Smokey and the Bandit | East Bound and Down

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  • Burt Reynolds as the Bandit can always count on the truckers on the other end of his C.B. radio to help him out. Revisit this scene featuring "East Bound and Down" by Jerry Reed and Dick Feller!
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    Get ready to tear up the highway with the Bandit (Burt Reynolds), a fun-loving, fast-talking trucker who takes on his craziest haul yet - delivering 400 cases of beer from Texarkana to Atlanta in just 28 hours. With Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason) hot on his trail and eager to teach him some respect for the law, the Bandit joins forces with good ol' boy, Cledus (Jerry Reed) and runaway bride Carrie (Sally Field). Gear up for huge laughs, pedal-to-the-metal action, and some of the wildest car crashes ever filmed!
    © 1977 Universal Pictures. All Rights Reserved.
    Cast: Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Mike Henry, Paul Williams, Pat McCormick
    Produced by: Mort Engelberg
    Directed by: Hal Needham
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  • @TheMrMurf
    @TheMrMurf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2085

    As truck driver for 31 years now easily my favorite movie 🍿 back when people respected truck drivers not like today sadly 😞

    • @StarWolf_88
      @StarWolf_88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +162

      Hey we respect you...you guys are the best coming from a warehouse worker we unload the load you bring and yes that came out wrong but there was not other way to say it.

    • @lordbison
      @lordbison 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      My Dad ( RIP ) was a Truck Driver!
      Much Respect to All The Truck Drivers!
      2021 & Forever!

    • @dilbertdoe601
      @dilbertdoe601 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      F truckers

    • @bannablitz247
      @bannablitz247 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      As someone who hauls light duty regularly, I absolutely do and am one of the few, A dying breed that keeps living on.

    • @wildwind4456
      @wildwind4456 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      I have great respect those truckers that drive responsibly, and I have no respect for ones like the guy who tried to run me off the road this afternoon. It's sad, most of the truckers I've met are decent folks, but people only remember the few who are jerks (because, well, scary moments like mine today tend to stick out in one's mind) so it leads to a bad stereotype.

  • @dpar66
    @dpar66 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +207

    The day burt Reynolds died i watched this movie all the way through as a tribute to him. Great memories

    • @superjackster0165
      @superjackster0165 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Same. This is my favorite movie of his

    • @Leavetheherd
      @Leavetheherd 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I am the last person to celebrity worship. But Burt’s passing was the end of an era. Women wanted him, men and boys wanted to be him. Legend.

    • @JesusChristmyMESSIAH
      @JesusChristmyMESSIAH หลายเดือนก่อน

      Smell some boobies too (my name is earl reference)

    • @mikemullay5622
      @mikemullay5622 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So did I. I sure miss him.

    • @VoxRox1
      @VoxRox1 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I was driving my kenworth when I heard the news on the radio, and I had to stop and pull over because the tears in my eyes made it hard to see. I was so upset 😭

  • @stripyrhombus
    @stripyrhombus ปีที่แล้ว +492

    This scene always makes me happy whenever the trucks help out the bandit. Just shows how connected truckers were. Love it

    • @fernandorocha8459
      @fernandorocha8459 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      My favorite scene escape of Bandit

    • @Hachiae
      @Hachiae 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      are*

    • @T.Z.M4N
      @T.Z.M4N 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      A feel good movie.

    • @Egalitarian917
      @Egalitarian917 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Back when class solidarity was much stronger

    • @stryker214
      @stryker214 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      when I lived in the Detroit area I liked to "escort" the big rigs in my Mustang. Like if they had trouble merging I'd cut off the other 4-wheeler and flash my high beams that it was okay to merge. IMO when they bring me all of my food, clothes on my back, and other nice things, it is the least I could do

  • @Lubbylove89
    @Lubbylove89 2 ปีที่แล้ว +761

    This movie is just perfect. Such a feel good movie from start to finish. This is what's missing in today's films. It's just a simple story, not much going on really but so funny and a lot of fun to watch. I wish they still made movies like this.

    • @mikekemp9877
      @mikekemp9877 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      burt was a genius unlike the hissy fit dont look at me stars today! he simply went with the fun had no ego and let jerry and jackie have all the best scenes the more they stole the picture the more he encouraged them to do it! he knew he had comedy gold all he had to do was look good and drive the car! and he let the audience in on it! he was having fun as was sally he let us know it and enjoy it with them jerry was just superb wrote east bound and down according to burt when he said to him at ten in the evening in a bar they needed a song he had it next morning on the shoot crazy! jackie they just let rip! burt said he never knew what hed come out with but his improvisations were always funnier than the scripted lines.when junior is sitting with the door on his lap evidence! jackie was supposed to mumble titurd! hal needham couldnt believe he just on the spot said the classic funniest line in movies fust thing im gonna do when i get home is bust yore mumma in the mouf! you sure aint the fruit of my loins! guys a genius he said in awe to burt! a joy from start to finish.

