Smokey and the Bandit II
Smokey and the Bandit II
Cast
- Burt Reynolds plays Bo "The Bandit" Darville
- Jackie Gleason portrays Sheriff Buford T. Justice, along with Gaylord Justice and Reginald Van Justice
- Jerry Reed is Cledus "The Snowman" Snow
- Dom DeLuise acts as Dr. Frederico "Doc" Carlucci
- Sally Field stars as Carrie "Frog"
- Pat McCormick appears as Enos "Big Enos" Burdette
- Paul Williams takes on the role of Enos "Little Enos" Burdette
- David Huddleston is John Conn
- Mike Henry plays Junior Justice
- John Anderson appears as The Governor
- Brenda Lee makes an appearance as a Nice Lady
- The Statler Brothers feature as themselves, including Phil Balsley, Lew DeWitt, Don Reid, and Harold Reid
- "Mean Joe" Greene appears as himself
- Mel Tillis has a cameo as a Fairground Owner
- Joe Klecko makes a cameo appearance as himself
- Don Williams appears as himself
- Terry Bradshaw makes a cameo as himself
- Nancy Lenehan acts as Ramona
- John Megna appears as P.T.
- Chuck Yeager makes a cameo as a Party Guest
- John Robert Nicholson appears as The Patient
Smokey and the Bandit II (Plot)
Big Enos Burdette is running a campaign against John Conn for Governor of Texas. When he can't get the current governor's support, he overhears a plan to send a special crate to the Republican National Convention. He hatches a scheme to win the governor's backing by getting the crate delivered and enlists Cledus "Snowman" Snow and Bo "Bandit" Darville for the job, offering them a lot of money.
Cledus convinces Bandit, who's been down since breaking up with Carrie, to take the job. But things get complicated when Carrie, who still has feelings for Bandit, joins in too. They find out the crate they're supposed to deliver is actually an elephant named Charlotte, pregnant and ready to give birth.
Despite the urgency of the delivery, Bandit is focused on the money and ignores Charlotte's needs. When they're pursued by Sheriff Justice and his brothers, they face a big challenge. But with the help of Cledus's trucker friends, they manage to outsmart the sheriff and save Charlotte and her baby.
Along the way, Bandit realizes he's been selfish and apologizes to Carrie and his friends. He decides he wants to do the right thing by taking care of Charlotte and her baby, even if it means giving up the money. With everyone reconciled, they head to Dallas with Charlotte and her baby, with Sheriff Justice still on their tail.
Smokey and the Bandit II is a fun movie made in 1980, directed by Hal Needham. It stars famous actors like Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, and others Shot at Palm Beach County, Florida, USA AND Dade County, Florida, USA. It's part of a series of movies about wild adventures. The main characters are Bo "Bandit" Darville and Cledus "Snowman" Snow, played by Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reed. They're on a mission to take an elephant to a big political event called the GOP National Convention. But there's trouble because Sheriff Buford T. Justice, played by Jackie Gleason, is chasing them again.
In some countries, the movie was called "Smokey and the Bandit Ride Again." Despite this, it became very popular in the United States and other places. It made a lot of money at the box office, earning much more than it cost to make. It was one of the most successful movies of the year 1980 in the USA. However, critics mostly didn't like Smokey and the Bandit II, saying it didn't measure up to the original. On Rotten Tomatoes, only 29% of critics liked it, based on seven reviews. Roger Ebert gave it just one out of four stars, saying it felt unnecessary and lazy, despite having lots of stunt scenes. He thought it lacked the originality and humor of the first movie.
Burt Reynolds, who starred in the film, later admitted he didn't enjoy making it. He felt it was made purely for money rather than to make a good movie.
Three years after Smokey and the Bandit II, another sequel called Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 was released in 1983. However, Burt Reynolds, the main star, only appeared briefly in a cameo role, and Sally Field, another key actor, didn't appear in the film at all.
Smokey and the Bandit II: Production
- Smokey and the Bandit II was filmed at the same time as The Cannonball Run, another movie featuring Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise. Notably, football players Joe Klecko and Terry Bradshaw also appear in both films.
- This film introduced director Hal Needham's unique "Blooper Reel Credit Crawl" at the end, showing funny mistakes and outtakes alongside the closing credits. The same technique was later used in The Cannonball Run, which was also directed by Needham.
- Jackie Gleason, who played Sheriff Buford T. Justice, portrayed both of Buford's brothers. "Reggie" was based on Gleason's popular TV character, "Reginald Van Gleason III".
