They're not Texans. They're from Atlanta, Georgia. They're going to Texarkana, Texas to pick up 400 cases of Coors Beer, which in those days it was illegal to transport East of the Mississippi River.
Little Enos played by writer, actor, singer, songwriter, musician Paul Williams. One of the best song writers in history. Has an Oscar and several Grammy awards. Rainy Days and Mondays, We've Only Just Begun for the Carpenters. An Old Fashioned Love Song for 3 Dog Night. The Rainbow Connection for The Muppet Movie. Co-wrote Evergreen which won Oscar.
Thank you Emma! Everybody loves this story! Burt and Sally married not too long after the movie, and lasted some years as a married couple. Burt made it clear that she was the love of his life. Sally later won two (!!) Academy Awards, becoming one of the most acclaimed actors in the world. Jerry sang most of the songs! He acted wonderfully, in spite of his main job as a major country musician.
@@bossfan49 Wow, thank you for the correction! Oh, how time has clouded (and sweetened) my memory of their relationship. I forgot what a controlling and misogynistic guy he was. Much appreciated!
Sally and Burt became a couple during the production of this movie, so their chemistry is very real. Jackie Gleeson is famous for being in the 1950s comedy, The Honeymooners. Couple of other Burt Reynolds car chase comedies worth watching is The Cannonball Run and The Cannonball Run 2. Both movies have a lot of famous people in them, from actors, to singers, to professional athletes.
The truck driver, Jerry Reed, also sang the "East Bound & Down" song. Don't play with yourself = don't gratify yourself...sexually. The Sherrif, played by Jackie Gleason, was in a famous comedy television show in the 1950s called The Honeymooners. His unique speaking mannerisms were honed there.
I had two of those Pontiac Trans Ams a few years after this movie came out. They were a special edition called the Blackbird. Both were 1977 models. My Father and Brother both owned their own Semi Trucks and drove all across the country. This was a special movie for all of us. Star Wars was number one, Smokey and the Bandit was number 2, and The Spy Who Loved Me with James Bond rounded out the top three fort 1977.
"Ready Roy, I was born ready" They were referring to Roy Rogers who was one of the biggest cowboy actors and singers. He did almost 90 movies and had his own tv show. It was Roy Rogers that side swiped the sheriff's car a few scenes later. He said "Bonzii" with the white cowboy hat and took the door off.
i follow you and as soon as i seen the reaction to arm spray . i knew i seen you do this before . i like respect for truckers not for them we have nothing. Should be better paid than politicians .
Older US (I'm from the South) car enthusiast checking in. At the time this film was made, the US had a nationwide 55mph (90kph?) speed limit, even on our trans-continental expressways. Completely unacceptable in a nation this large. CB radios were traditionally used by radio hobbyists and small fishing vessels until the low speed limit was created..we started putting them in our cars (I think truck drivers did it first) as one way of avoiding police enforcing that stupid law. The culture around those things were actually much like internet culture today. Use a nym ("handle") instead of your real name, use slang to refer to things, etc. The Pontiac Firebird: The "Trans Am" was the top of the line version, with the most powerful engine available at the time, and a suspension with better roadholding. One of my girlfriends had one. We called it the Reverse Bandit, it was gold with black decals. Car was a lot of fun, but we never jumped a bridge! 😄
This movie is a time capsule hon. I graduated in 1977 and almost everyone had those citizen band radios and a "handle" (nickname for the radio) that Trans Am was every young man's dream. At the time we thought those times would never end.
I was born in 1960 and spent my entire teenage years in the 70s and I feel it was the best decade from music of all genres great comedians and movies and being a teenage boy I loved seeing girls in halter and tube tops
Little Enos is Paul Williams who was a pretty popular singer in the 60s/70s. Of course Jerry Reed (the truck driver) is the one singing the music in the soundtrack.
This film was the first one directed by stunt coordinator Hal Needham. He was living in a spare room at Burt Reynolds' Florida home after becoming homeless after a divorce. Burt started his career in Hollywood as a stuntman and worked with Hal for a long time. Hal actually was his stunt mentor. So anyway, Hal wrote this script and asked Burt to read it. Burt was nice to his friend but thought the original script was terrible but thought that it could be made better. Hal originally wanted Jerry Reed to be the Bandit but changed his role after he convinced Burt, the biggest movie star at the time, to be in the field. Burt got 1 million dollars of the limited 4.3 million budget as his pay. Burt contacted Sally thru her agent and got her a copy of the script to read. He told her he thought they could make the dialogue better working together, and she really wanted the chance to headline a big movie. Hal didn't think she was pretty enough, but Burt convinced him. Burt also talked Jackie Gleason into doing Sheriff Justice by telling him he could pretty much write all his own dialogue. It was Jackie's idea for Junior to be in the car with him as he said he couldn't do his type of comedy without someone to bounce off of.
