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1980 flick by Hal Needham

Smokey and the Bandit II
Theatrical poster by Dan Gouzee
Directed by	Hal Needham
Screenplay by	Jerry Belson Brock Yates
Story by	Michael Kane
Based on	Characters by Hal Needham Robert L. Levy
Produced by	Mort Engelberg
Starring	Burt Reynolds Jackie Gleason Jerry Reed Dom DeLuise Emerge Field Paul Williams Pat McCormick
Cinematography	Michael Butler
Edited by	Donn Cambern William Gordean
Music by	Snuff Garrett
Production company	Rastar
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release engagement	August 15, 1980 (1980-08-15)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$17 million^[ane] ^{[ better source needed ]}
Box role	$66.one million^[2]

Smokey and the Brigand Two is a 1980 American action comedy film 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 moving-picture show Smokey and the Brigand.

The film was originally released in the United kingdom, New Zealand, Australia and several other, mainly Commonwealth, countries every bit 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) one time again in hot pursuit.

Plot [edit]

Big Enos Burdette is in a literal mudslinging campaign confronting John Conn for Governor of Texas. Later failing to become the outgoing governor's endorsement, Large Enos overhears him on the phone ordering a crate in Miami to be delivered in nine days to the Republican National Convention in Dallas. Burdette schemes to earn the governor'south endorsement and accept the crate delivered to the convention in his name, and tracks down Cledus "Snowman" Snowfall and offers him and Bo "Brigand" Darville $200,000 to do the run. Cledus takes the Burdettes to Bandit to brand the offer in person, only Brigand has become a heavy drinker since breaking up with Carrie ("Frog"), and is drunk when the Burdettes get in and double the payoff to $400,000. Cledus accepts on Bandit'south behalf, merely adds that Big Enos should give them half in accelerate, to which they agree. Cledus is ecstatic, only Bandit begins to miss Carrie.

Cledus calls Carrie, who is back in Texarkana and again well-nigh to marry Junior when Cledus calls offering her $50,000 to help out; she agrees and again becomes a runaway bride. Though she even so has feelings for Bandit, when Carrie arrives she initially intones she is only in information technology for the money, and she and Cledus work on getting Bandit off the booze and back into shape. She and then trades in Inferior'south car 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 return late that night to steal information technology, but to detect the "packet" is a live elephant (the G.O.P. mascot) which Cledus names "Charlotte" after his aunt. When Bandit removes a splinter from Charlotte'due south pes, she takes a liking to him.

Soon subsequently they beginning off for Dallas, they are accosted for the outset of several times past Sheriff Justice, but Bandit outwits him and they escape. En route, they cease at a remote fuel station and notice something wrong with Charlotte. Moments later, an ambulance pulls in with an Italian gynecologist in the back; "Dr." is initially reluctant to help, just when his ambulance driver speeds away unknowingly leaving him stranded, he asks to hitch a ride with them, agreeing to watch Charlotte.

Doc afterwards finds that Charlotte is pregnant and due to give birth any fourth dimension, but Bandit is determined to stay on schedule. Inbound Louisiana, Doc says that Charlotte is well-nigh in labor and needs to be off her anxiety. Cledus decides they all demand a interruption and they go to a nearby nightclub where Don Williams is headlining. When Carrie sees Bandit scribbling on a napkin a picture of Charlotte cradled past suspended netting to keep her off her feet, she angrily leaves, but not earlier telling Bandit that she will come dorsum only when he likes himself once again. Later that night, a drunken Brigand makes his drawing a reality, and Doc agrees that his idea volition work.

Buford decides to call for help from his brothers Reggie, a Mountie Sergeant in Quebec, and Gaylord, an effeminate Texas State Patrolman. Later, as Brigand and Cledus enter Texas, Buford lures the Brigand into a trap: a mass of forty Texas Patrol and Mountie cruisers pursuing him across a desert basin. Bandit orders Cledus to go to Dallas, but he enlists a large convoy of his trucker pals and comes to Brigand's rescue instead, wrecking nigh all of the cruisers in a giant demolition derby while Physician and Charlotte watch from the sidelines. The two escape past crossing a makeshift trailer bridge with Buford and his brothers in pursuit. Two of the trucks pull abroad, resulting in Gaylord and Reggie's cruisers crashing in the ensuing gap before they can cross, but Buford is all the same in pursuit, though his cruiser is barely functioning.

