"petroleum company Mobil 1 produced television commercials, featuring NASCAR star Tony Stewart, closely based on the film. Called ""Smoke is the Bandit"" playing on Stewart's nickname, the commercials featured him as the Bandit opposite Darrell Waltrip who played Snowman and Jeff Hammond as Buford T. Justice. The story replaced the Coors beer with Mobil 1 products. The adverts poked fun at the film and even featured a Pontiac Trans Am and a cover version of the song ""East Bound and Down"". The commercials were produced after Stewart mentioned that the movie was one of his favorites. When ""Smokey and the"
"in the television movies. Smokey and the Bandit Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 American action comedy film starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams and Mike Henry. The film was the directorial debut of stuntman Hal Needham. It inspired several other trucking films, including two sequels, ""Smokey and the Bandit II"" and ""Smokey and the Bandit Part 3"". ""Smokey and the Bandit"" was the second highest-grossing domestic film of 1977. Wealthy Texan Big Enos Burdette and his son Little Enos seek a trucker willing to bootleg Coors beer to Georgia for their"
"Smokey and the Bandit Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 American action comedy film starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams and Mike Henry. The film was the directorial debut of stuntman Hal Needham. It inspired several other trucking films, including two sequels, ""Smokey and the Bandit II"" and ""Smokey and the Bandit Part 3"". ""Smokey and the Bandit"" was the second highest-grossing domestic film of 1977. Wealthy Texan Big Enos Burdette and his son Little Enos seek a trucker willing to bootleg Coors beer to Georgia for their refreshment; Big Enos has"
"star, that the film was aimed at a more mainstream release; Reed would now portray Bandit's friend Snowman (Reed would eventually play the Bandit in ""Smokey and the Bandit Part 3""). At that time Reynolds was the top box office star in the world. In the original script Carrie was called Kate while Big Enos and Little Enos were called Kyle and Dickey. Bandit's car was a second generation Ford Mustang and the prize for completing the run was a new truck rather than $80,000. Burt Reynolds revealed in his autobiography that Needham had written the first draft script on"
"1984. In the television show Magnum PI, Rick Orville Wright, played by Larry Manetti, drives a silver R107 450 SL from mid 1981 to the end of the series in 1988. In the drama film American Gigolo, Richard Gere drives a triple-black 450SL In the Scorcese opus to Las Vegas mob run gambling, ""Casino"", Ginger (Sharon Stone) drives a powder blue 450SL and trashes her husband's Eldorado Biarritz with the front bumper of the Benz! Mercedes-Benz R107 and C107 The Mercedes-Benz R107 and C107 are automobiles which were produced by Mercedes-Benz from 1971 through 1989, being the second longest single"
"the 'Smokey and the Bandit' film, still offering Formula and Trans Am packages, plus a Pontiac first- a turbocharged V8, for the 1980 and 1981 model years. In addition to this, The Rockford Files, which lasted for 6 years used an Esprit Firebird. James Garner was given a new model each year, which was resprayed and painted. But he disapproved of the front facelift. The turn which he performed throughout the show were all his own stunts and came to be known as the Rockford turn or J turn. Introduced in 1982, the wedge shaped Firebird was the first major"
"novelty song about a convoy of truck drivers evading speed traps and toll booths across America. The song inspired the 1978 action film ""Convoy"", featuring a shirtless and defiant Kris Kristofferson screaming ""Piss on your law!"" After the film's release, thousands of independent truck drivers went on strike and participated in violent protests during the 1979 energy crisis (although similar strikes had occurred during the 1973 energy crisis). The year 1977 saw the release of ""Smokey and the Bandit"", the third-highest-grossing film of that year, beaten only by ""Star Wars"" and ""Close Encounters of the Third Kind"". Protagonist Burt Reynolds"
"screenplays that Norton wrote included the Angie Dickinson vehicle ""Big Bad Mama"", produced by Roger Corman, and the John Wayne detective film ""Brannigan"" (1975). He wrote the Burt Reynolds vehicles ""Sam Whiskey"", ""The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing"", ""White Lightning"" and ""Gator"". When asked by a nurse the day before he died if she would know any of Norton's films, he replied ""I don't think your I.Q. is low enough"". After moving to Ireland in the mid-1980s, Norton was angered by attacks staged against Roman Catholic residents of Northern Ireland. He flew back to the U.S. and purchased a number"
