Smokey and the Bandit 3 was originally titled Smokey IS the Bandit, with Jackie Gleason playing both Smokey and the Bandit. After test screenings, audience reported being confused, and the movie ...

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 ...

This week, we’re reviewing Smokey And The Bandit, a movie about beer and Pontiac.) My expectation for this movie was so low I am actually in disbelief at how much I ended up enjoying it.

The first time we lay eyes on Burt Reynolds‘ truck-driving legend Bo “Bandit” Darville in 1977’s Smokey and the Bandit, he’s sprawled out in a zebra-striped hammock, lazily napping when ...

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 ...

And a quest to bootleg 400 cases from Texarkana, Texas, to Atlanta in the movie “Smokey and the Bandit” catapulted the legacy brand to a cultural phenomenon. Now, a hotel in Coors’ home of ...