This was arranged and played by Eric Weissberg (banjo) and Steve Mandel (guitar). The kid had a banjo player hiding behind him pretending to play the banjo.
This part of the movie is about communication. The City Guy playing the guitar is a Teacher. GET IT! That's what Good Teachers do. Communicate.. He Got Through to the mind of an Appalachian Child. This is a WONDERFUL, AND HISTORIC seen..
I saw Ned Beatty once in a Vancouver bakery I worked at, and seriously hid behind a display and made the piggy noise! Don't thiink he was too impressed.
when i saw the commericals on amc that were previewing i guess. i thought this was like an adventure movie or like comedy and it turns out its a horror movie with gay inbred rape. i was really in for a suprise, i didnt even realize they were about to be raped haha because I thought it was like a joke.
Well I have to say that I've travelled all around the World - been playing the guitar for 25 years - and this really sums it up for me; being in a foreign country, not being able to speak their language - to any extent. This is how I communicated on some occasions, by meeting a fellow musician and 'talking' to them via music. Sometimes people would approach and think we were a band! lol....but honestly there is no better feeling than jamming with someone you've never met !!!! shivers up me spine
@HangcleanBledsoe If you are talking about the kid playing the banjo, that's not Todd Taylor. The kid didn't even really play the banjo or ever learned to play.
It's impossible to watch this scene now that I know that the kid didn't actually play the banjo. If you didn't know, they used camera tricks, it's somebody else's arms playing the actual banjo, the actor who plays the kid is just sitting there. It's kind of creepy to look at, and you'll notice how stiff the kid is. He never moves pretty much.
4.03 - The way the director got Billy Redden to scowl and suddenly turned away from Ronny Cox was to have Ned Beatty walk up and join them. The reaction is from when Billy saw Beatty approach. For some reason, Billy just did not like Beatty whereas he got on well with Cox and could not act with any animosity or unfriendliness towards him.
The boy did not play at all, he was chosen by John Boorman because of the way he looked as John wanted to show that there was a lot of in breeding hence the way the boy looked. I was told this by Charley his Son, who incidentally also appeared in the film as Ed's boy.
I play that tune slowly at passing strangers, giving them strange looks. Some smile others run. "You got a purdy mouth." digga ding dingding dingding ding ding.
The entire scene is giving the subtle impression is that law forces us to be civil. There was disrepect between the city and country people yet jurisdiction of law shows us this forced unity we all have.
that boy is my cousin-dont be picking on him!
iclandgirl 1 day ago
good song. now squel like a pig
Liam9673 1 day ago
That inbred sure knows how to play a banjo .
Albert18264 1 day ago
139 people squeal like a pig.
max2000warrior 1 day ago 3
can someone send me a message with the name of that song >.< ?
Raithen88 2 days ago
@Raithen88
Dude.
The song is called:
Dueling Banjos.
kittysisbabe 1 day ago
@kittysisbabe
Thanks :D
Raithen88 1 day ago
Ahh, goosebumps. :)
intentionalismic 2 days ago
I never knew that the dude from Radiohead could play banjo....
beep43 2 days ago
I love this scene!!!
MrMuschiato 2 days ago
best intense banjo and guitar ,,but no thanks to google chrome upgrade...its out of sinc................i`m going back to ie 8
prescomp 2 days ago
2:56 everyday i'm shufflin!!
daisybuttercupx 2 days ago in playlist Liked videos
Ron Paul for President!!!2012!!!!
mark695847 2 days ago
@mark695847 stfu yankee cunt
UGrIImeKiidK 2 days ago
From the worst musician ever to sell recorded music on itunes.....This is Awesome musicianship !
AngloSaxonMusic 2 days ago
The old man skankin it up makes my day...
chugbot42289 4 days ago
i agree best part of this movie an one of the best blue grass musical renditions of all time long live bluegrass!
crete484 4 days ago
OMG
Haha. It takes skill to do this stuff.
wolfking164 4 days ago
This was arranged and played by Eric Weissberg (banjo) and Steve Mandel (guitar). The kid had a banjo player hiding behind him pretending to play the banjo.
widebody123 4 days ago
"Talk about genetic deficiency," said the friend of the guy who just got OWNED!!!
