Not a bad deal, but on the fourth year, no new car. I mean, immediately, there wasn't a great reaction. I own all three films on a dvd called the Smokey and The Bandit Pursuit Pack. I still couldnt resist lighting up the Pontiacs tires while executing my T-turns. 12/14 A Total Of 3 Trans Ams Were Destroyed During Filming via iconic premier Out of four Trans Ams used for the filming of Smokey And The Bandit, three were completely totaled in the process. Bill was a second generation elephant trainer. It seems Plymouth was in a distant second for product placement. Did I mention how much I enjoy reading all the back stories and niggly details I can only get here ? [3][4] It also set a record for an opening week, with a gross of $18,108,031. Always a favorite. According to early media reports, salary demands and scheduling conflicts led to cuts in the main cast. The redesign was originally planned for 1980, but 1978 and 1979 became record years for GM's division, so the new model was pushed back. As Fred Flintstone was modeled off Ralph Kramden, the Jackie Gleason character from the 1950s television showThe Honeymooners, the tone and intonation of the dubbing was highly convincing. Get all the latest news, reviews and exclusives, direct to your inbox. When I was a kid I thought they were the same person. That's because the Trans Am in Smokey and the Bandit didn't sound like a Trans Am. The owner restored it and sold it at the Scottsdale 2016 auction by Barrett-Jackson. It was a powerful car, and I was glad to be issued it as my range car instead of one of the new but already disintegrating 1985 Oldsmobiles supplied by a local dealer that most people had. Somehow this store had a regular supply. Further, as Pontiac has deliciously obvious product placement, anyone who delights in 70s era Pontiac iron will experience visual ecstasy. Thats all true. The other range car was a Chevette for people that wanted to learn on a manual transmission. They were the most fun little car to drive. This small modification was made to remind viewers of Trans Am models from 1969, which had in excess of 300 horsepower. Gleason has a treasure trove of hilarious lines and it was this movie that started my love affair of cars back in the early 1980s. Behind Sheriff Justices Pontiac, there is a nice looking 1965 or 1966 Ford Mustang fastback and a Toyota pickup. In addition to the four Trans Ams, Needham also received two Pontiac LeMans models to serve as patrol cars in the movie. Some people have ripped this film as being thin on plot; others have called it a documentary about life south of the Mason-Dixon Line.. Now then you mentionned Sheriff JW Pepper, I decided to post some Youtube clips of him. Ive always wanted some sort of de-commission/ex unmarked cop car, something from the 70s preferably. Supposedly there was a stick car for the burnouts and an automatic car for other shots. Jackie Gleason played Ralph Kramden in the Honeymooners, Ralph worked as a bus driver. Because it takes a lot less thought to fill up a movie with stunts than to create a comedy that's genuinely funny". Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). Cora was owned by Bill and Cindy Morris of Elephant Encounter. When the sequence was concluded, US $250,000 worth of vehicles had been smashed. I drive a conversion van. The assumption is that his favorite country singer is Jerry Reed. Filmmakers destroyed 230 cars in the filming of 'Furious 7.' Smokey And The Bandit: A Car-chase Classic. Why Is It Important to Break the Vacuum Seal Before Turning Off the Vacuum? That girl from the McCoys video probably looks like Paula Deen now. What was public reaction like at the time to seeing all those beautiful cars being destroyed? Plus , I loved those late 1960s through mid 1970s Plymouths even though Im a Bowtie Guy by default . So we've got them in our homes this is mad. He was the king of all the stunt men and frankly was in a different league to us. Unfortunately, the special effects went off before it was thrown over the cliff and it blew up in front of us. Jackie Gleason's scenes were filmed first because he was ill and he wanted to be finished with the movie as soon as possible. These two 1967 Ford Galaxies (CC here), soon to be redecorated by a Kenworth road tractor, do not. I remember reading somewhere that one of the cars was equipped with a 455 for some of the higher speed scenes. So I bought the car, drove back up to the mountains and got there about 20 minutes before we were supposed to shoot. So these kind of represented a rebellion attitude to the government mandated diesel econo hatches everyone thought we were going to be forced to drive in the 80sinterestingly 1979 was also the best year for the Corvette too. Soon after the trio start off for Dallas, they are accosted for the first of several times by Sheriff Justice, but Bandit outwits him and they escape. There's an odd bit, it doesn't seem like much, but when we go up on top of the Aircraft Museum we had to drive right to the very edge and it