    • @manlymcstud8588
      @manlymcstud8588 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@mikekemp9877 the director was a stuntman, i think this was his first movie. when burt pointed out to him that you can't break the fourth wall, he didn't know what that was, he just knew it was going to be fun to do, so they did it.

    • @jazzmagaly1
      @jazzmagaly1 ปีที่แล้ว

      No they won't make movies like this anymore because they're too busy making movies with trannys, queers and lezzies chasing robots with nuclear end scenerios

    • @SplinkProductions
      @SplinkProductions ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Sadly, there will never be another movie like this.

    • @bongodave13
      @bongodave13 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@manlymcstud8588 And it became one of the most beloved, iconic scenes in the whole movie. He just looks at us, and smiles. "Is this fun or what?" You can't help but laugh.

  • @eloramaxwell7020
    @eloramaxwell7020 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1612

    I love this damn movie. This literally had me smiling ear to ear

    • @bandit911
      @bandit911 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      65 mile smile 😁

    • @lloydkline6946
      @lloydkline6946 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      ❤ burt Reynolds, my hero had lots of great movies

    • @lloydkline6946
      @lloydkline6946 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Pretty lady burt Reynolds talking too

    • @luchadorito
      @luchadorito 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Every action moive has to be either super dark and gritty regardless of wether it has an actual plot(looking at you, Fast and Furious) or a dumb lightshow for children.

    • @rhondaboncutter5812
      @rhondaboncutter5812 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Have seen this Movie so many times, love it everytime!

  • @Go4Corvette
    @Go4Corvette 3 ปีที่แล้ว +728

    I was in high school when this movie came out and I owned a Trans Am just like this one that I paid $5000 for used but with only 5000 miles on it. Loved the movie and the car. RIP Burt.

    • @joehamlet4307
      @joehamlet4307 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      I was in college when this came out and I got a TA because of this movie, too. Mine was not exactly like these because it was a 1979, not 1977s, like the ones in the movie. Mine was black and silver, not gold. I had that thing for 36 years, finally selling it in 2017. It was a good car.

    • @justina249
      @justina249 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I never had one. I still want one but all I find are ones that are junked tore apart for a few grand or restored for 20 thousand or more I can't afford either ☹

    • @Rama-jx6to
      @Rama-jx6to 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Man yall are soo lucky 😂, we as the new generation are really missing out😅

    • @snowman454007
      @snowman454007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I got my 77 Trans Am in 02 when i was a Junior in High School and paid a whopping $500 for her and restored her and continue to enjoy her to this day.

    • @Rama-jx6to
      @Rama-jx6to 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@snowman454007 Damn 5k for all that muscle, I envy the 1950s thru to 2005s, best years!

  • @theflyingdropbear2009
    @theflyingdropbear2009 2 ปีที่แล้ว +261

    "This is not a convoy, it is a dream"
    Yes Burt Reynolds I agree.

  • @chefjaike
    @chefjaike 3 ปีที่แล้ว +250

    When Snowman passes the convey....best scene in the movie...always brings me to tears!!

    • @1realtruthrightnow742
      @1realtruthrightnow742 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Right!? Why are we crying? I dont get it

    • @MarshallRedmon01
      @MarshallRedmon01 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@1realtruthrightnow742 Ol Snowman is living the dream

    • @jamesfenoff
      @jamesfenoff ปีที่แล้ว +7

      For sure! Especially that shot of the legendary Hank Worden. Moses from John Ford's The Searchers!"

    • @slicaltimistic1
      @slicaltimistic1 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@1realtruthrightnow742 That movie I watch when I was a kid put me where I'm at now. 17 yrs and still trucking. They were very respectful compared to now. Those day are sooo gone.

    • @shanefraser7764
      @shanefraser7764 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes Sir that's why I'm here

  • @ricksimon9867
    @ricksimon9867 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1460

    The problem is that when they make an action comedy these days, they can never resist making the action bigger than the comedy. But it has to be the other way round. This is such a brilliant scene, and nothing gets wrecked, and all they needed were a few trucks and two cars. And a dog.

    • @DivaInTheWoods
      @DivaInTheWoods 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      You, sir, have hit the nail right on the head!

    • @leroyoneill1929
      @leroyoneill1929 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Mate you hit the nail on the head!!! Respect brother.

    • @leroyoneill1929
      @leroyoneill1929 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@DivaInTheWoods im so sorry i kinda said the same. Sorry.

    • @NicGoldenEddie
      @NicGoldenEddie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Especially a dog, I got tearful seeing the dog. This is one of the best scenes in movie history to me. And they said can’t be done. Well loaded up and 👍

    • @misterschubert3242
      @misterschubert3242 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Fred tied the whole thing together...!

