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Deliverance
Deliverance poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster by Bill Gold

Directed by
John Boorman
Produced by
John Boorman
Screenplay by
James Dickey
Uncredited:
 John Boorman
Based on
Deliverance
 by James Dickey
Starring
Jon Voight
Ned Beatty
Ronny Cox
Cinematography
Vilmos Zsigmond
Edited by
Tom Priestley

Production
 company

Elmer Productions

Distributed by
Warner Bros.

Release dates

July 30, 1972





Running time
 110 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$2 million
Box office
$46.1 million[1]
Deliverance is a 1972 American dramatic thriller film produced and directed by John Boorman, and stars Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox, with the latter two making their feature film debuts. The film is based on the 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 both for the music scene near the beginning, with one of the city men playing "Dueling Banjos" on guitar with a banjo-playing country boy, that sets the tone for what lies ahead—a trip into unknown and potentially dangerous wilderness—and for its visceral and notorious male rape scene. 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".


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production 3.1 Stunts
3.2 Notorious line
4 Soundtrack and copyright dispute
5 Reception 5.1 Critical reception
5.2 Awards and nominations 5.2.1 American Film Institute lists

6 Influence of the film
7 See also
8 References
9 External links

Plot[edit]
Four Atlanta businessmen, Lewis Medlock (Burt Reynolds), Ed Gentry (Jon Voight), Bobby Trippe (Ned Beatty) and Drew Ballinger (Ronny Cox), 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, an experienced outdoorsman, is the leader. Ed is also a veteran of several trips but lacks Lewis' machismo. Bobby and Drew are novices.
On Friday afternoon, the foursome, traveling in two cars, arrive at a poor, Appalachian residential area near the river. It is apparent the people are poverty-stricken and likely inbred. Lewis tries to find someone who can drive their cars to a take out point at Aintry to be picked up on Sunday. Drew, who has a guitar, engages a local boy with a banjo in a friendly "duel." When Drew tries to shake the boy's hand, he dismissively turns away.
Travelling in pairs, the foursome's two canoes are briefly separated. The occupants of one canoe (Bobby and Ed), rest their canoe along the river to take a rest. Ed notices two mountain men descending towards them from the woodland. A verbal confrontation ensues between Ed Bobby and the two mountain men, one of whom wields a shotgun. The mountain men are hostile, and unhappy with the men's presence along the river. When they attempt to return to their canoe they are forced at gunpoint into the woodland. Ed is tied to a tree, and cut with his own knife, while Bobby is forced to strip naked. One of the mountain men then attacks Bobby, he physically molests and humiliates him forcing him to 'squeal like a pig.' The mountain man then violently rapes Bobby while Ed looks on. As the rapist and other mountain man turn their attention to Ed, Lewis shoots the rapist from behind with his recurve bow, Ed takes control of the shotgun in the commotion and the other mountain man escapes into the woods.
An intense debate then takes place between the four men as they try to decide what to do. Lewis is worried that he will be tried for murder in a hostile backwoods community after shooting the rapist from behind, Humiliated and angry Bobby expresses his desire for no one to ever find out what happened to him, Drew passionately argues that the right thing to do is to inform the authorities and Ed is conflicted. Eventually they take a vote and, against Drew's protests, the men side with Lewis' recommendation to bury the body and get back to their cars. The men bury the dead rapist in a shallow grave and then return to their canoes to get back to Aintry. As the men make their way down the river it becomes apparent that Drew is highly distressed. As Lewis shouts for the men to hurry up down the canoe Drew suddenly falls into the river.
After Drew's fall, the survivors' canoes collide on the rocks, throwing Lewis, Bobby and Ed into the river. Lewis breaks his femur and the others are washed ashore alongside him. Encouraged by the badly injured Lewis, who believes Drew was shot and that they are being stalked by the other mountain man, Ed climbs a nearby rock face in order to dispatch the other mountain man using his bow while Bobby stays behind to look after Lewis. Ed reaches the top and hides out until the next morning, when a mountain man appears on the top of the cliff with a rifle, looking down into the gorge where Lewis and Bobby are located. Though they look alike, it is unclear whether this is the same mountain man that ran away from them. Ed clumsily shoots and manages to kill him, accidentally stabbing himself with one of his own spare arrows in the process. Ed and Bobby weigh down the mountain man's body in the river to ensure it will never be found, and repeat the same with Drew's body which they encounter downriver.
Upon finally reaching the small town of Aintry, they get the injured Lewis to the hospital. The men carefully concoct a cover story for the authorities about Drew's death and disappearance being an accident, lying about their ordeal to Sheriff Bullard in order to escape a possible double murder charge. The sheriff advises them one of the locals is missing, having not returned from a hunting trip. The sheriff clearly doesn't believe them, but has no evidence to arrest them and simply tells the men never to come back. They readily agree. The trio vow to keep their story of death and survival a secret for the rest of their lives. In the final scene, Ed awakens screaming from a nightmare in which a dead man's hand slowly rises from the lake.
Cast[edit]
Jon Voight as Ed Gentry
Burt Reynolds as Lewis Medlock
Ned Beatty as Bobby Trippe
Ronny Cox as Drew Ballinger
Ed Ramey as Old Man
Billy Redden as Lonnie
Bill McKinney as Mountain Man
Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward as Toothless Man
James Dickey as Sheriff Bullard
Macon McCalman as Arthur Queen
Production[edit]
Deliverance was shot primarily in Rabun County in northeastern Georgia. The canoe scenes were filmed in the Tallulah Gorge southeast of Clayton and on the Chattooga River. This river divides the northeastern corner of Georgia from the northwestern corner of South Carolina. Additional scenes were shot in Salem, South Carolina.
A scene was also shot at the Mount Carmel Baptist Church cemetery. This site has since been flooded and lies 130 feet under the surface of Lake Jocassee, on the border between Oconee and Pickens counties in South Carolina.[2][3] The dam shown under construction is Jocassee Dam.
During the filming of the canoe scene, author James Dickey showed up inebriated and got into a bitter argument with producer-director John Boorman, who had rewritten Dickey's script. They had a brief fistfight in which Boorman's nose was broken and four of his teeth shattered. Dickey was thrown off the set, but no charges were filed against him. The two reconciled and became good friends, and Boorman gave Dickey a cameo role as the sheriff at the end of the film.
The inspiration for the Cahulawassee River was the Coosawattee River, which was dammed in the 1970s and contained several dangerous whitewater rapids before being flooded by Carters Lake.[4]
Stunts[edit]
The film is famous for cutting costs by not insuring the production and having the actors do their own stunts (most notably, Jon Voight climbed the cliff himself). In one scene, the stunt coordinator decided that a scene showing a canoe with a dummy of Burt Reynolds in it looked phony; he said it looked "like a canoe with a dummy in it." Reynolds requested to have the scene re-shot with himself in the canoe rather than the dummy. After shooting the scene, Reynolds, coughing up river water and nursing a broken coccyx, asked how the scene looked. The director responded, "like a canoe with a dummy in it."
Regarding the courage of the four main actors in the movie doing their own stunts without insurance protection, Dickey was quoted as saying all of them "had more guts than a burglar". In a nod to their stunt-performing audacity, early in the movie Lewis says, "Insurance? I've never been insured in my life. I don't believe in insurance. There's no risk."
Notorious line[edit]
Several people have been credited with the now-famous line including the phrase, "squeal like a pig." Ned Beatty said he thought of it while he and actor McKinney were improvising the scene.[5]
James Dickey's son, Christopher Dickey, in his memoir about the film production, Summer of Deliverance, said that one of the crewmen suggested that Beatty's character, Bobby, "squeal like a pig," to add some backwoods horror to the scene and make it more shocking.[page needed] According to Boorman's running commentary on the home media releases, the studio wanted the scene shot two ways, one of which would be acceptable for TV. Boorman did not want to do this. He decided that the phrase "squeal like a pig", suggested by Frank Rickman, a Clayton native, was a good replacement for the dialogue in the script. It would work for both the theatrical and TV versions.[citation needed]
Soundtrack and copyright dispute[edit]
The film's soundtrack brought new attention to the banjo work "Dueling Banjos," which had been recorded numerous times since 1955. Only Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel were originally credited for the piece. The songwriter and producer Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, who wrote the original piece, "Feudin' Banjos" (1955), and recorded it with five-string banjo player Don Reno, filed a lawsuit for songwriting credit and a percentage of royalties. He was awarded both in a landmark copyright infringement case.[6] Smith asked Warner Bros. to include his name on the official soundtrack listing, but reportedly asked to be omitted from the movie credits because he found the film offensive.[7]
No credit was given for the film score. The film has a number of sparse, brooding passages of music scattered throughout, including several played on a synthesizer. Some prints of the movie omit much of this extra music.
Boorman was given a gold record for the "Dueling Banjos" hit single; this was later stolen from his house by the Dublin gangster Martin Cahill. Boorman recreated this scene in The General (1998), his biographical film about Cahill.
Reception[edit]
Deliverance was a box office success in the United States, becoming the fifth-highest grossing film of 1972 after grossing a domestic total of over $46 million.[1] The film's financial success continued the following year, when it went on to earn $18 million in North American "distributor rentals" (receipts).[8]
Critical reception[edit]
Deliverance was well received by critics and is widely regarded as one of the best films of 1972.[9][10][11][12] The film is in the top tier of films on the critical review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, with a 93% "fresh" rating.[13]
Not all reviews were positive. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times said:

Dickey, who wrote the original novel and the screenplay, lards this plot with a lot of significance -- universal, local, whatever happens to be on the market. He is clearly under the impression that he is telling us something about the nature of man, and particularly civilized man's ability to survive primitive challenges[…] But I don't think it works that way.[…] What the movie totally fails at, however, is its attempt to make some kind of significant statement about its action.[…] [W]hat James Dickey has given us here is a fantasy about violence, not a realistic consideration of it.[…] It's possible to consider civilized men in a confrontation with the wilderness without throwing in rapes, cowboy-and-Indian stunts and pure exploitative sensationalism.[14]
The instrumental piece, "Dueling Banjos," won the 1974 Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance. The film was selected by The New York Times as one of The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made, while the viewers of Channel 4 in the United Kingdom voted it #45 in a list of The 100 Greatest Films.
Reynolds later called it "the best film I've ever been in."[15]
Awards and nominations[edit]
NominatedAcademy Award for Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Director — John Boorman
Academy Award for Best Film Editing — Tom Priestley
New York Film Critics Circle for Best Film and Best Director
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
Golden Globe Award for Best Director – Motion Picture — John Boorman
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama — Jon Voight
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song — Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, Eric Weissberg, and Steve Mandel
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay — James Dickey
American Film Institute lists[edit]
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies—Nominated[16]
AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills—#15
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes: "I bet you can squeal like a pig."—Nominated[17]
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)—Nominated[18]
Influence of the film[edit]
Then-governor Jimmy Carter established a state film commission to encourage production companies to film in Georgia. The state has "become one of the top five production destinations in the U.S."[19]
In 1977, a Turkish remake, entitled Nehir (The River), was directed by Şerif Gören.
The canoes used in the film are displayed at the Burt Reynolds Museum, located at 100 North U.S. Highway 1, in Jupiter, Florida. One of the canoes used (and signed by Ronny Cox) is on display in the Tallulah Falls Railroad Museum, Dillard, Georgia.
Following the film, tourism increased to Rabun County by the tens of thousands. By 2012, tourism was the largest source of revenue in the county.[19] Jon Voight's stunt double for this film, Claude Terry, later purchased equipment used in the movie from Warner Brothers. He founded what is now the oldest whitewater rafting adventure company on the Chattooga River, Southeastern Expeditions.[20] By 2012 rafting had developed as a $20 million industry in the region.[19]
People have built vacation and second homes around the area's lakes.[19]
In June 2012, Rabun County held a Chattooga River Festival to encourage preservation of the river and its environment. It noted the 40th anniversary of the filming of Deliverance in the area, which aroused controversy.[19]
In 2012, producer Cory Welles and director Kevin Walker decided to make the documentary, The Deliverance of Rabun County, to explore the effects of the landmark film on people in the county. They heard a wide range of opinions, particularly resentment at how the country people were portrayed. Others are pragmatic and look at the benefits of increased tourism and related businesses.[19]
See also[edit]
List of American films of 1972
Survival film, about the film genre, with a list of related films
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b "Deliverance, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
2.Jump up ^ Simon, Anna (2009-02-20). "Cable network to detail history of Lake Jocassee". The Greenville News. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
3.Jump up ^ Heldenfels, Rich (2009-11-05). "Body double plays banjo". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
4.Jump up ^ Roper, Daniel M. "The Story of the Coosawattee River Gorge". North Georgia Journal (Summer 1995). Retrieved 7 June 2015.
5.Jump up ^ Burger, Mark. (2006, March 19). "BEATTY GIVEN MASTER OF CINEMA AWARD; CHARACTER ACTOR IS A VETERAN OF MORE THAN 200 FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS", Winston-Salem Journal, Page B1
 "Regarding his debut film, Deliverance (1972), in which his character undergoes an unforgettably vivid sexual assault, Beatty said: 'The whole "squeal like a pig" thing ... came from guess who.' As the audience laughed, he theatrically put his head in his hands and silently pointed to himself, before elaborating how director Boorman encouraged him to improvise the scene with his onscreen tormentor, Bill McKinney."
6.Jump up ^ "Country guitarist Arthur Smith dies". BBC News. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
7.Jump up ^ Terence McArdle (6 April 2014). "Arthur Smith, guitarist who wrote ‘Guitar Boogie’ and ‘Duelin’ Banjos,’ dies at 93". The Washington Post. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
8.Jump up ^ "Big Rental Films of 1973", Variety, 9 January 1974 p 19
9.Jump up ^ "Greatest Films of 1972". Filmsite.org. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
10.Jump up ^ "The Best Movies of 1972 by Rank". Films101.com. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
11.Jump up ^ "Best Films of the 1970s". Cinepad.com. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
12.Jump up ^ IMDb: Year: 1972
13.Jump up ^ "Deliverance". Retrieved Sep 4, 2015.
14.Jump up ^ "Deliverance." Chicago Sun-Times.
15.Jump up ^ Workaholic Burt Reynolds sets up his next task: Light comedy Siskel, Gene. Chicago Tribune (1963-Current file) [Chicago, Ill] 28 Nov 1976: e2.
16.Jump up ^ AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies Nominees
17.Jump up ^ AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes Nominees
18.Jump up ^ AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) Ballot
19.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Cory Welles, "40 years later, 'Deliverance' causes mixed feelings in Georgia", Marketplace, 22 August 2012, accessed 27 August 2014
20.Jump up ^ Southeastern Expeditions. Retrieved 8/19/2013.
External links[edit]
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Weekend in Aintry! James Dickey and The Making of Deliverance
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Deliverance

