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1977 moving-picture show by Hal Needham

Smokey and the Bandit
Smokey And The Bandit Poster.jpg

Promotional poster by John Solie
Directed past Hal Needham
Screenplay by
  • James Lee Barrett
  • Charles Shyer
  • Alan Mandel
Story past
  • Hal Needham
  • Robert L. Levy
Produced by
  • Mort Engelberg
  • Robert L. Levy
Starring
  • Burt Reynolds
  • Sally Field
  • Jerry Reed
  • Jackie Gleason
  • Paul Williams
Cinematography Bobby Byrne
Edited by
  • Walter Hannemann
  • Angelo Ross
Music past
  • Neb Justis
  • Jerry Reed

Product
company

Rastar
Distributed by Universal Pictures

Release dates
  • May nineteen, 1977 (1977-05-19)
(Radio City Music Hall)
  • July 29, 1977 (1977-07-29)
(Los Angeles) [1] [2]

Running time

 96 minutes[3]
State U.s.a.
Language English
Budget $4.3 million[4]
Box office $300 million[iv]

Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 American road activity one-act flick starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams and Mike Henry. The directorial debut of stuntman Hal Needham, the motion picture follows Bo "Bandit" Darville (Reynolds) and Cledus "Snowman" Snow (Reed), two bootleggers attempting to illegally transport 400 cases of Coors beer from Texarkana to Atlanta. While the Snowman drives the truck carrying the beer, the Bandit drives a Pontiac Trans Am to distract constabulary enforcement (called blocking) and go along the attention off the Snowman. During their run, they are pursued past Texas county sheriff Buford T. Justice (Gleason). Smokey and the Brigand was the second highest-grossing domestic film of 1977. Emerge Field and Burt Reynolds began a relationship afterward meeting on set.

Plot [edit]

Wealthy Texan Big Enos Burdette and his son Little Enos have sponsored a racer in Atlanta'south Southern Classic and desire to celebrate in style when he wins, and then they are seeking a trucker willing to bootleg Coors Beer to Atlanta for their refreshment. They find local legend Bo "Bandit" Darville at a roadeo at Lakewood Fairgrounds and offer him Us$lxxx,000 (equivalent to $357,738 in 2021) to haul 400 cases of Coors from Texarkana (the closest place it could exist legally sold at that time) to Atlanta in 28 hours. The Bandit takes the bet on the risky and unprecedented chore, and recruits his partner Cledus "Snowman" Snow to drive the truck, while Bandit drives a black Pontiac Trans Am bought on advance from the Burdettes as a "blocker" to divert attention abroad from the truck and its illegal cargo.

They get in in Texarkana one hour early on and load up the truck, but simply as they caput dorsum, Carrie, a delinquent helpmate, stops Bandit and jumps in his machine, unwittingly making him an indirect target of Sheriff Buford T. Justice, a career Texas constable whose witless son Junior was to have married Carrie. Buford, with Junior forth, ignores his ain jurisdiction and doggedly chases Bandit all the mode to Georgia to call up Carrie while diverse mishaps crusade his cruiser to disintegrate on the manner.

Bandit attracts more police attention across Dixie every bit Snowman barrels on toward Atlanta with the contraband beer, but they are helped en route past many colorful characters via CB radio. Neither Buford nor any other lawmen know of Snowman'due south illegal manifest, while Bandit is likewise unaware that Buford is chasing him considering of Carrie, whose jumpiness inspires Bandit to give her the CB handle "Frog".

Just after re-entering Georgia, Snowman is rescued by Bandit later being stopped by a Georgia State Patrol motorcycle trooper, and state and local law intensely pursue Bandit with roadblocks and a helicopter to rails his movement. With 4 miles left, Brigand, discouraged by the unexpected mounting attending, is ready to surrender, but Snowman, who initially thought they would fail, takes the atomic number 82 and smashes through the roadblock at the fairgrounds' main entrance. They go far dorsum one infinitesimal later on their time limit, merely instead of taking the payoff, Carrie and Bandit accept a double-or-nothing offering from Little Enos: a challenge to run up to Boston and bring back clam chowder in 18 hours. They speedily escape in one of Big Enos'southward 13 Cadillacs as police flood the racetrack.

