Ten Movies “Everybody” Saw — Except Me: Deliverance (#3)

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It’s funny how things that were mentioned in discussions yesterday are resurfacing today. Case in point: yesterday John Roberts mentioned the song “Dueling Banjos.” Today, look what’s showing up on the list of “classic” movies that it seems everyone’s seen, except me? Here it is. #3: Deliverance Back in the 60s there were a mess-a “rural” comedies, ranging from The Andy Griffith Show to Gomer Pyle, USMC to The Beverly Hillbillies to Petticoat Junction. The classic Hee Haw even started on CBS as a summer replacement show. Then CBS decided that rural comedies were too “old-fashioned” and canned them all. Result: people got their dose of “rural” viewing with this thing. I don’t know if people “do that” with pigs. Most of the southerners I know would rather eat bacon, so that’s not what they mean when they say the ”love pork.” Obviously I know the plot of the film, as well as “that scene.” And, while I laughed (and still laugh) at the notion of a small barbecue joint in Kansas City being named “Squeal Like a Pig” (or S.L.A.P. for short), I’d rather see Burt Reynolds driving around with Jerry Reed and Sally Field. Deliverance Directed by John Boorman Released in 1972 Here’s John’s discussion about the best-known song from the movie: