Did the actors really canoe in Deliverance?
Did the actors really canoe in Deliverance? The film was shot “more or less in sequence, very rare for films.” Two canoes were used by the characters, one aluminum—which got all smashed up—and one wood (five were actually destroyed during filming). Boorman spoke to the question, “How do you get actors to do this kind of thing? Did the actors in Deliverance do their own stunts? 9. The actors actually did their own stunts. The movie was never insured and the actors had to do their own stunts, so Jon Voight was actually climbing the cliff in one scene. Who...