LtCrunch42 4 days ago
IN SOUTH BANJO RAPES YOU!!!
kscaddding 5 days ago 2
I LOVE hearing this at DOUBLE speed! I wish ALL videos had that selection!
stevenscottoddballz 5 days ago in playlist Songs
Thumbs up if you whisstled at 3:09 haha
NateandKarak 5 days ago
This part of the movie is about communication. The City Guy playing the guitar is a Teacher. GET IT! That's what Good Teachers do. Communicate.. He Got Through to the mind of an Appalachian Child. This is a WONDERFUL, AND HISTORIC seen..
commonman80 5 days ago
"one of the greatest movies of all time"...?? Really?
j0hnk41 5 days ago 2
3:01 < the original shuffler.
asdfasdf6200 5 days ago
@asdfasdf6200 LOOL
daisybuttercupx 4 days ago
and then they got raped...
Barracuda007 5 days ago
@Barracuda007 no
jimbobhk2009 3 days ago
It’s easy to play like that when you’ve got 3 thumbs and 7 fingers on each hand.
jimog66 5 days ago
@jimog66
It's easy to type crap like you do when you're sitting at your computer trying to be a smart ass...and FAILING.
spacecowboy7580 3 days ago
Banjo Boy OWNED that City Slicker! lmao!
MultiDotdotdotdotdot 6 days ago
skip to 0:20 if you want to go to the good stuff =D
CastYogs 6 days ago
I saw Ned Beatty once in a Vancouver bakery I worked at, and seriously hid behind a display and made the piggy noise! Don't thiink he was too impressed.
Tacomadome24 6 days ago
That Banjo dude is one ugly mothertrucker
mrlandroverdiscovery 6 days ago
Dewie from Malcom in the Middle!
ZOMBIESblah 6 days ago
@jxpcorp deliverance
Mattc325 6 days ago
what movie is this from?
JXPCorp 6 days ago
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136 people DID NOT have to crawl around and make pig noises
DrLeroyGreen 6 days ago
this song is the perfect start to every day. lol
BladeAirsoft 6 days ago
Classic tune from the movie that did for canoe trips what Jaws did for swimming in the ocean.
stomperrob 6 days ago
when i saw the commericals on amc that were previewing i guess. i thought this was like an adventure movie or like comedy and it turns out its a horror movie with gay inbred rape. i was really in for a suprise, i didnt even realize they were about to be raped haha because I thought it was like a joke.
TheBurgooKing 1 week ago
Can somone please tell me why the Boy turned his head toward the end?? Please message/reply and tell me if you know. Thanks!
Xbox3allday 1 week ago
The sound at approximately 0:49 was played in The Simpsons when a group of rafters got lost in the Southern swamps.
This scene is even scary, after having read the plot. Never seen the movie though. Never will.
Lachausis 1 week ago
i wanna be that kid with the banjo
fuzzyliam780 1 week ago
Read that they didn't ask the composer of this tune to use it here and they were sued royally.Pretty dumb huh?
Carskinify 1 week ago
2:55
He needs to work on his shufling!
HornyHamster9681 1 week ago 3
Squeal like a pig!!!
floridaarnis 1 week ago
@floridaarnis Original
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he's sure got a purty mouth
tylerbarabasmusic 1 week ago
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tylerbarabasmusic 1 week ago
This is soo good that even the dislikes are green.
Nezza1 1 week ago 37
will never forget this scene and great instrumental...
PerformancePCs 1 week ago 3
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!
Johnsavag 1 week ago
Ring tone - West Virginia style.
aclsalrfp 1 week ago
in the70s radio was variety, this was a number one pop song
guitargold77 1 week ago
So learning this.
mckaykayb 1 week ago
Well I have to say that I've travelled all around the World - been playing the guitar for 25 years - and this really sums it up for me; being in a foreign country, not being able to speak their language - to any extent. This is how I communicated on some occasions, by meeting a fellow musician and 'talking' to them via music. Sometimes people would approach and think we were a band! lol....but honestly there is no better feeling than jamming with someone you've never met !!!! shivers up me spine
wondrinminstrel 1 week ago
Jesus this kid would be good at guitar hero.
spectre501 1 week ago
@spectre501 he doesnt need a plastic guitar he is already good with his banjo :)
Brutal0004356 1 week ago 7
@Brutal0004356
Actually, Believe it or not, he isn't.