Burt was engaged to Sally for quite a while but they never married but he did marry Loni Anderson frome WKRP TV show. He had a farm in Jupiter, Florida where he kept all his memorabilia including the vehicles from this movie and I met him once there. Santa
One of my favorites. Fun fact the motorcycle cop played Deputy Enos in The Dukes of Hazzard TV show. I got another movie reaction suggestion for you it's another one of my favorites, The Final Countdown (1980) The U.S.S. Nimitz goes back to December 6th, 1941. It's filmed on the Nimitz. It's like Top Gun meets Back to the Future.
"Deliverance" (1972) starring Burt Reynolds (without the mustache) and Jon Voight, is a whitewater backcountry adventure film that you need to consider. Oscar nominated for Best Picture among other nominations. Rated 4 to 5 stars by everyone. Reynolds was a tv actor, but this movie made him into a movie star.
I lived in Jonesboro 2 miles from Snowmans house the summer of '76 & got to see the Trans Am coming out of the truck & in Spring of '77 we moved to Covington where I got to be in the 1st episode of Dukes of Hazzard Dec '78, Cannonball Run 1981 where Burt lands his plane to get beer & my '78 Ttop Z28 was in a chase scene in Heat of the Night 1992! Seen the Bandit for the last time at the 40th anniversary of SATB in Jonesboro 2017! Went to a few races at Lakewood & rode the coaster a couple times before it was destroyed in Smokey & the Bandit II & also went to a lot of concerts in the 80s & 90s at Lakewood Amphitheater
@SquirminHermanthe1eyedGerman I learned how to drive a straight shift in the parking lot of the Amphitheater while it was under construction... and went to a bazillion Jimmy Buffett concerts there.
Thxs Emma, my 2nd all time favourite movie!!! Especially the theme song "East Bound and Down", a must driving song!!. RIP Jerry Reed, Burt Reynolds & Jackie Gleason
My last wife was much younger and when I tried to get her to watch this she said "I don't watch old timey movies" I was too shocked to even be crushed lol
Pre-cellphone days. Truck drivers used CB radios to talk back and forth. They had their own lingo to communicate easier. Burt Reynolds and Sally Fields had a real long running relationship and the chemistry comes right thru on the screen . 🚛🚓
This was much more relevant in the late 70's. CB (Citizens Band) radios were huge, and monitored by the FCC: you needed a license to use one legally. CB radio clubs were popular.
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The majority of this movie was filmed around Atlanta. My wife is from Atlanta so she personally knew where a lot of the scenes were recorded. For instance, the Coors warehouse that was supposed to be in Texarkana, Texas was in reality in Conyers, Georgia east of Atlanta (and my father-in-law worked there at one time), the scene where Bandit loses the cop at night in the town center where he looks at the camera was actually filmed in McDonough, Georgia and the missing bridge that Bandit jumps is now by a bunch of subdivisions southeast of Atlanta close to where my father-in-law is buried.
You should react to Jerry Reed and Chet Atkins playing together on your music channel. Both were amazing players, Chet taught Jerry some of his techniques.
Awesome Reaction Video 🎉 The character "Foxy Lady" was played by the legendary singer Brenda Lee. Someone that you could check into on your music channel 😊 Thanks for the Entertainment ‼️
Emma, if you really liked this film, you should watch Hooper. It has the same director with Hal Needham and stars Burt and Sally. It is a movie about stuntmen in particular Burt in the title role.