  • @tacticalmattfoley
    @tacticalmattfoley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +397

    Being from the south, this movie has a special place in my heart.

    • @MegaJustintee
      @MegaJustintee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Southern by the grace of god 😊

    • @hannahllewellyn163
      @hannahllewellyn163 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Me to

    • @fullthrottlejeffry
      @fullthrottlejeffry 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      These scenes were filmed in and around my hometown of Ringgold, GA. Interstate 75 and U.S. 41. The roads have changed a great deal since then. We got to meet Burt Reynolds. I remember he was a perfect gentleman. Always happy and smiling.

    • @kalebolsen8993
      @kalebolsen8993 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stfu

    • @randoms2222
      @randoms2222 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      im a southie

  • @user-vq6on6px5i
    @user-vq6on6px5i 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +124

    I drove for 41 yrs n loved it the greatest job ever been all over the country. 1.5 million miles

    • @maarten4504
      @maarten4504 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      That’s impressive!

    • @michaelb.42112
      @michaelb.42112 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm jealous that you've seen the lower 48 so many times. I've never left Commie-fornia but want to.

  • @manlymcstud8588
    @manlymcstud8588 2 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    sally fields' reactions are just priceless. she seems so genuinely confused, but loves watching bandit have so much fun.

    • @geneseofootball1915
      @geneseofootball1915 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Agreed! She's so cute with those reactions.

    • @JP5466
      @JP5466 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Great observation. She was just TOO cute!

    • @mattrodgers2911
      @mattrodgers2911 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      She was literally falling in love with him right in front of our eyes.

    • @giovannigrillini
      @giovannigrillini 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Masterpiece movie

  • @24preacherboy
    @24preacherboy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +462

    You can tell Burt and Jerry had fun making this movie.

    • @brianmason8400
      @brianmason8400 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      If you can't have fun, you must be doing something wrong......just my opinion...

    • @cody2497
      @cody2497 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It seems like everybody had a good time filming

    • @matthewjahnke6956
      @matthewjahnke6956 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes!

  • @mosesbrown8074
    @mosesbrown8074 3 ปีที่แล้ว +559

    REST IN PEACE TO ALL THE CAST AND THE ACTORS WHO MADE THIS AMAZING ONE OF A KIND MOVIE POSSIBLE
    SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT

    • @ericlvachon
      @ericlvachon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      What makes you think everybody is done and gone?

    • @mosesbrown8074
      @mosesbrown8074 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@ericlvachon SALLY FIELDS STILL LIVING AND THEIR MEMORIES WILL LIVE ON IN THAT FILM AND WHO THEY REALLY WERE.

    • @happyears21694
      @happyears21694 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@mosesbrown8074 Ingeborg Kjeldsen is still alive too.

    • @fsj197811
      @fsj197811 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Paul Williams (Little Enos) is still kicking as of Dec of 2022 along with Sally Fields, I think they're the only remaining main cast. Awesome movie.

    • @loubro2372
      @loubro2372 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bit part but Joe Klecko is still alive. He was one of the truckers in the convoy.

  • @marty5300
    @marty5300 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    Gotta love 70's trucker and CB culture.. say what you will, but it was a much better time in this country.

    • @bulldog191
      @bulldog191 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What about Vietnam?

    • @marty5300
      @marty5300 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@bulldog191 Vietnam was a cluster fuck for sure, but even with that ending in the 70s it was still a better time than today. I was a kid back then but everyone was skinny and knew which bathroom to use

    • @theparadigm8149
      @theparadigm8149 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@marty5300
      Yes, absolutely! Also, Bulldog made the argument “What about Vietnam?”, but like you said, the Vietnam War _ended_ in the 70s, so that actually contributes to the greatness of the decade

    • @AmazingAmigo
      @AmazingAmigo ปีที่แล้ว +1

      80's and 90's >>> 70's change my mind

    • @theparadigm8149
      @theparadigm8149 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@AmazingAmigo
      The 90s poison the water in terms of music. The 80s definitely have the best music of the three decades

  • @mrbrianc
    @mrbrianc 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    Life was so much simpler when all we had were payphones and CB radios. Talking to truckers on the one in our car on road trips was the highlight of them for me. RIP to all the greats in this movie.

  • @aw11bc5
    @aw11bc5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +488

    I hope Burt Reynolds will enjoy driving Trans Am in heaven.
    From Japan

    • @johnepperson8867
      @johnepperson8867 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Japan, THANK you for all the awesome high quality products you have produced in the past !!!!!!!!!!!!! Your products are still working great while recent Chinese products are rotting away in U.S. landfills already. Wish you the BEST.