Afterward passing Buford's badly damaged cruiser on the roadside, Bandit gets on the CB and initially directs him to the Burdettes, but and then respectfully gives his real location—right behind Buford, who continues his chase leaving Junior behind, and with more parts falling off his cruiser as he limps off after Bandit.

Cast [edit]

  • Burt Reynolds equally Bo "The Bandit" Darville
  • Sally Field as Carrie "Frog"
  • Jerry Reed as Cledus "The Snowman" Snowfall
  • Jackie Gleason as Sheriff Buford T. Justice / "Smokey Bear"
  • Mike Henry equally Junior Justice
  • Pat McCormick as Enos "Large Enos" Burdette
  • Paul Williams as Enos "Little Enos" Burdette
  • Macon McCalman as Mr. B
  • Susan McIver as "Hot Pants" Hillyard
  • George Reynolds as Sheriff George Branford
  • Laura Lizer Sommers every bit "Piffling Beaver"
  • Michael Mann as Branford'due south Deputy
  • Lamar Jackson as "Saccharide Deport"
  • Ronnie Gay as Georgia Trooper
  • Quinnon Sheffield as Alabama Trooper
  • Alfie Wise as Alabama Patrolman
  • Pat Hustis as Tow Truck Driver
  • Ingeborg Kjeldsen as Foxy Lady
  • Michael McManus every bit Trucker "Silverish Tongued Devil"
  • Factor Witham as Leader of The Gang
  • Susan Sindelar every bit Motorcycle Gang Fellow member
  • Ben Jones every bit Trucker #1
  • Joe Klecko as Trucker #2
  • Hank Worden equally Trucker #3
  • Sonny Shroyer as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

Production [edit]

Development [edit]

Needham originally planned the movie equally a low-budget B motion picture with a production cost of $1 1000000,[4] with Reed equally the Bandit. It was not until Reynolds read the script—and said he would star—that the picture was aimed at a more mainstream release; Reed would now portray the Brigand's friend the Snowman (Reed would eventually play the Bandit in Smokey and the Bandit Function iii while Reynolds fabricated a cameo near that picture show'south end). At that time Reynolds was the summit box part star in the world. Reportedly, Needham had bang-up difficulty getting any studios or producers to take his project seriously, as in the film industry, he was amend known as a stuntman. He managed to obtain studio attention after his friend Reynolds agreed to portray the Bandit in the picture show.

In the original script, Carrie was called Kate while Big Enos and Little Enos were called Kyle and Dickey. The Bandit'due south car was a second-generation Trans Am and the prize for completing the run was a new truck rather than $80,000.[5] Reynolds revealed in his autobiography that Needham had written the first draft script on legal pads. Upon showing it to his friend, Reynolds told Needham that information technology was the worst script he had ever read, but that he would all the same brand the motion-picture show. Most of the dialogue was improvised on ready.[five]

Universal Studios bankrolled Smokey and the Bandit for $5.3 million, figuring it was a proficient chance.[4] Only two days before production was to begin, Universal sent a "hatchet human being" to Atlanta to inform Needham that the budget was being trimmed by $one 1000000. With Reynolds' salary at $one million, Needham was left with just $three.3 million to brand the movie. Needham and assistant director David Hamburger spent 30 hours revising the shooting schedule.[four]

"Buford T. Justice" was the proper name of a existent Florida Highway Patrolman known to Reynolds' male parent, who was once Constabulary Chief of Riviera Beach, Florida. His male parent was too the inspiration for the give-and-take "sumbitch" used in the film, a variation of the phrase "son-of-a-bitch" that, according to Reynolds, he uttered quite often. Gleason was given complimentary rein to advert-lib dialogue and make suggestions. It was his idea to have Junior aslope him throughout. In detail, the scene where Sheriff Justice unknowingly encounters the Bandit in the "choke and puke" (a roadside diner) was not in the original story, but was rather Gleason'due south idea.

