June 26, 2009

Duelling Banjos and Baptism by Fire

Encapsulates four urbanites' joys and fears as they are baptised by fire or more aptly, by the water of a wild river.

To savour the river in its wildest form before a dam covers everything as far as the eye can see, four adventurous town blokes took up the challenge to canoe down river. Then,uncivilised things started happening to them.

One died, apparently shot, one was embarrassingly sodomised and two became murderers before they found a peace haven at the river mouth.

One great movie especially that idyllic dueling banjo-guitar strumming scene,as the players peeled out the strains of Yankee Doodle Comes to Town.

Fantastic nostalgia. You will see a young Burt Reynolds in action.

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