Revealing mistake: When the mountain man is grinning at Jon Voight tied to the tree, you can see that his "missing" front tooth is actually painted black.
Deliverance (1972)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: John Boorman
Starring: Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox
Drew (Ronny Cox) is the only one to not come out of the canoe trip alive. Lewis (Burt Reynolds) claims that Drew was shot out of the canoe, but Ed (Jon Voight) finds his body further on down the river, and with no deep wounds what so ever, it is clear that he commited suicide by jumping out and drowning. Lewis falls out of the canoe and severely damages his leg. Ed has an arrow impaled through his rib while firing another arrow at a hillbilly. Apart from being raped, Bobby (Ned Beatty) comes out unharmed. At the end, Lewis stays in hospital and Bobby and Ed both return to their families. Ed suffers from a nightmare of what appears to be Drew's hand ascending from underneath the water.
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More mistakes in Deliverance
Mountain Man: Now let's you just drop them pants.
Trivia: At the end of the film, the police officer advising Beatty and Voight to go away and not to come back is James Dickey, the screenwriter and author of the book the film is based on.
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.
It's ambiguous. In an unused shot from that scene, Drew does grab at his head before falling overboard. Still, I too think he simply passes out from the stress.