Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

[Edisto_Tiger]

more stuff:

"The dog chosen for Snowman's pet was picked by Burt Reynolds, chiefly because he refused to obey commands."

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

"This movie made the Pontiac Trans Am a superstar. Trans Am sales jumped from 68,745 in 1977 to 93,341 in 1978. And just one year later that number swelled to 117,108 units sold."

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

"When Hal Needham originally wrote the initial screenplay, he hired Jerry Reed to play the Bandit. But when Needham told Burt Reynolds about the film, Reynolds decided he wanted to do it and Reed was re-cast as the Snowman."

 

[BigBlueNation111]

"This movie made the Pontiac Trans Am a superstar. Trans Am sales jumped from 68,745 in 1977 to 93,341 in 1978. And just one year later that number swelled to 117,108 units sold."

Still my all time favorite car!!

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

"Was a Guilty Pleasure of Alfred Hitchcock according to his daughter Patricia Hitchcock."

 

[KansasSooner]

Gleason was good in Smokey but I thought he was better in the The Toy with Richard Pryor.

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

"Snowman is driving a 1974 Kenworth W900."

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

this one doesn't surprise me at all:

"Many of the lines spoken by Jackie Gleason as Sheriff Justice were improvised."

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

"hushpuppies daddy"

 

[BadMotoWeazal]

I too talked my Grandma into taking me to see the 1st one at the theater back in the day. Now that I look back, it was all Jackie Gleason. He was one funny sumbitch. LOL.

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

I too talked my Grandma into taking me to see the 1st one at the theater back in the day. Now that I look back, it was all Jackie Gleason. He was one funny sumbitch. LOL.

that's funny. That's who took me to see it. She loved Jackie Gleason.

 

[BadMotoWeazal]

She wasn't happy about the language, but she grinned & took it like a champ..... Ahhh, I miss my Grandma.

 

[threedog79]

one of the funniest movies unedited of all time

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

She wasn't happy about the language, but she grinned & took it like a champ..... Ahhh, I miss my Grandma.

same here man, same here

 

[Wishbone]

Choke and Puke!

 

[BigBlueNation111]

It also was my first drive-in movie as a kid along with 9 to 5 with Dolly Parton! lol

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

It also was my first drive-in movie as a kid along with 9 to 5 with Dolly Parton! lol

Damn, a drive-in? You're an old man!!

The drive-in's were just about gone when I came along. The only thing playing there were the XXX movies. I do remember a few still being open but never had the opportunity to go to one.

 

[BigBlueNation111]

Damn, a drive-in? You're an old man!!

The drive-in's were just about gone when I came along. The only thing playing there were the XXX movies. I do remember a few still being open but never had the opportunity to go to one.

lol...well i'm only 41!! But yea their fun as hell,i used to as i got older sneek booze in!!

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

lol...well i'm only 41!! But yea their fun as hell,i used to as i got older sneek booze in!!

Me too

 

[BadMotoWeazal]

I'm 42 & remember seeing first run films at the drive in back in the day. Hell we have a very nice & newer drive in here close to home. I take the kids & their friends on cooler evenings, sound comes through on a FM station in our vehicle. Kids think it's awesome & they have a giant playground under the screen just in case the movie sucks for those under 10 years old.