was a good hundred feet off the ground. Smokey & The Bandit is the greatest movie of the 20th Century! Ive since read on the internet that it wasnt illegal so much as a practical thing with it being shipped in refrigerated trucks. The dubbed version is awful. I really enjoyed this discussion. Later that night, a drunken Bandit makes his drawing a reality, and Doc agrees that his idea will work. Well, the interior shots were filmed in Twickenham Studios in a coach that wasnt moving. Doc later finds that Charlotte is pregnant and due to give birth any time, but Bandit is determined to stay on schedule. Stroker Ace is after S&B, 1983, and features the then new for 83 aero Fox Body Thunderbird. Some fellow classmates were extras on the film set, and it was a big deal around here at the time. These included Mel Tillis as a Fairground Owner, Brenda Lee as a Nice Lady, Don Williams as himself, and the Statler Brothers, Phil Balsley, Lew DeWitt, Harold Reid and Don Reid also as themselves. How do you carry out a pressure test on the steering system? Remember that Smokey and the Bandit was the 2nd biggest movie of the year, right after Star Wars. The man does get around. Some weren't that lucky and were discontinued altogether. A Phoenix car agency declined to deliver the vehicles when it was made aware that they did not include air conditioning. I'm afraid I was responsible for a good few of those. It just wasn't working. Ive always loved this movie. It just seems wrong to see that car in any fashion without hearing that song. Coors wasnt pasteurized. Smokey and the Bandit 2: Original Soundtrack was released on vinyl, cassette tape and 8-track tape by MCA Records in 1980. The car used in the film was a 1980 Pontiac Firebird Turbo Trans-Am. We were allowed to rent Fiat 500s at a very good price, I think they were 1,000 Lira per day, so instead of being sensible and renting a couple of them for the gang, we got 10 of them - one each. The car used in the movie was a 1980 Pontiac Firebird Turbo Trans-Am. Can I move monarch caterpillars from one milkweed plant to another? Both the 1976 and '77 models had a similar body except for a few bumper and grille modifications. Nice job, I know its cheesy as heck but I love this movie and still tend to watch it when I see its on TV. Sheriff Justices son, Junior. Back then if Ida wanted an ex Police Car its be a CHP salvage Dodge or Plymouth ~ BIG roomy and _comfy_ , handled well and went like stink . Nah, they survived by coming up with bras with very thin cups. Hal Needham did pass away as someone earlier said. I loved the fact that Jackie Gleasons brown Lemans had a blue vinyl interior and it even had the luxury cushion steering wheel! According to Wikipedia, the second movie was able to get away with destroying an INSANE number of brand-new Pontiac LeMans police cars because Pontiac had them sitting around in the southwest region, having been sent to a rental fleet in Phoenix without a/c. Of course, we could argue that Needham could have used the engine note of a Pontiac GTO from the golden muscle car, but the 1955 Custom recordings were probably readily available, and he just didn't need the hassle. The third-generation Firebird was introduced in 1982, a full two years later than planned. Just like the exaggeration sales went up 700%. Even with the hiccup, the film still advertised the 1977 model so well. Along the way they tussle with tough as nails Texas Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason), pick up a runaway bride nicknamed Frog (Sally Field), and have all kinds of awesome times on the highway. This movie just showed how much an urban legend the supposed unobtainability had become. Cledus accepts on Bandit's behalf, but adds that Big Enos should give them half in advance, to which they agree. Two of the most high-octane films of 2015, Mad Max: Fury Road and Furious 7, each burned through hundreds ( Furious 7 alone. I went to police stations and got photos, all that nonsense. Put one on and the lady looks like shes not wearing a bra. I guess the Trans Am proved to have more staying power than the hot 71 Ford in the earlier movie. In a rare public appearance, Burt Reynolds revealed how many cars they wrecked making Smokey and The area around Helen, Georgia , was used for some locations. Who was driving the car in Smokey and the Bandit? That's true of most sequels, but it's especially true of Smokey and the Bandit II, which is basically just the original movie done again, not as well how can I say it's lazy when it has 50 trucks doing stunts in it? Conversely, I could go to Paducah and be asked where up north I was from. Despite growing up next to Cape, most of relatives are from the Mid-South. The Pontiac Trans Am seems like a natural choice for Smokey and the Bandit, but the car was only a few inches close to not being used in the movie. About two seconds after this picture was taken, these motorcycles were doing their best imitation of a stack of pancakes. The little packy there had Coors and even though