    • @skylineXpert
      @skylineXpert 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And the transcon medivac

    • @Redbikemaster
      @Redbikemaster 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      🎶 he's going up to glory ridin 18 wheels 🎶

    • @volks5965
      @volks5965 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Cloud Burst 117 We can't forget Denmark as well

    • @rhondaboncutter5812
      @rhondaboncutter5812 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So do I! Loved his movies!

  • @zig3025
    @zig3025 3 ปีที่แล้ว +619

    Rest In Peace Burt Reynolds💔💔💔

    • @robzombiesgirl7201
      @robzombiesgirl7201 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      R.I.P. To A True Legend

    • @bsbznumber1fan
      @bsbznumber1fan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Rest in peace to the one and only Burt Reynolds he will be missed💜i a true icon.

    • @jackhime5628
      @jackhime5628 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      RIP a great legend

    • @ramonhenderson7484
      @ramonhenderson7484 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Rest in peace Burt Reynolds & Jerry Reed 💯

    • @patrickalexis3600
      @patrickalexis3600 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He died

  • @flightparamedic505
    @flightparamedic505 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    Much respect for all the truckers out there. Appreciate you keeping the shelves stocked!

    • @ralpholiver8512
      @ralpholiver8512 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Those truck drivers are some tough hombres. They bust their asses and backs all the time

  • @edkiggans1626
    @edkiggans1626 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    This movie is a classic! Love it! R.I.P. BANDIT AND THE SNOWMAN!

  • @Cooliron24
    @Cooliron24 3 ปีที่แล้ว +506

    Sally Field was such a cutie in this movie.

  • @JaMaRiOn946
    @JaMaRiOn946 3 ปีที่แล้ว +400

    “This is not a convoy this is a dream!”Rest In Peace Burt and jerry

    • @YorkshirePirate
      @YorkshirePirate 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      And Jackie :(

    • @judasmaiden8786
      @judasmaiden8786 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don't remember Burt dying and I could have
      E sworn Schwazanegger died years ago but that the result of cause and effect of the Borrestein BEARs theory

    • @natesmith5493
      @natesmith5493 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And fred :'(

    • @jasonvogue4487
      @jasonvogue4487 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right on

    • @natesmith5493
      @natesmith5493 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@YorkshirePirate and junior

  • @johncarney428
    @johncarney428 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This movie has to be one of the best I'd ever seen. None of that PC crap we have to put up today and yet respectful, polite and loaded with innuendo. It will never ever get old.

  • @TransoceanicOutreach
    @TransoceanicOutreach 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    3:40 - the best few seconds of the movie, when Sally reacts to his laugh with her genuine smile and emotion. There is no acting here, just her enjoying the moment. You don't see this anywhere else in the movie.

  • @boyscouts83712
    @boyscouts83712 3 ปีที่แล้ว +259

    They play this song every 4th quarter at FSU football home games! Rest in peace Burt Reynolds!

    • @rjl9707
      @rjl9707 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I believe Burt Reynolds attended, or graduated from FSU...? College football.., Yes to the FSU Seminoles

    • @loganzuments3304
      @loganzuments3304 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      He played defense for FSU and was a major contributor to the football program. He paid for the horses used at home games and for the team uniforms.

    • @Martin-es8mb
      @Martin-es8mb 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Proud grad Burt Reynolds.

  • @VchaosTheoryV
    @VchaosTheoryV 3 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    As a trucker myself, that song is great to ride to!

    • @xxboonisbadfortnitexx1549
      @xxboonisbadfortnitexx1549 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yep

    • @radium1977
      @radium1977 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hee haw!

    • @mattmurphy8288
      @mattmurphy8288 ปีที่แล้ว

      I put it in my playlist…

    • @brianmason8400
      @brianmason8400 ปีที่แล้ว

      As a tow driver that has done some long hauls, all I can say is HELL YEAH ?

    • @Davidofthelost
      @Davidofthelost 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I play it whenever I’m on a road trip. Fun going down the interstate playing this.

  • @jeanc819
    @jeanc819 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    East Bound and Down is not just a song but the anthem to every great road trip!

  • @amysmileyreid95
    @amysmileyreid95 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Jackie Gleason should’ve won the Oscar for this. Absolutely brilliant performance

  • @PugAshen
    @PugAshen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +364

    Such an iconic movie and actor. Brings tears of joy to all the memories I have of this movie..

    • @lioja850
      @lioja850 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      This movie reminded my lovely mom. She loved it

    • @lordbison
      @lordbison 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes! Classic & Nostalgic!
      Long Live The Bandit, Snowman & Fred!

    • @92littlebluefox
      @92littlebluefox 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same here buddy.

