Several movie scenes were shot in the Tallulah Gorge here.
Deliverance is a 1972 American thriller film produced and directed by John Boorman, and released by Warner Bros. The principal cast members are Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ronny Cox and Ned Beatty, with both Cox and Beatty making their feature-film debuts. The film is based on a 1970 novel of the same name by American author James Dickey, who has a small role in the film as the Sheriff. The screenplay was written by Dickey and an uncredited Boorman.