- The movie was written and produced before it was known that the 1980 Republican National Convention would take place in Detroit instead of Dallas.
- Many scenes were filmed in northern Palm Beach County, especially at Burt Reynolds's ranch in Jupiter, Florida.
- Although Bo "The Bandit" Darville drives a Pontiac Trans Am again, this time it's a 1980 Turbo model with five-color decals. In contrast, Cledus "The Snowman" Snow drives a 1980 GMC General truck with a silver and blue design, featuring the same mural on the trailer as in the first film. This suggests they succeeded in a wager from the first film.
- The film captures a world-record automobile jump during the "roundup sequence", where stuntman Gary Davis jumped a 1974 Dodge Monaco over 150 feet, resulting in Davis suffering compressed vertebrae from a hard landing.
- The desert scene in the film shows numerous Pontiac Le Mans sedans, originally intended for a car rental agency in Phoenix. The agency rejected the cars due to their lack of air conditioning. Pontiac then provided the cars to the film producers for use, where they were depicted as police cars being destroyed.
Director - Hal Needham
MAIN CAST
- Burt Reynolds
- Jackie Gleason
- Mike Henry
- Sally Field
- Chuck Yeager
- Lew Dewitt
- Hal Carter
- Don Reid
- Jerry Reed
- Joe Klecko (Himself)
- Paul H. Williams
- Mean Joe Greene (Self)
- Dom Deluise
- Nancy Lenehan
- Mel Tillis
- John Robert Nicholson
- James L Buchanan
- Ritchey Brown
- Terry Bradshaw (Himself)
CREW
- James M Arnett (Stunts)
- S Atchley (Song)
- Bruce Barbour (Stunts)
- Bobby Bass (Stunts)
- Pamela Bebermeyer (Stunts)
- Jerry Belson (Screenplay)
- Ray Bickel (Stunts)
- Gabriel Borgo (Hair)
- Janet Brady (Stunts)
- Jophery Brown (Stunts)
- Ritchey Brown (Production Assistant)
- Tony Brubaker (Stunts)
- Frank Bueno (Assistant Director)
- Henry Bumstead (Production Designer)
- Peter Burrell (Production Manager, Associate Producer)
- Neil Burrow (Sound Effects Editor)
- Blair Burrows (Stunts)
- Bill Burton (Stunts)
- Michael Butler (Dp/Cinematographer, Director Of Photography)
- Paul Cajero (Production Assistant)
- Donn Cambern (Editor)
- Terri Cannon-cole (Hair)
- Al Capps (Music)
- Michael J Carter (Stunts)
- Steve Chambers (Stunts)
- Bill Coker (Assistant Director)
- L Collins (Song)
- Gary Combs (Stunts)
- Cliff Crofford (Song)
- Jay Currin (Stunts)
- Bernie Cutler (Art Director)
- Jeff Dashnaw (Stunts)
- Gordon Davidson (Sound Editor)
- Gary Charles Davis (Stunts)
- Steve M Davison (Stunts)
- Anita Dawn (Casting)
- Richard J Decinces (Set Decorator)
- Michael Deluna (Stunts)
- Von Deming (Stunts)
- Justin Derosa (Stunts)
- Bob Drake (Stunts)
- J Durrill (Song)
- Tom Ellingwood (Makeup)
- David Ellis (Stunts)
- Debbie Ellis (Stunts)
- Andy Epper (Stunts)
- Jeannie Epper (Stunts)
- Richard Epper (Stunts)
- Stephanie Epper (Stunts)
- Debbie Evans (Stunts)
- Dean Ferrandini (Stunts)
- Joe Finnegan (Stunts)
- D Flowers (Song)
- Snuff Garrett (Music Supervisor, Song)
- William Goroean (Editor)
- Jerry Graham (Props)
- Pat Green (Stunts)
- Stephan Gudju (Stunts)
- James Halty (Stunts)
- David Shamroy Hamburger (Assistant Director)
- Johnny Hock (Stunts)
- Steve Holladay (Stunts)
- Hank Hooker (Stunts)
- Anthony Ippolito (Sound Effects Editor)
- Lamont Jackson (Stunts)
- Harold Jones (Stunts)
- Kim K. Kahana Jr. (Stunts)
- Michael Kane (From Story, Story By)
- Jerry Katcham (Production Assistant)
- Rick Kline (Sound)
- Ed Lang (Stunts)
- Robert L. Levy (Characters As Source Material)
- Bob Mackie (Costume Designer)