The film'southward theme song, "Due east Bound and Down", was written virtually overnight by Reed. He gave Needham a preview of the song and when he initially got no reaction from the managing director, offered to rewrite the vocal. Needham, notwithstanding, liked the vocal then much, he assured Reed not to alter a word;[half-dozen] it would go one of Reed'southward biggest hits and his signature song.[7]

The film features the custom clothing and costuming of Niver Western Wear of Fort Worth, Texas.[8] Niver provided much of the western attire worn in the motion-picture show, likewise as the custom-made sheriff's uniforms (waist size 64") that Gleason wore throughout the film.

While made to take advantage of the ongoing 1970s CB radio fad, the motion-picture show added to the craze.[ix] Though the picture show Moonrunners (1975) is the forerunner to the television series The Dukes of Hazzard (1979–1985), from the aforementioned creator and with many identical settings and concepts, the popularity of Smokey and the Bandit and like films helped get the Dukes series on the air. 3 actors from the master bandage of The Dukes of Hazzard appear in small uncredited roles in Smokey and the Brigand: Ben Jones, John Schneider, and Sonny Shroyer (who played a police officer in both). In return, Reynolds portrayed Boss Hogg (originally portrayed past Sorrell Booke) in the movie adaptation The Dukes of Hazzard (2005). Reynolds is referenced by name in several early episodes of the series.

Casting [edit]

Earlier Gleason was cast in the film, Richard Boone was originally considered for the role of Buford T. Justice.[five] Sally Field only accepted the office after her agent advised her that she needed a large motion-picture show role on her résumé. Reynolds actively pushed for her casting afterwards Universal initially resisted, claiming Field was not bonny enough. Field enjoyed making the film, but remembers that near the entire project was improvised.[10]

Filming [edit]

Master photography of the film began on Baronial thirty, 1976.[11] The movie was primarily filmed in Georgia, in the cities of McDonough, Jonesboro, and Lithonia. The scenes set in Texarkana were filmed in Jonesboro and the surrounding area and many of the chase scenes were filmed in the surrounding areas on Highway 54 between Fayetteville and Jonesboro for a bulk of the driving scenes, Mundy's Mill Road, Main Street in Jonesboro, Georgia Country Route 400, I-85 (Pleasant Hill exit) and in McDonough. Yet, the scene where they bulldoze through the Beat out gas station was filmed in Ojai, California on the corner of Ojai Avenue and El Paseo Road. Much of the surrounding scene comes from that immediate vicinity. The scene featuring the racetrack was filmed at Lakewood Speedway at the erstwhile Lakewood Fairgrounds on Atlanta's south side. The roller coaster in the movie was the Greyhound. It had not been used for some fourth dimension and was repainted for the movie. It was destroyed in Smokey and the Brigand II and in a flashback scene in Part three.[12] The area effectually Helen, Georgia was used for some locations. The scene where Sheriff Justice's car has the door knocked off past a passing semi truck was shot on Georgia State Route 75, 3 miles (4.eight km) north of Helen. The tow truck driver was a local garage owner, Berlin Wike. Reynolds and Field began dating during the filming.[13]

Vehicles [edit]

Needham saw an ad for the shortly-to-be-released 1977 Pontiac Trans Am and knew right abroad that would be the Bandit's machine, or, as Needham referred to it, a character in the movie. He contacted Pontiac and an agreement was made that 4 1977 Trans Ams and 2 Pontiac LeMans 4-door sedans would be provided for the movie.[14] The Trans Ams were really 1976-model cars with 1977 front ends (from 1970 to 1976, both the Firebird/Trans Am and Chevrolet Camaro have two round headlights and in 1977, the Firebird/Trans Am was changed to iv rectangular headlights, and the Camaro remained unchanged). The decals were changed to 1977-style units, as evidenced by the engine size callouts on the hood scoop being in liters rather than cubic inches, as had been the case in 1976. The hood scoop on these cars says "vi.half-dozen LITRE", which, in 1977, would take denoted an Oldsmobile 403-equipped automobile or a not-W-72, 180 hp version of the 400 Pontiac engine.

