Smokey and the Bandit Rides Again Blu-ray
| Smokey and the Bandit II | |
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 Theatrical affiche by Dan Gouzee | |
| Directed by | Hal Needham |
| Screenplay by | Jerry Belson Brock Yates |
| Story by | Michael Kane |
| Based on | Characters
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| Produced past | Mort Engelberg |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Michael Butler |
| Edited past | Donn Cambern William Gordean |
| Music past | Snuff Garrett |
| Production | Rastar |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Linguistic communication | English |
| Budget | $17 million[1] [ amend source needed ] |
| Box role | $66.1 million[2] |
Smokey and the Bandit Two is a 1980 American activeness one-act movie directed by Hal Needham, and starring Burt Reynolds, Emerge Field, Jerry Reed, Jackie Gleason and Dom DeLuise. The film is the sequel to the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit.
The pic was originally released in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Commonwealth of australia and several other, mainly Republic, countries as Smokey and the Bandit Ride Again .
The plot centers on Bo "Bandit" Darville (Burt Reynolds) and Cledus "Snowman" Snowfall (Jerry Reed), transporting an elephant to the GOP National Convention, with Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason) once again in hot pursuit.
Plot [edit]
Big Enos Burdette is in a literal mudslinging campaign against John Conn for Governor of Texas. After failing to get the outgoing governor'southward endorsement, Big Enos overhears him on the telephone ordering a crate in Miami to be delivered in nine days to the Republican National Convention in Dallas. Burdette schemes to earn the governor's endorsement and have the crate delivered to the convention in his name, and tracks down Cledus "Snowman" Snow and offers him and Bo "Bandit" Darville $200,000 to practise the run. Cledus takes the Burdettes to Bandit to make the offer in person, but Brigand has become a heavy drinker since breaking up with Carrie ("Frog"), and is drunk when the Burdettes make it and double the payoff to $400,000. Cledus accepts on Bandit's behalf, but adds that Large Enos should give them half in advance, to which they agree. Cledus is ecstatic, but Brigand begins to miss Carrie.
Cledus calls Carrie, who is back in Texarkana and again almost to marry Junior when Cledus calls offering her $50,000 to help out; she agrees and again becomes a runaway helpmate. Though she still has feelings for Bandit, when Carrie arrives she initially intones she is only in information technology for the money, and she and Cledus piece of work on getting Bandit off the alcohol and dorsum into shape. She and then trades in Junior's auto for a new Trans Am. The three arrive at the pier in Miami only to find out the manifest is quarantined for three weeks. They render tardily that nighttime to steal it, only to find the "package" is a live elephant (the G.O.P. mascot) which Cledus names "Charlotte" afterward his aunt. When Bandit removes a splinter from Charlotte's foot, she takes a liking to him.
Shortly after they start off for Dallas, they are accosted for the outset of several times by Sheriff Justice, but Bandit outwits him and they escape. En route, they finish at a remote fuel station and detect something wrong with Charlotte. Moments later, an ambulance pulls in with an Italian gynecologist in the dorsum; "Md" is initially reluctant to help, only when his ambulance driver speeds away unknowingly leaving him stranded, he asks to hitch a ride with them, agreeing to watch Charlotte.
Doctor later finds that Charlotte is meaning and due to give nascence any fourth dimension, but Bandit is determined to stay on schedule. Entering Louisiana, Doc says that Charlotte is almost in labor and needs to exist off her anxiety. Cledus decides they all demand a interruption and they get to a nearby nightclub where Don Williams is headlining. When Carrie sees Bandit scribbling on a napkin a picture of Charlotte cradled by suspended netting to keep her off her feet, she angrily leaves, but not before telling Bandit that she will come back only when he likes himself again. Afterward that night, a drunken Bandit makes his drawing a reality, and Doc agrees that his idea will piece of work.
Buford decides to call for help from his brothers Reggie, a Mountie Sergeant in Quebec, and Gaylord, an effeminate Texas Country Patrolman. Subsequently, as Bandit and Cledus enter Texas, Buford lures the Bandit into a trap: a mass of 40 Texas Patrol and Mountie cruisers pursuing him beyond a desert basin. Bandit orders Cledus to get to Dallas, merely he enlists a large convoy of his trucker pals and comes to Bandit'south rescue instead, wrecking nearly all of the cruisers in a behemothic demolition derby while Doc and Charlotte lookout man from the sidelines. The two escape by crossing a makeshift trailer bridge with Buford and his brothers in pursuit. Ii of the trucks pull away, resulting in Gaylord and Reggie'due south cruisers crashing in the ensuing gap before they tin cross, but Buford is still in pursuit, though his cruiser is barely functioning.