it was horribly expensive, we thought it was the elixer of the Gods. It cornered amazingly well for such a large car, but the posi rear end emitted ominous sounds so I passed on it (I was in college and didnt have any place to do major repairs). Needing a fast set of wheels to distract law enforcement, Reynolds character purchases this 1977 Pontiac Trans-Am. Not all the police cars had hood scoops. I was a junior high school age kid when this film came out. S&B is one of my all-time favorite movies and Im not apologizing. Just do a search for Crown Victorias on your local CL. I think Stroker Ace is after Smokey and the Bandit, though there was Hooper, which was about a stuntman, it also had Sally Field, it was from 1978 or so. Sales almost doubled in two years, which is a very big deal given that the Trans Ams 1978 facelift was rather minor save for the front fascia. Radio slang for any member of Law Enforcement. by 1980 Pontiac had dropped all of its big engine options for the Firebird. 'C.B. Anyway, on the trip east, we stopped at a grocery in Topeka, Kansas and bought 16-18 cases of Coors, all that we had room for in the car. My mother drove one of the E-Types, my girlfriend drove one of the Minis, everything in the film was driven down from the UK. The movies are: Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Hooper (1978), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) and The End (1978). How many Trans Am cars were used in the original smokey and The Bandit movie? Needham stated that by the end of production, there really wasnt much left of any of the three. The plot centers on Bo "Bandit" Darville (Burt Reynolds) and Cledus "Snowman" Snow (Jerry Reed), transporting an elephant to the GOP National Convention, with Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason) once again in hot pursuit. That song often pops into my head at the start of long drives. I prefer Buford T. Justices 1980 Pontiac Bonneville and his 1983 Pontiac Bonneville in Smokey and The Bandit III. Oh, and a hooker girlfriend that looked like Annie Potts. I always think scumbum because when I watched it as a kid in the early 90s, it was usually on TBS. In every movie they made together, Field played Reynolds' girlfriend. Pontiac took the cars back and eventually gave them to the producers to be used in the film. Unfortunately, three of the four cars were completely destroyed, with the bridge-jump car being totaled immediately when it hit the ground. Great write up. So, for years one, two, and three, he got a shiny new Pontiac. Arguably the most iconic Pontiac Firebird in history. No, the T/A was selling fine before the movie, and the black/gold package dates to 1976, a full year before the movie was out in summer 77. As Frog leaves, we are introduced to Sheriff Buford T. Justice, played by Jackie Gleason. The Pontiac Trans-Am in the first movie had a 6.6 liter V-8 and the Trans-Am in this movie had a 4.9 litre Turbocharged V8. During a Q&A session on Saturday, filmed by ComicBook.com, a fan asked how many Trans Ams they burned through during production. There was still a market for bras in the 1970s. Let us dissect this flick to better examine it. 10. I thought weve gotta get out of here, and we just made it. Toward the end of the movie, Sheriff Justice makes a remark about retiring. Mr. Reynolds made a bunch of low budget films before this , all had wild chase scenes with cop cars crashing & going into swamps . I prefer Buford T. Justices 1980 Pontiac Bonneville and his 1983 Pontiac Bonneville, When it comes to where the Trans Ams are, Pontiac gave the production team four Trans Ams. His personaround, dumpy, and clipping wordsreminds one of another fictional southern sheriff. If I recall correctly, Firebirds in general (along with Camaros) were selling well prior to 1977, but the Trans Am was not the best-selling one. Reportedly, when this movie was first released, Burt Reynolds was planning to star in Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983). Jesus, did you just call Carmine a car novice? complete answer on americanmusclecarmuseum.com. With Reynolds agreement to do the movie, and his insistence upon casting Gleason as Sheriff Justice, the movie became a larger venture. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has an approval rating of 14% based on reviews from seven critics. If you watched the second clip above, this truck should look familiar. While the initial concern was it having a regional appeal, it would ultimately play as well in New York City and Chicago as it did Atlanta, Georgia, or Biloxi, Mississippi. After the success of the Smokey and the Bandit Part 2, Universal Pictures ordered a third installment in the popular Bandit car chase franchise. A couple of years ago, I was sitting around on a lazy Saturday afternoon and it was on TV. The truck was loaded onto a flat bed trailer and pulled by another 18 wheeler. Burt Reynolds plays truck driver Bo Bandit Darville. Burt Reynolds was promised a car if the movie was successful. I am