Option One: “Smokey and the Bandit” Smokey and the Bandit is a film from 1977. It’s an American action comedy film starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick, and Mike Henry. This film was followed up by two sequels. Because of the Hollywood effect Burt Reynolds had on television during the 1970’s. “He was declared Cosmopolitan magazine's "Perfect Man" in 1972, and within a few years became the top grossing male film star in the world” (Smith 2005). After watching the film for an assignment in Introduction to Film Studies, and remembering this film was one of my childhood favorites, with some of the derogatory language, I’m not sure as a child, what enticed me to be attractive to this film. Since I was …show more content…
You have two wealthy Texans, Big Enos Burdette played by Pat McCormick and his son Little Enos Burdette played by Paul Williams, trying to seek a truck driver who is willing to bootleg Coors Beer to Georgia from Texarkana, Texas for a celebration. Eventually, the Enos clan run into trucking legend Bo “Bandit” Darville played by Burt Reynolds, who is competing in a truck rodeo, with a chance of winning $5,000. The Enos men laugh at the winner’s pot, and offer Bandit to make some real money, $80,000 to go pick up 400 cases of Coors beer from Texas, and bring said beer back to Atlanta in a mere 28 hours. Big Enos breaks it down for the Bandit, “its three grand an hour, if you’re able to make it back in 28 hours.” Because Big Enos is sponsored a driver who is running in the Southern Classic stockcar race. Thus, when he wins, Big Enos wants to celebrate in style. The first funny scene of the movie is when Big and Little Enos are negotiating the fee than will cost for Bandit to haul the 400 cases back to Atlanta. After Bandit and Little Enos insult one another during the negotiations, Bandit said, “I want to see the cash!”. Little Enos pulls out the cash while cussing. Bandit replies, “I need cash for the beer, need cash for a new car!”. While Little Enos is cussing after Bandit makes his rebuttals, Little Enos is counting out the money, and Bandit tells him, “I need a speedy car”, Little Enos counts out more money, and …show more content…
The legendary Bandit displays the driving skills and after several attempts to apprehend Bandit, Sheriff Justice eventually disintegrates his cruiser. Thus, the remainder of the film involves high-speed chasing, which causes more and more attention from local and state police. Not only does Snowman help Bandit during the high-speed chase, he also gets help via CB radio from an undertaker and his hearse driver during a funeral, a random elderly lady, convoy of trucks, a waitress and several of her customers, and he also receives help from a woman who is running a brothel out of her RV. Thus, with all the distractions to camouflage Snowman, Sheriff Bufford T. Justice, “officer of the law” as he describes himself although the movie, never pays attention to Snowman, much-less his illegal manifest. However, as Bandit and Snowman get closer to their destination, Bandit has help Snowman who is getting pulled over by a motorcycle patrolman. As you can imagine, Bandits legacy reaches new heights after displaying his great driving antics that allows Snowman to get away from the motorcycle patrolman. Near the end of the film, Bandit starts to give up because after the several high-speed chases, and a mere four miles away, they’re running behind schedule. Snowman refuses to listen to Bandit’s sympathy and takes the lead. After Snowman smashes through a police roadblock, they enter Lakewood Speedway with 10 minutes to spare. They made it! Instead of
Once they paid for the necessities they were back on the road. Bill realize he didn’t pay for the can of tuna and notice a sheriff car following them. The lights went off and the sheriff pulled them over. They were taking to the station for questioning of a murder. The whole time while being questioned, they both thought they were be accused of shoplifting. Once they realized what was happening, that’s when Bill’s cousin came to defend them.
He arrived with the mexicans however, he did not leave with them as he was offered a full time job for the rest of the summer. He accepted the job mainly because he could not stop thinking about the farmer's daughter, Lynette. It was then that he had a steady job and fell in love for the first time. This is where he worked from sun up to sun down.. This went on for weeks. Alice, Bill’s wife would always bring him food and Bill would always pick him up. Until one night, Alice came and got the boy. She told him that Bill was in town and would be home later, however, Alice work the boy up at two in the morning and sent him to town to retrieve her husband. The boy found him in the bar in a huge poker game with lots of money. A huge fight broke out and the boy was told to grab the money off the bar and when the fight finished outside they left. Bill gave the boy almost two hundred dollars of the money. The next night there a sheriff’s car in the driveway. The sheriff was there looking for the boy. He said there was a poster of him in town. Bill told him “he busts his balls for me” that he was a good kid. Again,another life lesson, that working hard had paid off for him. The sheriff told him that if it all checked out he would bring him back. However, the Sheriff took all his money and threw him in a jail cell. It was there that he broke out and ran. He hitched a ride to Oregon. He was pissed and mad. He fell asleep in the man's car on the way to Oregon. When he awoken he was offered some coffee and doughnuts. However, before eating them a peasant came through the windshield and killed the man. The car was wrecked and the boy was scared. He got out of the car and headed down the road. He then picked up by Hazel. She took him to her farm, fed him and cleaned him up and he was grateful for that. Hazel took the boy to the county fair. This is where is ran in to the sheriff that had took all
They end up at the parking lot of a store and they sleep in the minivan and the boat for the night and they accidently lock the keys in the van and their dad uses a fishing rod to try to grab the keys when that failed they lowered Manny into the van and he goes straight for Greg’s duffle bag where he had a pack of oreos and then he went to the driver seat turned the car and turned on his favorite radio station and then he puts the car in drive at first they did not realize that he had been trying to escape to go get his pig from the petting
He is able to bring in over $4,000 on his good days. One day, while at his usual spot, Wes is approached by a an unfamiliar buyer. Others assume that he is a cop and refuse to sell to him. Wes attempts to sell to the buyer who turns out to be a cop. As soon as Wes hands accepted the money, he is surrounded by cops.
