The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tail.
It's been a few years since Cletus and the Bandit made their famous 28-hour run to Texas for a few cases of Coors. Bandit is now a washed-up has-been living in the past, until Big Enos and Little Enos make him another offer: Transport a live Elephant across country in 3 days or less.
Written by Afterburner <aburner@erols.com>
The world record for the longest stunt car jump by a car powered with its own engine, at 163 feet, was performed for the film. Stuntman Buddy Joe Hooker jumped a 1974 Dodge Monaco car for the roundup sequence in this movie. Hooker unfortunately was injured during the stunt, receiving a compressed vertebra from a hard landing.
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Goofs
Continuity:
The ambulance driver stops, then speeds around the alligator. In the next shot, there are no tire marks on the road and no alligator.
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Quotes
Junior:
You know, Daddy, I don't think the Bandit's really bad. I think the trouble is he just got in with real bad company. Buford T. Justice:
Bad company? Let me tell ya somethin', Junior. When you raid a cathouse, you take the piano player too. See more »
Crazy Credits
During the Universal Pictures logo sequence, Trigger is chased by Buford T.
Justice in an animated sequence. After they go out of sight, you hear a
crash (with the Universal logo shaking) and the Bandit laughing!
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