1 00:00:00,701 --> 00:00:03,669 [footsteps] 2 00:00:40,241 --> 00:00:42,541 - I guess you're asking yourselves 3 00:00:42,543 --> 00:00:45,477 why I came down those stairs, 4 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:48,414 walked across these boards, 5 00:00:48,416 --> 00:00:50,816 ambled past these props, 6 00:00:50,818 --> 00:00:52,451 these theater trunks 7 00:00:52,453 --> 00:00:56,522 cluttered with memories of a thousand opening nights. 8 00:00:56,524 --> 00:00:58,924 I guess you're asking yourself, 9 00:00:58,926 --> 00:01:01,326 "What does that have to do 10 00:01:01,328 --> 00:01:03,162 with tonight's show?" 11 00:01:03,164 --> 00:01:05,597 Well, I'll tell you. 12 00:01:05,599 --> 00:01:06,899 Nothing. 13 00:01:06,901 --> 00:01:09,935 [country music] 14 00:01:09,937 --> 00:01:16,742 ♪ ♪ 15 00:01:16,744 --> 00:01:18,510 - ♪ Baby girl ♪ 16 00:01:18,512 --> 00:01:20,179 ♪ Got my eye on you ♪ 17 00:01:20,181 --> 00:01:21,814 ♪ ♪ 18 00:01:21,816 --> 00:01:23,916 ♪ Baby girl ♪ 19 00:01:23,918 --> 00:01:25,317 ♪ Got my eye on you ♪ 20 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:26,985 - My name's Hal Needham. 21 00:01:26,987 --> 00:01:29,555 My face you will not recognize. 22 00:01:29,557 --> 00:01:32,024 But I bet you've seen a lot of my work. 23 00:01:32,026 --> 00:01:34,726 For 20 years, I've been a Hollywood stuntman. 24 00:01:34,728 --> 00:01:38,397 ♪ ♪ 25 00:01:38,399 --> 00:01:39,898 - ♪ It's not something ♪ 26 00:01:39,900 --> 00:01:41,266 - Not too bad, huh? 27 00:01:41,268 --> 00:01:43,235 When a stuntman does that kind of driving, 28 00:01:43,237 --> 00:01:44,636 he better have his act together, 29 00:01:44,638 --> 00:01:46,839 because there's no room for error. 30 00:01:46,841 --> 00:01:54,780 ♪ ♪ 31 00:01:59,854 --> 00:02:02,087 But recently, I graduated. 32 00:02:02,089 --> 00:02:03,789 I directed a movie. 33 00:02:03,791 --> 00:02:06,925 And that movie starred a dear friend of mine, 34 00:02:06,927 --> 00:02:08,427 my old roommate, 35 00:02:08,429 --> 00:02:10,095 a good ol' boy that probably 36 00:02:10,097 --> 00:02:11,430 you people are gonna recognize... 37 00:02:11,432 --> 00:02:12,898 [snaps fingers] like that. 38 00:02:12,900 --> 00:02:14,133 ♪ ♪ 39 00:02:14,135 --> 00:02:15,968 - ♪ Baby girl ♪ 40 00:02:15,970 --> 00:02:17,569 ♪ Got my eye on you ♪ 41 00:02:17,571 --> 00:02:18,971 ♪ ♪ 42 00:02:18,973 --> 00:02:20,072 ♪ Yeah ♪ 43 00:02:20,074 --> 00:02:21,707 [tires squealing] 44 00:02:21,709 --> 00:02:24,309 - Ladies and gentlemen, Burt Reynolds. 45 00:02:24,311 --> 00:02:25,377 [dramatic music] 46 00:02:25,379 --> 00:02:27,479 - Burt Reynolds. 47 00:02:27,481 --> 00:02:31,049 The most exciting star on the screen today. 48 00:02:31,051 --> 00:02:34,186 ♪ ♪ 49 00:02:34,188 --> 00:02:37,189 - Burt Reynolds is Gator McKlusky. 50 00:02:37,191 --> 00:02:38,757 Whether he's racing the law 51 00:02:38,759 --> 00:02:40,425 or chasing the ladies. 52 00:02:40,427 --> 00:02:42,327 [banjo music] 53 00:02:42,329 --> 00:02:44,229 [dramatic music sting] 54 00:02:44,231 --> 00:02:46,632 - Ah! 55 00:02:46,634 --> 00:02:48,634 - Burt Reynolds, the quarterback 56 00:02:48,636 --> 00:02:51,770 who will tackle anything. 57 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:56,575 - You saw Charlie Bronson. [laughter] 58 00:02:56,577 --> 00:02:58,577 [sirens] 59 00:02:58,579 --> 00:03:00,245 - Now you're Burt Reynolds' stuntman. 60 00:03:00,247 --> 00:03:01,513 Where does Burt like to draw the line 61 00:03:01,515 --> 00:03:03,849 as far as doing his own stunts are concerned? 62 00:03:03,851 --> 00:03:05,484 - Well, actually, uh, 63 00:03:05,486 --> 00:03:07,886 I've never seen Burt draw the line. 64 00:03:07,888 --> 00:03:11,390 He'll do just damn near anything you want done. 65 00:03:11,392 --> 00:03:13,158 The insurance companies draw a line sometimes, 66 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:16,495 and, um, but really and truly, he doesn't draw the line. 67 00:03:16,497 --> 00:03:18,363 I've seen him do some things that, uh, 68 00:03:18,365 --> 00:03:21,967 were just flat scary--I mean, there's no other way to put it. 69 00:03:21,969 --> 00:03:25,237 [dramatic music] 70 00:03:25,239 --> 00:03:28,106 - [heavy breathing] 71 00:03:28,108 --> 00:03:31,710 [desolate music] 72 00:03:31,712 --> 00:03:33,779 - What is the job of a stuntman? 73 00:03:33,781 --> 00:03:35,647 - [laughs] The object of the stunt guy 74 00:03:35,649 --> 00:03:39,351 is to come in and look as much as you can like the actor. 75 00:03:39,353 --> 00:03:42,087 They'll dress you like him and fix your hair, whatever, 76 00:03:42,089 --> 00:03:44,790 and whatever they want to do, whether it be a horse fall, 77 00:03:44,792 --> 00:03:47,459 high fall, or who knows, a fight, 78 00:03:47,461 --> 00:03:49,294 be able to do it as many times 79 00:03:49,296 --> 00:03:53,298 as you can do it without getting hurt. 80 00:03:53,300 --> 00:03:55,000 - In the old days, they would go out, 81 00:03:55,002 --> 00:03:57,903 and they would shoot four or five days with all stuntmen. 82 00:03:57,905 --> 00:03:59,338 No actors. 83 00:03:59,340 --> 00:04:02,040 The wide shots were for stunt people. 84 00:04:02,042 --> 00:04:04,977 [motor roaring] 85 00:04:11,018 --> 00:04:12,517 And then they'd bring the actors out, 86 00:04:12,519 --> 00:04:14,052 and they'd do the-- the tight shots, 87 00:04:14,054 --> 00:04:15,988 and the medium shots. 88 00:04:15,990 --> 00:04:18,490 - If you're the biggest actor in the world, 89 00:04:18,492 --> 00:04:21,893 you want to have the best stuntman in the world 90 00:04:21,895 --> 00:04:23,395 next to you-- why not? 91 00:04:23,397 --> 00:04:24,363 [bullets ricocheting] 92 00:04:24,365 --> 00:04:26,064 [country music] 93 00:04:26,066 --> 00:04:29,234 - God damn, Pops, didn't tell me they were gonna shoot back! 94 00:04:29,236 --> 00:04:38,076 ♪ ♪ 95 00:04:38,078 --> 00:04:39,978 [geese honking] 96 00:04:39,980 --> 00:04:43,181 - Burt trusted Hal and knew that Hal 97 00:04:43,183 --> 00:04:44,650 was gonna do the stunts 98 00:04:44,652 --> 00:04:46,718 that would really make him look good. 99 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:48,553 ♪ ♪ 100 00:04:48,555 --> 00:04:50,155 [tires squealing] 101 00:04:50,157 --> 00:04:58,063 ♪ ♪ 102 00:05:05,072 --> 00:05:07,706 - Hall and Burt were guys who appeared 103 00:05:07,708 --> 00:05:12,377 at a time in the '70s when anything could happen. 