The cars existence 1976 models, the engines fitted to them were actually 455ci powerplants, the last year these engines were offered for sale before withdrawal.[15] All iv of the cars were badly damaged during production,[xvi] one of which was all merely destroyed during the leap over the dismantled Mulberry bridge. The Trans Am used for said jump was equipped with a booster rocket, the aforementioned blazon that was used past Evel Knievel during his failed Snake River Canyon jump. Needham served every bit the driver for the stunt (in identify of Reynolds), while Lada St. Edmund was in the aforementioned car (in place of Field). Past the movie'south catastrophe, the last surviving Trans Am and LeMans were both barely running and the other cars had become parts donors to proceed them running. This gives rise to various continuity errors with Justice'south patrol car, which during some hunt sequences is shown with a blackness rear fender, which then reverts to the car's statuary color again in later scenes. When it is finally torn off along with the auto's roof in the bear upon with the girder, the missing fender however reappears after in the film. The Burdettes' auto is a 1974 Cadillac Eldorado convertible painted in "Processed Red" color scheme and is seen briefly at the kickoff of the movie and in the terminal scene as the Brigand, the Snowman, Fred the dog, and Frog use it to brand their escape. Three Kenworth W900A short-frame semi trucks, driven by Reed, were each equipped with 38-inch sleepers. Ii units were 1974 models, equally evidenced by standard silver Kenworth emblems on the truck grille, and ane unit was a 1973 model, as evidenced by the aureate-painted Kenworth emblem on the truck's grille, signifying Kenworth's 50 years in business concern. The paint code for each truck was coffee brown with aureate trims and the 48-foot (fifteen m) mural trailer used was manufactured by Hobbs Trailers in Texas with a non-operational Thermo King Refrigeration unit of measurement. This is obvious, because in that location is no fuel tank on the underside of the trailer to power the refrigeration unit, and the unit is never heard running.[17]

Legal status of Coors beer [edit]

In 1977, Coors was unavailable for sale east of Oklahoma. Its lack of additives and preservatives meant that Coors could spoil in one week without refrigeration, explaining the picture's 28-hour deadline.[eighteen] A 1974 Time magazine article explains that Coors was so coveted for its lack of stabilizers and preservatives, and Coors Banquet Beer had a brief renaissance. Future Vice President Gerald Ford, afterwards a trip to Colorado, hid it in his luggage to accept it back to Washington, D.C. President Dwight D. Eisenhower had a steady supply airlifted by the Air Strength to Washington. Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Crimson Sox would bring several cases after playing on the Westward Coast, by stashing it in the equipment trunks on the team's plane. Frederick Amon smuggled it from Colorado to North Carolina and sold information technology for four times the retail cost.[19]

Soundtrack [edit]

Smokey and the Bandit: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by

various artists
Released 1977 (1977)
Genre Truck-driving state
country rock
country
bluegrass
rock
Length 41:11
Label MCA Records
Producer Sonny Burke
Singles from Smokey and the Bandit: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  1. "East Bound and Downwardly"
    Released: August 1, 1977

The theme music "Due east Bound and Downward" was sung and co-written by Reed (credited under his nascency name, Jerry Hubbard) and Dick Feller. It became Reed's signature song and is on multiple albums, including Country Legends and his alive anthology Jerry Reed "Live!" (Nevertheless). In 1991, it was arranged for orchestra by Crafton Beck and recorded past Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra for their album Down on the Subcontract. Several other groups, such as U.Southward. stone ring Tonic and U.K. based state comprehend band We Exist Ploughin' take too covered it. Reed also penned and performed the vocal for the opening credits, entitled "The Legend", which tells of some of the Bandit's escapades prior to the events of the film and the ballad "The Bandit", which is in several versions in the film and on the soundtrack. Bill Justis is the first name on the credits for the soundtrack, as he composed and arranged original music throughout the movie. Musicians such equally Beegie Adair and George Tidwell[20] played on the soundtrack. Five-string banjo thespian Bobby Thompson is prominent toward the stop of "E Bound and Downwards". The soundtrack album was released in 1977 on vinyl, cassette, and viii-track through MCA Records.[21]

