Deliverance Page #2

I think downstream would be a good idea,

don't you?

All right.

You and Bobby see some rocks,

you yell out now, right?

Lewis, is this the way

you get your rocks off?

- Let's go.

- Let's go.

- Keep your eyes open, Drew.

- I'll race you.

Keep your eyes open, Robert.

That a boy, that a boy.

Every move you make, call it out.

I'm behind you.

Right. Here we go.

See how fast we can shoot this bush.

What is this?

Is this some fast water we're comin' up to?

All right, Drew,

just get in behind Lewis there.

Look at this!

- Let's pick up some speed.

- All right. Let's go.

Just a little, there you have it.

To the left.

Hey, now, that didn't hurt too bad, did it?

I'm with you, Ed.

Now you got it, boy. Very good.

Look, Ed.

Well, for the Lord's sake,

will you look at that?

What do we do now?

This is gonna be fun!

Just follow us!

Hey, what happens

if we flip this thing over?

Now that you brought that up,

hang on to your paddle.

And if you hit any rocks,

don't hit 'em with your head.

Watch Lewis.

Maybe we can learn something.

Back water now.

Oh, yeah.

Go right.

Go right, go right.

Go right, go right.

- Look up ahead where you're goin'!

- All right, I'm lookin'.

Don't quit, don't quit.

Come on, paddle, paddle.

Okay!

We did it!

Are you gonna call them out now?

- Right, go right.

- Go right.

All right, now left.

Left, to your left.

All right.

- Keep it straight.

- Watch that tree.

- Left.

- Watch your head.

We ain't gonna make it!

Turn it!

Hey, this doesn't seem right.

Just a little unorthodox.

Go left, Chubby. Come on.

Straighten it out.

All right, I got it straight.

Oh, my God!

- Yes, thank you, Lord.

- Turn it around.

Hold it up there. Slow it down.

All right, go.

Go!

Good, push straight ahead.

Hell, here's a big one!

We're gonna make it. Keep it straight.

I'm with you, Ed!

All right. You're doin' all right, now.

Keep her headed right.

Go, go, go...

There's a rock!

On the right, watch it now.

- Okay, now.

- I got it.

All right now, Chubby, don't fall apart.

What the hell I tell you?

He's something else, ain't he?

- Hold on.

- I'll tell you, Lewis...

...that's the best,

the second best sensation I ever felt.

You did good, Chubby, you did good.

Damn, I thought we'd bought

the farm there for a while.

You know that one place there...

You know what I was just thinking?

The first explorers saw this country...

...saw it just like us.

In a canoe.

I can imagine how they felt.

Yeah, we beat it, didn't we?

Didn't we beat that?

You don't beat it.

You don't beat this river.

Machines are gonna fail.

And the system's gonna fail.

Then...

And then what?

Then survival.

Who has the ability to survive.

That's the game:
Survive.

And you can't wait for it to happen,

can you?

You can't wait for it.

Well, the system's done all right by me.

Oh, yeah.

You got a nice job.

Got a nice house...

...nice wife...

...nice kid.

You make that sound...

...rather shitty, Lewis.

Why do you go on these trips with me, Ed?

I like my life, Lewis.

Yeah, but why do you go

on these trips with me?

You know, sometimes I wonder about that.

Here's to you, Lewis.

Hot damn, he got one!

Terrific, Lewis.

I hate him.

I'm glad we came here.

Lewis?

Lewis does not drink.

It's true, Lewis, what you said.

There's somethin' in the woods

and the water that we have lost in the city.

We didn't lose it, just sold it.

Well, I'll say one thing for the system.

System did produce the air mattress.

Or, as it's better known among

we camping types, the instant broad.

And if you fellas will excuse me,

I'm gonna go be mean to my air mattress.

I do baptize thee now,

in the name of modern technology.

How sweet, yeah.

Lewis?

Does he think he is Tarzan, or what?

He knows the woods, though.

He really does.

Not really.

He learned 'em, he doesn't feel 'em.

That's his problem.

He wants to be one with nature

and he can't hack it.

This is a hell of a time to be tellin' us that.

Jesus!

Lewis, you scared the sh*t out of me!

Oh, who was it, Lewis?

I don't know. I thought I heard something.

Something or someone?

I don't know.

Good night, Lewis.

Good night, Drew.

I'm goin' to sleep.

Night has fallen.

And there's nothin' we can do about it.

I had my first wet dream in a sleepin' bag.

How was it?

Great.

There's no repeatin' it.

Never mind.

No matter what disaster may occur

in other parts of the world...

...or what petty little problems...

...arise in Atlanta...

...no one can find us up here.

Good night, Lewis.

Goddamn it!

Hey, Bobby,

look what came out of the forest.

Get a shot, Ed?

Hell, sometimes a man can...

...hunt for three years...

...never get a shot. Isn't that right, Lewis?

- Right.

I don't understand

how anyone could shoot an animal.

Some people never can, Drew.

I've known tournament archers,

damn good shots.

Never out of the five ring.

Draw down on a live animal

and they get buck fever.

What the hell's that?

Loss of control, psychological.

Who gives a sh*t?

You take that Chubby boy

with you today, okay?

Hope we can get off this river today.

Don't get too far ahead, now.

No, we'll be takin' it slow.

Easy, easy, my man.

I got eaten alive last night.

My bites have got bites.

I'm a salesman, Ed.

Good morning.

I'm not mad at you, Ed.

Just do me a favor, don't holler at me.

I'm not used to bein' hollered at.

Damn friend of yours screamed at me

all day long yesterday.

Paddle, you son of a b*tch.

Look!

What in the hell are Lewis and Drew

doin' up there anyway?

Probably they're doin'

the same thing we are.

Bobby?

How goes it?

What the hell you think you're doing?

Headin' downriver.

Little canoe trip. Headin' for Aintry.

Aintry?

Sure, this river only runs one way, Captain.

Haven't you heard?

You ain't never gonna get down to Aintry.

Why not?

'Cause.

This river don't go to Aintry.

You done taken the wrong turn.

See, this here river don't go nowhere

near Aintry.

Where does it go then?

Boy, you are lost.

Well, hell, I guess this river

comes out somewhere, don't it?

That's where we're going, somewhere.

Look, we don't want any trouble here.

If you gentlemen have a still near here,

that's fine with us.

Why sure. We'd never tell anybody

where it is.

You know something?

You're right, we're lost.

- We don't know where in the hell we are.

- A still?

Right, yeah, you're makin' whiskey up here.

We'll buy some. We could use it.

Do you know what you're talkin' about?

We don't know what you're talking about.

You said something about makin' whiskey.

Ain't that what you said?

We don't know what you're doing,

and we don't care.

That's none of our business.

That's right,

none of your goddamn business.

We've got quite a long journey

ahead of us, gentlemen...

Hold it.

You ain't going no damn where!

This is ridiculous. Excuse me.

Hold it, or I'll blow your guts out

all over these woods.

Wait, we can talk this thing over.

What is it you require of us?

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