Topeka Zoo elephant Cora, who appeared 45 years ago in a "Smokey and the Bandit" movie, is expected to get a visit June 9 ...

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It’s just different knowing that yet another person who helped create the "Smokey and the Bandit" universe — the movie which showed us how much fun bootlegging beer could be — is gone.

with Jackie Gleason playing both Smokey and the Bandit. After test screenings, audience reported being confused, and the movie was partially reshot to be the version we're familiar with now.

While “Star Wars” was 1977’s big money leader at the box office, finishing in the No. 2 slot was a little movie called “Smokey and the Bandit.” Director Hal Needham’s road comedy ...

On May 19, 1977, Universal premiered Burt Reynolds' 'Smokey and the Bandit' at the Radio City Music Hall in New York. By Ron Pennington On May 19, 1977, Universal premiered Burt Reynolds’ Smokey ...

Because movie producers are looking for new ways to sell their old material, “Smokey and the Bandit” is being re-released to celebrate its 45th anniversary. The film will play at the Regal ...

The first time we lay eyes on Burt Reynolds‘ truck-driving legend Bo “Bandit” Darville in 1977’s Smokey and the Bandit ... in slow motion.” By movie’s end, Reynolds’ beloved and ...

There’s no better way to honor the late Burt Reynolds than to watch a Burt Reynolds movie. And while it’s lovely that Smokey and the Bandit — his biggest-ever hit, which made near-Star Wars ...

I don’t think anybody ever enjoyed being a movie star more than he did. But he never took it seriously. He was always winking at it. There’s a line in Smokey and the Bandit where Sally Field ...

Alabama folks love “Smokey and the Bandit,” and country star Riley Green is no exception. Green, born and raised in Jacksonville, pays tribute to the 1977 hit movie in a new video announcing ...

1977's "Smokey and the Bandit" on Wednesday, Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. Movie icon Burt Reynolds tragically passed away last week at the age of 82. And while hopefully all of you paid dutiful tribute to ...