Gleason has plenty of opportunity to clown around, but much of the time he seems to be doing a prissy Zero Mostel imitation and he too often forces the exaggeration. Smokey and the Bandit IIDirigida Por Hal Needham.

Field is well-cast as the kookie dancer, Reed is fine as Reynolds’ sidekick and Pat McCormick and Paul Williams appear as the incongruous father-and-son team who challenge Reynolds. the fast lane of laughter in this sequel to one of the top action-adventure comedies ever Ver Trailer. The script requires little from any of the actors, but they all give personable performances. Reynolds performs with an offhand, easy style and he creates an engaging character that should please his many fans. Two sequels were made, Smokey and the Bandit II in 1980 and Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 in 1983, the latter with Gleason and Reed but sans Reynolds and. Hal Needham, making his directorial debut after an illustrious career as a stuntman, makes the most of the action and progresses the film with a perfect light-hearted touch. While the joke wears thin very quickly, there are a number of amusing sequences, which are combined with some exciting road action to provide a mildly entertaining - and totally mindless - film. That’s the sum total of the plot and the 97-minute running time is devoted to one long chase involving Reynolds and Field in a sporty Pontiac Trans Am, Reed and his dog in the 18-wheeler, Gleason and Henry in a patrol car that is slowly torn apart and various truckers, citizens band friends and bumbling cops. It turns out that her suitor (Mike Henry) was the son of the local sheriff (Jackie Gleason), who sets out in hot pursuit of the runaway bride. Just across the county line, you can find showtimes at AMC South Barrington, and if you’re headed into Wisconsin, screenings are scheduled at the Marcus South Shore Cinema in Oak Creek.Burt Reynolds stars as Bandit, a devil-may-care trucker who, with his sidekick, Snowman (Jerry Reed), accepts a challenge to go to Texarkana, Texas, pick up 400 cases of Coors beer and return to Atlanta, Georgia, (a round-trip total of 1,800 miles) within 28 hours.Īlong the way, he picks up Carrie (Sally Field), a Broadway gypsy who has just jilted someone at the altar.

With theater giants like AMC, Marcus and Regal all jumping aboard the retro “Smokey” bandwagon, screenings can be found this weekend at Marcus Gurnee Cinema. And such is his abiding appeal that “Smokey and the Bandit” has returned to the big screen for a limited run - at a bargain rate of around $5 - including at theaters in and around Lake County. And the legendary Trans Am would have suffered catastrophic frame damage from the scene where it wipes out a row of mailboxes, much less from when it jumps a collapsed bridge.īut such was the appeal of Burt Reynolds that his movies could get away with cinematic sins, at least for a few years.

Other shots are filled with continuity errors, like previous skid marks from multiple takes. Speaking of those pursuing officers, many of them would be maimed in their attempts at capture, and Needham ridiculously included gratuitous scenes of them emerging unscathed from wrecked vehicles, just in case your disbelief had come unsuspended. The plot, among other things, asks you to believe Bandit would drive 1,800 miles at reckless speeds and not be violently captured by the hundreds of law enforcement authorities he enrages. The opening scene is a sleepwalk of exposition, and the overall narrative is at least 15 minutes slow in getting down to business. Outside of that, yes, “Smokey and the Bandit” is a guilty pleasure for a reason.

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