This making of film about Deliverance (1972) is an interesting snapshot of how films used to be promoted.
Lasting ten minutes, it blends a voiceover, B-roll footage and audio interviews with director John Boorman and author James Dickey, who has a cameo in the film as the sheriff.
One startling nugget of information revealed is that the film wasn’t insured.
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They used to use these short promo clips as filler material on network TV when a movie would run short of the 11:00 p.m. time slot. (Maybe the feature needed lots of footage eliminated for prime-time?) I remember seeing this one after the CBS Thursday Night Movie around about 1972 and being scared for Jon Voight making his way up that cliff. I’d see the movie about a year later and find out he had a lot more than a sheer rock face to be afraid of.