Editing Deliverance (section)

==Legacy==
Following the film's release, Governor [[Jimmy Carter]] established a state film commission to encourage television and movie production in Georgia. The state has "become one of the top five production destinations in the U.S".<ref name="welles">{{cite web|url= http://www.marketplace.org/topics/life/40-years-later-deliverance-causes-mixed-feelings-georgia |last=Welles |first= Cory |title=40 years later, 'Deliverance' causes mixed feelings in Georgia|website=Marketplace|date= August 22, 2012|access-date= August 27, 2014}}</ref> Tourism increased to Rabun County by the tens of thousands after the film's release. By 2012, tourism was the largest source of revenue in the county, and rafting had developed as a $20 million industry in the region.<ref name="welles"/> Jon Voight's stunt double for this film, Claude Terry, later purchased equipment used in the movie from Warner Brothers. He founded a whitewater rafting adventure company on the Chattooga River, Southeastern Expeditions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southeasternexpeditions.com/about-us/ |website=Southeastern Expeditions|title=About us|date=8 April 2013 |access-date= August 19, 2013}}</ref> Payson Kennedy, the stunt double for Ned Beatty, established the Nantahala Outdoor Center with his wife and Horace Holden along the [[Nantahala River]] in [[Swain County]], North Carolina, in 1972, the same year that ''Deliverance'' was released.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Knoepp |first1=Lilly |title=Exploring Southern Appalachia: 'Deliverance' And Beyond |url=https://www.bpr.org/post/exploring-southern-appalachia-deliverance-and-beyond#stream/0 |website=Blue Ridge Public Radio |date=2 September 2019 |access-date=1 November 2020}}</ref>

Filmmaker [[Bong Joon Ho]] has cited ''Deliverance'' as one of his top four favorite films.<ref>{{YouTube|id=MM5ckjUOnT4|title=Four Favorites with Bong Joon Ho and Sharon Choi}}</ref>