He can't play the banjo.
Those weren't his hands.
TheManofIdentity 5 days ago
I used to play banjo like that. Then I took a.. in the.. um.. (wheeee, wheeeee)
PteroclesX 1 week ago
who's pickin a banjo hur
MrSupermariohoes 1 week ago
Ricky s Taters ,New Sweden,Me. buyin and sellin, 1 207 896 5222. better known as " bud the spud".
anvolkrynn1 1 week ago
Hillbilly version of Woodstock.
xHumanCentiPadx 1 week ago
the banjo speaks to the hillbilly in me
Zeoxis6 1 week ago
5 400 000 had to blow daddy as a kid
nolifemerc 1 week ago
What I have always wondered;
Why is the song called "dueling banjos" when its a guitar and a banjo. Wouldn't dueling banjos consist of 2 banjos dueling?
ronedogg69 1 week ago 3
@ronedogg69
The tune wasn't composed for the movie..it was written in 1955 and originally called Feudin' Banjos and played on 2 Banjos.
They just changed things a little for the movie.
Must say I've never been so anal as to worry about the title..I just enjoy the music.
spacecowboy7580 3 days ago
@spacecowboy7580 You are a idiot. Im not even gonna go into why. but you know why, if you don't why, you really are an idiot.
ronedogg69 2 days ago
IM ON THE CREPPY SIDE OF YOUTUBE AGIAN
jodibrat1 2 weeks ago
puta merda
abcdefghi5638 2 weeks ago
squeel like a pig lol
gemdavey 2 weeks ago
136 people need to paddle faster
MrSquirreljerky 2 weeks ago
Just goes to show you that music is the universal language
robdadjoe 2 weeks ago
Why is it called dueling banjos when it's a banjo and a guitar?
barnboy6 2 weeks ago
136 need to squeeeeeeeeel like a pig.. lol
TaxiRED 2 weeks ago
yes its true, that dude is not really playing the banjo. He is just air playing it like the dude said.
stankwagon 2 weeks ago
whats not to like!
xXtapout54Xx 2 weeks ago
Paddle Faster I hear Banjoes!
xdivisionchampRDS 2 weeks ago 3
Weeee.....Weeeeeee.....oooohhh....oooohhh...weee...weeeeee!
Getthefuckoffmylawn 2 weeks ago
SSSSSHHHHHIIIIIITTTTT man that was great
areyoulost2 2 weeks ago
136 people were forced to crawl around and make pig noises
HangcleanBledsoe 2 weeks ago in playlist Liked videos 70
Don't get lost in the woods down south.
SCHRUBBE1966 1 week ago
136 people had a run-in with "The Mountain Men".
stevenscottoddballz 2 weeks ago
the rightous ....stuff ..once in a life time . period
stratcat70 2 weeks ago
"If you're ever walking through the woods and you hear...(imitates "Dueling Banjos")RUN!"--Hal Sparks on "I Love the '70s"
dustbunee2007 2 weeks ago
seriously, best movie of ALL TIME!!!!
MrCantstandliberals 2 weeks ago
Now prepare to get bummed
charliebigplumz 2 weeks ago
Badass playing but did anyone notice Todd Taylor's high waters?? lol
HangcleanBledsoe 2 weeks ago in playlist Liked videos
@HangcleanBledsoe If you are talking about the kid playing the banjo, that's not Todd Taylor. The kid didn't even really play the banjo or ever learned to play.
cormus1 2 weeks ago
@cormus1 seriously so it was fake?
melly212009 2 weeks ago
@melly212009 ya the banjo kid was air banjo playing, just look him up online
cormus1 2 weeks ago
@HangcleanBledsoe Billy Redden is the name of the actor that played the banjo kid
cormus1 2 weeks ago 2
...Who's pickin the banja here?...