    • @grimm_destroyer5566
      @grimm_destroyer5566 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sally Field reminds me of my grandma and this was one of her favorite movies when she was young

  • @EIixir
    @EIixir 3 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    These movies were so much fun.

    • @franniebanani6532
      @franniebanani6532 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ohhhhhhhh i bet many guys had those thoughts too.

    • @stevedoubleu99B
      @stevedoubleu99B 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You've hit the nail right on the head.......FUN!!!

    • @baronedipiemonte3990
      @baronedipiemonte3990 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Now it's "GTA" and "Call of Duty" 🤮

    • @Hunter87788
      @Hunter87788 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The first one is one my favorites.. the second one was okay I am afraid to see the third one.. because I have heard it was terrible..

  • @tinanevitt1003
    @tinanevitt1003 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Decades later, I needed this tonight!

    • @EQMVB
      @EQMVB ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You're not alone!

  • @MichaelMyers-pj2uk
    @MichaelMyers-pj2uk 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Thank you to my Grandpa for Introducing me to this movie. My favorite film of all time. He passed in 2017. I miss him till this day and I wish I could watch this movie with him one more time. This movie means so much to me. I fell in love with Country music cause of this film. I wish my grandpa was still alive now. I miss him every single day

  • @bengaltiger96
    @bengaltiger96 3 ปีที่แล้ว +279

    The Little Beaver part makes me laugh every time.

  • @derekabbott5483
    @derekabbott5483 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    2020 makes those days seem like a walk through heaven. Those were great times.

    • @Jleed989
      @Jleed989 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It was great having a whole network of cb friends too!

  • @dars5229
    @dars5229 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    In honour of Burt, Jerry and Jackie, have yourself a good day and a better one tomorrow.

  • @thechaoscraftcamtcc3770
    @thechaoscraftcamtcc3770 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    One of the best driving-themed movies I ever saw. Cop chases, convoys, crashing through roadblocks, and all the comedic dialogue weaved in. I wish more modern movies would be like this one.

  • @Backroad_Junkie
    @Backroad_Junkie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    Top three films of 1977:
    1: Star Wars
    2: Smokey and the Bandit
    3: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
    It was a good year for movies....

    • @surfarijeff7884
      @surfarijeff7884 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Saw 'em all at the Drive-In as a kid. Star Wars was the best because there was a backdrop of stars in the night sky behind the screen and all the X-Wing and Death Star scenes looked like they were actually happening right before our eyes!

    • @misterschubert3242
      @misterschubert3242 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@surfarijeff7884 Yep, it was nearly a full moon when we saw it at the drive-in, and to this day my father complains that all I kept talking about was the moon...

    • @dieselfeesul4928
      @dieselfeesul4928 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      is this the year Debbie Does Dallas came out?

    • @robvegart
      @robvegart 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And it was just starting! Back when Hollywood had a sense of real movie making.

    • @DRock6906
      @DRock6906 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You forgot about Saturday Night Fever :-)

  • @fanmanone
    @fanmanone 3 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    R.I.P. Burt and Jer'. Legends Never die..

  • @Chris-pq8oj
    @Chris-pq8oj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    We have forgot our truckers , but now our truckers are back on top keep it up 👍👍👍

  • @Magicwerx
    @Magicwerx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Gonna do a Smokey n the Bandit marathon on Friday with a few beers,mi birthday 👍

    • @dt3474123
      @dt3474123 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Happy birthday!

  • @jimblues4755
    @jimblues4755 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    The movie theater audience clapped and cheered upon successful completion of ‘the rocking chair’.

    • @DarthAverage
      @DarthAverage 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      I have always said that this is the best "Bandit vs. the Smokeys" scene in the entire movie. Bandit doesn't get away by outrunning, out-jumping or out-stunting the police - he gets away at 55 mph by *outsmarting* them! (Okay, with a huge assist from Allied Van Lines...)

  • @bignadier
    @bignadier 3 ปีที่แล้ว +439

    They don't make movies like they use to

    • @ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom
      @ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You can even say that about today's movies 20-30 years from now.

    • @jesusmarquez5011
      @jesusmarquez5011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      True

    • @jackreacher8369
      @jackreacher8369 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Nope and they never will

    • @nickhill8612
      @nickhill8612 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jackreacher8369
      Sad but true.

    • @agentM1991
      @agentM1991 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I literally said that a millisecond before reading this comment.

  • @lightningblue648
    @lightningblue648 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Absolutely one of the finest movies ever made. Unbelievable that Burt, Jerry, and even Pontiac are all gone. I have watched this movie at least 100 times since I was a kid. Someday I will own a Bandit Trans Am!!!

  • @ByJakeRyan
    @ByJakeRyan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +181

    3:33
    It’s really impressive how well the car scenes are shot. Like even for modern movies those shots of the car in the convoy were so well done and practical. Really impressive

    • @physicscat
      @physicscat 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      IIRC, that interstate wasn’t open yet. The cradle scenes were shot with Bandit and the trucks driving on the opposite side so a camera car could move with them at the same speed. Then the other driving scenes were done on the correct side of the roads.

    • @brentboswell1294
      @brentboswell1294 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They could do it again today...close a short stretch of interstate on a Sunday morning 😉

    • @scholaroftheworldalternatehist
      @scholaroftheworldalternatehist ปีที่แล้ว

      Not really impressive. They would be disappointed we are still using the same tech 50 years later with minimal change

    • @MarshallRedmon01
      @MarshallRedmon01 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Makes me want to do a run from Texarkana to Atlanta

    • @geneseofootball1915
      @geneseofootball1915 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@scholaroftheworldalternatehist There is always that one person.....🙄

  • @fegman
    @fegman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    They can see down into this car......That's why I loved driving those trucks....spotting beavers....CLASSIC

  • @claudiovilaca4865
    @claudiovilaca4865 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Most wholesome cop chase ive ever seen LMAO "its little beaver we got your back door"

  • @xsentrik1107
    @xsentrik1107 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I’m a Truck Driver and I can Tell you that this movie gets me out of bed every morning!

  • @bigglilwayne7050
    @bigglilwayne7050 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    The smile on the Madam's face when Buford makes the suggestion to the Captain about the badge is priceless!

  • @splatterfodderinc
    @splatterfodderinc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +174

    who remembers watching this movie on tv back in the day when they replaced "sumbitch" with "scumbum"

    • @stevec7081
      @stevec7081 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yeah they did!

    • @wannawatchu66
      @wannawatchu66 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah, it wasn't the same on network TV after seeing the uncut version on Showtime. But mores were different in those days. You couldn't say a lot of things that you can now. NYPD Blue and Blue Bloods would never have gotten away with the stuff they said on those shows.

    • @misterschubert3242
      @misterschubert3242 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And it was the voice of the guy who did Fred Flintstone!

    • @JohnProph
      @JohnProph 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      also "Im gonna barbecue your head in molasses" and "spot them long limbs" lol

    • @stanleystephens9475
      @stanleystephens9475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Replaced nice azz with nice lady

  • @johnwaga3702
    @johnwaga3702 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    A brilliant feel-good movie. RIP Burt and Jerry.

    • @fernandorocha8459
      @fernandorocha8459 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Best movies of Burt Smokey and the Bandit and Smokey and the Bandit 2

  • @49lucky
    @49lucky ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Yup love them truckers. Moving from FL to MI in a big Moving truck with my horse trailer on the back and my truck on the back of that, brakes went out in Tennessee didn't have time to stop those truckers took care of me all the way to mi. God love u. ❤

  • @daniallesneed5203
    @daniallesneed5203 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    For every trucker that keeps this country moving you have my respect and love

    • @gregoryyarbrough7765
      @gregoryyarbrough7765 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      HELL YEAH

    • @gregoryyarbrough7765
      @gregoryyarbrough7765 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I love hoofing along with this song with my harmonica. It's amazing it gives you Goosebumps

  • @pipikaka3886
    @pipikaka3886 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Those were the feel-good movies from my childhood. Damn, the nostalgia!

    • @chiefscheider
      @chiefscheider 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same here! Saw this twice during summer vacation when I was 12. Believe it or not, more kids at school talked about seeing Smokey than Star Wars.

  • @dogwithhat947
    @dogwithhat947 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I love this movie so much

  • @inaminute6238
    @inaminute6238 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    To me one of the best songs in a movie. I watched this movie with my dad when I was little. My dad was drafted into the Army and when he got out he got into trucking a few years later. He was a trucker for 30yrs. I miss ya dad. I dont think there has been a day since you passed that we havent thought about you. Thank you for all you and mom sacrificed so that I could have the things I needed and wanted.

  • @d3ath8ybac0n4
    @d3ath8ybac0n4 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    One of my favorite scenes ever. Trucker community is legit and I respect it!

  • @stevedoubleu99B
    @stevedoubleu99B 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I love how Sally Field looks totally bemused by the whole thing, I love that Burt Reynolds just took showing off to a whole new level and I love the soundtrack. (Remastered?) RIP Mr Reynolds.

