Smokey and the Bandit is an American film series centering around the car chasing antics of "Smokey" Jackie Gleason and "Bandit" Burt Reynolds.
Fast Facts:
- Distributed by Universal Studios
- Directed by: Hal Needham (1 & 2}, Dick Lowry (3)
- Starring: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed
- Featuring a bassett hound named "Fred"
- Smokey and the Bandit
- Released: 1977
- Run Time: 96 minutes
- Features 1977 Pontiac Trans Am
- Cargo is Coors Beer
- Filmed Atlanta, Georgia
- 2nd highest grossing film of 1977 following Star Wars
- Released: 1980
- Run Time: 100 minutes
- Cargo is an elephant
- Cameo appearance by Mean Joe Greene
- Released 1983
- Run Time: 85 minutes
- Brief cameo appearance by Burt Reynolds
- Sally Field does not appear
- Cargo is a large stuffed fish
- Originally titled Smokey is the Bandit
Why didn't Burt Reynolds star in Smokey and the Bandit 3?(1 Answer)
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I heared he was comitted to another film. Can't remember where I heard it though.
Gearing up for the 20 hour drive to Sonshine. Any good movie recommendations? :)(1 Answer)
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My quintessential road trip movies are: "National Lampoon's Vacation" and "Smokey and the Bandit" Both are light-hearted and make you feel like truckin' down the highway. Plus ...
Does anyone remember the CB craze of the 70s? Will Twitter explode and fade out as that did?(1 Answer)
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I think the main reason that you cannot compare Twitter with CB radios is that CB radios were a niche method of communication, originally used by truckers, that ...
