Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)

Director:

Hal Needham

Writers:

Hal Needham (characters created by) &
Robert L. Levy (characters created by) ...
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Release Date:

15 August 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Romance

Tagline:

It's another race against time for Burt, Sally and Jackie!

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Elephant | Second Part | Blockbuster | Sequel | Road

Cast

Burt Reynolds	...	Bandit
Jackie Gleason	...	Sheriff Buford T. Justice / Gaylord Justice / Reginald Van Justice
Jerry Reed	...	Cledus
Dom DeLuise	...	Doc
Sally Field	...	Carrie
Paul Williams	...	Little Enos
Pat McCormick	...	Big Enos
David Huddleston	...	John Conn
Mike Henry	...	Junior
John Anderson	...	Governor
Brenda Lee	...	Nice Lady
Phil Balsley	...	Himself (as The Statler Brothers)
Lew DeWitt	...	Himself (as The Statler Brothers)
Don Reid	...	Himself (as The Statler Brothers)
Harold Reid	...	Himself (as The Statler Brothers)
Mel Tillis	...	Fairground Owner
Don Williams	...	Himself
Terry Bradshaw	...	Himself
Joe Greene	...	Himself (as 'Mean Joe' Greene)
Joe Klecko	...	Himself
Jeffrey Bryan King	...	Football Player
Nancy Lenehan	...	Ramona
John Megna	...	P.T.
Dudley Remus	...	Everglades Gas Station Attendant
Jerry Lester	...	Warehouse Guard
Hal Carter	...	Gas Station Attendant
Rick Allen	...	Safari Park Attendant
Chuck Yeager	...	Party Guest (as Charles Yeager)
Patrick Moody	...	Ambulance Driver
John Robert Nicholson	...	Patient
Anthony T. Townes	...	Young Black Boy
Ritchey Brown	...	Young Man
Nancy Lee Johnson	...	Young Girl
Gayle Davis	...	Older Girl
James L. Buchanan II	...	Preacher (as James L. Buchanan 2nd)
The Statler Brothers	...	Themselves

Directed by
Hal Needham

Writing credits
Hal Needham		(characters created by) &
Robert L. Levy		(characters created by)
Jerry Belson		(screenplay) and
Brock Yates		(screenplay)
Michael Kane		(story)

Produced by
Peter Burrell	....	associate producer
Hank Moonjean	....	producer
Michael A. Cherubino	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Snuff Garrett		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
Michael C. Butler		(director of photography) (as Michael Butler)

Film Editing by
Donn Cambern
William D. Gordean		(as William Gordean)

Production Design by
Henry Bumstead

Art Direction by
Bernie Cutler

Set Decoration by
Richard J. DeCinces		(set decorations) (as Richard De Cinces)

Makeup Department
Gabriel Borgo	....	hair stylist (as Gabe Borgo)
Terri Cannon	....	hair stylist
Tom Ellingwood	....	makeup artist
Lorraine Roberson	....	hair stylist
Rick Sharp	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Peter Burrell	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Frank Bueno	....	second assistant director
Bill Coker	....	second assistant director
David Hamburger	....	first assistant director
Ronald G. Smith	....	second assistant director
Dick Ziker	....	second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department
Jerry Graham	....	property master
John Alvin	....	poster artist (uncredited)
Mark Konkel	....	painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Neil Burrow	....	sound effects editor
Gordon Davidson	....	supervising sound editor
Jay Engel	....	loop dialogue editor (as Jay Engle)
Anthony Ippolito	....	sound effects editor
Rick Kline	....	sound re-recording
Donald O. Mitchell	....	sound re-recording
Bill Nicholson	....	sound re-recording
William A. Sawyer	....	sound effects editor (as William Sawyer)
Curt Schulkey	....	sound effects editor
Jack Solomon	....	sound
Robert A. Reich	....	sound editor (uncredited)
Chester Slomka	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Cliff Wenger	....	special effects (as Cliff Wenger Sr.)

