But it’s not bad as a dumb redneck comedy at all. It’s easy to assume this is just another dumb redneck comedy from Burt Reynolds’s years of underachievement. Editorial review of Smokey and The Bandit courtesy of Academy Award Nominations: Best Film Editing. Charismatic performances by Reynolds and Gleason made this a huge box office draw. The stakes get higher and the car chases more frenzied in this hysterical romp through the American highways. Justice ( Jackie Gleason as the maniac “Smokey” of the title). As they push toward Atlanta, the two have to evade Fields’ vengeful father-in-law, Texas Sheriff Buford T. Hilarious mayhem ensues, however, when the Bandit falls for a runaway bride (Sally Field). If he can deliver the goods from Texarcana to Atlanta within forty-eight hours, he’ll be $80,000 richer. The Bandit’s has taken on his craziest haul yet: a trailer full of Coors beer. Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reed in Smokey and the Banditīurt Reynolds stars as the Bandit in this seminal portrayal of rough-ridin’, beer-swillin’, sheriff-dodgin’, trouble-chasin’ truckers.
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