Cledus begs Bandit to end at a safari reserve, where Charlotte finally gives birth to her baby. Bandit is gear up to load them both support in the truck, but Cledus refuses and then knocks Bandit down when he insults him. When he sees Charlotte in tears, Bandit finally comes to his senses and apologizes.
Bandit afterward finds Carrie and tells her that he likes himself at present, and that he does not want to be without her. He then tells her that he has non yet taken Charlotte to Dallas, but they can yet make it. Carrie is overjoyed when she sees Charlotte'south baby, and Brigand asks Charlotte's permission for him and Carrie to get hitched, to which Charlotte trumpets her approval; Doc, now riding in the cab with Cledus and Fred, also voices his approval, and they all bulldoze away with Charlotte and her baby in tow in circus carts, with Buford still in pursuit, now driving a Greyhound double-decker.
Cast [edit]
- Burt Reynolds as Bo "The Brigand" Darville
- Jackie Gleason every bit Sheriff Buford T. Justice / Gaylord Justice (credited as Ms. Jackie Gleason) / Reginald Van Justice
- Jerry Reed as Cledus "The Snowman" Snow
- Dom DeLuise as Dr. Frederico "Doc" Carlucci
- Sally Field every bit Carrie "Frog"
- Pat McCormick as Enos "Big Enos" Burdette
- Paul Williams equally Enos "Piddling Enos" Burdette
- David Huddleston as John Conn
- Mike Henry equally Junior Justice
- John Anderson as The Governor
- Brenda Lee as Nice Lady
- The Statler Brothers as Themselves:
- Phil Balsley
- Lew DeWitt
- Don Reid
- Harold Reid
- "Mean Joe" Greene as Himself
- Mel Tillis equally Fairground Owner
- Joe Klecko every bit Himself
- Don Williams as Himself
- Terry Bradshaw as Himself
- Nancy Lenehan as Ramona
- John Megna as P.T.
- Chuck Yeager as Political party Guest
- John Robert Nicholson as The Patient
- 1980 Pontiac Trans Am as "Son of Trigger"
Product [edit]
Smokey and the Brigand II was filmed simultaneously with The Cannonball Run, in which Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise also starred. Football players Joe Klecko and Terry Bradshaw as well appear in both films.
It is the first film to characteristic director Hal Needham'south "Blooper Reel Credit Clamber" at the end, in that a collection of bloopers and outtakes from the film showed on one side of the screen while the closing credits slowly scrolled up the other side. Missive Run, also directed by Needham, used this same technique.
Buford's brothers were both portrayed past Gleason; "Reggie" was a Canadian version of "Reginald Van Gleason Iii", a popular character from Gleason's television show.
The film was written and produced before it was announced that the 1980 Republican National Convention would be held in Detroit rather than Dallas.
Many of the movie's scenes take place in northern Palm Beach County, particularly at Burt Reynolds' ranch in Jupiter, Florida.
Although the Bandit again sticks to a Pontiac Trans Am, this time a 1980 Turbo model with 5 color decals different 1981'south single color decals, the Snowman switches to a 1980 GMC General, silver with blue trim with the aforementioned mural on the trailer every bit in the original film. This "new rig" suggests that the pair were successful in the "double or zip" wager offered by the Burdettes at the end of the outset film, where they were persuaded to drive from Atlanta to Boston and dorsum in 18 hours to purchase clam chowder and bring it to the Burdettes.
A globe-record automobile bound was captured on moving-picture show during the "roundup sequence", when stuntman Gary Davis jumped a 1974 Dodge Monaco over 150 feet. Davis suffered compressed vertebrae as a issue of a hard landing.
The roundup sequence in the desert shows many new Pontiac Le Mans sedans decorated equally police cars being destroyed. The cars were originally ordered by a car rental agency in Phoenix, who refused to accept the delivery when they discovered the cars were not equipped with air-conditioning. Pontiac took the cars dorsum and eventually gave them to the producers to be used in the film.
Soundtrack [edit]
| Smokey and the Bandit 2: Original Soundtrack | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack anthology by diverse artists | |
| Released | 1980 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Length | 31:59 |
| Characterization | MCA Records |
| Producer | Jerry Kennedy Snuff Garrett |
Smokey and the Brigand ii: Original Soundtrack was released on vinyl, cassette record and eight-rails tape past MCA Records in 1980.
