According to Google Maps, a trip that, at legal speeds, should take less than 10 hours, one-way.

They find local legend Bo 'Bandit' Darville at a roadeo at Lakewood Fairgrounds and offer him US$80,000 (equivalent to $357,738 in 2021) to haul 400 cases of Coors from Texarkana (the closest place it could be legally sold at that time) to Atlanta in 28 hours.

Wealthy Texan Big Enos Burdette and his son Little Enos have sponsored a racer in Atlanta's Southern Classic and want to celebrate in style when he wins, so they are seeking a trucker willing to bootleg Coors Beer to Atlanta for their refreshment. Sally Field and Burt Reynolds began a relationship after meeting on set. Smokey and the Bandit was the second highest-grossing domestic film of 1977 in the United States. During their run, they are pursued by Texas county sheriff Buford T. While the Snowman drives the truck carrying the beer, the Bandit drives a Pontiac Trans Am to distract law enforcement (called blocking) and keep the attention off the Snowman.

The directorial debut of stuntman Hal Needham, the film follows Bo 'Bandit' Darville (Reynolds) and Cledus 'Snowman' Snow (Reed), two bootleggers attempting to illegally transport 400 cases of Coors beer from Texarkana to Atlanta. I'll give you a five-minute head-start.Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 American road action comedy film starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams and Mike Henry. Justice: I'm upright, straightforward.īuford T. I mean, you could give a five-minute head-start and chase after me.īuford T. no sense in sending me off to prison where I'd lose all my friends and everything. The Real Bandit: You're thinking right now that possibly you. I can almost read your thoughts.īuford T. The Real Bandit: No, I mean, it's special. Justice: Yeah, I think I feel the same way. a kindred spirit we have, you know what I mean?īuford T. The Real Bandit: I just wanna say one last thing before you.

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