Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
- Directed by
- Hal Needham
- Cast
- Zhao Yan Guo Zhang, Du Zhi Guo
- Genre
- comedy film, action film, adventure film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 819 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two bootleggers drive a truckload of Coors beer across state lines while a sheriff chases them. The runaway bride of the sheriff's son joins the drivers for the ride.
lightheartedfast-pacedplayfulfunchaoticwhimsicalnostalgicenergetic
What happens
Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 American action comedy road film starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams, and Mike Henry. The film marks the directorial debut of stuntman Hal Needham. The film follows Bo "Bandit" Darville (Reynolds) and Cledus "Snowman" Snow (Reed), two truck-driving bootleggers attempting to illegally transport 400 cases of Coors beer from Texarkana to Atlanta. During their run, they are pursued by Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Gleason), of Montague County, Texas, after his son's runaway bride Carrie (Field) joins The Bandit and Snowman in their rum-run. Smokey and the Bandit was a box office success following initial screenings at drive-in theaters across the Southern United States that prompted Universal to reopen the film nationwide, grossing $127 million ($512 million in 2024) against a $4.3 million ($17.3 million in 2024) budget, becoming the second-highest-grossing domestic film of 1977 in the United States, behind Star Wars. The film became the first installment in the Smokey and the Bandit franchise and the first film of the Smokey and the Bandit trilogy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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