Cledus begs Bandit to cease at a safari reserve, where Charlotte finally gives birth to her baby. Brigand is gear up to load them both support in the truck, just Cledus refuses and and then knocks Bandit down when he insults him. When he sees Charlotte in tears, Bandit finally comes to his senses and apologizes.

Bandit afterwards finds Carrie and tells her that he likes himself now, and that he does not desire to exist without her. He and so tells her that he has not yet taken Charlotte to Dallas, just they tin still make information technology. Carrie is overjoyed when she sees Charlotte'due south baby, and Bandit asks Charlotte'south permission for him and Carrie to get hitched, to which Charlotte trumpets her approving; Doctor, now riding in the cab with Cledus and Fred, likewise voices his approval, and they all drive abroad with Charlotte and her baby in tow in circus carts, with Buford even so in pursuit, now driving a Greyhound bus.

Cast [edit]

Burt Reynolds equally Bo "The Brigand" Darville
Jackie Gleason as Sheriff Buford T. Justice / Gaylord Justice (credited every bit Ms. Jackie Gleason) / Reginald Van Justice
Jerry Reed equally Cledus "The Snowman" Snow
Dom DeLuise as Dr. Frederico "Physician" Carlucci
Sally Field as Carrie "Frog"
Pat McCormick as Enos "Big Enos" Burdette
Paul Williams equally Enos "Piddling Enos" Burdette
David Huddleston every bit 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
"Hateful Joe" Greene as Himself
Mel Tillis as Fairground Possessor
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 Party Guest
John Robert Nicholson every bit The Patient
1980 Pontiac Trans Am as "Son of Trigger"

Production [edit]

Smokey and the Brigand Ii was filmed simultaneously with The Cannonball Run, in which Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise besides starred. Football players Joe Klecko and Terry Bradshaw also appear in both films.

Information technology is the kickoff film to feature director Hal Needham'south "Blooper Reel Credit Crawl" at the end, in that a drove of bloopers and outtakes from the picture show showed on one side of the screen while the closing credits slowly scrolled up the other side. Cannonball Run, also directed past Needham, used this aforementioned 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 goggle box prove.

The flick was written and produced before information technology was announced that the 1980 Republican National Convention would exist held in Detroit rather than Dallas.

Many of the movie's scenes take place in northern Palm Beach County, especially at Burt Reynolds' ranch in Jupiter, Florida.

Although the Brigand once more sticks to a Pontiac Trans Am, this time a 1980 Turbo model with five color decals unlike 1981'south single color decals, the Snowman switches to a 1980 GMC General, silver with blue trim with the same mural on the trailer equally in the original movie. This "new rig" suggests that the pair were successful in the "double or nada" wager offered by the Burdettes at the end of the first film, where they were persuaded to drive from Atlanta to Boston and back in xviii hours to buy mollusk chowder and bring information technology to the Burdettes.

A earth-record automobile jump was captured on film during the "roundup sequence", when stuntman Gary Davis jumped a 1974 Dodge Monaco over 150 feet. Davis suffered compressed vertebrae as a event of a difficult landing.

The roundup sequence in the desert shows many new Pontiac Le Mans sedans busy equally constabulary cars existence destroyed. The cars were originally ordered by a car rental bureau in Phoenix, who refused to accept the delivery when they discovered the cars were not equipped with air conditioning. Pontiac took the cars back and eventually gave them to the producers to be used in the picture.

Soundtrack [edit]

Smokey and the Bandit ii: Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by various artists
Released	1980
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	31:59
Label	MCA Records
Producer	Jerry Kennedy Snuff Garrett

Smokey and the Bandit 2: Original Soundtrack was released on vinyl, cassette tape and 8-track tape by MCA Records in 1980.

