n00b:
Great film. Its also good to remember that Burt actually used to be in shape.
Well it was in fairness made 36 years ago.
Anyway, there's some quite interesting trivia on
IMDB about the making of the film...
* The movie was shot on the Chattooga River, dividing South Carolina and Georgia. The year following the release of the movie, 31 people drowned attempting to travel the stretch of river where the movie was shot.
* "Dueling Banjos" was the first scene shot. The rest of the movie was almost entirely shot in sequence.
* Despite the title of the piece, "Dueling Banjos" actually features a banjo and a guitar.
* To save costs and add to the realism, local residents were cast in the roles of the hill people.
Hey checkout the resemblance...
