The Car Movies of Burt Reynolds

Fire up the Trans Am sports car and get the Coors beer iced down when the Tallahassee Film Society remembers the late Burt Reynolds, who died earlier this month, with the Tallahassee Film Society’s screening of the chase hit “Smokey and the Bandit” (1977) at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at All Saints Cinema, off Railroad Avenue. It’s rated PG and costs $8 to get in. Visit www.tallasseefilms.com. Be sure to read Mark Hinson’s column on Sunday about Reynolds and his star turn in “Deliverance” (1972).Burt In His Trans Am Usa Today ArtFire up the Trans Am sports car and get the Coors beer iced down when the Tallahassee Film Society remembers the late Burt Reynolds, who died earlier this month, with the Tallahassee Film Societys screening of the chase hit Smokey and the Bandit (1977) at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at All Saints Cinema, off Railroad Avenue. Its rated PG and costs $8 to get in. Visit www.tallasseefilms.com. Be sure to read Mark Hinsons column on Sunday about Reynolds and his star turn in Deliverance (1972). /

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There is nothing that I could write that conveys how cool Burt Reynolds was. I consider myself a pretty good wordman but I am ill equipped to handle it, so I will focus on Burt the car movie icon. Reynolds’ acting career started in the late 50s on various TV shows and after a decade plus of TV and some minor movie roles he broke through with “Deliverance” in 1972.

His first foray into car movies came shortly afterwards and he made a great career from being the cool wheelman that gets the girl and he always did it with a great laugh and smile. Here is sample of the car movies starring Burt Reynolds:

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