A 45th anniversary showing of Smokey and the Bandit will be presented in many theatres starting Sunday, May 29, 2022.
Starring Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason and Jerry Reed, Smokey and the Bandit delivers outrageous laughs in one of the biggest box-office hits of all time. Bandit (Reynolds), a fun-loving, fast-talking trucker, takes on his craziest haul yet—delivering 400 cases of beer from Texarkana to Atlanta in just 28 hours.
This 45th anniversary event includes exclusive insights from Turner Classic Movies. It will be shown on Sunday, May 29, and Wednesday, June 1, and Thursday, June 2, 2022.
The film started slow but eventually grossed $126,737,428 in North America, making it the second-highest-grossing movie of 1977 (only Star Wars earned more, with $775.5 million). The worldwide gross is estimated at over $300 million. Reynolds said in 2015 that he most enjoyed this film, and had the most fun making it, of his career.
The New York Times called the movie “brainless fun.” For tickets and more information visit:
Smokey and the Bandit 45th Anniversary Tickets
Below is a preview.
More TCM Big Screen Classics
About once a month, TCM and Fathom Events co-sponsor theatrical showings of classic movies.
Each film is presented with pristine digital projection, movie-theater-quality sound, and in its original aspect ratio, as they were intended by the filmmakers. The TCM Big Screen Classics series is further enhanced with pre- and post-feature insights presented by popular TCM hosts, including TCM Primetime host Ben Mankiewicz.
Here is the complete 2022 schedule for the TCM Big Screen Classics series.
- Casablanca 80th Anniversary, Sunday, January 23, and Wednesday, January 26, 2022. Academy Award winners Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman light up the screen in one of the most enduring romances in movie history — Casablanca.
-
Lady Sings the Blues 50th Anniversary. Sunday, February 20 and Wednesday, February 23, 2022. Celebrating 50 years, Lady Sings the Blues celebrates the essence of Billie Holiday, one of America’s most loved and memorable blues singers, and was captured brilliantly in a tour-de-force debut performance by singer Diana Ross.
-
The Quiet Man 70th Anniversary. Sunday, March 13 and Thursday, March 17, 2022. Celebrating 70 years, John Ford’s The Quiet Man is simply one of the greatest love stories ever told. John Wayne is retired boxer Sean Thornton who makes a pilgrimage to his home village in Ireland in order to claim his family’s estate. He meets his match in the spirited young Mary Kate Danaher (Maureen O’Hara) only to find himself confronted by her belligerent brother and the town’s strict customs. This 70th anniversary event includes exclusive insights from Turner Classic Movies.
-
Singin’ in the Rain 70th Anniversary. Sunday, April 10 and Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O’Connor star in one of the greatest musicals ever filmed. Set during the advent of “talkies,” this film’s classic song-and-dance numbers celebrate the beginning of movie musicals. This 70th anniversary event includes exclusive insights from Turner Classic Movies.
-
Smokey and the Bandit 45th Anniversary. Sunday, May 29, Wednesday, June 1 and Thursday, June 2, 2022. Starring Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, Sally Field and Jerry Reed, Smokey and the Bandit delivers outrageous laughs in one of the biggest box-office hits of all time. Bandit (Reynolds), a fun-loving, fast-talking trucker, takes on his craziest haul yet—delivering 400 cases of beer from Texarkana to Atlanta in just 28 hours.
-
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane 60th Anniversary. Sunday, June 12 and Wednesday, June 15, 2022. Bette Davis and Joan Crawford star as two aging sisters–both former celebrities–bound together in a psychopathic relationship by their mutual dependency, jealousy and hatred in this classic, shocking thriller.
-
Cabaret 50th Anniversary. Sunday, July 12 and Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Berlin, 1931. As Nazism rises in Germany, flamboyant American Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli) sings in a decadent nightclub and falls in love with a British language teacher (Michael York) — whom she shares with a homosexual German baron.
-
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 40th Anniversary. Sunday, September 4, Monday, September 5, and Thursday, September 8, 2022. One of the most celebrated and essential adventures from the STAR TREK universe, STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN celebrates 40 years with the director’s cut on the big screen!
-
Poltergeist 40th Anniversary. Sunday, Monday and Wednesday, September 25, 26 and 28, 2022. A typical family in a quiet suburb of a normal California faces a frightening ordeal when its home is invaded by a Poltergeist. Late one night, 10-year-old Carol Anne Freeling (Heather O’Rourke) hears a voice coming from inside the television set.
-
In the Heat of the Night 55th Anniversary. Sunday, October 16 and Wednesday, October 19, 2022. While traveling in the Deep South, Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier), a black Philadelphian homicide detective, becomes unwittingly embroiled in the murder investigation of a prominent businessman.
-
To Kill A Mockingbird 60th Anniversary. Sunday, November 13 and Wednesday, November 16, 2022. Experience one of the most significant milestones in film history like never before with To Kill a Mockingbird. Gregory Peck stars as courageous Southern lawyer Atticus Finch – the Academy Award®-winning performance hailed by the American Film Institute as the Greatest Movie Hero of All Time.
-
It’s a Wonderful Life. Sunday, December 13 and Wednesday, December 21, 2022. Embraced as a cherished holiday tradition by families around the world, Frank Capra’s heart-warming masterpiece now celebrates 75 years with this big-screen event!
For tickets and more details on all the upcoming TCM Big Screen Classics visit:
Related stories:
