A deep dive into the film’s creation, divided into four segments: The Beginning Covers the original novel and adaptation. The Journey
For audiophiles and cinephiles balancing high-quality presentation with efficient storage, the encode represents the perfect convergence of modern compression technology and cinematic preservation. The Masterpiece: Why Deliverance Still Terrifies
with a natural, filmic grain that preserves its 1970s aesthetic, the supplemental "extras" provide a deep dive into the production's harrowing reality. Core Blu-ray Special Features Deliverance: The Cast Remembers (HD, ~30 min)
x265 is the leading open-source software library for encoding video into the standard. It is the successor to the widely used H.264 standard (implemented by the x264 encoder). HEVC is designed to be approximately 50% more efficient than H.264, meaning it can deliver the same visual quality at roughly half the bitrate (and thus, half the file size).
For fans of survival cinema, psychological thrillers, and 1970s American filmmaking, having this movie preserved via the x265 codec alongside its rich history of behind-the-scenes documentaries ensures that the harrowing journey down the fictional Cahulawassee River will be preserved for generations of movie lovers to come.
Ideal for lightweight archiving and seamless Plex streaming.
Rounding out the extras are a classic vintage featurette and the film's original theatrical trailer.
These extras have been encoded using the codec.
Deliverance was shot by legendary cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond on 35mm film. It features a distinct, gritty grain structure that defines its atmospheric tension. An expert 1080p x265 encode preserves this organic film grain without turning it into muddy digital noise.
A deep dive into the film’s creation, divided into four segments: The Beginning Covers the original novel and adaptation. The Journey
For audiophiles and cinephiles balancing high-quality presentation with efficient storage, the encode represents the perfect convergence of modern compression technology and cinematic preservation. The Masterpiece: Why Deliverance Still Terrifies
with a natural, filmic grain that preserves its 1970s aesthetic, the supplemental "extras" provide a deep dive into the production's harrowing reality. Core Blu-ray Special Features Deliverance: The Cast Remembers (HD, ~30 min)
x265 is the leading open-source software library for encoding video into the standard. It is the successor to the widely used H.264 standard (implemented by the x264 encoder). HEVC is designed to be approximately 50% more efficient than H.264, meaning it can deliver the same visual quality at roughly half the bitrate (and thus, half the file size).
For fans of survival cinema, psychological thrillers, and 1970s American filmmaking, having this movie preserved via the x265 codec alongside its rich history of behind-the-scenes documentaries ensures that the harrowing journey down the fictional Cahulawassee River will be preserved for generations of movie lovers to come.
Ideal for lightweight archiving and seamless Plex streaming.
Rounding out the extras are a classic vintage featurette and the film's original theatrical trailer.
These extras have been encoded using the codec.
Deliverance was shot by legendary cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond on 35mm film. It features a distinct, gritty grain structure that defines its atmospheric tension. An expert 1080p x265 encode preserves this organic film grain without turning it into muddy digital noise.