"Smokey and the Bandit II Smokey and the Bandit II is a 1980 American action comedy film directed by Hal Needham, and stars Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Jackie Gleason and Dom DeLuise. The film is the sequel to the 1977 film ""Smokey and the Bandit"". 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 to the original U.S. title. It was followed by a sequel"
"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 simultaneously with ""The Cannonball Run"", in which Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise also starred. Football player Joe Klecko also appears in both films. Smokey and the Bandit 2: Original Soundtrack was released on vinyl, cassette tape and 8-track tape by MCA Records in 1980. The film received almost completely negative reviews from critics who"
"was issued with an Aston Martin DB Mark III with a homing device, which he used to track Goldfinger across France. Bond returned to his Bentley for the subsequent novels. The Bond of the films has driven a number of cars, including the Aston Martin V8 Vantage, during the 1980s, the V12 Vanquish and DBS during the 2000s, as well as the Lotus Esprit; the BMW Z3, BMW 750iL and the BMW Z8. He has, however, also needed to drive a number of other vehicles, ranging from a Citroën 2CV to a Routemaster Bus, amongst others. Bond's most famous car"
"a more usable torque band than the Pontiac engines of 1977. From 1977 to 1981, the Firebird used four square headlamps, while the Camaro continued to retain the two round headlights that had been shared by both second generation designs. The 1977 Trans-Am Special Edition became famous after being featured in ""Smokey and the Bandit"". The 1980 Turbo model was used for ""Smokey and the Bandit II"". Changes for 1978 were slight, with a switch from a honeycomb to a crosshatch pattern grille being the most obvious from the outside. Beginning in 1978, the Pontiac group introduced a new special"
"reviews. American Film Institute Lists After the debut of the film the Trans Am became wildly popular with sales almost doubling in two years of the film's release, to the delight of General Motors; in fact, it outsold its Chevrolet Camaro counterpart for the first time ever. Reynolds was given the 1977 vehicle used during promotion of the film as a gift, though the car itself never actually appeared in the film. Because of the popularity of the movie and the sales success of the Trans Am, then President of Pontiac Alex Mair promised to supply Reynolds with a Trans"
"sold to an employee of Warner Bros. The car changed hands several times, with McQueen at one point making an unsuccessful attempt to buy it in late 1977. The car is currently owned by Sean Kiernan in Tennessee whose father bought the car for $6,000 in 1974 after responding to a listing in ""Road & Track"". The stunt Mustang used for filming was found in 2016 at a junkyard in Mexico. The car was verified by an automobile authentication expert who conclusively determined from the vehicle's VIN and other identifying information. Bullitt Bullitt is a 1968 American thriller film directed"
"T-bucket A T-bucket (or Bucket T) is a hot rod, based on a Ford Model T of the 1915 to 1927 era, but extensively modified. T-buckets were favorites for greasers. Model Ts were hot-rodded and customized from the 1920s on, but the T-bucket was specifically created and named by Norm Grabowski in the 1950s. This car was named ""Lightning Bug"", better known as the ""Kookie Kar"", after being redesigned by Grabowski and appearing in the TV show ""77 Sunset Strip"", driven by character Gerald ""Kookie"" Kookson. The exposure it gained led to numerous copies being built. A genuine T-bucket has"
"to boycott the film. The film was the first one bound by BMW's three-picture deal, so the producers were offered BMW's latest roadster, the BMW Z3. It was featured in the film months before its release, and a limited edition ""007 model"" sold out within a day of being available to order. As part of the car's marketing strategy, several Z3's were used to drive journalists from a complimentary meal at the Rainbow Room restaurant to its premiere at Radio City Music Hall. For the film, a convertible Z3 is equipped with the usual Q refinements, including a self-destruct feature"
"The well worn Borg-Warner four-speed manual transmission came mated only to the weak 145 bhp LG4 305ci, while the Crossfire-injected LU5 305ci rated at 165 hp came with the TH-200c automatic 3-speed transmission. The new version of the Trans Am Pontiac's ""RPO Y84"" Black and Gold Trans Am S/E, made famous by Burt Reynolds and Jackie Gleason in 1977's ""Smokey and the Bandit"", carried on into 1982 as the limited edition ""Recaro T/A"". The package added about 25% to the price of a Trans Am. Standard with a host of options, some features included charcoal Parella cloth Recaro seats, t-tops,"