Track listing [edit]

No. Title Writer(s) Length
i. "The Legend" Jerry R. Hubbard ii:09
2. "Incidental CB Dialogue" (Voice ["Bandit"] – Burt Reynolds, Voice ["Snowman"] – Jerry Reed) 0:28
3. "West Bound And Down" Jerry R. Hubbard, Dick Feller two:45
4. "Foxy Lady" Pecker Justis two:51
five. "Incidental CB Dialogue" (Voice ["Bandit"] – Burt Reynolds, Vocalism ["Smokey"] – Jackie Gleason, Vox ["Snowman"] – Jerry Reed) 0:56
6. "Orange Blossom Special" Ervin T. Rouse 2:xl
7. "The Bandit" Dick Feller 3:00
8. "March Of The Rednecks" Bill Justis 2:22
9. "If Yous Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry" Gerald Sanford, Hal Mooney 2:47
x. "Due east Bound and Down (Incidental CB Dialogue Included)" (Voice ["Brigand"] – Burt Reynolds, Voice ["Snowman"] – Jerry Reed) Jerry R. Hubbard, Dick Feller four:42
11. "The Bandit" Dick Feller 2:48
12. "And The Fight Played On!" Bill Justis ii:22
13. "Ma Cousin Plays Steel" Bill Justis 3:11
14. "Hot Pants Fuzz Parade" Bill Justis iv:48
15. "Incidental CB Dialogue" (Vocalization ["Bandit"] – Burt Reynolds, Vox ["Smokey"] – Jackie Gleason) 1:05
sixteen. "The Bandit (Reprise)" Dick Feller ii:17
Full length: 41:xi

Reception [edit]

Box function [edit]

Smokey and the Bandit was a sleeper hit.[22] It premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, where it performed badly.[23] It then opened in just the Southward of the United States over the Memorial Mean solar day weekend and grossed $2,689,851 in 386 theaters. Past the end of June, it had played in major Southern markets, including Charlotte, Atlanta, Jacksonville, New Orleans, Memphis, Dallas, and Oklahoma Metropolis, grossing $11.9 million. Information technology opened in other Northern states at the end of July.[24] With an original budget of $5.3 million (cut to $4.3 million ii days before initial product),[4] the picture show eventually grossed $126,737,428 in North America,[25] making it the 2nd-highest-grossing motion-picture show of 1977 (only Star Wars earned more, with $775.5 million). The worldwide gross is estimated at over $300 1000000.[iv] Reynolds said in 2015 that he nigh enjoyed this moving picture, and had the most fun making information technology, of his career.[26]

Critical response [edit]

Film critic Leonard Maltin gave the film a adept rating (3 stars out of a possible four) and characterized it equally "Nigh as subtle as The Three Stooges, but a classic compared to the sequels and countless rip-offs which followed."[27] In his own review in the Chicago Tribune, Gene Siskel gave the pic two stars and complained that the picture show failed to tell the audience when the clock started on the beer run, thus reducing suspense. He claimed that the Bandit is never made aware of Frog'southward leaving Junior at the altar, which is why the Bandit continually asks why a Texas sheriff is chasing him.[28] However, this is inaccurate; within seconds of Bandit picking her upwardly, Frog tells him "there is a wedding in search of a helpmate" and goes on to explain her ill-advised romance with Junior, equally the Bandit holds up the CB mic for the Snowman to hear.[ original research? ] The film's editors, Walter Hannemann and Angelo Ross, were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Movie Editing.