104 00:05:12,379 --> 00:05:13,645 Burt was an actor with all 105 00:05:13,647 --> 00:05:15,480 the accoutrements that an actor has. 106 00:05:15,482 --> 00:05:17,382 And Hal Needham was a man of action. 107 00:05:17,384 --> 00:05:19,518 - Ready. [cymbal crashes] 108 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:20,886 - I've seen a lot of actors 109 00:05:20,888 --> 00:05:23,588 have good relationships with stuntmen, 110 00:05:23,590 --> 00:05:26,458 but never like Hal and Burt did. 111 00:05:26,460 --> 00:05:29,394 - That was the closest relationship I ever saw 112 00:05:29,396 --> 00:05:31,129 in the picture business. 113 00:05:31,131 --> 00:05:33,432 - But you don't want to get too close to an actor, 114 00:05:33,434 --> 00:05:35,267 I don't believe. 115 00:05:35,269 --> 00:05:37,669 And--just--you know, 116 00:05:37,671 --> 00:05:41,440 you just--it's not gonna work out very good. 117 00:05:41,442 --> 00:05:43,642 - Okay, Hal, how'd you meet Burt, 118 00:05:43,644 --> 00:05:46,078 like on Smokey and, uh, and the Bear? 119 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:48,547 - "Smokey and the Bandit." - And the Bandit. 120 00:05:48,549 --> 00:05:51,283 Was that something that he found as a property 121 00:05:51,285 --> 00:05:52,884 and then looked for you 122 00:05:52,886 --> 00:05:55,787 to complete the movie, or did you come first? 123 00:05:55,789 --> 00:05:57,723 - No, I--I wrote "Smokey and the Bandit." 124 00:05:57,725 --> 00:06:00,625 - Oh. I understand you directed this movie? 125 00:06:00,627 --> 00:06:02,260 - Yeah. - This is kind of, uh, 126 00:06:02,262 --> 00:06:03,628 an unusual case, isn't it, Hal? 127 00:06:03,630 --> 00:06:05,530 I mean, I've heard of actors turning director. 128 00:06:05,532 --> 00:06:07,199 I've heard of writers turning director, 129 00:06:07,201 --> 00:06:09,434 but never a stuntman. 130 00:06:09,436 --> 00:06:11,570 [dramatic music] 131 00:06:11,572 --> 00:06:13,105 - I was doing a film with Burt 132 00:06:13,107 --> 00:06:15,273 down in Georgia called "Gator." 133 00:06:15,275 --> 00:06:19,878 That's the thread that put "Smokey" together. 134 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:22,681 - We spent a lot of time in the swamp, you know, 135 00:06:22,683 --> 00:06:24,015 and I--I remember, everyone said, 136 00:06:24,017 --> 00:06:25,917 "Weren't you scared in the swamp?" 137 00:06:25,919 --> 00:06:27,686 Only, you know, Needham was from down there. 138 00:06:27,688 --> 00:06:29,254 The rest of us were from other places. 139 00:06:29,256 --> 00:06:32,491 He was, like, at home. 140 00:06:32,493 --> 00:06:33,959 We had a lot of Coors beer 141 00:06:33,961 --> 00:06:36,161 we'd brought down from Los Angeles, 142 00:06:36,163 --> 00:06:38,263 because in those days, at the end of the work day, 143 00:06:38,265 --> 00:06:39,865 everyone got a beer. 144 00:06:39,867 --> 00:06:41,333 Needham and I were talking about how 145 00:06:41,335 --> 00:06:45,070 the Coors kept disappearing from our mini-bars. 146 00:06:45,072 --> 00:06:47,939 So we finally realized that our housekeepers 147 00:06:47,941 --> 00:06:49,841 were helping themselves to our beer. 148 00:06:49,843 --> 00:06:52,677 So we asked them, I said, "It's Coors beer, man. 149 00:06:52,679 --> 00:06:53,945 You know? What are you doing?" 150 00:06:53,947 --> 00:06:56,715 She said, "Well, I get like $20 a six-pack 151 00:06:56,717 --> 00:06:59,885 for this beer down here 'cause you can't get it." 152 00:06:59,887 --> 00:07:02,354 Hal and I looked at each other, and we said, "Well, 153 00:07:02,356 --> 00:07:04,623 "maybe we should-- maybe we should make a movie 154 00:07:04,625 --> 00:07:06,525 "about getting Coors beer, you know, 155 00:07:06,527 --> 00:07:07,826 on the East Coast." 156 00:07:07,828 --> 00:07:10,529 - At the time, I really had some doubts 157 00:07:10,531 --> 00:07:12,130 whether this was even true or not. 158 00:07:12,132 --> 00:07:13,665 In other words, I don't know how you 159 00:07:13,667 --> 00:07:16,668 prohibit a beer company from shipping beer 160 00:07:16,670 --> 00:07:20,672 from one geographical location to the other. 161 00:07:20,674 --> 00:07:22,240 - Said, "Hey, let's just do a trucking movie 162 00:07:22,242 --> 00:07:23,775 "with Coors and fast cars, 163 00:07:23,777 --> 00:07:25,477 and let's see what we can come up with." 164 00:07:25,479 --> 00:07:29,047 And at that time, the trucking industry was very romantic. 165 00:07:29,049 --> 00:07:31,183 ♪ ♪ 166 00:07:31,185 --> 00:07:34,419 Modern truckers, the last American cowboys. 167 00:07:34,421 --> 00:07:37,222 ♪ ♪ 168 00:07:37,224 --> 00:07:39,724 - He told me he was writing a screenplay. 169 00:07:39,726 --> 00:07:43,128 Everybody said, "Nice pipe dream, Hal." 170 00:07:43,130 --> 00:07:44,729 - In between shots, he'd be over in his room, 171 00:07:44,731 --> 00:07:46,264 and he's scribbling down, and I said, 172 00:07:46,266 --> 00:07:48,533 "What are you doing?" He said, "I'm writing a story!" 173 00:07:48,535 --> 00:07:50,368 You know, and he told me a little about it, 174 00:07:50,370 --> 00:07:53,505 and I thought, "Eh, okay, whatever," you know? 175 00:07:53,507 --> 00:07:57,075 - He handed me this mash of, you know, 176 00:07:57,077 --> 00:07:59,244 legal pad notes, and scenes, and characters, 177 00:07:59,246 --> 00:08:00,245 and all this stuff. 178 00:08:00,247 --> 00:08:01,713 - In fact, I think my mother 179 00:08:01,715 --> 00:08:04,182 typed up the script for "Smokey and the Bandit." 