...nd men after them and they kill Rico’s man. He takes refuge in a old ladies home where he had hidden ten thousand dollars. But the lady makes a deal with him saying he can only stay if he gives her all but $150 of it.
...ning of the 1930’s Depression era was depicted, which was outside the norm of typical gangster films. The setting also showed the action and traits of the characters; Bonnie and Clyde robbing banks in the Great Depression to simply make ends meet, not wanting to harm innocent citizens of society for power or control. Lastly, the specific character types presented in Bonnie and Clyde fulfilled the various roles of a couple, family, outlaws, and antiheros, the most significant character type of the typical gangster film genre. However, these antiheros showed sympathy for their fellow man and thus provided the audience with character roles that were relatable, and overall made the audience empathetic towards them. Therefore, the film Bonnie and Clyde demonstrates a genre-bending gangster film with distinct genre conventions and elements of film noir blended within it.
What makes for a classic Hollywood film? Increasingly, films have evolved to the point where the standard by which one calls a “classic Hollywood film” has evolved over time. What one calls a classic film by the standards of yesterday is not the same as those of today. The film Casablanca is no exception to this. While David Bordwell’s article, “Classical Hollywood Cinema” defines what the classical Hollywood film does, the film Casablanca does indeed conform to the very definition that Bordwell provides the audience with in his article. However, while it is true that the film capers closely to Bordwell’s definition, this is a controversial, as well as subjective, claim to make because everything other than the ending of the film indicates
Wes Moore, a kid growing up in the worst neighborhood in the us. He has no one to look up to and he follows the best role model he can find. His brother tony. Tony, being a pretty well non drug dealer kinda leads west into that lifestyle. Fast forward 8 years and Wes has his own big operation going like machine. He's walking out of a store and a guy walk up to him asking if ”he knows where he can get some rocks”(112). Wes sees all the hints that he's a cop. He's clean and everyone knows where to get drugs. Wes says no and walks away but he thinks of the money he could have made from the guy. Wes turns around and gives the guy the drugs and starts walking fast the other way. As soon as Wes got 5 feet from the guy, Was heard freeze. He kept walking acting like they weren't talking to him. All of a sudden Wes is tackled and cuffed. As he is being arrested he continues to state the he was innocent.
The two brothers bicker a lot at first, Austin is trying to finish his scrip as Lee is hounding him for his car keys. Saul a Hollywood producer stops
... The Web. 18 Nov. 2011. Dirks, Tim. A. The "Film History of the 1970s.
In the song “Tennessee Whiskey” by Chris Stapleton, he describes life before he met his lover and then he figuratively describes the effect this person has on him. He was an alcoholic and this person’s love changed his outlook on the importance of love and alcohol. The intense feeling of how irresistible romantic love can be is illustrated in Chris Stapleton’s song “Tennessee Whiskey” using figurative language such as juxtaposition and hyperbole.
In "The Thematic Paradigm", Robert Ray explains how there are two distinctly different heroes, the outlaw hero and the official hero. The official hero embraces common values and traditional beliefs, while the outlaw has a clear sense of right and wrong but operates above the law (Ray). Ray explains how the role of an outlaw hero has many traits. "The attractiveness of the outlaw hero's childishness and propensity to whims, tantrums, and emotional decisions derived from America's cult of childhood", states Ray. (309) Ray also says, "To the outlaw hero's inconsistence on private standards of right and wrong, the official hero offered the admonition, you cannot take the law into your own hands." (312) The values of these two traditional heroes contrasts clearly. Society favors the outlaw hero because we identify with that character more. We see ourselves more so in the outlaw hero than in the official hero. The outlaw hero has the "childlike" qualities that most of us wish we had as adults. To civilians it may seem that the outlaw hero lives more of a fantasy life that we all wish to have.
Murray plays Bob Harris, an American movie star in Japan to make commercials for whiskey. His relationship with is wife is disjointed, they seem to be on a different wavelength, and they are sticking around because it is easier. A good example is when his wife asks over the p...
Barsam, Richard. Looking at Movies An Introduction to Film, Second Edition (Set with DVD). New York: W. W. Norton, 2006. Print.
I would say the target audience for this film would be people who enjoy musicals, no matter their age. The time lag would only have much of an effect for younger generations who do not remember the 1960's and the discrimination and the political actions that were being taken during that time period. The film is still a classic I would say because of all of the wonderful costumes, dancing, singing, acting, and clever story telling through songs. I can definitely see why this film was a popular success then as it still is today.