Smiley Bates prompted other recording ventures. When the Instrumental hit "Duelling Banjos" from the film "Deliverance" was popular, Smiley, on Flat-Top Guitar, was teamed with Eddie Poirier on 5-String Banjo. Though he had not seen the film, it only took a couple of tries to arrive at an arrangement, which, while not representative of Smiley's recording output, was nevertheless a commercial success. A further album was issued with Eddie and Smiley, and based upon its success, the two teamed up with Rose (Eddie's wife) to record another big-selling Bluegrass album, titled "The Best of Bluegrass". To illustrate how successful Smiley's recordings were,
Savages (1972 film) as an artifact of its time." "Variety" however, noted that "the playing has flair and grace." This film has been released on DVD in 2004 as part of the Merchant-Ivory Collection produced by Criterion. Savages (1972 film) Savages is a 1972 Merchant Ivory Film directed by James Ivory and screenplay by George W. S. Trow and Michael O'Donoghue, based on an idea by Ivory. The film concept given to Trow and O'Donoghue was to tell a story that was the reverse of Luis Buñuel's 1962 film "The Exterminating Angel", in which guests at an elegant dinner party become bestial. Writing