All of the Trans-Ams, including last surviving one which had no damage at all since it was only used as camera car and for photo stills, were crushed after filming was done on the orders by Pontiac because they only donated the cars to the production, and same thing happened to most if not all police cars. Overview Synopsis Credits Photos & Videos Film Details Awards Articles & Reviews Quotes Trivia Notes. And couple things which were said and confirmed by everyone is how seven of the Trans-Ams got completely destroyed, not just while filming some heavy stunts like famous river jump, but also some minor stunts like car crashing through all the mail boxes. Over the years some fans managed to find and ask people who worked on the film or just watched the filming about all this, and the answer which they most often got was how there were eight 1977 special edition Trans-Ams and about the same number (although some said ten) of police cars. One of the main flaws of the movie, however, is that Texarkana, TX is dry. Smokey, Burt Reynoldss scatterbrained nemesis in the Smokey and the Bandit movies.
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Now, having only three Trans Ams to wreck for a movie is minimalist, to say the least. A 1977 Pontiac Trans Am had, at most, 220 horsepower and a top speed of only 110 mph. Sheriff Justice doesn’t drive a Bonneville until the sequel, Smokey and the Bandit 2. In some commentary and other trivia many people seem to think it is a Pontiac Bonneville. Out of four Trans Ams used for the filming of Smokey And The Bandit, three were completely totaled in the process. Justice drives a 1976 Pontiac LeMans in the film. Before his death, Burt Reynolds said in interview how they used twelve Trans-Ams and how most of them got destroyed during filming. Burt Reynolds plays the Bandit, who is running bootleg beer from Texarkana, Texas to Atlanta, Georgia. Lois Lane, the love interest of Christopher Reeve in the Superman movies. 12 A Total Of 3 Trans Ams Were Destroyed During Filming. SALLY FIELD DID IT BECAUSE SHE WAS SEEN AS. Some like Hal Needham gave conflicting reports about them only using three or five 1977 Trans-Ams and few police cars. The movie star's friends, according to Reynolds in his autobiography, 'got down on their knees with tears in their eyes and begged me not to do it.' 3. Ever since the film's release, there were so many different rumors about exact number of cars used during filming and what happened to them later, even some official sources like Wikipedia often got their info wrong.
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