Continuity mistake: Burt is lying at the bank with broken leg flesh dangling. Next shot different angle, not dangling, then dangling again.
Deliverance (1972)
Plot summary
Directed by: John Boorman
Starring: Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox
Burt Reynolds stars as Lewis Medlock, an outdoorsman who along with his close friends go on a rafting trip to witness the Cahulawassee River before it becomes nothing but a huge lake. However, they soon discover that the American Back Country is as dangerous as it is beautiful, ecspecially after they run into some of the locals who dont't intend on giving them a warm welcome...
Mountain Man: Looks like we got us a sow here instead of a boar.
Trivia: Burt Reynolds broke his tailbone while going down the rapids.
Question: What exactly happens to Ronny Cox? Does he get shot by the sniper, does he fall out of the canoe and drown, or does he commit suicide?
Answer: Just like Burt Reynolds says. He clearly yells out "he was shot."
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Answer: No wound. Shook his head and dove from the canoe. Refused his life jacket. Just ridden with guilt as he was dead set against burying the hillbilly.