180 00:08:04,184 --> 00:08:06,384 ♪ ♪ 181 00:08:06,386 --> 00:08:08,620 - We played with different names for the movie. 182 00:08:08,622 --> 00:08:09,855 Probably called it "The Bandit" 183 00:08:09,857 --> 00:08:11,723 at one point, or "Bandit." 184 00:08:11,725 --> 00:08:14,860 - I want to do, hopefully, action-comedy. 185 00:08:14,862 --> 00:08:17,662 I just want to throw something on the screen 186 00:08:17,664 --> 00:08:19,998 that people can be entertained with, 187 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,434 and I think laughter's contagious, 188 00:08:22,436 --> 00:08:24,803 and I think people enjoy action. 189 00:08:24,805 --> 00:08:26,605 Not violence, action. 190 00:08:26,607 --> 00:08:28,440 ♪ ♪ 191 00:08:28,442 --> 00:08:31,042 - We were gonna sell it to a company called AIP, 192 00:08:31,044 --> 00:08:33,912 which made small, exploitive genre movies. 193 00:08:33,914 --> 00:08:36,214 That was its first incarnation. 194 00:08:36,216 --> 00:08:38,416 We wanted to do something on our own. 195 00:08:38,418 --> 00:08:40,151 ♪ ♪ 196 00:08:40,153 --> 00:08:41,953 - Look out! 197 00:08:41,955 --> 00:08:44,189 [gunfire] 198 00:08:44,191 --> 00:08:46,391 [dramatic music] 199 00:08:46,393 --> 00:08:48,226 - Hal Needham had made a living, you know, sort of 200 00:08:48,228 --> 00:08:51,429 falling on his head for 20 or 30 years. 201 00:08:51,431 --> 00:08:54,766 And, you know, he's a nice guy-- not a Rhodes scholar. 202 00:08:54,768 --> 00:08:58,470 [trumpet music] 203 00:08:58,472 --> 00:09:00,939 - Hal said to me, "I'm getting too old 204 00:09:00,941 --> 00:09:03,041 to bury my head in the dirt anymore." 205 00:09:03,043 --> 00:09:06,011 In the back of his mind, he always wanted to be 206 00:09:06,013 --> 00:09:09,014 either a star or a director. 207 00:09:09,016 --> 00:09:12,117 - Every stuntman, every second unit guy, 208 00:09:12,119 --> 00:09:14,653 every cameraman, everybody-- you know the old joke, 209 00:09:14,655 --> 00:09:16,121 everyone wants to be a director. 210 00:09:16,123 --> 00:09:18,089 - He had the script that he had written, 211 00:09:18,091 --> 00:09:19,958 and he took it to Universal Studios, 212 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:23,128 and said, "I want to direct this movie." 213 00:09:23,130 --> 00:09:26,498 - People that ran the studios, he--you know, he-- 214 00:09:26,500 --> 00:09:28,800 "He's a stuntman. He can't direct a movie. 215 00:09:28,802 --> 00:09:30,902 What are they talking about?" You know? 216 00:09:30,904 --> 00:09:33,271 [sweeping orchestral music] 217 00:09:33,273 --> 00:09:34,873 Unless you have that movie star, 218 00:09:34,875 --> 00:09:37,709 that bankable movie star, that says, 219 00:09:37,711 --> 00:09:39,778 "I want to be the Bandit," 220 00:09:39,780 --> 00:09:41,980 you're not gonna get it made. 221 00:09:41,982 --> 00:09:44,049 ♪ ♪ 222 00:09:44,051 --> 00:09:46,551 - They said, "It's a nice script. 223 00:09:46,553 --> 00:09:50,522 Do you think you can get your roommate to star in this?" 224 00:09:50,524 --> 00:09:53,425 - Hiya. How are you? 225 00:09:53,427 --> 00:09:56,494 Big star. Big star. Me. 226 00:09:56,496 --> 00:09:58,964 ♪ ♪ 227 00:09:58,966 --> 00:10:00,365 [tires screeching] [laughing] 228 00:10:00,367 --> 00:10:02,434 - Burt and I were on a show together, and, uh, 229 00:10:02,436 --> 00:10:04,235 I came in one night, and I said, "You know, Burt," 230 00:10:04,237 --> 00:10:06,638 I said, "I got to find me an igloo, a teepee, 231 00:10:06,640 --> 00:10:08,006 "or something to live in, 232 00:10:08,008 --> 00:10:09,874 'cause I just got thrown out of the house." 233 00:10:09,876 --> 00:10:12,177 And he said, "Hell, come on over--stay at my place 234 00:10:12,179 --> 00:10:13,979 for a couple of days, I don't care." 235 00:10:13,981 --> 00:10:16,147 - My father moved into Burt Reynolds' house. 236 00:10:16,149 --> 00:10:18,383 He was gonna stay there for a week or two, 237 00:10:18,385 --> 00:10:21,052 and I think he was there for like 11 years. 238 00:10:21,054 --> 00:10:22,854 [laughing] 239 00:10:22,856 --> 00:10:24,990 I mean, if you could-- if you can imagine 240 00:10:24,992 --> 00:10:27,225 putting together a bachelor pad back then--it was-- 241 00:10:27,227 --> 00:10:31,663 it was...I think, of all the homes that Burt has had, 242 00:10:31,665 --> 00:10:35,000 I--I think I liked that one the best. 243 00:10:35,002 --> 00:10:38,003 - The first thing, I think that people 244 00:10:38,005 --> 00:10:39,971 would see when they go in the bedroom 245 00:10:39,973 --> 00:10:44,309 is, uh, the mirrors on the ceiling. 246 00:10:44,311 --> 00:10:46,978 - They were both single, and, uh, 247 00:10:46,980 --> 00:10:49,514 had a lot of girlfriends, and 248 00:10:49,516 --> 00:10:52,851 a lot of fun. 249 00:10:52,853 --> 00:10:55,053 - Bathroom is big, 250 00:10:55,055 --> 00:10:58,623 and it too has mirrors, and tile. 251 00:10:58,625 --> 00:11:03,628 And I happen to--tile is my second-favorite thing in life. 252 00:11:03,630 --> 00:11:05,530 It just gives me joy, tile. 253 00:11:05,532 --> 00:11:07,298 If I could spend the rest of my life 254 00:11:07,300 --> 00:11:09,968 in a room, it would be tiled and mirrored. 255 00:11:09,970 --> 00:11:13,505 The dining room is, uh, early Indian. 256 00:11:13,507 --> 00:11:16,141 I mean, Indian kind of design. 257 00:11:16,143 --> 00:11:19,244 Uh, I think it's kind of classy. 258 00:11:19,246 --> 00:11:23,248 Third-favorite thing in my life is Indians. 259 00:11:23,250 --> 00:11:26,618 If I could find an Indian with a mirror who did tile work, 260 00:11:26,620 --> 00:11:31,690 I would probably be happy for the rest of my life. 261 00:11:31,692 --> 00:11:35,160 - [laughing] 262 00:11:35,162 --> 00:11:37,462 - I took the script home and gave it to Burt. 263 00:11:37,464 --> 00:11:39,330 Burt looked at it and he said, "Hal," he said, 264 00:11:39,332 --> 00:11:41,332 "that's the worst dialogue I've ever read in my life." 265 00:11:41,334 --> 00:11:44,269 But he said the, uh, the overall concept was pretty good. 266 00:11:44,271 --> 00:11:46,838 He said, "If you can take my name power, 267 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:49,574 "and go get the money and somebody that's fool enough 268 00:11:49,576 --> 00:11:51,776 to let you direct it," says, "you can direct it." 269 00:11:51,778 --> 00:11:53,511 [upbeat music] 270 00:11:53,513 --> 00:11:55,313 - And Burt said, "You know, there's only one man in America 271 00:11:55,315 --> 00:11:57,549 who can direct this movie, that's Hal Needham." 272 00:11:57,551 --> 00:11:59,551 - ♪ Shake it, shake it ♪ 273 00:11:59,553 --> 00:12:00,785 all: We want Burt! 274 00:12:00,787 --> 00:12:02,153 - Had Burt said, you know, 275 00:12:02,155 --> 00:12:04,789 Adolf Hitler, I would have agreed. 276 00:12:04,791 --> 00:12:07,292 Burt was a big movie star. 277 00:12:07,294 --> 00:12:09,961 all: We want Burt: - Are you here to see Burt? 278 00:12:09,963 --> 00:12:12,297 - Who else? Who else? 279 00:12:12,299 --> 00:12:15,166 - What happened was there was so much goodness 280 00:12:15,168 --> 00:12:19,003 in Burt Reynolds that he made people happy. 281 00:12:19,005 --> 00:12:21,973 And that's a natural gift that he had. 282 00:12:21,975 --> 00:12:22,974 - Burt Reynolds. 283 00:12:22,976 --> 00:12:26,244 Tough. Sexy. Superstar. 284 00:12:26,246 --> 00:12:28,213 - Is that a lot of pressure, Burt? 285 00:12:28,215 --> 00:12:32,150 Being this kind of a sex symbol? 286 00:12:32,152 --> 00:12:35,787 - He struck such a chord with the American public. 287 00:12:35,789 --> 00:12:37,789 - We're so glad-- - I work alone. 288 00:12:37,791 --> 00:12:39,691 [laughter] 289 00:12:39,693 --> 00:12:43,228 - The humor, and the joy, and the honesty. 290 00:12:43,230 --> 00:12:45,864 It was real, so he became 291 00:12:45,866 --> 00:12:48,533 the number-one star in the world. 292 00:12:48,535 --> 00:12:51,402 - ♪ Shake your groove thing, shake your groove thing ♪ 293 00:12:51,404 --> 00:12:53,204 ♪ Yeah, yeah, ♪ 294 00:12:53,206 --> 00:12:55,673 ♪ Show 'em how we do it now ♪ 295 00:12:55,675 --> 00:12:58,543 ♪ Shake your groove thing, shake your groove thing ♪ 296 00:12:58,545 --> 00:13:00,445 ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ 297 00:13:00,447 --> 00:13:02,847 ♪ Show 'em how we do it now ♪ 298 00:13:02,849 --> 00:13:04,783 - Put one on the cheek. - Huh? 299 00:13:04,785 --> 00:13:07,786 [crowd cheering] 300 00:13:07,788 --> 00:13:12,090 ♪ ♪ 301 00:13:12,092 --> 00:13:15,226 I just think I'm the best Burt Reynolds there is. 302 00:13:15,228 --> 00:13:18,163 [laughter] 303 00:13:20,767 --> 00:13:23,701 [serene music] 304 00:13:23,703 --> 00:13:31,876 ♪ ♪ 305 00:13:33,313 --> 00:13:35,213 - In a nutshell, can you tell me 306 00:13:35,215 --> 00:13:37,949 what the story of "Smokey and the Bandit" is? 307 00:13:37,951 --> 00:13:40,919 - [laughs] I couldn't tell you 308 00:13:40,921 --> 00:13:43,254 what story is of "Smokey and the Bandit" 309 00:13:43,256 --> 00:13:46,057 if you put a gun to my head. 310 00:13:46,059 --> 00:13:48,126 - ♪ Thunder, thunder ♪ 311 00:13:48,128 --> 00:13:50,261 ♪ Over Thunder Road ♪ 312 00:13:50,263 --> 00:13:51,963 ♪ Thunder was his engine ♪ 313 00:13:51,965 --> 00:13:54,365 ♪ And White Lightning was his load ♪ 314 00:13:54,367 --> 00:13:56,434 ♪ Moonshine, moonshine ♪ 315 00:13:56,436 --> 00:13:58,803 ♪ To quench the devil's thirst ♪ 316 00:13:58,805 --> 00:14:01,773 ♪ The law, they never got him ♪ 317 00:14:01,775 --> 00:14:05,844 ♪ 'Cause the devil got him first ♪ 318 00:14:05,846 --> 00:14:07,579 ♪ ♪ 319 00:14:07,581 --> 00:14:10,548 - We had done two Burt Reynolds movies at United Artists: 320 00:14:10,550 --> 00:14:12,283 picture called "Gator," and a picture called 321 00:14:12,285 --> 00:14:14,619 "White Lightning," and, you know, it was, 322 00:14:14,621 --> 00:14:16,788 you know, the same movie over and over again. 323 00:14:16,790 --> 00:14:18,289 He was the good ol' boy, 324 00:14:18,291 --> 00:14:20,892 slightly on the other side of the line 325 00:14:20,894 --> 00:14:22,093 regarding law and order. 326 00:14:22,095 --> 00:14:25,196 - Gator? Gator McKlusky? 327 00:14:25,198 --> 00:14:26,631 - Uh... - Shirley. 328 00:14:26,633 --> 00:14:29,567 - Shirley? How are you, darling? - Well, hi, there. 329 00:14:29,569 --> 00:14:31,769 - I didn't want to play good ol' boys 330 00:14:31,771 --> 00:14:33,238 for the rest of my life. 331 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:35,740 At the same time, I was offered a film 332 00:14:35,742 --> 00:14:38,877 that had "Get the tuxedo out" 333 00:14:38,879 --> 00:14:40,778 written all over it. 334 00:14:40,780 --> 00:14:44,282 It was a career-changing part. 335 00:14:44,284 --> 00:14:46,751 I said "No," and nobody could believe I said "no." 336 00:14:46,753 --> 00:14:50,955 My agent couldn't believe it, and, uh... 337 00:14:50,957 --> 00:14:53,658 It wasn't a question of money. 338 00:14:53,660 --> 00:14:55,927 They were asking-- they were offering me 339 00:14:55,929 --> 00:14:58,563 more money than Hal was, 340 00:14:58,565 --> 00:15:01,833 but I promised Hal 341 00:15:01,835 --> 00:15:03,835 that I'd do this film. 342 00:15:03,837 --> 00:15:07,005 - I'm gonna give credit to my roommate. 343 00:15:07,007 --> 00:15:09,674 I mean, he put his career, his-- 344 00:15:09,676 --> 00:15:12,377 everything on the line so that I could have 345 00:15:12,379 --> 00:15:13,745 a shot a directing this. 346 00:15:13,747 --> 00:15:16,614 - Candidly, I could not determine 347 00:15:16,616 --> 00:15:19,751 whether Hal had the ability to direct a movie or not. 348 00:15:19,753 --> 00:15:24,589 Universal reluctantly agreed to make the picture. 349 00:15:24,591 --> 00:15:25,957 [funky music] 350 00:15:25,959 --> 00:15:27,358 - If you're gonna do a bootlegging movie, 351 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:28,559 you need a blocker. 