...
joker52mlb 2 weeks ago
that sad ass movie. it portrayed appallacian people so badly.. smokin banjo tune.
sleeplessingc 2 weeks ago
135 people have a real purty mouth!
dandyky 2 weeks ago 3
@donttouchmebiatch The guy playing the guitar (Ronny Cox) does not squeal like a pig. Its the fat guy (Ned Beatty) that does the squealing!
dandyky 2 weeks ago
dumb this is called dueling banjos when there is only 1 cant the rednecks see that
scoobydoo197173 2 weeks ago
@scoobydoo197173 you are a clinical moron.
tomb1272 2 weeks ago
What movie is this I cant remember!
ashleyy2458 2 weeks ago
@ashleyy2458 Deliverance
CollbsT 2 weeks ago in playlist Liked videos
@2:36 foot tapping OFF >ON<
kurtimoose 2 weeks ago
First on the recommendation list; Johnny Cash with Hurt. Never knew the man in black visited the Georgia woods before.
wimscheers 2 weeks ago
Does any one knw what roll is played on the banjo?
Keyboardist57 3 weeks ago
It's impossible to watch this scene now that I know that the kid didn't actually play the banjo. If you didn't know, they used camera tricks, it's somebody else's arms playing the actual banjo, the actor who plays the kid is just sitting there. It's kind of creepy to look at, and you'll notice how stiff the kid is. He never moves pretty much.
Bassbait 3 weeks ago
@Bassbait its almost more effective because the kid doesn't move, i think
DrAleksi93 2 weeks ago
I've always been wondering if the audio was recorded at the same time as the video, cause in that case, this is sick
Stamnessj 3 weeks ago
Great song!!!
Heyhi5kendra 3 weeks ago
4.03 - The way the director got Billy Redden to scowl and suddenly turned away from Ronny Cox was to have Ned Beatty walk up and join them. The reaction is from when Billy saw Beatty approach. For some reason, Billy just did not like Beatty whereas he got on well with Cox and could not act with any animosity or unfriendliness towards him.
krakenwave 3 weeks ago
estoy aqui por padre de familia o.o
mike182vx 3 weeks ago
$4.99 to fill up,the good ol' days.
rodeye2 3 weeks ago 2
Burton Leon Reynolds
mph122170 3 weeks ago
3:00 freestep go go go!
GuyGoxx 3 weeks ago
...and that kid went on to found facebook.
0igres 3 weeks ago
needs more black bars
Anvilshock 3 weeks ago
It was done carefully with camera angles to appear as though the boy was playing it.
There was a musician playing it with the boy called Mike Addis who reached around the boy and they made it look like he was playing it.
Very clever indeed, look carefully towards the end and you can see it just does not look right.
adyjay33 3 weeks ago
watch?v=9ovcwnBaOMI
CesiumFarmer 3 weeks ago
It is because of this movie that banjo players never pull chicks. Ne-verrrr!
joepeeler34 3 weeks ago
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lawrencerodeback 3 weeks ago
That goofy kid makes me smile every time
btr73186 3 weeks ago
WHITE PEOPLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
enyart91 3 weeks ago
sounds just like how my uncle danny play's it lol
DieHardMusicMan9125 3 weeks ago
The boy did not play at all, he was chosen by John Boorman because of the way he looked as John wanted to show that there was a lot of in breeding hence the way the boy looked. I was told this by Charley his Son, who incidentally also appeared in the film as Ed's boy.
adyjay33 3 weeks ago
@adyjay33
Who the hell is playing that Banjo then????
stiglaa 3 weeks ago
This movie is the best movie have seen since Smokey and The Bandit
pancaikmix45 3 weeks ago
2:35 it got real
ninjastorm 3 weeks ago
I bet the guy playing the guitar squeals like a pig. OIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINK
donttouchmebiatch 3 weeks ago
That kid whooped his ass. LOL
Siliconmagician 3 weeks ago
Did you guys know that a black man made the first banjo
stoper4077 3 weeks ago
WHAT THE HELL IS HE?!?!
Guymanguy12345 3 weeks ago
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SurviveonLemonade 3 weeks ago
I play that tune slowly at passing strangers, giving them strange looks. Some smile others run. "You got a purdy mouth." digga ding dingding dingding ding ding.