  • @sergeantscumbag2116
    @sergeantscumbag2116 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    if this movie doesn't make you smile nothing will

  • @Salemchevy
    @Salemchevy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    As a southern this movie and song has a very very special place in my heart

  • @_.incredible_magnum._291
    @_.incredible_magnum._291 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    The actors absolutely make this movie. Almost every line is delivered perfectly

  • @MrMopar413
    @MrMopar413 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    That scene is where I learned the rocking chair trick. I was west bound I-84 heading to Portland with some issues in a 18 wheeler coming up on the scales at Cascade locks, Oregon . I slipped back in the convoy about 8 trucks back and came up on the scales which where open. They Red Lighted the first three trucks which jammed up the scales and they green lighted the rest of us👍👍😁😁I put the hammer down and west bound to Portland 😎

    • @jesserice7777
      @jesserice7777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      (We got us an outlaw here.) 😉😈😬

  • @MylesHamlyn
    @MylesHamlyn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    One of the best car movies of all time.

  • @seattlecathey9710
    @seattlecathey9710 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Hey, I will always respect Truck Drivers. You all keep the country moving. If it was not for all of You doing that job, I would not be to buy milk. Don't worry, some of us spend all day, hoping that All Trucker's Stay Safe and Well ❤❤❤❤

    • @mikegallant811
      @mikegallant811 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Keep the greasy side down, your wheels spinning, and the beavers grinning. 10-4 good buddy. I may never have been a trucker but I have a lot of respect for them.

  • @loganzuments3304
    @loganzuments3304 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    As an FSU alumni this movie always holds a special place in my heart because of Burt Reynolds. R.I.P (Ride in peace) bandit

  • @infiniteuniverse123
    @infiniteuniverse123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    The girl called herself "little beaver" 🤣

    • @TheDude1764
      @TheDude1764 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Damn I miss the 70s.

    • @skbuydens7717
      @skbuydens7717 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      And she has your back door...

    • @dogbarbill
      @dogbarbill 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Actress was Laura Lizer Sommers.

  • @jldog134
    @jldog134 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My Dad and I loved this movie it was one the first films we watched together growing up RIP Dad I Miss You

  • @JosephCompnotta
    @JosephCompnotta 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    When drivers actually cared and looked out for each other

  • @b1gjoekrash
    @b1gjoekrash 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    My mother and I would watch this every Sunday. She loved Jackie Gleason and that Trans Am.

  • @neilgray7271
    @neilgray7271 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My dad had this on Betamax cassette. If you were born in the 70's you'll know what I'm on about lol.... Great film, great times👍

  • @stuartmatthews8187
    @stuartmatthews8187 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Burt Reynolds in Smokey and the Bandit is one of the all time masculine heroes. Absolute legend.

  • @McNabbulous
    @McNabbulous 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I dare say that this is one of the greatest films ever.
    The myth making of The Bandit, the connection of brotherhood of the truck drivers, and the driven Captain Ahab characteristic of Buford T Justice tells a fascinating epic.
    This should be studied in film classes.

  • @Boskov01
    @Boskov01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    It's hard to believe that "Foxy Lady" is none other than Pat Carroll. Yes, my fellow 90s kids, that smokin' foxy lady is the voice of Ursula in the Little Mermaid.

    • @allenkendall3412
      @allenkendall3412 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Image result for foxy older woman from smokey and the bandit
      Ingeborg Kjeldsen

    • @thedrewdog
      @thedrewdog 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Holy shit, it's Grandma Arbuckle! AWESOME Pat rules.

  • @WMFNINDY23
    @WMFNINDY23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    "Thats why I love to drive those trucks, spot them beavers"...............CLASSIC

  • @youngimages2000
    @youngimages2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I’m binge-watching it these days.
    Freedom

  • @srpdesigns
    @srpdesigns 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Sally Fields smile after Burts iconic laugh at 3:43 is so real ...That wasn't acting ..she had just as much fun making this movie as we all.did watching it back then!!
    Classic Movie !!!!

  • @beeman2075
    @beeman2075 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    My grandfather had this movie on VHS video when I was a kid in the 80's. I never watched it at the time, but always wondered what it was about. I watched this a few months ago, and gosh darn it's a fun ride to watch.

    • @kd5you1
      @kd5you1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I still have mine on VHS and it still looks the same as it did when I first bought it, though I bought mine in the 90's. I bought the 4K/Blu-Ray version a few days ago, and even though the wide screen looks great, they really ruined the Trans Am's engine and tire sounds. Now it sounds more like an Oldsmobile V6. :o

  • @tibozino1671
    @tibozino1671 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Still gettin goosebumps when the tune starts

  • @anthonydesroches8897
    @anthonydesroches8897 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Bandit is a legend saw this when it first came out I was 6. The bandit reason why I got into driving. Bandit reason I'm so dam good at it. Loved being from a small town with back roads to drive like this. Keep out running those Smokey's in heaven bandit.

  • @williampyle8635
    @williampyle8635 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Truck Drivers are JUST AS IMPORTANT these days as they WERE then.

  • @rhondaboncutter5812
    @rhondaboncutter5812 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Miss Burt Reynolds, he was so fun! Loved Smokey and the Bandit!