Hi Emma! BOO! Happy Halloween to you! This movie was huge when it came out back in the day. Did you recognize Sally Field or the great Jackie Gleason? Jackie was on the great classic TV show The Honeymooners back in the 1950’s. You can still catch in as it’s in reruns forever. Sally is still with us and has been in many major films, winning two Oscars. On a personal note, you’re now a brunette. I don’t care - you look great no matter what. -Thomas
At the time this movie was made Coors be was not allowed to be sold in many states because it was cold filtered not pasteurized. I don't think it was allowed to be sold east of the Mississippi River, thus the reason it was considered bootlegging and illegal
as i recall it wasent illegal it was just too much of a hassle since you had to use a reefer trailer. so coors never sold thier beers in those states so in the movie it would be illegal since they are a 3rd party bootlegging
Burt Reynolds (Bo Darville, aka Bandit) and Sally Field (Carrie, aka Frog) were an item offscreen for about five years. They both were very much in love. However, the relationship became a bit toxic. Burt wanted a more "traditional" wife, and Sally began to explode as a film star. A couple of years later, Sally won the first of two Oscars for Best Actress (for Norma Rae in 1979 and Places in the Heart in 1984). Sally was becoming a bigger star than Burt, who, while still wildly popular, was starting to wane as the top male box office draw. Later, Burt and Sally stated that they were each other's love of their lives, but they couldn't make it work. They both married other people. Burt later got an Oscar nomination for Boogie Nights (losing the Oscar to Robin Williams for Good Will Hunting). Jackie Gleason, aka "The Great One," was a comedy legend due to his television comedy classic The Honeymooners in the 1950s. He did some dramatic roles like Minnesota fats in the 1961 film The Hustler with Paul Newman, and earned an Oscar nomination for the role. But he is best known as a comedic genius. His performance as Sheriff Buford T. Justice, aka Smokey, in the Smokey and the Bandit movies gave him a new lease on life in films in the 70s and 80s. Among some of his other good roles...Richard Donner's The Toy with Richard Pryor in 1982 and his final film, Nothing In Common in 1986, co-starring Tom Hanks, as father and son. Paul Williams (Little Enos Burdette) has been in many film and TV projects but is best known as a master songwriter with Grammys and Oscars for his work. "Rainy Days and Mondays" by Carpenters, "The Rainbow Connection" for The Muppet Movie, the entire score for the movie musical Bugsy Malone starring Jodie Foster (which is an odd gangster musical starring only kids in all the roles), and co-writing the Oscar-winning classic "Evergreen" with Barbra Streisand for the 1976 version of A Star is Born. Some other films he's popped up in are The Phantom of the Paradise (a rock version of The Phantom of the Opera) and The Princess Diaries 2: A Royal Engagement (as a member of the Genovian House of Lords) Jerry Reed, who plays Cledus Snow, aka The Snowman, is from Georgia, where Bandit and Snowman originate. He is best known as being a huge star of country music as a singer and songwriter, and either wrote or co-wrote a few of the songs in the film:"Eastbound and Down" and "The Legend", and performed others like "The Bandit."
9:00 As a little boy I used to pause that scene on my VHS player over and over again and admire Sally Field's soles. The soles of women's feeet have always made me so happy lol☺
Well that was a blast from the past, CB Radio's, Burt Reynolds, Sally Field and Jackie Gleason all having fun and plenty of mayhem on the road, all added up to a great hour or so, so thanks for that Emma; Plus an enjoyable, charming/witty and stylish reaction, with Emma looking mighty fine, beautiful and elegant; 🦄🥰😘🙏👏🙏👍🎶🎵🎶🎧🎙🍵🥃🍁🍁🦅.
1. Goof/movie magic Empty beer cases at the Texarkana storage place. 2. Thanks to this movie CB sales skyrocketed.🤑🤑 3. There's a TV edited version with the language severely overdubbed. 4. Jackie Gleason 😇absolutely kills in this movie. 5. "He (Fred) didn't wait 30 minutes" 6. It's against the law to inform of police activity. Especially right in front of the officer. 7. High school boys all over the country had a crush on Sally Field.😍😍😍😍😍😍 8. Not too many people do this one so THANKS 9. "My dog didn't bite you mister. Fred, absolutely don't like grease."🤣 10. "Hold on to your ass Fred." I still use that. 11. There are two more but not as good. 12. Three Trans-Am cars were used. Not including the stunt cars. 13. It's a shame you didn't care much for this thing. JK🤣
I really miss funny and FUN movies like this. I saw it 3 times when it came out. It was such a good time. What movies today can you say that about??? Right! I'd love to make a movie like this. I just might have to. I love your reaction. I am glad you also had so much fun with it. BTW, the stuntman who jumped the car over the broken down bridge broke his back when he landed.
