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3.1/10
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Director:
Dick Lowry
Writers:
Stuart Birnbaum David Dashev
Release Date:
12 August 1983 (USA)
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Genre:
Comedy / Crime more
Tagline:
Smokey's Back! And The Bandit is at it again!
Plot Outline:
Big and Little Enos are opening a sea food restaurant. They bet Sheriff Buford T. Justice that he cannot drive from Miami to the Enos ranch in Texas in a given amount of time. If Buford loses he has to give up his badge. more
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A truly bad sequel
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(Cast overview, first billed only)Jackie Gleason ... Buford T. JusticeJerry Reed ... Cledus Snow/'Bandit'Paul Williams ... Little Enos BurdettePat McCormick ... Big Enos BurdetteMike Henry ... Junior JusticeColleen Camp ... Dusty TrailsFaith Minton ... TinaBurt Reynolds ... The Real BanditSharon Anderson ... Police WomanSilvia Arana ... Latin WomanAlan Berger ... HippieRaymond Bouchard ... Purvis R. BeethovenConnie Brighton ... Girl #1Earl Houston Bullock ... FlagmanAva Cadell ... Blondemore
Also Known As:Smokey Is the Bandit (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
85 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-14/ Spain:T/ Canada:14A (video rating) / Canada:AA (Ontario) / Canada:G (Quebec) / Norway:12/ UK:15 (video rating) (2005) / UK:18 (original rating) / USA:PG/ West Germany:12
Filming Locations:
Clearwater, Florida, USA
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MOVIEmeter:
24% since last week
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Company:
Universal Pictures
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Trivia:
Originally titled "Smokey *is* the Bandit," with 'Gleason, Jackie' playing both the sheriff and the bandit. Test audiences were confused, however, and parts of the film were re-shot with Jerry Reed as the bandit, replacing Gleason.
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Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: After Buford falls out the window the lady cuffed to him, while Junior is getting up, the sound is saying "Daddy, I think I should get the keys now", but Junior's mouth is not moving.
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Quotes:
Buford T. Justice:
I gotcha!
The Real Bandit:
Hello, Buford. Well, you caught me with my pants down.
Buford T. Justice:
I did?
The Real Bandit:
That's a... figure of speech.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made (2004) (V)
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2 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
A truly bad sequel, 10 February 2005
Author:
kwheeley from United States
Why can't Hollywood just let good movies die in peace? This 2nd sequel
to the original and quite good "Smokey and the Bandit" stinks
everywhere. The story is lame and the characters have been reduced to
caricatures of themselves.Let's start with the story. The premise here is that those Enos boys
are at it again, wanting to have some fun at the expense of someone.
That someone is none other than Sheriff Buford T. Justice (insert
Jackie Gleason's distinct, Southern lispy drawl) who has just put in
for retirement. When those retirement plans aren't what they originally
seemed, our valiant Sheriff accepts the Enos' challenge: Deliver a
plastic shark to the new restaurant the Enos boys opened up. While
along the way, those rascally Enos dudes are going to try to stop him
at any cost.Okay, stop right there. In the first Bandit movie, the idea was a
simple challenge and bet. The Enos boys were depicted as nothing more
than a rich father and son team who were bored so they thought up a
good challenge. No real maliciousness involved - just a challenge with
some money put up to make people take it seriously. That was fun.In the 2nd Bandit movie, the Enos reputation (such as it is) is on the
line and they want to beat a political rival. Not as strong, but again,
nothing terribly malicious involved. This movie has them just trying to be mean to their new play toy.
Namely, Sheriff Justice. So they send him on his way and start trying
to sabotage his trip. When Justice beats them at every turn, they
figure that they need a professional to deal with him. Since the Bandit
isn't around (he's off making "Stroker Ace") they give the job (and the
red shirt, belt buckle and hat) to Cledus, our old truck driving buddy.So, Cledus chases Justice to get the prized shark and fun and laughter
ensue. Well, not too much fun and little laughter but look on the
bright side - it was a paycheck for Gleason and Reed. Anyway, from there on out it becomes the now tired old cat-and-mouse
game with one side giving chase to the other. But even the chases lack
the polish to make you remember back to the ones in the 1977 original.
They seem more staged and one dimensional. For example, there's a scene
where Cledus and a new buddy "sneak" up from behind and take the shark
off of the Sheriff's car. The shot is not technically difficult and
it's rather boring. Plus, what law enforcement officer doesn't check
his mirror to make sure of what's behind him? I learned that in 11th
grade driver's ed.Anway, to summarize, I think the use of the 1982 (anemic) Trans Am is
allegorical to the rest of the cast: It's got the right name but is
under-thought, underpowered and basically is just a diluted version of
its former self.
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