Pontiac recalled the cars and later supplied the production with the cars. A Phoenix car agency declined to deliver the vehicles when it was made aware that they did not include air conditioning. Many brand new Pontiac Le Mans sedan cars decked out as police cars were seen during the roundup sequence. Here, he drives a silver and blue 1980 GMC General. The truck in Smokey and the Bandit that Cledus 'Snowman' Snow drove was a black and gold 1974 Kenworth W900 Model. It is derived from the wide use by many Highway Patrol Officers who wear wide brimmed hats that are identical to the one worn by "Only you can Prevent Forest Fires" mascot "Smokey the Bear". 20 Roy Rogers With the The Sons of the Pioneers - Ride Concrete Cowboy, Ride 2:55. Released 1 December 2017 on Varèse Sarabande (catalog no. Radio slang for any member of Law Enforcement. Smokey and the Bandit / Smokey and the Bandit II, a Various Artists Compilation. When the sequence was concluded, US $250,000 worth of vehicles had been smashed. Big Enos (Pat McCormick) wants to drink Coors at a truck show, but in 1977 it was illegal to sell Coors east of the Mississippi River without a permit. Publicity stated that it involved sixty stunt-men and stunt-women, one hundred cars and eighteen wheeler trucks.
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This movie's budget was about US $ 17 million which was about seven times the budget of the first Smokey and the Bandit movie.Īt least at the time the movie was made, this picture contained one of the biggest car chases in film history. This sequel was made and released about three years after the first Smokey and the Bandit movie. However, Reynolds only makes a small cameo in the second sequel.ġ500 gallons each of both day-glo orange paint and cow manure was dropped by five vintage World War II planes during the aerial battle sequence. Reportedly, when this movie was first released, Burt Reynolds was planning to star in Smokey and the Bandit Part 3. The Pontiac Trans Am car belonging to the Bandit - Bo Darville was jokingly special billed by the production as "Son of Trigger". This is the only 'Smokey and the Bandit' movie featuring Dom DeLuise.ĭom DeLuise and Burt Reynolds teamed together a number of times in movies but this was their only 'Smokey and the Bandit' movie that they made together. Reynolds is seen only in a small cameo in Smokey and the Bandit Part 3.įinal 'Smokey and the Bandit' movie for Sally Field. 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.įinal 'Smokey and the Bandit' movie for Burt Reynolds in a lead starring role. The movie featured a number of American country and western music stars who acted in the movie as well as sung. The movies are: Smokey and the Bandit, Hooper, Smokey and the Bandit II and The End. In every movie they made together, Field played Reynolds' girlfriend. This movie is one of a handful of pictures that Burt Reynolds made with his 1970s girlfriend Sally Field.