On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 77% rating based on 31 reviews. The site'south consensus states; "Not much in the head merely plenty beneath the hood, Smokey and the Bandit is infectious fun with plenty of machine wrecks to go along your eyes glued."[29] Alfred Hitchcock stated that the film was i of his favorites.[30] Upon meeting Reynolds, Baton Bob Thornton told him that the South considers the moving-picture show to be less movie house and more documentary.[31] Smokey and the Bandit was released in the Great britain on August 28, 1977, and was a success there, garnering positive reviews.[32]

  • American Film Institute Lists
    • AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs – Nominated
    • AFI'due south 100 Years...100 Thrills – Nominated
    • AFI'south 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains:
      • Bandit (Bo Darville) – Nominated Hero

Cultural affect [edit]

Pontiac Trans Am [edit]

After the debut of the film, the Pontiac Trans Am became wildly popular, with sales virtually doubling inside 2 years of the film'south release. Information technology outsold its Chevrolet Camaro analogue for the start fourth dimension ever.[33] Reynolds was given the 1977 vehicle used during promotion of the movie as a souvenir, though the car itself never really appeared in the film. Because of the popularity of the film and the sales success of the Trans Am, president of Pontiac Alex Mair promised to supply Reynolds with a Trans Am each year. Due to his fiscal difficulties in 2014, Reynolds put his vast collection of artwork and memorabilia upward for auction, including the Trans Am. High estimates for the auto were up to $80,000, but the bodily auction toll was $450,000. Also upwards for auction was a go-kart replica of the car, which sold for nearly $14,000.[34] In 2015 a Florida-based motorcar customization visitor announced that it would build 77 Trans Ams modeled after the car that Reynolds drove in the film. These new models were built off the aforementioned Camaro platform, came with the Pontiac arrowhead, flaming bird, and Brigand logos, and the instrument panels, centre consoles, and hood scoops emulating their 1977 counterparts, and were signed by Reynolds. Some differences included the utilise of a supercharged 454-cid (7.4-liter) Chevrolet-sourced engine that put out 840 HP, and four circular headlights, which appeared on the 1967–69 Firebirds/Trans Ams only; the actual 1977–81 models had rectangular headlights.[35]

Diablo sandwich [edit]

The "diablo sandwich" ordered by Sheriff Justice in the Arkansas barbecue restaurant scene has entered popular civilisation every bit a pocket-sized reference to the film. Though no authoritative source identifies the composition of the sandwich, there are several possibilities. A segment of the CMT program Reel Eats used a sloppy joe-style recipe consisting of seasoned ground beef, corn, and sour cream.[36] Another proposal, based more closely on images from the motion-picture show and the shooting location of the scene (at an Erstwhile Hickory House restaurant in Georgia), is pulled pork and hot sauce on a hamburger bun. Other sources in East Texas (from whence Sheriff Justice hails) are familiar with the popular regional delicacy known as the Diablo Sandwich. It consists of any of the various Louisiana-style hot sauces on Texas Toast-manner bread aslope the fourth nearly famous product of Pittsburg, Texas (behind Pilgrim'due south Pride, Cavender's, and Carroll Shelby)—Pittsburg Hot Links.[37]

The Bandit Run [edit]

Outset run in 2007 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the motion-picture show, The Bandit Run was the brainchild of Dave Hall, owner of Restore A Muscle Car. A group of Trans Am owners and fans of the movie take function in an annual road trip from Texarkana to Jonesboro, recreating the route taken past the characters in the moving picture. The Bandit Run chop-chop became a fixture, jubilant the 40th anniversary of the moving-picture show with a special 2017 screening of the film attended by Reynolds and a recreation of the jump undertaken by the Brigand and Frog across a river.[38]

Mobil 1 commercial [edit]

In 2014, petroleum company Mobil 1 produced television set commercials, featuring then-NASCAR driver Tony Stewart, closely based on the picture show. Chosen Smoke is the Brigand and playing on Stewart'south nickname, the commercials featured him as the Bandit opposite commentators Darrell Waltrip as the Snowman and Jeff Hammond as Buford T. Justice. The story replaced the Coors beer with Mobil 1 products. The advertisements lampoon the film and feature a Pontiac Trans Am and a encompass version of the song Eastward Spring and Downward. The commercials were produced after Stewart mentioned that the motion-picture show was one of his favorites.[39]

Television censorship and culling versions [edit]

When Smokey and the Bandit start aired on American network telly in the early on 1980s, censors were faced with the challenge of toning down the raw language of the original flick. For this purpose, they overdubbed dialogue accounted offensive, which was common practice. The well-nigh noted change fabricated for network circulate was the replacing of Buford'due south often-spoken phrase "sumbitch" (a contraction of "son of a bitch"; commonly in reference to the Bandit) with the phrase "scum bum". This phrase accomplished a level of popularity with children and the 2007 Hot Wheels release of the 1970s Firebird Trans Am has "scum bum" emblazoned on its tail.