352 00:15:28,561 --> 00:15:30,328 You got a truck driver and you got a-- 353 00:15:30,330 --> 00:15:31,829 a blocking car guy, you got two. 354 00:15:31,831 --> 00:15:34,332 - I don't remember whether Burt, or Hal, 355 00:15:34,334 --> 00:15:36,968 or both of them suggested Jerry Reed. 356 00:15:36,970 --> 00:15:38,670 - Hello. 357 00:15:38,672 --> 00:15:39,938 [grunts] 358 00:15:39,940 --> 00:15:42,073 ♪ ♪ 359 00:15:42,075 --> 00:15:45,343 [screaming] 360 00:15:45,345 --> 00:15:46,678 - Jerry was a character. 361 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:47,845 - Hello, ladies. 362 00:15:47,847 --> 00:15:50,014 - You know, and then you got to have a girl. 363 00:15:50,016 --> 00:15:51,616 - Hi. 364 00:15:51,618 --> 00:15:54,519 - Who are you? 365 00:15:59,492 --> 00:16:02,527 - I wanted Sally Field, and they had a lot of, uh-- 366 00:16:02,529 --> 00:16:04,796 had a lot of people that were against that. 367 00:16:04,798 --> 00:16:07,131 They kept saying, "She's not sexy." 368 00:16:07,133 --> 00:16:10,101 And I said, "This nun 369 00:16:10,103 --> 00:16:12,770 is dangerously sexy." 370 00:16:12,772 --> 00:16:14,639 ♪ ♪ 371 00:16:14,641 --> 00:16:17,642 - And then we had to have someone chasing 'em. 372 00:16:17,644 --> 00:16:20,044 - My wish was, with the sheriff, 373 00:16:20,046 --> 00:16:24,716 "Let's put somebody in this movie that doesn't belong." 374 00:16:24,718 --> 00:16:27,785 - And I meant it just as incongruous as it could be. 375 00:16:27,787 --> 00:16:30,788 First of all, I got a pencil moustache for a sheriff. 376 00:16:30,790 --> 00:16:34,525 A Southern sheriff with a pencil moustache? 377 00:16:34,527 --> 00:16:38,463 - When Hal left to do "Smokey and the Bandit," 378 00:16:38,465 --> 00:16:41,199 Hilton Green at Universal told Needham, he said, 379 00:16:41,201 --> 00:16:42,533 "I hope you got your roller skates on, 380 00:16:42,535 --> 00:16:45,436 'cause you can't do it." 381 00:16:45,438 --> 00:16:49,140 They had no faith in Hal as a director. 382 00:16:49,142 --> 00:16:51,376 - All the politics created 383 00:16:51,378 --> 00:16:53,611 a tremendous amount of pressure on Hal. 384 00:16:53,613 --> 00:16:55,613 He put his reputation on the line 385 00:16:55,615 --> 00:16:59,450 to get "Smokey and the Bandit" done. 386 00:16:59,452 --> 00:17:01,519 - My father, he didn't play the game. 387 00:17:01,521 --> 00:17:03,454 He wasn't a Hollywood guy. 388 00:17:03,456 --> 00:17:05,656 He was who he was. 389 00:17:05,658 --> 00:17:07,392 He said, "If I didn't do 'Smokey and the Bandit,' 390 00:17:07,394 --> 00:17:08,860 "I'd probably be picking up cans 391 00:17:08,862 --> 00:17:10,795 on the side of the road for a living." 392 00:17:10,797 --> 00:17:13,931 - We have some childhood photos of you, 393 00:17:13,933 --> 00:17:15,666 and I thought maybe, Arnold, 394 00:17:15,668 --> 00:17:17,902 see if you can recognize them. 395 00:17:17,904 --> 00:17:19,904 all: Aww! 396 00:17:19,906 --> 00:17:21,406 - I was a farm kid. 397 00:17:21,408 --> 00:17:23,374 All I remember about that part of my life 398 00:17:23,376 --> 00:17:26,511 was using a mule's backside as a compass 399 00:17:26,513 --> 00:17:29,480 up and down some cotton rows in Arkansas. 400 00:17:29,482 --> 00:17:32,683 [laid-back country music] 401 00:17:32,685 --> 00:17:34,619 ♪ ♪ 402 00:17:34,621 --> 00:17:36,954 - Was there any time at all for--for hobbies, 403 00:17:36,956 --> 00:17:38,689 or anything that would-- - Hobbies? 404 00:17:38,691 --> 00:17:41,325 - Kind of gives you pleasure or give you fun? 405 00:17:41,327 --> 00:17:42,960 - Hobbies? 406 00:17:42,962 --> 00:17:46,798 I can tell you've never seen a sharecropper. 407 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:50,668 Hey, listen: just getting food on the table, 408 00:17:50,670 --> 00:17:53,671 staying warm in the winter time, 409 00:17:53,673 --> 00:17:56,507 was a major accomplishment. 410 00:17:56,509 --> 00:18:00,111 My childhood, man, you got to know, 411 00:18:00,113 --> 00:18:03,514 being a sharecropper's son is the bottom of the totem pole. 412 00:18:03,516 --> 00:18:06,717 There's nothing lower than that. 413 00:18:06,719 --> 00:18:09,287 - I think he told me they had dirt for floors, 414 00:18:09,289 --> 00:18:12,256 but he was just very smart for somebody 415 00:18:12,258 --> 00:18:14,425 with a very limited education. 416 00:18:14,427 --> 00:18:16,661 He told me one of his friends once said, 417 00:18:16,663 --> 00:18:20,465 "I've never seen anybody do so much with so few tools." 418 00:18:20,467 --> 00:18:22,366 [plane engine humming] 419 00:18:22,368 --> 00:18:26,971 - I was in the 82nd Airborne, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. 420 00:18:26,973 --> 00:18:29,807 But after about 2 1/2 years, I could see 421 00:18:29,809 --> 00:18:31,809 that I got no credit 422 00:18:31,811 --> 00:18:35,079 for my creativity or being a great soldier, 423 00:18:35,081 --> 00:18:36,714 and I was a good soldier. 424 00:18:36,716 --> 00:18:39,550 I said, "Got to be a better way. 425 00:18:39,552 --> 00:18:41,786 I'm going west till my hat floats." 426 00:18:41,788 --> 00:18:45,456 And next morning, I was in my car heading for California. 427 00:18:45,458 --> 00:18:47,391 I never worked in a movie. 428 00:18:47,393 --> 00:18:49,660 But I had all that experience. 429 00:18:49,662 --> 00:18:53,664 I decided I was gonna be a stuntman. 430 00:18:53,666 --> 00:18:57,502 When I got my first chance, I was ready. 431 00:18:57,504 --> 00:19:00,771 I did a thing where I-- I'm in an airplane, 432 00:19:00,773 --> 00:19:02,340 a guy's riding along on horseback, 433 00:19:02,342 --> 00:19:03,441 and I dive out of the airplane-- 434 00:19:03,443 --> 00:19:05,176 or jumped out the airplane-- 435 00:19:05,178 --> 00:19:07,778 and knocked him off the horse-- it's called a "Bulldog." 436 00:19:07,780 --> 00:19:15,720 ♪ ♪ 437 00:19:17,190 --> 00:19:19,690 [gunshots] 438 00:19:19,692 --> 00:19:22,827 They paid me a lot of money. 