Track listing [edit]

No.	Title	Writer(southward)	Length
1.	"Texas Spring and Flyin'" (Jerry Reed)	Jerry R. Hubbard	2:18
two.	"Charlotte'south Web" (The Statler Brothers)	Cliff Crossord, John Durrill, Snuff Garrett	2:55
3.	"To Exist Your Man" (Don Williams)	Danny Flowers, Don Williams	three: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 Flower" (The Brigand Ring)	Al Capps, Hank Moonjean, Hal Needham	1:54
6.	"Pecos Promenade" (Tanya Tucker)	Larry Collins, Sandy Pinkard, Snuff Garrett	ii:27
seven.	"Hither's Lookin' at You" (Mel Tillis)	Sandy Pinkard, John Durrill, Sam Atchley	three:14
8.	"Do Yous Know You Are My Sunshine" (The Statler Brothers)	Don Reid, Harold Reid	2:12
9.	"Over again and Once more" (Brenda Lee)	Ben Peters	2:39
10.	"Permit'southward Do Something Cheap and Superficial" (Burt Reynolds)	Richard Levinson	two:20
11.	"Tulsa Time" (Don Williams)	Danny Flowers	3:10
12.	"Pickin' Lone Star Way" (The Brigand Band)	Jerry Kennedy, Snuff Garrett	ii:02
Total length:			31:59

Reception [edit]

Box function [edit]

Smokey and the Brigand II grossed $ten,883,835 in its opening weekend, the second highest always at the time, behind Star Trek: The Motion Picture.^[3] ^[4] It likewise set a tape for an opening week, with a gross of $xviii,108,031.^[v] It was the eighth-most-popular 1980 pic at the United States and Canada box function earning $66,132,626.^[2] This box office income inspired a third film where Reynolds appeared only in a cameo advent earlier the end credits, Field had no involvement whatsoever, and Gleason practically filled the film.

Disquisitional response [edit]

The film received almost completely negative reviews from critics who felt that information technology suffered badly in comparing to the original. On Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of fourteen% based on reviews from vii critics.^[6] Roger Ebert gave information technology a one out of 4 stars and stated that there was "[in 1980] no need for this movie. That's truthful of most sequels, merely it'due south especially true of 'Smokey and the Bandit Ii', which is basically simply the original moving-picture show washed again, not besides ... how can I say it's lazy when information technology has 50 trucks doing stunts in it? Because information technology takes a lot less idea to fill upwardly a motion picture with stunts than to create a comedy that's genuinely funny."^[7]

Burt Reynolds afterward stated that he did not enjoy working on the movie at all, feeling that it was an unnecessary sequel put together past Universal purely for money-making reasons rather than to try making a skillful picture.^[eight]

Sequel [edit]

The film was followed by some other sequel three years later, Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983), in which Reynolds simply fabricated a cursory cameo appearance, and Sally Field did not announced.

References [edit]

^ "Trivia for Smokey and the Bandit Ii". IMDb. Retrieved April i, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Smokey and the Bandit II, Box Office Information". Box Part Mojo . Retrieved Baronial 25, 2012.
^ "Weekend Domestic Chart for August fifteen, 1980". The Numbers . Retrieved December 29, 2020.
^ "'Smokey II' Boasts 2d Highest Opening B.O. Ever: $11-Mil". Diversity. August 20, 1980. p. 3.
^ "The biggest opening week in the history of the picture business organization!". Diverseness. August 20, 1980. pp. 10–11.
^ Smokey and the Bandit II at Rotten Tomatoes
^ Ebert, Roger (August 22, 1980). "Smokey and the Bandit Ii Movie Review (1980)". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved September 16, 2013.
^ Eric Vespe (quint) (August 5, 2016). "Burt Reynolds discusses existence The Bandit, his piece of work with Hal Needham and being a Hollywood "whore."". AintItCool.com.