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For other uses, see Deliverance (disambiguation).

Deliverance
Deliverance poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster by Bill Gold

Directed by
John Boorman
Produced by
John Boorman
Screenplay by
James Dickey
Uncredited:
 John Boorman
Based on
Deliverance
 by James Dickey
Starring
Jon Voight
Ned Beatty
Ronny Cox
Cinematography
Vilmos Zsigmond
Edited by
Tom Priestley

Production
 company

Elmer Productions

Distributed by
Warner Bros.

Release dates

July 30, 1972





Running time
 110 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$2 million
Box office
$46.1 million[1]
Deliverance is a 1972 American dramatic thriller film produced and directed by John Boorman, and stars Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox, with the latter two making their feature film debuts. The film is based on the 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 both for the music scene near the beginning, with one of the city men playing "Dueling Banjos" on guitar with a banjo-playing country boy, that sets the tone for what lies ahead—a trip into unknown and potentially dangerous wilderness—and for its visceral and notorious male rape scene. 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".


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production 3.1 Stunts
3.2 Notorious line
4 Soundtrack and copyright dispute
5 Reception 5.1 Critical reception
5.2 Awards and nominations 5.2.1 American Film Institute lists

6 Influence of the film
7 See also
8 References
9 External links

Plot[edit]
Four Atlanta businessmen, Lewis Medlock (Burt Reynolds), Ed Gentry (Jon Voight), Bobby Trippe (Ned Beatty) and Drew Ballinger (Ronny Cox), 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, an experienced outdoorsman, is the leader. Ed is also a veteran of several trips but lacks Lewis' machismo. Bobby and Drew are novices.
On Friday afternoon, the foursome, traveling in two cars, arrive at a poor, Appalachian residential area near the river. It is apparent the people are poverty-stricken and likely inbred. Lewis tries to find someone who can drive their cars to a take out point at Aintry to be picked up on Sunday. Drew, who has a guitar, engages a local boy with a banjo in a friendly "duel." When Drew tries to shake the boy's hand, he dismissively turns away.
Travelling in pairs, the foursome's two canoes are briefly separated. The occupants of one canoe (Bobby and Ed), rest their canoe along the river to take a rest. Ed notices two mountain men descending towards them from the woodland. A verbal confrontation ensues between Ed Bobby and the two mountain men, one of whom wields a shotgun. The mountain men are hostile, and unhappy with the men's presence along the river. When they attempt to return to their canoe they are forced at gunpoint into the woodland. Ed is tied to a tree, and cut with his own knife, while Bobby is forced to strip naked. One of the mountain men then attacks Bobby, he physically molests and humiliates him forcing him to 'squeal like a pig.' The mountain man then violently rapes Bobby while Ed looks on. As the rapist and other mountain man turn their attention to Ed, Lewis shoots the rapist from behind with his recurve bow, Ed takes control of the shotgun in the commotion and the other mountain man escapes into the woods.
An intense debate then takes place between the four men as they try to decide what to do. Lewis is worried that he will be tried for murder in a hostile backwoods community after shooting the rapist from behind, Humiliated and angry Bobby expresses his desire for no one to ever find out what happened to him, Drew passionately argues that the right thing to do is to inform the authorities and Ed is conflicted. Eventually they take a vote and, against Drew's protests, the men side with Lewis' recommendation to bury the body and get back to their cars. The men bury the dead rapist in a shallow grave and then return to their canoes to get back to Aintry. As the men make their way down the river it becomes apparent that Drew is highly distressed. As Lewis shouts for the men to hurry up down the canoe Drew suddenly falls into the river.
After Drew's fall, the survivors' canoes collide on the rocks, throwing Lewis, Bobby and Ed into the river. Lewis breaks his femur and the others are washed ashore alongside him. Encouraged by the badly injured Lewis, who believes Drew was shot and that they are being stalked by the other mountain man, Ed climbs a nearby rock face in order to dispatch the other mountain man using his bow while Bobby stays behind to look after Lewis. Ed reaches the top and hides out until the next morning, when a mountain man appears on the top of the cliff with a rifle, looking down into the gorge where Lewis and Bobby are located. Though they look alike, it is unclear whether this is the same mountain man that ran away from them. Ed clumsily shoots and manages to kill him, accidentally stabbing himself with one of his own spare arrows in the process. Ed and Bobby weigh down the mountain man's body in the river to ensure it will never be found, and repeat the same with Drew's body which they encounter downriver.
Upon finally reaching the small town of Aintry, they get the injured Lewis to the hospital. The men carefully concoct a cover story for the authorities about Drew's death and disappearance being an accident, lying about their ordeal to Sheriff Bullard in order to escape a possible double murder charge. The sheriff advises them one of the locals is missing, having not returned from a hunting trip. The sheriff clearly doesn't believe them, but has no evidence to arrest them and simply tells the men never to come back. They readily agree. The trio vow to keep their story of death and survival a secret for the rest of their lives. In the final scene, Ed awakens screaming from a nightmare in which a dead man's hand slowly rises from the lake.