439 00:19:22,829 --> 00:19:25,029 People said I couldn't do it 'cause I was too small, 440 00:19:25,031 --> 00:19:27,965 too dumb. 441 00:19:27,967 --> 00:19:30,201 I always had to prove otherwise. 442 00:19:30,203 --> 00:19:31,903 - Hal Needham. [applause] 443 00:19:34,574 --> 00:19:37,275 - We had 30 days to make a great movie. 444 00:19:37,277 --> 00:19:40,378 [country music] 445 00:19:40,380 --> 00:19:43,080 - The film commission has been very aggressive 446 00:19:43,082 --> 00:19:44,282 in terms of luring not only us, 447 00:19:44,284 --> 00:19:45,316 but a lot of film companies here. 448 00:19:45,318 --> 00:19:46,918 It's--it's very helpful. 449 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:48,753 They've closed highways for us, they've, um-- 450 00:19:48,755 --> 00:19:51,455 tearing out part of an old bridge for us 451 00:19:51,457 --> 00:19:53,524 that we're gonna throw a car across. 452 00:19:53,526 --> 00:19:55,026 It's just terrific. 453 00:19:55,028 --> 00:19:56,260 - Mark. - Hold all the noise. 454 00:19:56,262 --> 00:20:00,398 All the talk, everything. Quiet. 455 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,000 - The entire picture was shot 16, 17 miles 456 00:20:03,002 --> 00:20:05,036 away from the center of downtown Atlanta. 457 00:20:05,038 --> 00:20:07,605 In the motion picture business, you put up a sign 458 00:20:07,607 --> 00:20:09,473 that says "Entering Mississippi," 459 00:20:09,475 --> 00:20:12,543 and you're entering Mississippi. 460 00:20:12,545 --> 00:20:16,180 But with respect and affection for Hal, 461 00:20:16,182 --> 00:20:19,650 this was as new to him, really, as it was to me. 462 00:20:19,652 --> 00:20:21,819 When we went to work the first morning, 463 00:20:21,821 --> 00:20:23,487 you know, I got up, sort of stood around, 464 00:20:23,489 --> 00:20:25,156 waiting for things to happen. 465 00:20:25,158 --> 00:20:27,525 You know, the production manager asked me 466 00:20:27,527 --> 00:20:30,328 what we should do, and I didn't have a-- 467 00:20:30,330 --> 00:20:31,662 you know, a clue. 468 00:20:31,664 --> 00:20:33,064 - And I remember, the first day, 469 00:20:33,066 --> 00:20:35,866 Hal and I pull up to the location. 470 00:20:35,868 --> 00:20:38,569 Sitting under a tree in a director's chair, 471 00:20:38,571 --> 00:20:42,106 with his Fleetwood stretch 472 00:20:42,108 --> 00:20:43,874 gold limo next to him 473 00:20:43,876 --> 00:20:45,910 was Jackie Gleason. 474 00:20:45,912 --> 00:20:47,878 And Jackie was sitting in this director's chair, 475 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:50,481 wearing a black Gucci leisure suit 476 00:20:50,483 --> 00:20:52,316 with a red carnation. 477 00:20:52,318 --> 00:20:53,451 And no one was there. 478 00:20:53,453 --> 00:20:55,419 Was the first person on the set. 479 00:20:55,421 --> 00:20:56,787 Nobody else! 480 00:20:56,789 --> 00:20:58,489 - Was directing anything at all 481 00:20:58,491 --> 00:21:00,558 like you thought it was going to be? 482 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:02,226 - Well, I had no fear going in. 483 00:21:02,228 --> 00:21:04,362 I mean, we're not doing "Gone with the Wind" 484 00:21:04,364 --> 00:21:06,397 or "Fiddler on the Roof." 485 00:21:06,399 --> 00:21:08,065 It's action comedy. 486 00:21:08,067 --> 00:21:11,902 Just light it for the color, and let's shoot it. 487 00:21:11,904 --> 00:21:14,005 Speed, speed, speed. 488 00:21:14,007 --> 00:21:18,576 - In a big movie, you may do three pages a day. 489 00:21:18,578 --> 00:21:22,213 Hal would shoot 16 pages a day. 490 00:21:22,215 --> 00:21:25,182 We did things that were insane, 491 00:21:25,184 --> 00:21:29,086 right on the edge of insanity. 492 00:21:29,088 --> 00:21:31,589 - Hal Needham directing Burt, uh, 493 00:21:31,591 --> 00:21:34,825 this was a brand-new process, you know, for them. 494 00:21:34,827 --> 00:21:38,162 - I think he just wanted Burt to be Burt. 495 00:21:38,164 --> 00:21:40,998 - I--I had no qualms about going in there 496 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,934 and saying "Action." 497 00:21:51,678 --> 00:21:54,645 - Yeah. 498 00:21:59,185 --> 00:22:00,217 - Oh, my God. 499 00:22:00,219 --> 00:22:03,321 - And, well, and... 500 00:22:06,359 --> 00:22:09,660 - You walk on a set, and there's the Panavision camera, 501 00:22:09,662 --> 00:22:12,596 and all the lights, and there's Burt Reynolds. 502 00:22:12,598 --> 00:22:14,398 - Old legends never die, 503 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:16,067 they just lose weight. 504 00:22:16,069 --> 00:22:19,870 - A legend and an out-of-work bum look a lot alike, Daddy. 505 00:22:19,872 --> 00:22:21,238 You go, "Oh, my God, how did I-- 506 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:24,375 how did I wind up here?" 507 00:22:26,145 --> 00:22:29,013 - [laughing] 508 00:22:29,015 --> 00:22:31,882 Now, getting to Texarkana and back, 509 00:22:31,884 --> 00:22:34,285 in 28 hours, that's no problem. 510 00:22:34,287 --> 00:22:36,887 - It ain't never been done before--[horn honks]. 511 00:22:36,889 --> 00:22:38,756 - Watch your language, little lady. 512 00:22:38,758 --> 00:22:41,192 The problem is that Coors beer, 513 00:22:41,194 --> 00:22:44,495 you take that east of Texas, and that's, uh, 514 00:22:44,497 --> 00:22:46,797 that's bootlegging. 515 00:22:46,799 --> 00:22:48,466 There was a lot of things about the South 516 00:22:48,468 --> 00:22:50,968 that I was embarrassed about, 517 00:22:50,970 --> 00:22:53,371 but there were also things about the South 518 00:22:53,373 --> 00:22:56,741 that were wonderful. 519 00:22:56,743 --> 00:22:59,710 I had hoped to make 520 00:22:59,712 --> 00:23:01,879 something out of that 521 00:23:01,881 --> 00:23:05,916 in a way that nobody'd seen. 522 00:23:07,787 --> 00:23:10,287 Nobody thinks of Florida as being South, 523 00:23:10,289 --> 00:23:13,724 but if we had enough time on this show, 524 00:23:13,726 --> 00:23:15,760 I could take you places where you'd realize 525 00:23:15,762 --> 00:23:19,897 that this is the South. 