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The night before we were to shoot he called me and said, "Mr. I had yet to meet with Gleason prior to shooting.
I thought, "What a good idea bootleg a little Coors, get in a truck, lots of fast cars and a lot of cops chasin' em." I said, "What on Earth are you doing?" She said, "Well, you can't buy Coors down here and my boyfriend really likes it, so I was just takin' it home to him." Then she told me the story about how she couldn't buy Coors east of the Mississippi, so I just gave her both cases and said, "Thank you very much." That gave me the idea for Smokey and the Bandit. Finally, I set a trap and caught the maid stealin' my Coors beer. The Smokey and the Bandit car changes through all three movies, but they’re all a version of the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am.The first movie, and the most iconic, features a 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am in that black and gold paint scheme with Pontiac Snowflake wheels and that classic T-top roof. Many fans of the Smokey And The Bandit film franchise will recall a particular scene during Frogs introduction in which she looks at the speedometer and.
They'd disappear one or two at a time, so I kept replacing them. Here are 6 facts and a bonus about Americas favorite movie about a bootlegger and a second-generation Trans Am, so lets jump right in. So I stuffed six bottles in the fridge and went about my business. Can I put a couple cases in your room?" I don't drink beer, but I said okay.
Talk to the people and they'll tell you, "Yeah, we used to make a Coors run every weekend across the border." Anyway, the driver captain came down, and he said, "Hey Hal, I bought some Coors. Bandit Edition Trans Am is signed by Burt Reynolds 840 horsepower LSX engine Based off of the Chevrolet Camaro SS 57 of 77 produced by Trans Am Worldwide.
Stories about smuggling Coors beer are legendary. Hal Needham: I was down in Georgia with Burt, working on Gator, and at that time, you could not buy Coors beer east of the Mississippi.