"to the mid-size Eagle Premier. The 1974–1977 Monacos received star treatment as the Bluesmobile in the 1980 feature film ""The Blues Brothers"". 1975–1977 Monacos are also featured as Illinois State Troopers' and Chicago city police cars. The California Highway Patrol cruisers used in the first three seasons of CHiPs were of this generation. In the 1980 feature film ""Smokey and the Bandit II"", during the ""roundup sequence"", stuntman Buddy Joe Hooker jumped a 1974 Dodge Monaco over 150 feet. Hooker suffered a compressed vertebra as a result of a hard landing. The title sequence of the 1980s TV-series ""Hill Street"
"McQueen's granddaughter, actress Molly McQueen, to make the announcement. After a brief rundown of the tribute car's particulars, a short film was shown in which Molly was introduced to the actual Bullitt Mustang, a 1968 Mustang Fastback with a 390 cubic-inch engine and a four-speed manual gearbox. That car has been in possession of the same family since 1974 and hidden away from the public until now, when it was driven out from under the press stand and up the center aisle of Ford's booth to much fanfare. The blue-tinted sunglasses (Persol 714) worn by McQueen in the 1968 movie"
"(1961), the twin Ford engined Mysterion (1963), the Orbitron (1964), and the Road Agent (1965), among others. In 1965, Roth's surf buggy, the Surfite, was featured in the film ""Beach Blanket Bingo"" starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, and also in ""Village of the Giants"", featuring Beau Bridges and Tommy Kirk. One of Roth's personal drivers was a tangerine orange 1955 Chevy 2-door post with a Ford 406 cu. in. engine under the hood...he drove this car to his shop every day for years. In 1962 the Revell model company began selling plastic models of Roth's cars and from 1963"
"an especially popular topic in popular culture in the mid-1970s, following the release of ""White Line Fever"", and the hit song ""Convoy"" by C. W. McCall, both in 1975. The main character of ""Convoy"" was a truck driver known only by his CB handle (C.B. name), ""Rubber Duck"". Three years later, in 1978, a film was released with the same name. In 1977, another film ""Smokey and the Bandit"", was released, which revolves around the escapades of a truck driver and his friend as they transport a load of bootleg beer across state lines. ""Smokey and the Bandit"" spawned two"
"""Dr. No"", saw M ordering Bond to leave his Beretta behind and take up the Walther PPK, which the film Bond used in eighteen films. Since ""Tomorrow Never Dies"", Bond's main weapon has been the Walther P99 semi-automatic pistol. Bond has driven a number of cars, including the Aston Martin V8 Vantage during the 1980s, the V12 Vanquish and DBS during the 2000s, as well as the Lotus Esprit; the BMW Z3, BMW 750iL and the BMW Z8. He has, however, also needed to drive a number of other vehicles, ranging from a Citroën 2CV to a AEC Routemaster bus,"
"""Bogdanovich can get him to do the telephone book! Anybody else has to persuade him to do something. He's fascinated by Bogdanovich. I can't understand it."" He turned down the part of Clark Gable in ""Gable and Lombard"". Reynolds had the biggest hit of his career with a car chase film ""Smokey and the Bandit"" (1977), directed by Hal Needham and co-starring Jackie Gleason and Sally Field. He followed it with a comedy about football players, ""Semi-Tough"" (1977), co-starring Jill Clayburgh and Kris Kristofferson and produced by David Merrick. He then made his second film as director ""The End"" (1978),"
"in Flat 307), Mario Fabrizi (Van Driver), John Harvey (Police Station Sergeant), Harold Siddons (PC in Basement Garage), Jack Silk (Police Station PC), Derek Guyler (non-speaking PC at Scotland Yard), Gerald Sim (Airfield Official) and Marianne Stone (“The bird in the front row” at Gangsters' Meeting). Many of the robbery scenes were filmed around Uxbridge Moor. The film features an Aston Martin DB4 GT. Peter Sellers loved his 1961 Aston Marton DB4GT so much that he bought the car after shooting the film—contingent on the engine being replaced with a 4.0-litre Lagonda Rapide. It was one of the 12 most"
"people use modern fuel-injected engines. T-bucket A T-bucket (or Bucket T) is a hot rod, based on a Ford Model T of the 1915 to 1927 era, but extensively modified. T-buckets were favorites for greasers. Model Ts were hot-rodded and customized from the 1920s on, but the T-bucket was specifically created and named by Norm Grabowski in the 1950s. This car was named ""Lightning Bug"", better known as the ""Kookie Kar"", after being redesigned by Grabowski and appearing in the TV show ""77 Sunset Strip"", driven by character Gerald ""Kookie"" Kookson. The exposure it gained led to numerous copies being"