Except for Gleason, the original actors mostly redubbed their ain lines for the television version. Actor Henry Corden, who voiced Fred Flintstone subsequently original performer Alan Reed died the aforementioned year the film was released, was used to replace a considerable amount of Sheriff Justice'south dialogue. In the U.K., the heavily dubbed version was shown for a number of years, particularly by the BBC. Even so, in more recent years, the original version has been shown (on ITV, a commercial channel), usually with the stronger linguistic communication edited out, often quite awkwardly. The theatrical release has a few lines deleted, including an edit in which Sheriff Justice tells a state trooper to "fuck off" after the sheriff called his vehicle "a piece of crap". His expletive is obscured when a passing large rig sounds its horn. At the fourth dimension, using "fuck" would immediately require an R rating and this self-censorship allowed the film to avert this rating and reach a much larger audition. Withal, the scene and the obscured expletive were played for comedy value and written every bit such, with the passing truck being the gag of the scene more than than a way to avoid the censors.

In 2006, a DVD re-release was issued of Smokey and the Bandit featuring a digitally remastered audio rail with 5.1 Dolby-compatible environment audio. Many of the picture's original sounds were replaced. For example, the diesel engine offset and run-up sequence in the opening sequence of the film was completely dubbed over with a totally new sound. A few other examples of sound effect replacement occur when the Brigand takes off afterward getting the reluctant Cledus involved in the bet, the Bandit coming to a screeching halt on a roadway moments before picking up Carrie, and when Buford's car superlative comes off. Some of the original sound effects (such as Cledus's domestic dog Fred barking) and music (such as the terminal chase to the Southern Archetype) were removed and not replaced. Earlier DVD releases and the 40th Anniversary Blu-ray of the movie have the original soundtrack intact.[40] Major portions of the audio background have been modified with different engine sounds or tire squeals from the original film. The updated version of the film features sounds inaccurate for what would exist produced by the Trans Am or the numerous other Pontiac vehicles in the film. The original motion-picture show had correct sounds that were normally recorded live as the action took identify.

Sequels [edit]

The motion-picture show was followed by two sequels: Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) and Smokey and the Bandit Part three (1983). The 2nd movie was a modest box role success, earning $66.1 1000000 against a $17 million budget.

The third picture – which had no involvement from either Hal Needham or Sally Field and contained but a short cameo appearance by Burt Reynolds – revolved entirely around Jackie Gleason's character, was panned by critics and was a box role flop, earning only $7 one thousand thousand confronting a $9 million budget.[41] [42] [43]

Idiot box spin-off films [edit]

A series of four fabricated-for-TV spin-off films (Bandit Goes State, Bandit Bandit, Beauty and the Bandit, and Bandit's Silvery Angel) were produced in 1994 for Universal Boob tube's Action Pack with actor Brian Bloom playing a younger version of the Brigand. The three original films introduced two generations of the Pontiac Trans Am and the Dodge Stealth in the goggle box movies.

Goggle box serial [edit]

In October 2020, it was announced that a Smokey and the Bandit Tv serial is in evolution, with a pilot written by David Gordon Dark-green and Brian Sides and volition also executive produced with his Rough House confederates Jody Loma, Danny McBride and Brandon James and Seth MacFarlane and Erica Huggins of Fuzzy Door.[44]

Run into too [edit]

  • The Missive Run
  • Hooper

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External links [edit]

  • Smokey and the Bandit at IMDb
  • Smokey and the Bandit at AllMovie
  • Smokey and the Bandit at the TCM Movie Database
  • Smokey and the Brigand at the American Film Institute Catalog
  • Smokey and the Bandit at Box Office Mojo
  • Smokey and the Bandit at Rotten Tomatoes

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