Deliverance (1972) - (Movie Clip) Downstream Would Be A Good Idea
City dwellers Lewis (Burt Reynolds) and Ed (Jon Voight) find the river, then less-experienced partners Drew (Ronny Cox) and Bobby (Ned Beatty) join them as they launch their canoes, John Boorman directing from the ever-profane script by the novelist James Dickey, early in Deliverance, 1972.