Watching Smokey and the Bandit all these years after its release is an exercise in cultural anthropology. Even more so than other films of its time, this 1977 car-chase comedy drops markers about its ...

It's been 40 years since Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed and Jackie Gleason teamed up for the iconic film "Smokey and the Bandit." There is an annual re-enactment -- Restore a Muscle Car's ...

The classic 1977 action comedy “Smokey and the Bandit” is getting the TV treatment. UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, and Seth MacFarlane‘s Fuzzy Door are teaming to develop a series based on ...

Forty-five years ago, Cora the elephant shared screen time with movie star Burt Reynolds in the popular film, "Smokey and the Bandit II." Fans of that movie — including Reynolds' niece, Nancy Lee Hess ...

When most people think of the movies of summer 1977, their mind invariably goes to “Star Wars,” the sci-fi phenomenon that still gets people’s juices flowing all these years later. But George Lucas’ ...

The actor's death was confirmed Thursday by his agent Todd Eisner. In a statement, his niece, Nancy Lee Hess, called his death 'totally unexpected,' although she acknowledged he had health issues.

I cannot envision the world where a movie like Smokey And The Bandit—an action-comedy about a famed local driver and his trucker friend tasked with retrieving 400 cases of outlawed Coors beer in 28 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Jerry Reed, a singer who became an actor in car chase movies like "Smokey and the Bandit," has died of complications from emphysema at 71. His longtime booking agent, Carrie ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – The lead elephant in the 1980s film “Smokey and the Bandit 2” is among two new pachyderms at the Topeka Zoo. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the 58-year-old Asian elephant ...