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The Car Movies of Burt Reynolds

By David Castro

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).
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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LAS VEGAS, NV – DECEMBER 08: A lithograph on canvas advertising image of Burt Reynolds from the movie “Paternity” by artist Birney Lettick is displayed at Julien’s Auctions’ preview of a collection of items from Burt Reynolds at the Palms Casino Resort on December 8, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The auction will feature more than 600 items and will take place at the Palms on December 11-12. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV – DECEMBER 08: A lithograph on canvas advertising image of Burt Reynolds from the movie “Paternity” by artist Birney Lettick is displayed at Julien’s Auctions’ preview of a collection of items from Burt Reynolds at the Palms Casino Resort on December 8, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The auction will feature more than 600 items and will take place at the Palms on December 11-12. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) /

The Cannonball Run (1981), Cannonball Run II (1984)

“The Cannonball Run” is probably my favorite Reynolds’ movie and it makes my Top 100 movies of all time. This is due to it being on constant rotation on HBO when I was a kid, it was my go to movie when there was nothing else on TV.

The Cannonball Run is a cross country race without rules and is highly illegal, it starts at the Red Ball Garage in NYC and ends at the Portofino Hotel in L.A. The race was started by Brock Yates as a protest to the national 55 mph speed limit.

The movie follows the same idea of a cross country race and has a loaded cast with Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Roger Moore, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, and a ton more. It’s a who’s who of movie stars and also features Terry Bradshaw and Joe Klecko.

The movie is a slapstick comedy but originally it was supposed to have a heavier angle when Yates wrote it and he intended to cast Steve McQueen for the lead. Like usual, Needham directed this one.

I don’t really recommend the sequel, caveat emptor.

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