on Saturday, 30 June 2012
Greek militant group claims Microsoft attack |
Mexican election watchdog under pressure in Sunday's vote |
World Bank pulls out of Bangladesh project amid corruption |
Strong earthquake hits Western China: USGS |
U.S., Israeli military drill set for October-November |
Romania PM plagiarized thesis, panel says |
IMF approves first performance review of Afghan program |
German lower house approves EU's fiscal pact |
Exclusive: Amazon to take on Brazil's ecommerce jungle |
Single trial for three accused in Dell insider case: Judge |
Facebook Q2 earnings results scheduled for July 26 |
Katie Holmes finds Tom Cruise is Mission: Impossible |
British singer Adele is pregnant with first child |
New Spider-Man spotlights brooding Peter Parker |
The Flaming Lips break record for most shows in 24 hours |
Seth Rogen waltzes to a dramatic beat in new movie |
Singer Lauryn Hill pleads guilty to evading taxes |
Savannah Guthrie replaces Curry as Today co-host |
U2 bassist's aide found guilty of stealing from him |
As Syria writhes, divided powers meet in Geneva |
Egypt's first Islamist president to be sworn in |
Strong quake hits remote western China: USGS |
U.N. publishes report on North Korea sanctions violations |
Iran's U.N. envoy criticizes U.S., EU over nuclear talks |
U.S. drops charges against Kuwaiti held at Guantanamo |
China to lead talks on nuclear definitions |
Mongolia alliance opposed to foreign miners posts strong poll gain |
Mercosur welcomes Venezuela, suspends Paraguay |
U.S. investigating Google unit over patent licensing |
Apple scores second legal win vs Samsung in a week |
Microsoft names new industry hardware chief |
Deliverance: Of dunking and dummies 40 years on |
Charlie Sheen's TV show sets cable audience record |
CBS, Happy Days actors in settlement talks: sources |
Merkel seen as big loser in euro zone showdown |
Palestinian leader Abbas postpones Israel meeting |
Georgia Interior Minister becomes PM: source |
France eyes computer screen tax to boost revenues |
Mali Islamists destroy holy Timbuktu sites |
ADB sees progress in resuming aid to Myanmar |
Iran urges emergency OPEC meet as price drops |
Dozens killed by al Qaeda mines in Yemen |
Greece at new risk of being pushed off euro
Bodies of missing Tenn. mom, Jo Ann Bain, and daughter found
Female Breasts Are Bigger Than Ever
AMD Trinity Accelerated Processing Units Now in Volume Production
The Avengers (2012 film), made the second biggest opening- and single-day gross of all-time
AMD to Start Production of piledriver
Ivy Bridge Quad-Core, Four-Thread Desktop CPUs
Islamists Protest Lady Gaga's Concert in Indonesia
Japan Successfully Broadcasts an 8K Signal Over the Air
ECB boosts loans to 1 trillion Euro to stop credit crunch
Egypt : Mohammed Morsi won with 52 percent
What do you call 100,000 Frenchmen with their hands up
AMD Launches AMD Embedded R-Series APU Platform
Fed Should not Ignore Emerging Market Crisis
Fed casts shadow over India, emerging markets
Why are Chinese tourists so rude? A few insights

USD EUR - 1 year graph	VPN on MacOSX	BlogMeter 1.01