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I Saw The Macho and Ambitious Burt Reynolds’ Deliverance While He Shot ‘Deliverance’

R.I.P.

Christopher Dickey's father wrote the novel on which 'Deliverance' was based—and, during filming, Dickey saw Reynolds the womanizer, wit, and actor desperate to be taken seriously.

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