Cast[edit]
Jon Voight as Ed Gentry
Burt Reynolds as Lewis Medlock
Ned Beatty as Bobby Trippe
Ronny Cox as Drew Ballinger
Ed Ramey as Old Man
Billy Redden as Lonnie
Bill McKinney as Mountain Man
Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward as Toothless Man
James Dickey as Sheriff Bullard
Macon McCalman as Arthur Queen
Production[edit]
Deliverance was shot primarily in Rabun County in northeastern Georgia. The canoe scenes were filmed in the Tallulah Gorge southeast of Clayton and on the Chattooga River. This river divides the northeastern corner of Georgia from the northwestern corner of South Carolina. Additional scenes were shot in Salem, South Carolina.
A scene was also shot at the Mount Carmel Baptist Church cemetery. This site has since been flooded and lies 130 feet under the surface of Lake Jocassee, on the border between Oconee and Pickens counties in South Carolina.[2][3] The dam shown under construction is Jocassee Dam.
During the filming of the canoe scene, author James Dickey showed up inebriated and got into a bitter argument with producer-director John Boorman, who had rewritten Dickey's script. They had a brief fistfight in which Boorman's nose was broken and four of his teeth shattered. Dickey was thrown off the set, but no charges were filed against him. The two reconciled and became good friends, and Boorman gave Dickey a cameo role as the sheriff at the end of the film.
The inspiration for the Cahulawassee River was the Coosawattee River, which was dammed in the 1970s and contained several dangerous whitewater rapids before being flooded by Carters Lake.[4]
Stunts[edit]
The film is famous for cutting costs by not insuring the production and having the actors do their own stunts (most notably, Jon Voight climbed the cliff himself). In one scene, the stunt coordinator decided that a scene showing a canoe with a dummy of Burt Reynolds in it looked phony; he said it looked "like a canoe with a dummy in it." Reynolds requested to have the scene re-shot with himself in the canoe rather than the dummy. After shooting the scene, Reynolds, coughing up river water and nursing a broken coccyx, asked how the scene looked. The director responded, "like a canoe with a dummy in it."
Regarding the courage of the four main actors in the movie doing their own stunts without insurance protection, Dickey was quoted as saying all of them "had more guts than a burglar". In a nod to their stunt-performing audacity, early in the movie Lewis says, "Insurance? I've never been insured in my life. I don't believe in insurance. There's no risk."
Notorious line[edit]
Several people have been credited with the now-famous line including the phrase, "squeal like a pig." Ned Beatty said he thought of it while he and actor McKinney were improvising the scene.[5]
James Dickey's son, Christopher Dickey, in his memoir about the film production, Summer of Deliverance, said that one of the crewmen suggested that Beatty's character, Bobby, "squeal like a pig," to add some backwoods horror to the scene and make it more shocking.[page needed] According to Boorman's running commentary on the home media releases, the studio wanted the scene shot two ways, one of which would be acceptable for TV. Boorman did not want to do this. He decided that the phrase "squeal like a pig", suggested by Frank Rickman, a Clayton native, was a good replacement for the dialogue in the script. It would work for both the theatrical and TV versions.[citation needed]
Soundtrack and copyright dispute[edit]
The film's soundtrack brought new attention to the banjo work "Dueling Banjos," which had been recorded numerous times since 1955. Only Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel were originally credited for the piece. The songwriter and producer Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, who wrote the original piece, "Feudin' Banjos" (1955), and recorded it with five-string banjo player Don Reno, filed a lawsuit for songwriting credit and a percentage of royalties. He was awarded both in a landmark copyright infringement case.[6] Smith asked Warner Bros. to include his name on the official soundtrack listing, but reportedly asked to be omitted from the movie credits because he found the film offensive.[7]
No credit was given for the film score. The film has a number of sparse, brooding passages of music scattered throughout, including several played on a synthesizer. Some prints of the movie omit much of this extra music.
Boorman was given a gold record for the "Dueling Banjos" hit single; this was later stolen from his house by the Dublin gangster Martin Cahill. Boorman recreated this scene in The General (1998), his biographical film about Cahill.
Reception[edit]
Deliverance was a box office success in the United States, becoming the fifth-highest grossing film of 1972 after grossing a domestic total of over $46 million.[1] The film's financial success continued the following year, when it went on to earn $18 million in North American "distributor rentals" (receipts).[8]
Critical reception[edit]
Deliverance was well received by critics and is widely regarded as one of the best films of 1972.[9][10][11][12] The film is in the top tier of films on the critical review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, with a 93% "fresh" rating.[13]
Not all reviews were positive. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times said:

Dickey, who wrote the original novel and the screenplay, lards this plot with a lot of significance -- universal, local, whatever happens to be on the market. He is clearly under the impression that he is telling us something about the nature of man, and particularly civilized man's ability to survive primitive challenges[…] But I don't think it works that way.[…] What the movie totally fails at, however, is its attempt to make some kind of significant statement about its action.[…] [W]hat James Dickey has given us here is a fantasy about violence, not a realistic consideration of it.[…] It's possible to consider civilized men in a confrontation with the wilderness without throwing in rapes, cowboy-and-Indian stunts and pure exploitative sensationalism.[14]
The instrumental piece, "Dueling Banjos," won the 1974 Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance. The film was selected by The New York Times as one of The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made, while the viewers of Channel 4 in the United Kingdom voted it #45 in a list of The 100 Greatest Films.
Reynolds later called it "the best film I've ever been in."[15]
Awards and nominations[edit]
NominatedAcademy Award for Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Director — John Boorman
Academy Award for Best Film Editing — Tom Priestley
New York Film Critics Circle for Best Film and Best Director
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
Golden Globe Award for Best Director – Motion Picture — John Boorman
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama — Jon Voight
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song — Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, Eric Weissberg, and Steve Mandel
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay — James Dickey
American Film Institute lists[edit]
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies—Nominated[16]
AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills—#15
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes: "I bet you can squeal like a pig."—Nominated[17]
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)—Nominated[18]
Influence of the film[edit]
Then-governor Jimmy Carter established a state film commission to encourage production companies to film in Georgia. The state has "become one of the top five production destinations in the U.S."[19]
In 1977, a Turkish remake, entitled Nehir (The River), was directed by Şerif Gören.
The canoes used in the film are displayed at the Burt Reynolds Museum, located at 100 North U.S. Highway 1, in Jupiter, Florida. One of the canoes used (and signed by Ronny Cox) is on display in the Tallulah Falls Railroad Museum, Dillard, Georgia.
Following the film, tourism increased to Rabun County by the tens of thousands. By 2012, tourism was the largest source of revenue in the county.[19] Jon Voight's stunt double for this film, Claude Terry, later purchased equipment used in the movie from Warner Brothers. He founded what is now the oldest whitewater rafting adventure company on the Chattooga River, Southeastern Expeditions.[20] By 2012 rafting had developed as a $20 million industry in the region.[19]
People have built vacation and second homes around the area's lakes.[19]
In June 2012, Rabun County held a Chattooga River Festival to encourage preservation of the river and its environment. It noted the 40th anniversary of the filming of Deliverance in the area, which aroused controversy.[19]
In 2012, producer Cory Welles and director Kevin Walker decided to make the documentary, The Deliverance of Rabun County, to explore the effects of the landmark film on people in the county. They heard a wide range of opinions, particularly resentment at how the country people were portrayed. Others are pragmatic and look at the benefits of increased tourism and related businesses.[19]
See also[edit]
List of American films of 1972
Survival film, about the film genre, with a list of related films
References[edit]
1.^ Jump up to: a b "Deliverance, Box Office Information". The Numbers. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
2.Jump up ^ Simon, Anna (2009-02-20). "Cable network to detail history of Lake Jocassee". The Greenville News. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
3.Jump up ^ Heldenfels, Rich (2009-11-05). "Body double plays banjo". Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
4.Jump up ^ Roper, Daniel M. "The Story of the Coosawattee River Gorge". North Georgia Journal (Summer 1995). Retrieved 7 June 2015.
5.Jump up ^ Burger, Mark. (2006, March 19). "BEATTY GIVEN MASTER OF CINEMA AWARD; CHARACTER ACTOR IS A VETERAN OF MORE THAN 200 FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS", Winston-Salem Journal, Page B1
 "Regarding his debut film, Deliverance (1972), in which his character undergoes an unforgettably vivid sexual assault, Beatty said: 'The whole "squeal like a pig" thing ... came from guess who.' As the audience laughed, he theatrically put his head in his hands and silently pointed to himself, before elaborating how director Boorman encouraged him to improvise the scene with his onscreen tormentor, Bill McKinney."
6.Jump up ^ "Country guitarist Arthur Smith dies". BBC News. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
7.Jump up ^ Terence McArdle (6 April 2014). "Arthur Smith, guitarist who wrote ‘Guitar Boogie’ and ‘Duelin’ Banjos,’ dies at 93". The Washington Post. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
8.Jump up ^ "Big Rental Films of 1973", Variety, 9 January 1974 p 19
9.Jump up ^ "Greatest Films of 1972". Filmsite.org. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
10.Jump up ^ "The Best Movies of 1972 by Rank". Films101.com. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
11.Jump up ^ "Best Films of the 1970s". Cinepad.com. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
12.Jump up ^ IMDb: Year: 1972
13.Jump up ^ "Deliverance". Retrieved Sep 4, 2015.
14.Jump up ^ "Deliverance." Chicago Sun-Times.
15.Jump up ^ Workaholic Burt Reynolds sets up his next task: Light comedy Siskel, Gene. Chicago Tribune (1963-Current file) [Chicago, Ill] 28 Nov 1976: e2.
16.Jump up ^ AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies Nominees
17.Jump up ^ AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes Nominees
18.Jump up ^ AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) Ballot
19.^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Cory Welles, "40 years later, 'Deliverance' causes mixed feelings in Georgia", Marketplace, 22 August 2012, accessed 27 August 2014
20.Jump up ^ Southeastern Expeditions. Retrieved 8/19/2013.
External links[edit]
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Deliverance at the Internet Movie Database
Deliverance at the TCM Movie Database
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The Legend of Boggy Creek
BoggyCreek.jpg
Promotional Movie Poster

Directed by
Charles B. Pierce
Produced by
Charles B. Pierce
Written by
Earl E. Smith
Starring
William Stumpp
 Chuck Pierce, Jr.
 Vern Stierman
 Willie E. Smith
Music by
Jaime Mendoza-Nava
Cinematography
Charles B. Pierce
Edited by
Tom Boutross
Distributed by
Howco International Pictures

Release dates

December 6, 1972





Running time
 90 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$160,000[1]
Box office
$20 million[2]
The Legend of Boggy Creek is a 1972 horror docudrama about the "Fouke Monster," a Bigfoot-type creature that has been seen in and around Fouke, Arkansas since the 1950s. The film mixes staged interviews with some local residents who claim to have encountered the creature, along with fictitious reenactments of said encounters. Charles B. Pierce, an advertising salesman from Texarkana on the Arkansas/Texas border, borrowed over $100,000 from a local trucking company, used an old 35mm movie camera and hired locals (mainly high school students) to help make the 90-minute film. The film has generated approximately $20 million in box office revenue and is available on DVD.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production notes
4 Sequels 4.1 Return to Boggy Creek (1977)
4.2 Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues (1985)
4.3 Boggy Creek: The Legend Is True (2010)
4.4 The Legacy of Boggy Creek (2011)
5 Releases 5.1 Theatrical
5.2 Home video
6 Cinematic influence
7 See also
8 References
9 External links

Plot[edit]
The film, which claims to be a true story, sets out to detail the existence of the "Fouke Monster," a seven foot tall Bigfoot-like creature that has reportedly been seen by residents of a small Arkansas community since the 1950s. It is described as being completely covered in reddish-brown hair, leaving three-toed tracks, and having a foul odor.
Several locals from the small town of Fouke, Arkansas, recall their stories, often appearing as themselves, claiming that the creature has killed several large hogs, as well as other animals. One farmer claims that the beast carried off his 300 lbs boar with little effort, even leaping a fence with the pig tucked under its arm. In one scene, a kitten is shown as having been "scared to death" by the creature. The narrator informs the audience that while people have shot at the creature in the past, it has always managed to escape. In another scene, hunters attempt to pursue the creature with dogs, but the dogs refuse to give chase. Strange, otherworldly howls can be heard coming from the Boggy Creek area just outside of Fouke. A police constable states that while driving home one night, the creature suddenly ran across the road in front of him.
In a later sequence, culled from the actual newspaper accounts inspiring the film, the creature is shown menacing a family in a remote country house. After being fired upon, the creature attacks, sending one family member hurling through the front door of their home, before being rushed to the hospital.
The creature has never been captured, and is said to still stalk the swamps and bayous of south Arkansas, where townsfolk periodically encounter it, even today.
Cast[edit]





