<P> Dickey, who wrote the original novel and the screenplay, lards this plot with a lot of significance--universal, local, whatever happens to be on the market . He is clearly under the impression that he is telling us something about the nature of man, and particularly civilized man's ability to survive primitive challenges (...) But I don't think it works that way. (...) What the movie totally fails at, however, is its attempt to make some kind of significant statement about its action. (...) (W) hat James Dickey has given us here is a fantasy about violence, not a realistic consideration of it. (...) It's possible to consider civilized men in a confrontation with the wilderness without throwing in rapes, cowboy - and - Indian stunts and pure exploitative sensationalism . </P> <P> The instrumental piece, "Dueling Banjos," won the 1974 Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance . The film was selected by The New York Times as one of The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made, while the viewers of Channel 4 in the United Kingdom voted it #45 in a list of The 100 Greatest Films . </P> <P> Reynolds later called it "the best film I've ever been in ." </P> <Dl> <Dt> Nominated </Dt> </Dl>

Where was the banjo scene in deliverance filmed