Deliverance 4k

Yes, in a reference-grade curator's edition. John Boorman's landmark survival thriller Deliverance (1972) was shot on 35mm film with Panavision anamorphic lenses by legendary cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond on location in the rugged Chattooga River gorge. For this Criterion Collection release, a brand-new native 4k digital restoration was struck from the original 35mm camera negative, personally supervised and approved by director John Boorman.

Presented on a triple-layer BD-100 disc with Dolby Vision and HDR-10, the native 4k transfer faithfully preserves Zsigmond's desaturated, pre-flashed color palette while delivering a dramatic leap over the aging 2012 Blu-ray in fine detail, shadow delineation, and organic 35mm film grain. Audio is equally well served with both the original uncompressed LPCM 1.0 monaural soundtrack and a 5.1 surround mix in DTS-HD Master Audio.