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Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

★ 7.0 · 796 ratings on TMDB

What we have here is a total lack of respect for the law!

Smokey and the Bandit poster★ 7.0

A race car driver tries to transport an illegal beer shipment from Texas to Atlanta in under 28 hours, picking up a reluctant bride-to-be on the way.

DirectorHal Needham
CastBurt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Laura Lizer Sommers, Linda McClure, Mike Henry
GenresAction, Adventure, Comedy
The emergence reading

Smokey and the Bandit keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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