- Burt reynolds smokey and the bandit year of trans m movie#
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Music is by Bill Justis and Jerry Reed and cinematography by Bobby Byrne. At 9 years old, Gene Kennedy went with his father to catch the new 1977 hit film Star Wars at the Century Mall Theater in St. It stars Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed and Mike Henry. The Trans Am is part of a private Schmidt family collection, and the Trans Am is driven regularly. Smokey and the Bandit is directed by Hal Needham and the screenplay is collectively written by James Lee Barrett, Charles Shyer and Alan Mandel from a story by Needham and Robert L. Schmidt said Reynolds shook his hand for a time and then gave him a "5 second hug." Schmidt said he made it clear he was not seeking an autograph to "cash in" on the car and planned to keep it in his family. MEET THE BANDIT: Rick Schmidt said he took the Trans Am to an event at an auto-restoration shop in Jupiter in 2014, where Reynolds was making an appearance.
Burt reynolds smokey and the bandit year of trans m movie#
The movie was nominated for best Film Editing in the 1978 Academy Awards, according to IMDB. It was a box office smash, and one of its biggest stars was the Trans Am itself, which jumped over bridges, took out mailboxes and generally wreaked havoc in multiple states. Justice, played by the late Jackie Gleason. They are pursued relentlessly by bumbling, foul-mouthed Sheriff Buford T.
Burt reynolds smokey and the bandit year of trans m driver#
Bandit leads the charge in the Trans Am, clearing the way for semi driver Cletus, played by the late Jerry Reed. THE MOVIE: The 1977 movie featured Reynolds as Bandit, who is hired to run a tractor-trailer full of bootlegged Coors beer over state lines. Pontiac Historical Services helped the Schmidts with background information on the car. Jim Schmidt located a 1983 registration made out to "Burt Reynolds Productions" for the 1978 Pontiac with an incorrect year of 1977, a clerical error, shown for the model year. The car was later sold to Cinema Vehicle Service and then auctioned in 1993. And Smokey and the Bandit seems as good an illustration of that maxim as any. Reynolds put 42,000 miles on the Trans Am and, in 1984, sold it to Lamar Jackson, the actor/Georgia Highway Patrolman who played Sugar Bear and drove a semi-trailer in "Smokey and the Bandit," according to registration documents. Hartley wrote, the past is another country, they do things differently there. There was initial speculation about the car being one used in the movie, but the Schmidt family determined it was one given to Reynolds by Pontiac.
Schmidt said the family got the car at an auction in 1993. Rick Schmidt said a special pink "build sheet" - or factory assembly record - on the 1978 Trans Am indicates it was the first 1978 "Y84" model with the "Smokey and the Bandit"-style trim, including the "hatch" top, rear spoiler and 180hp, 403-cubic-inch V-8 "TA66."