still drawn to the shape of these cars, and others that have that long and low look about them. But that doesnt make for an interesting movie premise. We could go round roundabouts and not let anyone on, just by going round and round. Is It Better to Do a Face Mask at Night or in the Morning? [2] This box office income inspired a third film. Dom DeLuise and Burt Reynolds teamed together numerous times in movies but this was their only 'Smokey and the Bandit' movie that they made together. Since mentioning the Kenworth, it must be noted it was a redecorator of the highest fashion. Reynolds was the top box office draw from 1975 to 1982, then his movies really started to go downhill. The movie is responsible for something, by 1979 Pontiac was selling 100,000 plus Trans Ams, not the whole Firebird line, JUST Trans Ams, Pontiac sold more T/As in 1979 than any of the cheaper Firebirds combined, Smokey and the Bandit had to have a hand in that. I was just tweaking Jason. If it wasnt for Smokey & the Bandit, the Dukes of Hazzard TV series would not exist. So beforehand none of us had any money, but then suddenly we had all of this money and were in Turin we had a ball. In many of his driving scenes, Jerry Reed didnt actually drive the big vehicle. The group arrive at the pier in Miami only to find out the manifest is quarantined for three weeks. I have only seen pieces of the second and none of the third; I plan to keep it that way. Thanks to low octane gas at the time and an ineffective fuel system the car performed woefully in comparison to first movie's 1978 6.6 litre (400ci) car and required modification to get to enough performance from it. Depends upon what he converted it from. Jackie Gleason ad libbed a lot of his lines too. Got Greyhound cutout decals on the rear side windows. Was it a heathen? However, two of the principal stars of the film, Burt Reynolds and Sally Field declined to participate due to a contract dispute. The original uncut sumbitch version. I know that Trans Am that jumped that bridge broke the axle when it landed. The car was not used in the making of Smokey and the Bandit but was given to the actor as a thank you for his role in the film, the company said. How much did Coors pay for Smokey and the Bandit? Luckily, both cars survived, and the Trans Am became famous only five years later. How many cars were ruined in Smokey and the Bandit? Did Burt Reynolds do any driving in Smokey and the Bandit? Of course, it wasnt hard to wake them up. I dont know whose idea was to replace the wicked Two Lane Blacktop Chevy sourced engine sound effects with an authentic 200 horsepower muffled smogger 400, but that sumbitch is a scumbum!!! This movie came out during my early formative years pre grade school. I was in the Air Force during this era, stationed in California. BBC is a trademark of the British Broadcasting Corporation. There are an abundance of cars in this movie. 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A number of records were broken at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale sale in Arizona, which ended last weekend. It was a quick, quick bodge, but thats the car that went over the cliff. You want to questions bra sales, check out the youtube video of Hang on Sloopy by the Mccoys, the color version.wowza! Because sales were so high, Pontiac decided to delay the third-generation model. They destroyed over 350 cars during the filming of Fast and Furious 9. Jana, another oddity was that I could go to Carbondale and be asked where down south I was from. That is an excellent question. It airs on cable tv all the time. It was due to be torn down and rebuilt after being deemed in unsafe condition so its destruction was written into this movie. Starring Bob Hope, that comedic star of the screen, and the lovely Jane Russell boy what a pair! I never forgot that one. Thats all well and good, and it worked smooth as silk for a good while. I never understood why dragging a truckload of beer from Colorado to Georgia was such a big deal. It took four evenings to see almost all of the movie in bits and pieces. A large part of the filming was done at Burt Reynolds' ranch in Jupiter, Florida as well as in the north of Palm Beach County, Florida. These were the cans with the two circular push buttons on top instead of pull tabs. Watching TV and Movies you would think that sales dropped to nil. 