I thought let’s let these guys tell the story in their own words, Moss said.
BURT REYNOLDS SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT CLIP MOVIE
Smokey and the Bandit (4/10) Movie CLIP Runaway Bride (1977).
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Heres what we know about his cause of death. Mike WIndle/Getty There was such a rich archive. Burt Reynolds passed away in Florida Thursday afternoon. Q&A with Burt Reynolds, Ellyn Needham, Susie “Hot Pants Hilliard” Ewing and more at Lee Street Park & AmphitheaterĬelebratory Bandit Run and 40th anniversary festival at Lee Street Park. Burt Reynolds, left, and 'The Bandit' director Jesse Moss. Having picked up the load of Coors and departed Texarkana, Cledus (Jerry Reed) in the truck and Smokey (Burt Reynolds) in the Trans Am now pause to pick up the runaway bride, Sally Field as 'Carrie,' in Smokey And The Bandit, 1977. 6 Smokey And The Bandit (1977) Burt Reynolds stars in Smokey and the Bandit as the titular Bandit. See the schedule of festival events below: now playing Smokey And The Bandit (1977) - (Movie Clip) Think Of It As A Wedding Posse. Can you hold your laugh while watching these clips. (Getty Images) We actually did an event in August in Tennessee up in Knoxville, he said. For 11 years, fans have traveled in what’s been coined the Bandit Run, where hundreds drive from Texarkana, Texas to Atlanta with their replica Trans Ams and 18-wheelers in a convoy that can stretch up to one mile.Ĭonvoy honoring the 40th anniversary of ‘Smokey and the Bandit’ rolls its way through Coweta. American actor Burt Reynolds as Bo 'Bandit' Darville, in 'Smokey And The Bandit,' 1977. The festival will have no shortage of devoted fans-and their Pontiac Trans Ams. Frustratingly, the original site is now overtaken by weeds and wasn’t deemed feasible for another jump (sigh). Although the event’s organizers wanted to reenact the scene at its original location over the Flint River west of Jonesboro, the reenactment will be at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. Topping off the event will be a recreation of the movie’s famous 150-foot Pontiac Trans Am jump over the Mulberry Bridge. The festival will include an evening screening of the film, a Q&A session with Reynolds, Ellyn Needham (the widow of the movie’s director), and Susie “Hot Pants Hilliard” Ewing, and a Burt Reynolds look-a-like contest that will be judged by Ewing.
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To celebrate 40 years of Smokey and the Bandit, the city of Jonesboro-where most of the 1977 movie was filmed-is hosting a festival today and Saturday where Burt Reynolds, the Bandit himself, will make an appearance. But this time he can enjoy all the Coors he wants-legally. Photograph by Mike Windle/Getty Images for SXSW Justice (Jackie Gleason), provoking his famous line, in Smokey And The Bandit. Actor Burt Reynolds attends the screening of ‘The Bandit’ during the 2016 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival at Paramount Theatre on Main Austin, Texas. Smokey And The Bandit (1977) - (Movie Clip) Complete Lack Of Respect Bandit (Burt Reynolds) and fugitive bride Carrie (Sally Field) getting to know each other, while Cledus (Jerry Reed), running the beer, is really starting to bother pursuing Texas sheriff Buford T.