Two truckers, Bandit (Reynolds) and Cledus (Jerry Reed), accept a dare to retrieve a truckload of beer from Texas and return it within a specified amount of time. The plot of Smokey and the Bandit is simple enough and really just an excuse for fast-paced comic action and a crowd-pleasing flouting of the law. The success of the film catapulted Reynolds to the number one box office spot and inspired a string of similar movies and TV shows (not to mention igniting a short-lived CB trend among non-truckers). But it was actually only 25 years ago when Smokey and the Bandit was a runaway favorite at the drive-in and the second highest grossing film of the year after Star Wars (1977). It seems like a hundred years ago when redneck bad boys were all the rage, Burt Reynolds was a top star, CB radios were the hot technology with phrases like "10-4" and "good buddy" as familiar parlance, and movie action sequences were achieved by daring stunt men in souped-up cars without benefit of digital enhancement.
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