526 00:23:21,801 --> 00:23:24,602 I wanted to make it so bad when I was growing up here. 527 00:23:24,604 --> 00:23:28,406 I mean, I really wanted to make it bad. 528 00:23:29,876 --> 00:23:32,243 But great, great memories. 529 00:23:32,245 --> 00:23:34,712 Really great memories. 530 00:23:34,714 --> 00:23:37,381 My dad is a cowboy. 531 00:23:37,383 --> 00:23:39,350 He's tough, and leathery, 532 00:23:39,352 --> 00:23:41,719 and the most honest man 533 00:23:41,721 --> 00:23:44,221 I've ever known in my life. 534 00:23:44,223 --> 00:23:46,557 - We had our little off and ons, 535 00:23:46,559 --> 00:23:48,559 but he was a-- a normal kid. 536 00:23:48,561 --> 00:23:51,929 He got in just as much trouble as anyone else. 537 00:23:51,931 --> 00:23:54,765 - He put me in jail one night for getting in a fight. 538 00:23:54,767 --> 00:23:56,901 I remember he came in, and he says, uh, 539 00:23:56,903 --> 00:23:59,403 "You kids, uh, your father's here. 540 00:23:59,405 --> 00:24:00,871 "You can go home now. 541 00:24:00,873 --> 00:24:02,306 Your father's here, you can go home now," 542 00:24:02,308 --> 00:24:03,474 and he looked at me, he says, 543 00:24:03,476 --> 00:24:05,676 "Your father ain't here." 544 00:24:05,678 --> 00:24:09,213 So I stayed there all night. 545 00:24:09,215 --> 00:24:11,515 There's a saying in the South, that 546 00:24:11,517 --> 00:24:12,950 "No man is a man 547 00:24:12,952 --> 00:24:17,121 until his father tells him he is." 548 00:24:17,123 --> 00:24:20,291 - I think his dad expected a lot out of him. 549 00:24:20,293 --> 00:24:23,294 He was kind of the golden boy in football, 550 00:24:23,296 --> 00:24:25,396 and it looked like he was gonna have a great 551 00:24:25,398 --> 00:24:27,731 pro career and college career. 552 00:24:27,733 --> 00:24:30,000 [crowd cheering] 553 00:24:30,002 --> 00:24:33,370 - He got tore up in his senior year in high school, 554 00:24:33,372 --> 00:24:37,241 tore the cartilage out of both sides of both knees. 555 00:24:37,243 --> 00:24:39,176 - Well, he was sort of lost. 556 00:24:39,178 --> 00:24:42,713 He--all he'd ever done is play football. 557 00:24:42,715 --> 00:24:46,283 I was getting ready to cast and direct the play, 558 00:24:46,285 --> 00:24:48,052 "Outward Bound." 559 00:24:48,054 --> 00:24:52,857 And Burt sat in the front row in my English literature class, 560 00:24:52,859 --> 00:24:56,760 and he looked like the guy that I wanted 561 00:24:56,762 --> 00:24:59,096 for the role of the alcoholic. 562 00:24:59,098 --> 00:25:01,499 - And I said, "You're out of your bird." 563 00:25:01,501 --> 00:25:03,300 You know, and I said, 564 00:25:03,302 --> 00:25:04,768 "I've never been in a play in my life." 565 00:25:04,770 --> 00:25:08,005 I somehow went to that room, 566 00:25:08,007 --> 00:25:10,441 and walked in there, and he looked at me, 567 00:25:10,443 --> 00:25:12,109 and he said, "Read." 568 00:25:12,111 --> 00:25:14,278 And I opened the book and went "The--" 569 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:15,813 and he said, "That's it. You've got the part." 570 00:25:15,815 --> 00:25:17,281 - I saw something in Burt. 571 00:25:17,283 --> 00:25:19,049 I--I saw the spark. 572 00:25:19,051 --> 00:25:22,052 [dramatic music] 573 00:25:22,054 --> 00:25:30,027 ♪ ♪ 574 00:25:33,733 --> 00:25:35,900 [fanciful music] 575 00:25:35,902 --> 00:25:39,570 - I hated "Riverboat." I hated doing it. 576 00:25:39,572 --> 00:25:42,673 I had this character I called "Dum-Dum the Whistleblower." 577 00:25:42,675 --> 00:25:46,043 You know...[imitating horn]. 578 00:25:46,045 --> 00:25:47,645 Connie, cut it to half-speed. 579 00:25:47,647 --> 00:25:50,114 - Aye, sir. Half speed! 580 00:25:50,116 --> 00:25:53,918 - They would bring in the stuntmen. 581 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:57,721 They were the men. We were the boys. 582 00:25:57,723 --> 00:25:58,789 - [screaming] 583 00:25:58,791 --> 00:26:00,457 - The stars always migrated 584 00:26:00,459 --> 00:26:01,792 to the stunt guys. 585 00:26:01,794 --> 00:26:04,929 They saw some realness. 586 00:26:04,931 --> 00:26:06,263 There was no acting. 587 00:26:06,265 --> 00:26:09,133 - They were the jocks, and, uh-- 588 00:26:09,135 --> 00:26:10,935 and that's what I'd been. 589 00:26:10,937 --> 00:26:13,871 [upbeat music] 590 00:26:13,873 --> 00:26:16,073 - Burt was very capable. 591 00:26:16,075 --> 00:26:17,241 He could do it all. 592 00:26:17,243 --> 00:26:19,643 But you can't do it all. 593 00:26:19,645 --> 00:26:24,248 You got to have a--you got to-- you need a double. 594 00:26:24,250 --> 00:26:26,584 - Over at Universal, they just hired me 595 00:26:26,586 --> 00:26:28,452 to come in and double somebody. 596 00:26:28,454 --> 00:26:30,354 They say, "Yeah, here's your outfit." 597 00:26:30,356 --> 00:26:32,022 I said, "Who am I doubling?" They said, "Go down 598 00:26:32,024 --> 00:26:33,724 "to the set and find somebody dressed like you, 599 00:26:33,726 --> 00:26:35,259 and that's who you're doubling." 600 00:26:35,261 --> 00:26:37,428 And I got down there, and it was Burt. 601 00:26:37,430 --> 00:26:39,763 ♪ ♪ 602 00:26:39,765 --> 00:26:41,231 - Hal came in to do a stunt, 603 00:26:41,233 --> 00:26:43,267 and he was gonna be doubling me, 604 00:26:43,269 --> 00:26:46,370 and I thought, "Hell, I can do that." 605 00:26:46,372 --> 00:26:47,738 ♪ ♪ 606 00:26:47,740 --> 00:26:49,907 [horse whinnies] 607 00:26:49,909 --> 00:26:52,610 ♪ ♪ 608 00:26:52,612 --> 00:26:53,777 [shouting] 609 00:26:53,779 --> 00:26:58,415 ♪ ♪ 610 00:26:58,417 --> 00:27:00,084 He said, "You could be really handy." 611 00:27:00,086 --> 00:27:03,454 "Handy" is a super compliment for a stuntman. 612 00:27:03,456 --> 00:27:05,189 He always said, "Actors are candy-asses. 