- William Meshover (Assistant Editor)
- Bob Minor (Stunts)
- Steve Mirkovich (Assistant Editor)
- Donald O Mitchell (Sound)
- Patrick Moody (Production Assistant)
- Hank Moonjean (Producer)
- Bennie Moore (Stunts)
- Richard S Nauert (Stunts)
- David Needham (Production Assistant, Characters As Source Material)
- William M Nicholson (Sound)
- Kitty O'neil (Stunts)
- Kathy O'rear (Costumes)
- Brad Orrison (Stunts)
- Mark Orrison (Stunts)
- Conrad Palmisano (Stunts)
- Janice Parker (Assistant Editor)
- Dan Perrett (Costumes)
- Ben Peters (Song)
- Sandy Pinkard (Song)
- Jerry Reed (Song Performer, Song)
- Don Reid (Song)
- Harold Reid (Song)
- Lorraine Robertson (Hair)
- Fred S Ronnow (Stunts)
- Ron Ross (Stunts)
- Norman Saling (Costume Supervisor)
- Bobby Sargent (Stunts)
- William Sawyer (Sound Effects Editor)
- Curt Schulkey (Sound Effects Editor)
- Rick Sharp (Makeup)
- Willie Sherman (Stunts)
- John Sherrod (Stunts)
- Ronald G Smith (Assistant Director)
- Jack Solomon (Sound)
- The Statler Brothers (Song Performer)
- Sherwin Strull (Stunts)
- Chuck A. Tamburro (Stunts)
- Mel Tillis (Song Performer)
- Tanya Tucker (Song Performer)
- Casey Van Horn (Stunts)
- Don Vargas (Costumes)
- Heidi Von Beltz (Stunts)
- Bud Walls (Stunts)
- Marvin Walters (Stunts)
- Cliff Wenger (Special Effects)
- Don Williams (Song Performer)
- Hope Williams (Script Supervisor)
- Walter Wyatt (Stunts)
- Brock Yates (Screenplay)
- David Zellitti (Stunts)
- Dick Ziker (Stunt Coordinator)
Smokey and the Bandit II: Box Office
At the box office, Smokey and the Bandit II made quite a splash. During its opening weekend, it raked in $10,883,835, which was the second highest ever at that time, just behind Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The movie continued to break records by setting a new high for an opening week, earning $18,108,031. By the end of its run, it became the eighth most popular film of 1980 in the United States and Canada, making a total of $66,132,626. This impressive box office success paved the way for a third installment in the series.
The Smokey and the Bandit II: Original Soundtrack
It was released by MCA Records in 1980, available on vinyl, cassette tape, and 8-track tape.
Here's the track listing:
1. "Texas Bound and Flyin'" by Jerry Reed (Written by Jerry R. Hubbard, Length: 2:18)
2. "Charlotte's Web" by The Statler Brothers (Written by Cliff Crossord, John Durrill, Snuff Garrett, Length: 2:55)
3. "To Be Your Man" by Don Williams (Written by Danny Flowers, Don Williams, Length: 3:53)
4. "Ride Concrete Cowboy, Ride" by Roy Rogers and The Sons of the Pioneers (Written by Cliff Crossord, John Durrill, Snuff Garrett, Length: 2:55)
5. "Deliverance of the Wildwood Flower" by The Bandit Band (Written by Al Capps, Hank Moonjean, Hal Needham, Length: 1:54)
6. "Pecos Promenade" by Tanya Tucker (Written by Larry Collins, Sandy Pinkard, Snuff Garrett, Length: 2:27)
7. "Here's Lookin' at You" by Mel Tillis (Written by Sandy Pinkard, John Durrill, Sam Atchley, Length: 3:14)
8. "Do You Know You Are My Sunshine" by The Statler Brothers (Written by Don Reid, Harold Reid, Length: 2:12)
9. "Again and Again" by Brenda Lee (Written by Ben Peters, Length: 2:39)
10. "Let's Do Something Cheap and Superficial" by Burt Reynolds (Written by Richard Levinson, Length: 2:20)
11. "Tulsa Time" by Don Williams (Written by Danny Flowers, Length: 3:10)
12. "Pickin' Lone Star Style" by The Bandit Band (Written by Jerry Kennedy, Snuff Garrett, Length: 2:02)
Total length of the album is 31 minutes and 59 seconds.