The late 70s and early 80s saw a wave of car chasing, barroom brawling, crowd-pleasers that ruled the box office, and Smokey and the Bandit (the second-highest grossing movie of 1977, after Star Wars) ...

Forty-five years ago, Cora the elephant shared screen time with movie star Burt Reynolds in the popular film, "Smokey and the Bandit II." Fans of that movie — including Reynolds' niece, Nancy Lee Hess ...

The 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am from Smokey and the Bandit is one of the most iconic movie cars of all time. One fan spent a fortune to get it.

According to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the “Best Picture” of 1977 is Woody Allen’s Annie Hall. That’s nuts. No one cares about that movie. Only two movies made in 1977 still ...

The 1977 Firebird Trans Am once owned by Burt Reynolds was sold at auction Saturday for $495,000 at a sale held by Barrett-Jackson. The car was not used in the filming of "Smokey and the Bandit," but ...

Watching Smokey and the Bandit all these years after its release is an exercise in cultural anthropology. Even more so than other films of its time, this 1977 car-chase comedy drops markers about its ...

TEXARKANA, Ark. - It has been 45 years since a black and gold Pontiac Trans Am tore across the south on a bootlegging mission in the hit movie "Smokey and the Bandit." Burt Reynolds and Sally Field ...

The 1977 movie "Smokey and the Bandit" is largely famous for two reasons: the Pontiac Trans Am driven by the titular Bandit, and the performances of the late Jerry Reed and Burt Reynolds as Cledus ...

The annual SEMA Show in Las Vegas is just around the corner, once again promising a long list of debuts and top-shelf custom builds. Among these is a new Chevy Silverado inspired by the legendary Burt ...