Press Release
Smokey and the Bandit Special Edition

Street Date: May 30, 2006

Price: $19.98 SRP

Overview: 

One of the all-time big box-office hits, Smokey and the Bandit stars Burt Reynolds and Jackie Gleason in an outrageous comedy that boasts full-throttle laughs and high-velocity thrills. Reynolds is the Bandit, a king-of-the-road trucker hero who accepts the ultimate challenge: pick up a truckload of Coors beer in Texarkana – the closest place it can be legally sold – and haul it cross-country to Atlanta in 28 hours. The reward? $80,000! The result? The wildest series of car chases and crashes ever filmed! The reason? A Texas “Smokey”, Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Gleason), becomes maniacally obsesses with apprehending the exclusive Bandit when he joins forces with Smokey’s son’s runaway bride (Sally Field)!

Bonus Features:

LOADED UP AND TRUCKIN’ – MAKING ‘SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT’

Cast and crew, including Burt Reynolds, Paul Williams and Director Hal Needham look back at the stunts, the music, the movie and the memories of the film. 

SNOWMAN, WHAT’S YOUR 20?  THE ‘SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT’ CB TUTORIAL

The film’s actors and real life truckers relive the best trucking and CB scenes from the movie and also give viewers a tutorial on basic and not so common CB phrases - a la VH1’s “I Love the 70’s”

Number of Discs: 1

Run Time:  1 Hour 36 Minutes

Picture:  Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Audio:  English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround; English DTS 5.1 Surround

Rating: PG