Track listing [edit]
| No. | Title | Author(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| ane. | "Texas Bound and Flyin'" (Jerry Reed) | Jerry R. Hubbard | 2:eighteen |
| 2. | "Charlotte's Web" (The Statler Brothers) | Cliff Crossord, John Durrill, Snuff Garrett | 2:55 |
| 3. | "To Exist Your Human being" (Don Williams) | Danny Flowers, Don Williams | 3:53 |
| 4. | "Ride Concrete Cowboy, Ride" (Roy Rogers and The Sons of the Pioneers) | Cliff Crossord, John Durrill, Snuff Garrett | 2:55 |
| 5. | "Deliverance of the Wildwood Bloom" (The Bandit Ring) | Al Capps, Hank Moonjean, Hal Needham | 1:54 |
| 6. | "Pecos Promenade" (Tanya Tucker) | Larry Collins, Sandy Pinkard, Snuff Garrett | 2:27 |
| seven. | "Here'south Lookin' at You" (Mel Tillis) | Sandy Pinkard, John Durrill, Sam Atchley | 3:14 |
| 8. | "Do You Know Yous Are My Sunshine" (The Statler Brothers) | Don Reid, Harold Reid | 2:12 |
| 9. | "Once again and Again" (Brenda Lee) | Ben Peters | 2:39 |
| 10. | "Let's Exercise Something Cheap and Superficial" (Burt Reynolds) | Richard Levinson | 2:20 |
| 11. | "Tulsa Time" (Don Williams) | Danny Flowers | 3:10 |
| 12. | "Pickin' Lone Star Style" (The Bandit Ring) | Jerry Kennedy, Snuff Garrett | 2:02 |
| Total length: | 31:59 | ||
Reception [edit]
Box office [edit]
Smokey and the Bandit II grossed $ten,883,835 in its opening weekend, the second highest always at the time, behind Star Trek: The Movement Picture.[3] [4] It also ready a record for an opening calendar week, with a gross of $18,108,031.[5] It was the eighth-nearly-popular 1980 moving-picture show at the United States and Canada box office earning $66,132,626.[two] This box part income inspired a third picture where Reynolds appeared only in a cameo appearance before the end credits, Field had no involvement whatsoever, and Gleason practically filled the motion-picture show.
Disquisitional response [edit]
The film received about completely negative reviews from critics who felt that it suffered badly in comparison to the original. On Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of fourteen% based on reviews from seven critics.[vi] Roger Ebert gave it a one out of four stars and stated that at that place was "[in 1980] no need for this movie. That's true of most sequels, but it's especially true of 'Smokey and the Bandit 2', which is basically just the original movie done once again, non equally well ... how can I say it's lazy when it has l trucks doing stunts in it? Because it takes a lot less thought to fill upwardly a moving picture with stunts than to create a comedy that'due south genuinely funny."[7]
Burt Reynolds later stated that he did not enjoy working on the movie at all, feeling that information technology was an unnecessary sequel put together by Universal purely for money-making reasons rather than to try making a good pic.[viii]
Sequel [edit]
The film was followed by some other sequel three years after, Smokey and the Bandit Part three (1983), in which Reynolds but fabricated a cursory cameo appearance, and Sally Field did not appear.
References [edit]
- ^ "Trivia for Smokey and the Bandit Two". IMDb. Retrieved April ane, 2013.
- ^ a b "Smokey and the Bandit 2, Box Office Information". Box Part Mojo . Retrieved Baronial 25, 2012.
- ^ "Weekend Domestic Chart for August 15, 1980". The Numbers . Retrieved December 29, 2020.
- ^ "'Smokey Two' Boasts 2d Highest Opening B.O. Ever: $11-Mil". Multifariousness. Baronial twenty, 1980. p. iii.
- ^ "The biggest opening week in the history of the moving picture business organisation!". Variety. August twenty, 1980. pp. 10–eleven.
- ^ Smokey and the Bandit Ii at Rotten Tomatoes
- ^ Ebert, Roger (August 22, 1980). "Smokey and the Brigand Ii Movie Review (1980)". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
- ^ Eric Vespe (quint) (August 5, 2016). "Burt Reynolds discusses being The Bandit, his work with Hal Needham and being a Hollywood "whore."". AintItCool.com.
External links [edit]
- Smokey and the Bandit 2 at IMDb
- Smokey and the Bandit II at AllMovie
- Smokey and the Bandit Ii at the TCM Movie Database
- Smokey and the Bandit II at the American Moving picture Institute Catalog
- Smokey and the Brigand 2 at Box Office Mojo
- Smokey and the Brigand 2 at Rotten Tomatoes
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