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The Trans Am was already pretty popular in the mid-1970s, with sales hitting 68,745 units in 1977. All Rights Reserved. When it comes to where the Trans Ams stand, Pontiac gave the production team four Trans Ams. Apparently the engine sounds were lifted from another movie, I think two lane blacktop? The 'Smokey and the Bandit' Trans Am was a 1976 model, and three were destroyed. Then they looked at the tax disc and thats fake as well, so they just carted him off. How many cars were destroyed in fast and furious? The 79-year-old 70s and 80s heartthrob made a rare public appearance over the weekend at Wizard World Chicago. With that in mind, Ill go with what Ive heard from my Georgia friends, to wit Sheriff Justices diablo sandwich is the Macon version, which is made with fried eggs and red hots. Just when we thought we'd seen the last of the real, movie-related, Web. He had quite a few orders for Coors beer, and when he stopped in Weed, CA, on the way home, he went into the Safeway and asked for twenty-four cases of Coors. Two cars were reportedly badly damaged in early stunts in the film, while a third car was completely destroyed during the famous bridge jump scene. Good silly fun. Launched on the big screen in 1977, Smokey and the Bandit revolves around two bootleggers as they attempt to illegally transport 400 cases of Coors beer from Texarkana to Atlanta. That said, an uncomplimentary accent does exist. Somebody locally is selling a Regis Plymouth Fury ex Florida Police with gasping 318 V8, he will for the right money toss in a 440 with it. How many cars were wrecked filming Smokey and the Bandit? Pontiac should have made a radio that played that song automatically simply by pushing a button, or maybe made it the horn sound. However, as our heroes were successful in delivering their truckload of Coors, the writers effectively poised themselves for a sequel. The cars were originally ordered by a car rental agency in Phoenix, who refused to accept the . It was complete madness. AWESOME! Jackie Gleason's brief appearance as Reginald Van Justice was a reference to Reginald Van Gleason III, a character he played throughout his TV career. The scene where Carrie (Frog) announces her ending the relationship to Bandit was written by Sally Field, who was about to break up with Burt Reynolds at the time. Cledus "Snowman" Snow (Jerry Reed) drives the truck while his good buddy Bo "Bandit" Darville (Reynolds) serves as the "blocker," a fast car used to divert police attention away from payload. For the 1980 film's main chase, 60 police cars were bought for $400 a piece, and outfitted. Unfortunately, three of the four, The Pontiac Trans Am owned by Burt Reynolds and based on the one in his movie. NY 10036. On the DVD, there is a brief interview with both Burt Reynolds and Hal Needham, who directed this film. . View All Result. I know, Ive owned a 75 for 23 years. Burt Reynolds himself drove the car on stage to the song "East Bound and Down" and signed it. This movie is one of a handful of pictures that Burt Reynolds made with his 1970s girlfriend Sally Field. The three Mini drivers in the film myself, Barry Cox and Richard Essame drove three Minis back from Turin, all in a line, all racing along, all 20-year-old boys being stupid. As I did Steve McQueen and Paul Newman. From living there for my first two decades, I noticed the accent didnt get going good until around Sikeston (not Saxton as it would seem) and it progressed as you went deeper into the Bootheel. So why did they go with sound effects instead of the Trans Am's actually exhaust noise? Then, when we get into the office we realise the man who owns the 130 saloon also owns all of our Fiat 500s and has come to complain about us. The Smokey and The Bandit Trans Am well described Pontiac's racing spirit. That's because Pontiac almost canceled the Firebird in the early 1970s. This "new rig" suggests that the pair were successful in the "double or nothing" wager offered by the Burdettes at the end of the first film, where they were persuaded to drive from Atlanta to Boston and back in 18 hours to buy clam chowder and bring it to the Burdettes. 1-Smokey and the Bandit-The classic, the original, and the best one by FAR. [7], Burt Reynolds later said that he did not enjoy working on the film at all, feeling that it was an unnecessary sequel put together by Universal purely for money-making reasons rather than to try making a good picture.[8]. Cledus calls Carrie, who is back in Texarkana and again about to marry Junior when Cledus calls offering her $50,000 to help out; she agrees and again becomes a runaway bride. In the Reynolds portion of the interview, he stated the movie prompted Trans Am sales to jump around 700%. While they did jump, from 46,700 in 1976 to 69,000 for 1977 with another 93,300 for 1978, it wasnt exactly 700%. Web. Unfortunately he passed away a few months ago or that would have been a great question to ask. It was something regarding distribution limits. Smokey & The Bandit was the first of three movies in that franchise. In the TV series The Dukes of Hazzard, a Basset Hound called Flash served as a companion to Sheriff Rosco P. I fondly remember lots and lots of terrible B grade movies @ the drive in in the early to mid 1970s all featuring cars racing , smashing and so on . 20. Reynolds starred in the movie White Lightning (1973) (1973) where he played a moonshiner named "Gator McClusky". I thought at the time that it was a newer version of White Lightning (also with Burt Reynolds) and that Smokey would be forgotten just as soon. 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