SMOKEY and the BANDIT

"Smokey and the Bandit"
1977
Hal Needham

When I was a child "Smokey and the Bandit" was one of my fauvourite films and i can remember when my friends and I joined to wacht this old VHS tape.
All the cast in this movie is perfect; Burt Reynolds as "Bandit", Sally Field as "Carry", Jerry Reed as "Snowman" and Jackie Gleason as "Sheriff Buford".
Of course, ...all of us were in love with the Pontiac Firebird Trans AM !!!


Hal Needham, director and stuntman, show his work in this video:




Jerry Reed, the truck driver in the film, sing the main theme of the soundtrack ;
"East bound and down"

East bound and down, loaded up and truckin',
we're gonna do what they say can't be done.
We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there.
I'm east bound, just watch ol' "Bandit" run.

Keep your foot hard on the pedal. Son, never mind them brakes.
Let it all hang out 'cause we got a run to make.
The boys are thirsty in Atlanta and there's beer in Texarcana.
And we'll bring it back no matter what it takes.

East bound and down, loaded up and truckin',
we're gonna do what they say can't be done.
We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there.
I'm east bound, just watch ol' "Bandit" run.

East bound and down, loaded up and truckin',
we're gonna do what they say can't be done.
We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there.
I'm east bound, just watch ol' "Bandit" run.

Ol' Smokey's got them ears on and he's hot on your trail.
He aint gonna rest 'til you're in jail.
So you got to dodge 'im and you got to duck 'im,
you got to keep that diesel truckin'.
Just put that hammer down and give it hell.