  • @ohh338
    @ohh338 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I miss watch the Bandit with my mom... we loved all of his movies

    • @snowman374th
      @snowman374th 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same with my father. Time is something they should teach us we have very little of. But then depending on how you were raised, you might have. Freedom is everything. And it makes us lose a lot of time enjoying our selfish needs. Then one day, it all comes to an end.

  • @matthewjahnke6956
    @matthewjahnke6956 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I love that movie. I could watch it all night.

  • @dustingeier6633
    @dustingeier6633 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My grandpa - who drove an 18-wheeler for a living - and I used to watch this movie when I was little (30+ years ago)… He passed away in 2018 but this made me smile and think of him.

  • @jackhime5628
    @jackhime5628 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    This is my favorite scene from the first Smokey and the Bandit and I saw it in theaters with my dad in 2017 and I still listen to the soundtrack from this movie and it was the first action movie before I saw the James Bond films and Indiana Jones films

  • @DucatiPaso750
    @DucatiPaso750 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    My dad took me to see this movie when it was recently released. I was 9 years old. I loved it more than Star Wars.

  • @jamesharris3667
    @jamesharris3667 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    2:39-2:54
    That guitar picking! Jerry was so talented.

  • @PresentsCinema
    @PresentsCinema 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Coming from a guy who don't like country music. This is a classic song. Great movie 👍

  • @angelikaruhland8799
    @angelikaruhland8799 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    He drive a Trans Am in heaven. The best Movie in the World. Tank you from a German truck driver. I love Amerika and his greatest Trucks 👍👍👍💋💋💋

  • @texasandpacific610
    @texasandpacific610 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This is definitely the best of the 3 movies. And thanks to all those truck drivers out there, you are my inspiration. Thats when truckers were king

    • @lightningblue648
      @lightningblue648 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Remember...If you bought it, a truck brought it!

  • @mikes1128
    @mikes1128 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    At 14 was dropped with a friend at the theater and walked in expecting to be disappointed by a stupid depiction of trucks. Soon as it opened and there was the close up of the slack adjusters coming off and the drive axle twisting up with every shift I knew it was going to be great. Jerry's "The Legend " playing over it, perfect. Love the trailer wheel hop at the rail crossing.
    First time director, long time stuntman Hal Needham did this on almost no money and it ran neck and neck with Star Wars.

  • @lssantore
    @lssantore 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    When I was a child I watch this movie over and over and I always dream of becoming a truck driver when I go on the New Jersey Turnpike and I drive by trucks I still think of the snowman and I still think of how awesome those trucks are. Love this movie!!!

  • @andreaszerb2382
    @andreaszerb2382 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I Love this Movies . Fan from Germany !!!! . . R . I . P . Burt Reynolds .

  • @READYTEDDYBEAR
    @READYTEDDYBEAR 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    One of my favorite movies of all time. Such a warm and charming film, you can just tell everyone was having a good time making it. 👍

  • @patrickkerr1396
    @patrickkerr1396 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Glad I seen this New as A Kid,, I Know Dam Well I'm not the only One who has to Watch this every Yr,,, 10/4 Good Buddies

  • @majesticduck1534
    @majesticduck1534 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is one of the best movies ever. If you don't like it, I can't help you.

  • @digitalmagicAR
    @digitalmagicAR 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Amazing how much better this looks watching it in HD vs the VHS and DVD versions I've watched for over 20 years.

    • @piedpiper8355
      @piedpiper8355 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It may look better but they should have never messed with the car's iconic tones. Sounds like a 20 year old Toyota 4 banger with a miss.

    • @digitalmagicAR
      @digitalmagicAR 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@piedpiper8355 Yeah I don't know why they changed the sounds. The Trans Am in the original film sounded totally amazing! It was dubbed but still was awesome. Why they would change it after 40+ years is a mystery. I'd like to know what vehicle they recorded the original sounds from that were used in the 1977 film

    • @wade998
      @wade998 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's the film scan. 35mm film will scan to 4k.

    • @wade998
      @wade998 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@piedpiper8355 Nope. That was the era of low compression with mild cams and near the end of the big blocks.

  • @thisislaflaretv5250
    @thisislaflaretv5250 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    One of the greatest movies of all time

  • @DEVILTAZ35
    @DEVILTAZ35 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    One of the best movies of all time. Why aren't movies this good anymore?

    • @spazticus1976
      @spazticus1976 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Too much focus on "the message."
      If they remade this the Bandit would be black and Frog would be trans.

    • @cornparade6874
      @cornparade6874 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They are, you're just watching the wrong ones or too busy complaining to care.

  • @timg185
    @timg185 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    They don’t make movies like this any more.

  • @billwilmington8284
    @billwilmington8284 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    My favorite movie in the world ever since I was little!