Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

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" The Ups: It is one of the best big budgeted car crash extravaganza movies with a charming Burt Reynolds in a cowboy hat and lots of cars getting demolished. The Downs: It takes a little bit time to kick into motion. Jackie Gleason can be a little bit annoying as a comic relief at times. "

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"There is a parade of roadside set pieces involving many different ways to crash cars. - Variety Staff, Variety"

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"This is a perfect example of how selling out with a buncha crumby sequels can ruin a franchise. For it's genre, Smokey And The Bandit was a really quality film that was alot of fun & pretty cool (I mean, y'know, for it's time). It was only after a multitude of sub-quality follow-ups & sequels, that this type of movie became the joke that it is usually considered now. "

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"1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am The car used for the bridge jump was fitted with a Chevrolet engine, which did little to prevent the car being totally wrecked. "

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" Carrie Simply irritating."

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""I'm gonna barbeque yo' ass in molasses!""

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"$126,737,428 - Universal Budget: $4.3 million $300,000,000 (worldwide) "

Interesting film facts (365 movies items)

"Buford T. Justice was the name of a real Florida Highway Patrolman known to Burt Reynolds' father who was once Chief of Police of Jupiter, Florida. The dog chosen for Snowman's pet was picked by Burt Reynolds, chiefly because he refused to obey commands. Hal Needham asked Jerry Reed to write a theme song for the film. A couple of hours later, Reed presented "East Bound and Down" to Needham. With an acoustic guitar, Reed started to play it and Needham immediately stopped him. Thinking Needham"

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"DVD"

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" Pontiac Trans Am"

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" Smokey and the Bandit is not bad. The Smokeys are jokey films and I don't get much long-term thrill out of that, but what I do remember are performances and ways of doing things. The subject matter's useless, but you get caught in this syndrome that things have to have meaning and weight to be good. And they don't. - Terry Gilliam"