Deliverance
For four urban explorers, a weekend of male bonding in the Appalachian back woods turns into a fight for survival against nature and the brutality of man.
Given most of the action takes place during the day, Academy Award-winning cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond opted to use natural daylight for the bulk of the shoot. One exception comes towards the final act, in a scene where two of the leads attempt to evade danger by scaling a cliff at night. This scene was actually filmed in broad daylight, using the ‘day for night’ technique. This is where a nighttime scene is filmed, underexposed, in full daylight, but darkened in post-production, often with a blue tint added.
Zsigmond’s cinematography is often credited for maintaining a growing sense of menace and danger throughout the film, despite mostly being set in daylight hours.
Cast
Bill McKinney, Burt Reynolds, Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward, James Dickey, Jon Voight, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox
Director
Cinematographer
Language
English
Closed Captions [CC]
English, English [cc]
Country
US