Vern Stierman as narrator
Chuck Pierce, Jr. as Young Jim
William Stumpp as Adult Jim
Willie E. Smith as Willie
Buddy Crabtree as James Crabtree
Jeff Crabtree as Fred Crabtree
Judy Baltom as Mary Beth Searcy
Mary B. Johnson as Mary Beth's sister
George Dobson as George
Dave Ball as Dave

Jim Nicklus as Jim
Flo Pierce as Bessie Smith
Glenn Carruth as Bobby Ford
Bunny Dees as Elizabeth Ford
John Wallis as Mr. Ford
Sarah Coble as Mrs. Carter
Dave O'Brien as Mr. Turner
Billy Crawford as Corky Bill
Dennis Lamb as Mr. Kennedy
Loraine Lamb as Mrs. Kennedy

Lloyd Bowen as himself
B. R. Barrington as himself
J. E. "Smokey" Crabtree as himself
Travis Crabtree as himself
John P. Hixon as himself
John W. Oates as himself
Herb Jones as himself
Anthony Newsom as himself
Cecil Newsom as himself
Denise Newsom as herself

Production notes[edit]
The film is one of several so-called “drive-in” films that were presented as true stories (à la 1973's Walking Tall; 1974's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre; 1975's Macon County Line and 1976's The Town That Dreaded Sundown and Jackson County Jail) when most, if not all, of what was portrayed on screen was outright fiction.
Pierce originally planned to call the film Tracking the Fouke Monster.[3]
Sequels[edit]
Return to Boggy Creek (1977)[edit]
Return to Boggy Creek did not involve Charles B. Pierce in any aspect, but was directed by Tom Moore. The film carries over none of the original's docudrama elements. It stars Dawn Wells of Gilligan's Island fame, and Dana Plato of Diff'rent Strokes. Wells portrays the mother of three children who become lost in the swamp until the creature comes to their rescue.[4]
Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues (1985)[edit]
A third film, originally titled The Barbaric Beast of Boggy Creek, Part II, involved Pierce and was written as a sequel to the original film, thus the reason for styling the title as "II" instead of "III." It follows the adventures of a University of Arkansas professor (Pierce) and his students, one of which is Pierce's son, on their trip to Fouke, Arkansas, to find and study the creature. A few scenes in the beginning of the movie were shot at the university, including an Arkansas Razorbacks football game.[5] The movie was featured in an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.[6] The "Big Creature" in the film was portrayed by James Faubus Griffith.[5]
Boggy Creek: The Legend Is True (2010)[edit]
This film's story is unrelated to the others in the franchise, shifting from Arkansas to Texas. It deals with a bigfoot-like creature attacking a group of teenagers that are vacationing in the fictional area of Boggy Creek, Texas. The film was written and directed by Brian T. Jaynes. It was originally produced in 2010 and released straight to DVD on September 13, 2011.[7]
The Legacy of Boggy Creek (2011)[edit]
This low-budget indie film was originally released in 2009 under the title The Skunkape Story,[8][9] but was later re-edited and released to home video in 2011 as The Legacy of Boggy Creek. The docudrama chronicles the events that began after the original attacks in Fouke. It was written and directed by Dustin Ferguson.[10]
Releases[edit]
Theatrical[edit]
The Legend of Boggy Creek was released theatrically to major financial success given its budget of only $160,000, earning around $20 million at the box office.
According to Variety it earned $4.8 million in theatrical rentals in North America.[11]
It was the 11th highest grossing film of 1972. Return to Boggy Creek and Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues were released to theaters later, in 1977 and 1985, respectively. Neither of the sequels were as successful as the original film. The final two films have been released straight-to-video.
Home video[edit]
Both The Legend of Boggy Creek and Boggy Creek II: And The Legend Continues have been released on VHS several times. Between 2002 and 2011, Hen's Tooth Video, Education 2000 Inc., Sterling Entertainment, Unicorn Video, RHR Home Video, and Cheezy Flicks Entertainment all released The Legend of Boggy Creek on Region 1 DVD.[12] Several of these versions are now out of print. The version RHR Home Video offers is the only true widescreen print available.
In 2005, Elite Entertainment released Boggy Creek II: And The Legend Continues on Region 1 DVD. Additionally, in 2004, the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode that lampooned the film was released on DVD by Rhino Entertainment.[13] Only the Rhino Entertainment version is still in print. Return to Boggy Creek has only been issued on VHS by CBS Home Entertainment with no plans for a DVD release as of 2011.[14]
On September 13, 2011, Boggy Creek: The Legend Is True was released on DVD and Blu-ray by Hannover House. It features a Widescreen transfer and a handful of special features.[15] Also in 2011, The Legacy of Boggy Creek was released on DVD by RHR Home Video.[16]
Cinematic influence[edit]
Its docudrama format was purposefully echoed in 1999's The Blair Witch Project.[17][18] In 2008, Duane Graves and Justin Meeks accurately recreated the drive-in feel of the movie in their blatant Boggy homage titled The Wild Man of the Navidad, released by IFC Films.[19][20][21]
See also[edit]
List of American films of 1972
Bigfoot
Fouke Monster
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Charles B. Pierce, Director of ‘Boggy Creek,’ Dies at 71". The New York Times. Associated Press. March 10, 2010. p. B18. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
2.Jump up ^ "The Legend of Boggy Creek, Worldwide Box Office". Worldwide Box Office. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
3.Jump up ^ "Community Caught By Surprise: Legendary Monster Becomes Money-Maker". The Victoria Advocate. August 23, 1973. p. 7C. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
4.Jump up ^ Return to Boggy Creek at the Internet Movie Database
5.^ Jump up to: a b Boggy Creek II: And The Legend Continues at the Internet Movie Database
6.Jump up ^ "Boggy Creek II: And The Legend Continues...". Mystery Science Theater 3000. Season 10. Episode 6. May 9, 1999. Sci-Fi Channel.
7.Jump up ^ Boggy Creek (2010) at the Internet Movie Database
8.Jump up ^ James (December 22, 2009). "My Review of The Skunkape Story (2009)". horrormoviecentral.weebly.com. Archived from the original on May 12, 2010. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
9.Jump up ^ "Fouke Monster: The Beast and the Legend of Boggy Creek: Movies...". Monstro Bizarro Productions. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
10.Jump up ^ The Legacy of Boggy Creek (Video 2011) at the Internet Movie Database
11.Jump up ^ "All-time Film Rental Champs", Variety, 7 January 1976 p 48
12.Jump up ^ Amazon.com, Legend of Boggy Creek DVD info
13.Jump up ^ Amazon.com, The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 5 (Boggy Creek II/Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders/Time Chasers/The Touch of Satan) DVD info
14.Jump up ^ Moore, Tom (Director) (1977). Return to Boggy Creek (DVD). Livonia, MI: CBS/FOX Video; Bayou Productions. OCLC 15999571.
15.Jump up ^ Jaynes, Brian T. (Director, Executive Producer) (Originally produced in 2010). Boggy Creek: The Legend Is True (DVD). Fayetteville, AR: Distributed by Hannover House. OCLC 759520720. Check date values in: |date= (help)
16.Jump up ^ "The Legacy of Boggy Creek" (Official website). RHR Home Video. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
17.Jump up ^ Myrick, Dan (July 1999). An Exclusive Interview with Dan Myrick, Director of 'The Blair Witch Project'. Interview with Caretaker. Internet Zombie Productions. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
18.Jump up ^ The Blair Witch Project (1999) at the Internet Movie Database
19.Jump up ^ Meeks, Justin (April 24, 2008). Tribeca Director Interview: Justin Meeks, The Wild Man of the Navidad. Filmmaker. Interview with Filmmaker. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
20.Jump up ^ "IFC enters six in Fantastic Fest". Daily Variety (New York).[dead link]
21.Jump up ^ The Wild Man of the Navidad (2008) at the Internet Movie Database
External links[edit]
The Legend of Boggy Creek at the Internet Movie Database
The Legend of Boggy Creek is available for free download at the Internet Archive (2:35.1 Letterbox version)


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The Legend of Boggy Creek

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jump to: navigation, search


The Legend of Boggy Creek
BoggyCreek.jpg
Promotional Movie Poster

Directed by
Charles B. Pierce
Produced by
Charles B. Pierce
Written by
Earl E. Smith
Starring
William Stumpp
 Chuck Pierce, Jr.
 Vern Stierman
 Willie E. Smith
Music by
Jaime Mendoza-Nava
Cinematography
Charles B. Pierce
Edited by
Tom Boutross
Distributed by
Howco International Pictures

Release dates

December 6, 1972





Running time
 90 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$160,000[1]
Box office
$20 million[2]
The Legend of Boggy Creek is a 1972 horror docudrama about the "Fouke Monster," a Bigfoot-type creature that has been seen in and around Fouke, Arkansas since the 1950s. The film mixes staged interviews with some local residents who claim to have encountered the creature, along with fictitious reenactments of said encounters. Charles B. Pierce, an advertising salesman from Texarkana on the Arkansas/Texas border, borrowed over $100,000 from a local trucking company, used an old 35mm movie camera and hired locals (mainly high school students) to help make the 90-minute film. The film has generated approximately $20 million in box office revenue and is available on DVD.


Contents  [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production notes
4 Sequels 4.1 Return to Boggy Creek (1977)
4.2 Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues (1985)
4.3 Boggy Creek: The Legend Is True (2010)
4.4 The Legacy of Boggy Creek (2011)
5 Releases 5.1 Theatrical
5.2 Home video
6 Cinematic influence
7 See also
8 References
9 External links

Plot[edit]
The film, which claims to be a true story, sets out to detail the existence of the "Fouke Monster," a seven foot tall Bigfoot-like creature that has reportedly been seen by residents of a small Arkansas community since the 1950s. It is described as being completely covered in reddish-brown hair, leaving three-toed tracks, and having a foul odor.
Several locals from the small town of Fouke, Arkansas, recall their stories, often appearing as themselves, claiming that the creature has killed several large hogs, as well as other animals. One farmer claims that the beast carried off his 300 lbs boar with little effort, even leaping a fence with the pig tucked under its arm. In one scene, a kitten is shown as having been "scared to death" by the creature. The narrator informs the audience that while people have shot at the creature in the past, it has always managed to escape. In another scene, hunters attempt to pursue the creature with dogs, but the dogs refuse to give chase. Strange, otherworldly howls can be heard coming from the Boggy Creek area just outside of Fouke. A police constable states that while driving home one night, the creature suddenly ran across the road in front of him.
In a later sequence, culled from the actual newspaper accounts inspiring the film, the creature is shown menacing a family in a remote country house. After being fired upon, the creature attacks, sending one family member hurling through the front door of their home, before being rushed to the hospital.
The creature has never been captured, and is said to still stalk the swamps and bayous of south Arkansas, where townsfolk periodically encounter it, even today.
Cast[edit]





Vern Stierman as narrator
Chuck Pierce, Jr. as Young Jim
William Stumpp as Adult Jim
Willie E. Smith as Willie
Buddy Crabtree as James Crabtree
Jeff Crabtree as Fred Crabtree
Judy Baltom as Mary Beth Searcy
Mary B. Johnson as Mary Beth's sister
George Dobson as George
Dave Ball as Dave

Jim Nicklus as Jim
Flo Pierce as Bessie Smith
Glenn Carruth as Bobby Ford
Bunny Dees as Elizabeth Ford
John Wallis as Mr. Ford
Sarah Coble as Mrs. Carter
Dave O'Brien as Mr. Turner
Billy Crawford as Corky Bill
Dennis Lamb as Mr. Kennedy
Loraine Lamb as Mrs. Kennedy

Lloyd Bowen as himself
B. R. Barrington as himself
J. E. "Smokey" Crabtree as himself
Travis Crabtree as himself
John P. Hixon as himself
John W. Oates as himself
Herb Jones as himself
Anthony Newsom as himself
Cecil Newsom as himself
Denise Newsom as herself