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Who's pickin'a banjo here? 1:53
jokerkard8262 3 weeks ago
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jokerkard8262 3 weeks ago
shit just got real :D
mellowyelloww1 3 weeks ago
Best movie in human history lol
ninjastorm 3 weeks ago
The entire scene is giving the subtle impression is that law forces us to be civil. There was disrepect between the city and country people yet jurisdiction of law shows us this forced unity we all have.
sdratlas 3 weeks ago
This is wat happens wen u challenge a hillbilly like myself to a battle
mrillusive321 3 weeks ago
$4.99 to fill a tank with gas.
f3rg 3 weeks ago
2:34 :O HOLY CRAP!!!
iheartyou12131 3 weeks ago
131 people don´t play Guitar or Banjo XD
theminecraftruler123 3 weeks ago
This was recorded and was actually played by Eric Weissberg (banjo) and Steve Mandel (guitar).
widebody123 3 weeks ago
@widebody123
You mean this video is fake? :(
Caladobo 3 weeks ago
Burt was the man, back then.
castlehigh1 3 weeks ago
every time i hear this song my butt starts to sting
acesandeights65 3 weeks ago 64
@acesandeights65 I wouldn't tell anyone.
jocko1960 3 weeks ago
@acesandeights65 show me on the doll where the movie touched you
PRIMEx420 3 weeks ago
@acesandeights65 where you putting the head phones ?
MrBigjim1888 2 weeks ago 23
damn i wish i could play the banjo like that
airsoftmatter 3 weeks ago
Dat Asian boy is racist and wouldn't shake that crackers hand!!!
TheAirheaded1 4 weeks ago
kreeeeepeeeeeey... Hey you got a perty mouth boi!
alxdnld 4 weeks ago
isnt that the kid from slipknot?
lazykick666 4 weeks ago
@lazykick666 Theres no asian kid in slipknot
SmokeRollin2010 3 weeks ago
Who's pickin'a banjo here?
jokerkard8262 4 weeks ago
When the kid walks forward it's as if he says "It's on!"
fjccommish 4 weeks ago
Everything about the banjo is solidified in this one scene! Fun!
ChevyCruze98 4 weeks ago
Paddle faster, I hear banjos...
optimusprime2008 4 weeks ago
just learned it on guitar
jenniferchavira 4 weeks ago
nevermind it is .. pretty damn Sweet Legend of D. Ray White will never die like a Rebel Yell !!!
thelip1012 4 weeks ago
Man is that D. Ray White dancing ??? anyone ?
thelip1012 4 weeks ago
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a407dv 4 weeks ago
Wow! That VIDEO RESPONSE below is pretty good! That Cracker McCoy song is actually good! I think theres video coming out for it.
dex45ty 4 weeks ago 9
reminds me of my brother-inlaw...lol
buffspringfield 4 weeks ago
OMG, just click 2:14
ilikechiken2 4 weeks ago
It doesn't get any redneckier:)
nutsbutdum 4 weeks ago
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@nutsbutdum I came here to listen to the "Cracker McCoy" video response
a407dv 4 weeks ago
Its a shame I associate good music with anal rape.
That shemale song too.
shortylickens69 1 month ago
I guess I'd have to see the whole movie for this scene to really make any sense, but the music is awesome!
garyseven710 1 month ago
the look on the kids face totally says 'i can kick your sorry ass = )
DaKingDestroysZombie 1 month ago
love this part
mrallen816 1 month ago
I cant stop watching this.. pure gold...
gar1558 1 month ago
if this were to be compared to a barracuda... this would be way more entertaining.
MCurry48 1 month ago
butt fuck
ShredMafiaCO 1 month ago
probably the greatest movie ever made!!
greg4161 1 month ago
wtf asian - not the river kwai
pipedpiper1 1 month ago
i liked the violin
bbackerly3 1 month ago
what is this movie about???
85forddiesel 1 month ago
He's got a pwertty mouth! ;) e
EmanEzone 1 month ago
Ned Beatty: give him acouple bucks
sergioscorsese 1 month ago
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Bert is such a jerk! He only made one good movie! And that was?
woody7141 1 month ago
Bert is such a jerk! He only made one good movie! And that was?
woody7141 1 month ago
Billy Redden and Ronny Cox need to play again.. only as the old men they are =P
Semperfisal92 1 month ago