Stunts
M. James Arnett	....	stunts (as Jim Arnett)
Bruce Paul Barbour	....	stunts (as Bruce Barbour)
Bobby Bass	....	stunts
Pamela Bebermeyer	....	stunts (as Pam Bebermeyer)
Ray Bickel	....	stunts
Janet Brady	....	stunts
Jophery C. Brown	....	stunts (as Jophery Brown)
Tony Brubaker	....	stunts
Blair Burrows	....	stunts
William H. Burton	....	stunts (as Bill Burton)
Michael J. Carter	....	stunts
Steven Chambers	....	stunts (as Steve Chambers)
Gary Combs	....	stunts
Jay C. Currin	....	stunts (as Jay Currin)
Jeffrey J. Dashnaw	....	stunts (as Jeff Dashnaw)
Gary Davis	....	stunts
Debbi A. Davison	....	stunts (as Debbi Ellis)
Steve M. Davison	....	stunts (as Steve Davison)
Mike De Luna	....	stunts (as Michael DeLuna)
Justin De Rosa	....	stunts (as Justin DeRosa)
Von Deming	....	stunts
Bob Drake	....	stunts
David R. Ellis	....	stunts (as David Ellis)
Andy Epper	....	stunts
Jeannie Epper	....	stunts
Richard Epper	....	stunts
Stephanie Epper	....	stunts
Debbie Evans	....	stunts
Dean Raphael Ferrandini	....	stunts (as Dean Ferrandini)
Joe Finnegan	....	stunts
Pat Green	....	stunts
Stefan Gudju	....	stunts
James M. Halty	....	stunts (as Jim Halty)
Scott Hamilton	....	stunt double
Johnny Hock	....	stunts
Steve Holladay	....	stunts
Billy Hank Hooker	....	stunts (as Hank Hooker)
Kevin L. Jackson	....	stunts (as Lamont Jackson)
Harold Jones	....	stunts
Kim Kahana	....	stunts
Ed Lang	....	stunts
Bob Minor	....	stunts
Bennie Moore	....	stunts
Richard S. Nauert	....	stunts
Kitty O'Neil	....	stunts
Brad Orrison	....	stunts
Mark Orrison	....	stunts
Conrad E. Palmisano	....	stunts (as Conrad Palmisano)
Fred S. Ronnow	....	stunts
Ronald C. Ross	....	stunts (as Ron Ross)
Bobby Sargent	....	stunts
Willie Sherman	....	stunts
John Sherrod	....	stunts
Sherwin Strull	....	stunts
Charles A. Tamburro	....	stunts (as Chuck Tamburro)
Casey Van Horn	....	stunts
Heidi Von Beltz	....	stunts (as Heidi von Beltz)
Bud Walls	....	stunts
Marvin Walters	....	stunts
Walter Wyatt	....	stunts
David Zellitti	....	stunts
Dick Ziker	....	stunt coordinator (as Richard Ziker)
Janet Brady	....	stunt double: Sally Field (uncredited)
Steven Burnett	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bill Lykins	....	aerial stunts support (uncredited)
Don Lykins	....	stunt pilot (uncredited)
Bob Orrison	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bobby Sargent	....	stunt double: Burt Reynolds (uncredited)
Gregg Sawaya	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Dick Ziker	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Brian W. Roy	....	second camera operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Anita Dann	....	casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Bob Mackie	....	costume designer: Sally Field
Kathy O'Rear	....	costumes: women
Dan Perrett	....	costumes: men
Norman Salling	....	costume supervisor
Don Vargas	....	costumes: men
Norman Salling	....	wardrobe (uncredited)

Editorial Department
William J. Meshover	....	assistant film editor (as William Meshover)
Steve Mirkovich	....	assistant film editor (as Steven J. Mirkovich)
Janice Parker	....	assistant film editor

Music Department
Al Capps	....	conductor
Snuff Garrett	....	music supervisor
Donald Harris	....	music editor
Grover B. Helsley	....	music mixer (as Grover Helsley)
Chris McNary	....	assistant music mixer
Tommy Tedesco	....	musician: guitar (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Don Newton	....	transportation captain
Paul Goeppner	....	transportation (uncredited)
Roger Wooge	....	transportation (uncredited)

Other crew
Stanley Brossette	....	unit publicist
Ritchey Brown	....	production assistant
Gina Burrell	....	production secretary
Paul Cajero	....	production assistant
Jerry Ketcham	....	production assistant
Richard Liebegott	....	assistant to producer
Patrick Moody	....	production assistant
David Needham	....	production assistant
Kathleen M. Shea	....	assistant to Hal Needham (as Kathy Shea)
Hope Williams	....	script supervisor
David Needham	....	assistant to director (uncredited)
Michael Parkhurst	....	equipment supplier (uncredited)
Michael Parkhurst	....	technical advisor (uncredited)
Rich Sephton	....	car modifications (uncredited)
Dwayne L. Shattuck	....	set medic (uncredited)
Charles A. Tamburro	....	helicopter pilot (uncredited)

Thanks
Logan Fleming	....	the producers gratefully acknowledge the following contributors in this motion picture
Ben Harris	....	the producers gratefully acknowledge the following contributors in this motion picture
Chris Karamanos	....	the producers gratefully acknowledge the following contributors in this motion picture (as Chris N. Karamanos)
Robert Koroloff	....	the producers gratefully acknowledge the following contributors in this motion picture
Burt Reynolds Sr.	....	the producers gratefully acknowledge the following contributors in this motion picture

Production Companies

• Universal Pictures
• Rastar Pictures (as A Rastar/Mort Engelberg Production)

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (1980) (USA) (theatrical) (as Universal® An MCA Company)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1982) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• CIC Vídeo (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• DiscoVision (USA) (laserdisc)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Budweiser  the producers gratefully acknowledge the following contributors in this motion picture (as Budweiser Beer)
• Florida Film Commission  the producers gratefully acknowledge the following contributors in this motion picture
• GMC Trucks and Bus  the producers gratefully acknowledge the following contributors in this motion picture (as GMC Trucks)
• Pacific Title  titles and optical effects
• Pontiac  the producers gratefully acknowledge the following contributors in this motion picture
• Union Pacific Railroad  the producers gratefully acknowledge the following contributors in this motion picture (as Union Pacific Railroad Company)
• Universal Title  titles and opticals

Also Known As:

Runtime:

USA:100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG | Iceland:L | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Australia:M (Cable TV rating) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:12 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | UK:AA (original rating) | UK:PG (re-rating) (1987) | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Atlanta Motor Speedway - 1500 Tara Place, Hampton, Georgia, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

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.

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.

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.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Stone & Ed (2008)

Soundtrack:

Tulsa Time

Blown opportunity

"Smokey and the Bandit II" is a blown opportunity. I am not a big fan of sequels because they generally just repeat the same formula of the original. Here is no exception. But what bothers me is of ALL the ideas they could use they pick transporting an elephant? And why make the Bandit down on his luck? We want to see him on top of the world in the spoils of wealth from the first film. But all we get to see are he and Sally Field fighting. Jackie Gleason is good but the resurrection of some of his classic characters though nice, is totally unnecessary to the film. A big disappointment.