Production notes[edit]
The film is one of several so-called “drive-in” films that were presented as true stories (à la 1973's Walking Tall; 1974's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre; 1975's Macon County Line and 1976's The Town That Dreaded Sundown and Jackson County Jail) when most, if not all, of what was portrayed on screen was outright fiction.
Pierce originally planned to call the film Tracking the Fouke Monster.[3]
Sequels[edit]
Return to Boggy Creek (1977)[edit]
Return to Boggy Creek did not involve Charles B. Pierce in any aspect, but was directed by Tom Moore. The film carries over none of the original's docudrama elements. It stars Dawn Wells of Gilligan's Island fame, and Dana Plato of Diff'rent Strokes. Wells portrays the mother of three children who become lost in the swamp until the creature comes to their rescue.[4]
Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues (1985)[edit]
A third film, originally titled The Barbaric Beast of Boggy Creek, Part II, involved Pierce and was written as a sequel to the original film, thus the reason for styling the title as "II" instead of "III." It follows the adventures of a University of Arkansas professor (Pierce) and his students, one of which is Pierce's son, on their trip to Fouke, Arkansas, to find and study the creature. A few scenes in the beginning of the movie were shot at the university, including an Arkansas Razorbacks football game.[5] The movie was featured in an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.[6] The "Big Creature" in the film was portrayed by James Faubus Griffith.[5]
Boggy Creek: The Legend Is True (2010)[edit]
This film's story is unrelated to the others in the franchise, shifting from Arkansas to Texas. It deals with a bigfoot-like creature attacking a group of teenagers that are vacationing in the fictional area of Boggy Creek, Texas. The film was written and directed by Brian T. Jaynes. It was originally produced in 2010 and released straight to DVD on September 13, 2011.[7]
The Legacy of Boggy Creek (2011)[edit]
This low-budget indie film was originally released in 2009 under the title The Skunkape Story,[8][9] but was later re-edited and released to home video in 2011 as The Legacy of Boggy Creek. The docudrama chronicles the events that began after the original attacks in Fouke. It was written and directed by Dustin Ferguson.[10]
Releases[edit]
Theatrical[edit]
The Legend of Boggy Creek was released theatrically to major financial success given its budget of only $160,000, earning around $20 million at the box office.
According to Variety it earned $4.8 million in theatrical rentals in North America.[11]
It was the 11th highest grossing film of 1972. Return to Boggy Creek and Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues were released to theaters later, in 1977 and 1985, respectively. Neither of the sequels were as successful as the original film. The final two films have been released straight-to-video.
Home video[edit]
Both The Legend of Boggy Creek and Boggy Creek II: And The Legend Continues have been released on VHS several times. Between 2002 and 2011, Hen's Tooth Video, Education 2000 Inc., Sterling Entertainment, Unicorn Video, RHR Home Video, and Cheezy Flicks Entertainment all released The Legend of Boggy Creek on Region 1 DVD.[12] Several of these versions are now out of print. The version RHR Home Video offers is the only true widescreen print available.
In 2005, Elite Entertainment released Boggy Creek II: And The Legend Continues on Region 1 DVD. Additionally, in 2004, the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode that lampooned the film was released on DVD by Rhino Entertainment.[13] Only the Rhino Entertainment version is still in print. Return to Boggy Creek has only been issued on VHS by CBS Home Entertainment with no plans for a DVD release as of 2011.[14]
On September 13, 2011, Boggy Creek: The Legend Is True was released on DVD and Blu-ray by Hannover House. It features a Widescreen transfer and a handful of special features.[15] Also in 2011, The Legacy of Boggy Creek was released on DVD by RHR Home Video.[16]
Cinematic influence[edit]
Its docudrama format was purposefully echoed in 1999's The Blair Witch Project.[17][18] In 2008, Duane Graves and Justin Meeks accurately recreated the drive-in feel of the movie in their blatant Boggy homage titled The Wild Man of the Navidad, released by IFC Films.[19][20][21]
See also[edit]
List of American films of 1972
Bigfoot
Fouke Monster
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Charles B. Pierce, Director of ‘Boggy Creek,’ Dies at 71". The New York Times. Associated Press. March 10, 2010. p. B18. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
2.Jump up ^ "The Legend of Boggy Creek, Worldwide Box Office". Worldwide Box Office. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
3.Jump up ^ "Community Caught By Surprise: Legendary Monster Becomes Money-Maker". The Victoria Advocate. August 23, 1973. p. 7C. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
4.Jump up ^ Return to Boggy Creek at the Internet Movie Database
5.^ Jump up to: a b Boggy Creek II: And The Legend Continues at the Internet Movie Database
6.Jump up ^ "Boggy Creek II: And The Legend Continues...". Mystery Science Theater 3000. Season 10. Episode 6. May 9, 1999. Sci-Fi Channel.
7.Jump up ^ Boggy Creek (2010) at the Internet Movie Database
8.Jump up ^ James (December 22, 2009). "My Review of The Skunkape Story (2009)". horrormoviecentral.weebly.com. Archived from the original on May 12, 2010. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
9.Jump up ^ "Fouke Monster: The Beast and the Legend of Boggy Creek: Movies...". Monstro Bizarro Productions. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
10.Jump up ^ The Legacy of Boggy Creek (Video 2011) at the Internet Movie Database
11.Jump up ^ "All-time Film Rental Champs", Variety, 7 January 1976 p 48
12.Jump up ^ Amazon.com, Legend of Boggy Creek DVD info
13.Jump up ^ Amazon.com, The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 5 (Boggy Creek II/Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders/Time Chasers/The Touch of Satan) DVD info
14.Jump up ^ Moore, Tom (Director) (1977). Return to Boggy Creek (DVD). Livonia, MI: CBS/FOX Video; Bayou Productions. OCLC 15999571.
15.Jump up ^ Jaynes, Brian T. (Director, Executive Producer) (Originally produced in 2010). Boggy Creek: The Legend Is True (DVD). Fayetteville, AR: Distributed by Hannover House. OCLC 759520720. Check date values in: |date= (help)
16.Jump up ^ "The Legacy of Boggy Creek" (Official website). RHR Home Video. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
17.Jump up ^ Myrick, Dan (July 1999). An Exclusive Interview with Dan Myrick, Director of 'The Blair Witch Project'. Interview with Caretaker. Internet Zombie Productions. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
18.Jump up ^ The Blair Witch Project (1999) at the Internet Movie Database
19.Jump up ^ Meeks, Justin (April 24, 2008). Tribeca Director Interview: Justin Meeks, The Wild Man of the Navidad. Filmmaker. Interview with Filmmaker. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
20.Jump up ^ "IFC enters six in Fantastic Fest". Daily Variety (New York).[dead link]
21.Jump up ^ The Wild Man of the Navidad (2008) at the Internet Movie Database
External links[edit]
The Legend of Boggy Creek at the Internet Movie Database
The Legend of Boggy Creek is available for free download at the Internet Archive (2:35.1 Letterbox version)


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