DELIVERANCE
TCM, 10:00 p.m. ET
Here’s the other TCM Classic Film Festival offering I know I’ll be sucked into watching again tonight: 1972’s poetic, exciting, disturbingly unpredictable story of four suburban men who embark upon one last nature-loving canoe excursion down a Southern river that’s just about to be dammed. And the way things unfold down the river, it’s a voyage of the dammed in more ways than one. Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, and Ronny Cox star – and, like director John Boorman, everything they add to the mix is a giant plus. Great movie, full of unforgettable set pieces. Exhibit A: “Dueling Banjos.” Exhibit B: “Squeeeeeeal like a pig!”