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© Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Ned Beatty, who starred in 'Deliverance,' 'Network,' dies at 83
By JAKE COYLE NEW YORK©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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commanteer
Deliverance was, and still is, an awesome piece of cinema. Not many actors could have taken on that rape scene.
snowymountainhell
Ned Beatty, with great courage, you auditioned for and acted a role that brought ‘realism’ and great attention to the horrifying and humiliating act of violence. - ‘Bravo’ and “Rest In Peace”.
snowymountainhell
Deliverance is a great John Boorman film along with Excalibur, Hope and Glory . His Emerald Forest depicts also another urban man’s helplessness in the wilderness, desperation, quest, resolution and redemption.
Ego Sum Lux Mundi
His speech in Network (1976) about how just a few corporations run everything and even tell national governments what to do was very prescient.
Speed
Didn't he squeal like a pig in Deliverance?
virusrex
It was one of the supporting actors that I enjoyed the most on the screen, I guess should be grateful the headline did not reduce his legacy to being just "that henchman from Superman" just because it was one of his better known roles.
Bob Fosse
Just take ‘em right off