"with the use—and in some cases the destruction—of expensive and alluring foreign automobiles; including a Ferrari Daytona, a Porsche 928, a Jaguar XJ, as well as brief appearances of a Cadillac Allante and a Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit. A vintage gull-wing Mercedes-Benz 300SL is also presented in the film, being personally driven by Braga's character in an introductory sequence before a large-scale climactic car chase scene. In addition to driving a newly redesigned Mercedes-Benz 500SL for the 1990 model year, Eastwood's character is also seen conveying his distaste for the Lime Green color on the Lotus Esprit and later driving said"
"Custom in the Alfred Hitchcock film ""Psycho"". The final shot in the film depicts the car being removed from a swamp, where it was submerged after Crane’s murder. A Ford Custom 500 was used as the family car in ""The Wonder Years"" from mid-Season 3 onwards A brown 1971 Custom 500 4-door sedan with a blue interior, equipped with a 429 Police Interceptor/Cobra Jet engine and black steel wheels with Cooper Tire Wide Runner Polyglas tires, appeared in the 1973 Burt Reynolds film ""White Lightning"" and is perhaps the most famous Custom 500 ever. Unusually, scenes of the movie depict"
"and a 1932 Chevy Roadster and Panel Truck. Examples: 1932 Chrysler Roadster and LeBaron Imperial; 1927 Lincoln Roadster and 1928 Lincoln Phaeton; and a 1914 Stutz Bearcat (which came with a vacuum-formed display base). Examples: 1925 Ford Model T roadster; 1927 Ford Model T coach or cab; 1932 Ford roadster or coupe, and the Ford Tudor Sedan or Phaeton. Examples are Hogan's Heroes Jeep, 'The Sweathogs Dream Machine' featuring John Travolta from Welcome Back Kotter, The Monkees GTO Monkeemobile and 'The Fonz Dreamrod' from Happy Days (a simple reworking of the Monkeemobile); Barnabas's Vampire Van from Dark Shadows, The Fall"
"while the grand/traditional Chinese/Indian hearses are built with a lorry chassis. Amongst enthusiasts, the 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor hearse is considered one of the most desirable, due to its especially ornate styling and appearances in feature films, notably an ambulance version (Ecto-1) in the motion picture ""Ghostbusters"". In the 1971 film ""Harold and Maude"" the character Harold, played by Bud Cort, drives two hearses: originally a 1959 Cadillac Superior 3-way; and then later a custom hearse he makes from a 1971 Jaguar XK-E 4.2 Series II. The Cadillac hearse is now privately owned in central California and is preserved, looking essentially"
"the cars (several were wrecked during filming, including the barge jumping scene) with either a manual or automatic transmissions. A blue 1973 Ford Galaxie ""460 Interceptor"" was used in the movie ""THE DRIVER"" 1978. The producers chose the 460 Interceptor for its power and to show lots of burning rubber on screen. The Interceptor was chosen to make the police chase scenes lifelike. The chase scenes in the movie were compared to the movie ""Bullitt"". The Ford Custom Fordor was produced in Australia from September 1949, and Australian content on the locally produced Custom had reached 80% by 1950. A"
"multiple attempts, McQueen was never able to purchase the Ford Mustang GT 390 he drove in ""Bullitt"", which featured a modified drivetrain that suited McQueen's driving style. One of the two Mustangs used in the film was badly damaged, judged beyond repair, and believed to have been scrapped until it surfaced in Mexico in 2017, while the other one, which McQueen attempted to purchase in 1977, is hidden from the public eye. At the 2018 North American International Auto Show the GT 390 was displayed in connection with the 2019 Ford Mustang ""Bullitt"" in its current non-restored condition. McQueen also"
"framing two thick ones). The stripes were standard on the R/Ts and came in red, white, or black, but could be deleted at no extra cost. The 1968 film Bullitt helped popularize the Charger R/T for its notable car chase sequence alongside the titular character's 1968 Ford Mustang GT through the streets of San Francisco, which has been regarded as one of the most influential car chase scenes in movie history. In the film, a black Dodge Charger R/T 440 is chased by Steve McQueen's Ford Mustang GT, jumping on the San Francisco slopes. The 1968 model year Charger sales"
"in the second movie and one in the fourth), Nissan C10 Skyline and finally a Nissan GT-R. Apart from Skylines, he has owned: a tuned Mitsubishi Eclipse in the first film (but it's hinted this was paid for by the LAPD-FBI task force he had gone undercover for), a Lancer Evo, a Subaru (twice) and a Supra (twice). The following cars are driven by Brian O'Conner throughout the series: Note: The Evo VII had the tail lights from the Mitsubishi Lancer OZ Rally and it was both the 2002 Evo VII and 2002 Lancer OZ Rally. The role won Walker"