{"id":73679,"date":"2024-01-09T00:12:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T00:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wegotthiscovered.com\/?p=1645850"},"modified":"2024-01-09T00:12:56","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T00:12:56","slug":"where-is-the-smokey-and-the-bandit-cast-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/09\/where-is-the-smokey-and-the-bandit-cast-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Where is the \u2018Smokey and the Bandit\u2019 cast now?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If there’s one thing that rings true about American popular culture, it’s that audiences will always crave speed and fast cars. There is no reason we should have 10 Fast & Furious<\/em> movies, but people can’t seem to get enough of explosions and vehicles doing insane stunts. This is generational, and in the late ’70s the ultimate car-chase movie was the beloved Smokey and the Bandit<\/a><\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Released in 1977, the movie starred Burt Reynolds<\/a><\/strong> and a then 31-year-old Sally Field<\/a><\/strong> as they speed their way through the South on a beer smuggling mission. The little movie that could, it ended up making $300 million on a $4.3 million budget, and $1 million of that went to Reynolds alone.<\/p>\n

Only one movie that year made more money, and it was about as far from the Bandit <\/em>subject matter as you could get. We’re talking, of course, about Star Wars<\/em>. Both movies were cultural touchstones, but Smokey<\/em> came at a time when the American South was going through a transition of sorts.<\/p>\n

The blockbuster helped usher in the era of the “new South,” one that distanced itself from the racism of a pre-segregation era. After the movie came out, there was a fad in the U.S. that glamorized the lives of truckers using CB radios to communicate with each other. It also paved the way the way for another Southern-based car racing phenom called The Dukes of Hazzard<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, which basically ripped its premise straight from the movie.<\/p>\n

The plot is fairly straightforward: Bo \u201cBandit\u201d Darville (Reynolds) is tasked with smuggling 400 cases of Coors from Texarkana to Atlanta in less than 28 hours. With that type of time crunch, he has no choice but to speed the whole way. Darville and his partner Cledus \u201cSnowman\u201d Snow (Jerry Reed), come up with a plan to use a big rig for transport, and a Pontiac Trans-Am as a decoy.<\/p>\n

Things get a little more complicated when Bandit picks up runaway bride Carrie (Field), and suddenly finds himself in the crosshairs of Texas Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason) and his son Junior, whom Carrie left at the altar. <\/p>\n

Since it’s been almost 50 years since the movie came out, let’s see where all the stars of the movie are now. <\/p>\n

Burt Reynolds \u2013 Bo \u201cBandit\u201d Darville<\/h2>\n
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