Smokey and the Bandit II
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| Directed by | Hal Needham |
| Produced by | Mort Engelberg |
| Written by | Michael Kane Jerry Belson Brock Yates |
| Starring | Burt Reynolds Sally Field Jackie Gleason |
| Music by | Snuff Garrett |
| Cinematography | Michael Butler |
| Editing by | Donn Cambern William Gordean |
| Studio | Rastar |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | August 15, 1980 |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Smokey and the Bandit II is a 1980 comedy film released on August 15, 1980 in the United States. It is the sequel to the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit. The film stars Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Jackie Gleason, and Dom DeLuise. Like the first film, it was directed by Hal Needham.
The film was originally released in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia and several other, mainly Commonwealth countries as, Smokey and the Bandit Ride Again. Early video releases and TV broadcasts also used this title, but in more recent years have reverted back to the original U.S. title. It was followed by a sequel three years later, Smokey and the Bandit Part 3, in which Reynolds appeared only in a brief cameo appearance, and Sally Field was absent completely.
The plot centers on Bo "Bandit" Darville (Burt Reynolds), and Cledus "Snowman" Snow (Jerry Reed), transporting an elephant to the GOP National Convention with Sheriff Buford T. Justice, played by Jackie Gleason, in hot pursuit once again.
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[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Burt Reynolds | Bo "Bandit" Darville |
| Jackie Gleason | Sheriff Buford T. Justice / Gaylord Justice / Reginald Van Justice |
| Jerry Reed | Cledus "Snowman" Snow |
| Dom DeLuise | Dr. Frederico "Doc" Carlucci |
| Sally Field | Carrie/"Frog" |
| Paul Williams | Little Enos Burdette |
| Pat McCormick | Big Enos Burdette |
| David Huddleston | John Coen |
| Mike Henry | Junior Justice |
| John Anderson | Governor |
| Brenda Lee | Nice Lady |
| Phil Balsley | Himself |
| Lew DeWitt | Himself |
| Don Reide | Himself |
| Harold Reid | Himself |
| Joe Greene | Himself (as "Mean Joe") |
| Mel Tillis | Fairground Owner |
| Joe Klecko | Himself |
| Don Williams | Himself |
| Terry Bradshaw | Himself |
| Jeffrey Bryan King | Football Player |
| Nancy Lenehan | Ramona |
| John Megna | P.T. |
| Dudley Remus | Everglades Gas Station Attendant |
| Jerry Lester | Warehouse Guard |
| Hal Carter | Gas Station Attendant |
| Rick Allen | Safari Park Attendant |
| Chuck Yeager | Party Guest |
| Patrick Moody | Ambulance Driver |
| John Robert Nicholson | Patient |
| Anthony T. Townes | As Himself |
| Ritchey Brown | Young Man |
| Nancy Lee Johnson | Young Girl |
| Gayle Davis | Older Girl |
| James L. Buchanan II | Preacher |
| 1980 Trans Am | Son of Trigger |
Jackie Gleason played Sheriff Buford T. Justice, Gaylord Justice and Reginald Van Justice. For his roles as Sheriff Buford T. Justice and Reginald Van Justice he is credited as Mr. Jackie Gleason, but for his role as Gaylord he is credited as Ms. Jackie Gleason.
Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise would star together again in Cannonball Run, Cannonball Run II, and (in voice only) Don Bluth's All Dogs Go to Heaven. As he did in the first movie, Reynolds breaks the fourth wall after being reunited with Frog, by addressing the camera and saying, "She still loves me."
[edit] Production notes
Many of the movie's scenes take place in northern Palm Beach County, especially at the Burt Reynolds' ranch in Jupiter, FL.
Although the Bandit again sticks to a 1980 Pontiac Trans Am this time with 5 color decals unlike 1981's single color decals, Snowman switches to a 1980 GMC General, silver with blue trim with the same mural on the trailer as on the original film. This 'new rig' suggests that the pair were successful in the "double or nothing" wager offered by the Burdetts at the end of the first film where they were persuaded to drive from Atlanta to Boston and back in 18 hours to buy clam chowder.
A world-record automobile jump was captured on film during the "roundup sequence," when stuntman Buddy Joe Hooker jumped a 1974 Dodge Monaco over 150 feet. Hooker suffered compressed vertebra as a result of a hard landing.
The roundup sequence in the desert shows many new Pontiac Le Mans sedans decorated as police cars being destroyed. The cars were originally ordered by a car rental agency in Phoenix, who refused 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 film.
Smokey and the Bandit II was filmed at the same time as The Cannonball Run, in which Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise also starred, so did football player Joe Klecko who also appears in both films.
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