Dueling Banjos was made famous by the 1972 film "Deliverance," which also led to a successful lawsuit by the song's composer, as it was used in the film without Smith's permission. The film version was arranged and recorded by Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell, but only credited to Weissberg on a single subsequently issued in December 1972. It went to #2 for four weeks on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in 1973, all four weeks behind Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly with His Song," and topped the adult contemporary chart for two weeks the same year. It reached #1 for one week on
Under Milk Wood (1972 film) exercise". In "The Guardian", Derek Malcolm wrote: The film was not a box office success and the main stars wrote it off as a tax loss. In December 2012 the director of the film, Andrew Sinclair, gave its rights to the people of Wales. In 2014 the film was digitally remastered and re-released to celebrate the centenary of Thomas's birth. Under Milk Wood (1972 film) Under Milk Wood is a 1972 British drama film directed by Andrew Sinclair and based on the 1954 radio play "Under Milk Wood" by the Welsh writer Dylan Thomas. It featured performances from many well-known