613 00:27:05,191 --> 00:27:08,092 I don't want to be an actor." 614 00:27:08,094 --> 00:27:11,195 [glass shattering] 615 00:27:12,164 --> 00:27:14,732 - I always felt that Burt 616 00:27:14,734 --> 00:27:18,202 kind of wanted to be doing what Hal was doing. 617 00:27:18,204 --> 00:27:21,005 - You come out to my place on Saturday and Sunday, 618 00:27:21,007 --> 00:27:24,475 and there'd be 18, 20 stuntmen out there practicing. 619 00:27:24,477 --> 00:27:27,211 - Most people are in less than top physical condition. 620 00:27:27,213 --> 00:27:29,246 The first and foremost for every stuntman 621 00:27:29,248 --> 00:27:32,549 is a good warm-up, as it should be for you. 622 00:27:33,786 --> 00:27:36,887 - Medic! Medic! Medic! 623 00:27:41,293 --> 00:27:42,660 - Yeah, they were the pirates. 624 00:27:42,662 --> 00:27:45,129 Running around, having a good time. 625 00:27:45,131 --> 00:27:48,298 [groove music] 626 00:27:48,300 --> 00:27:50,334 When I first saw that group, it reminded me 627 00:27:50,336 --> 00:27:53,270 of Butch Cassidy and the Hole in the Wall gang. 628 00:27:53,272 --> 00:27:55,506 And we were kind of all the Hole in the Wall gang. 629 00:27:55,508 --> 00:27:56,707 ♪ ♪ 630 00:27:56,709 --> 00:27:58,308 There's a great line in that movie. 631 00:27:58,310 --> 00:27:59,576 Butch says, you know, "Listen, I got vision. 632 00:27:59,578 --> 00:28:01,412 Everyone else is wearing bifocals." 633 00:28:01,414 --> 00:28:04,481 Hal Needham was the-- the Butch Cassidy character. 634 00:28:04,483 --> 00:28:06,183 ♪ ♪ 635 00:28:06,185 --> 00:28:09,319 - Hal was--he was an innovator. You know? 636 00:28:09,321 --> 00:28:11,388 I never seen him back off from nothing. 637 00:28:11,390 --> 00:28:13,190 - They'd say, "We want you to get in this car, 638 00:28:13,192 --> 00:28:15,192 "go down and turn it over at 90 miles an hour, 639 00:28:15,194 --> 00:28:17,127 "blow it up, come out on fire, 640 00:28:17,129 --> 00:28:18,629 run across the street, and die." 641 00:28:18,631 --> 00:28:21,265 I'd say, "Okay." 642 00:28:21,267 --> 00:28:24,334 - He more or less got a group of guys together 643 00:28:24,336 --> 00:28:26,203 that could do anything. 644 00:28:26,205 --> 00:28:28,839 - We just started our own organization 645 00:28:28,841 --> 00:28:30,708 called Stunts Unlimited. 646 00:28:30,710 --> 00:28:32,443 - Right when we started Stunts Unlimited, 647 00:28:32,445 --> 00:28:34,712 and we had an office on the lot at Paramount. 648 00:28:34,714 --> 00:28:39,550 Paramount didn't even know we had an office there. 649 00:28:39,552 --> 00:28:42,086 - Three or four years, we were the biggest, 650 00:28:42,088 --> 00:28:45,122 best-known organization in the world. 651 00:28:45,124 --> 00:28:50,594 ♪ ♪ 652 00:28:50,596 --> 00:28:52,129 - Got up in the-- early in the morning, 653 00:28:52,131 --> 00:28:53,964 and went to the set, 654 00:28:53,966 --> 00:28:56,133 went through wardrobe, makeup, hair, 655 00:28:56,135 --> 00:28:58,402 got a burrito, jumped on your horse, 656 00:28:58,404 --> 00:29:01,238 went to work-- it was just the best. 657 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:03,607 And then at night, you get back to the hotel, 658 00:29:03,609 --> 00:29:06,844 you stop in the bar, you have a couple of belts, 659 00:29:06,846 --> 00:29:10,180 have a couple more and say, "Let's go, men." 660 00:29:10,182 --> 00:29:12,816 Off to the 17 Bar and Grill. 661 00:29:12,818 --> 00:29:14,551 Close it down. 662 00:29:14,553 --> 00:29:16,587 We would come in, the wranglers would be 663 00:29:16,589 --> 00:29:18,789 going to work to get the horses ready for us. 664 00:29:18,791 --> 00:29:20,958 We'd grab a shower and go to work. 665 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:23,861 It was--it was mad. 666 00:29:23,863 --> 00:29:26,396 And Hal really had a rule 667 00:29:26,398 --> 00:29:28,832 that you didn't bring your wives on location 668 00:29:28,834 --> 00:29:30,200 because of that. 669 00:29:30,202 --> 00:29:33,403 It would cause problems, you know? 670 00:29:33,405 --> 00:29:35,873 Well, we went through a lot of wives. 671 00:29:35,875 --> 00:29:41,445 ♪ ♪ 672 00:29:41,447 --> 00:29:42,746 - What do you two do in the movie? 673 00:29:42,748 --> 00:29:44,348 - Well, we're sitting-- we drink a lot 674 00:29:44,350 --> 00:29:45,516 of champagne in the movie. 675 00:29:45,518 --> 00:29:47,284 We're sitting at a table, and 676 00:29:47,286 --> 00:29:48,886 just, uh, more or less 677 00:29:48,888 --> 00:29:51,555 talking with Pat McCormick and Paul Williams. 678 00:29:51,557 --> 00:29:53,757 And then Burt Reynolds walks up to the scene. 679 00:29:53,759 --> 00:29:55,526 - Has Burt tried to put the make on you? 680 00:29:55,528 --> 00:29:57,795 - No. We wish, but not. [laughter] 681 00:29:57,797 --> 00:29:59,363 - No, we're more-- we're more or less hoping 682 00:29:59,365 --> 00:30:02,699 that he'll let us put the make on him. 683 00:30:02,701 --> 00:30:10,808 ♪ ♪ 684 00:30:10,810 --> 00:30:12,643 - Watch out! Everybody clear. 685 00:30:12,645 --> 00:30:15,212 - What you just saw was a scene from the new Burt Reynolds movie 686 00:30:15,214 --> 00:30:17,147 "Smokey and the Bandit," being filmed here at 687 00:30:17,149 --> 00:30:19,817 Lakewood Fairgrounds in Atlanta. 688 00:30:19,819 --> 00:30:22,286 - Pontiac division at General Motors gave us 689 00:30:22,288 --> 00:30:25,722 four sedans that we used as police cars, 690 00:30:25,724 --> 00:30:28,659 and they gave us two Trans Ams, and that was it. 691 00:30:28,661 --> 00:30:31,495 [engine roaring] 692 00:30:31,497 --> 00:30:32,663 - O-o-kay! 693 00:30:32,665 --> 00:30:34,431 - By the second week of the picture, 694 00:30:34,433 --> 00:30:36,834 both the Trans Ams had been destroyed 695 00:30:36,836 --> 00:30:39,670 and we had to go back and beg to get a couple more. 696 00:30:39,672 --> 00:30:41,705 - Beautiful, huh? - Honey, hush. 697 00:30:41,707 --> 00:30:43,373 [laughter] 698 00:30:43,375 --> 00:30:45,909 - Jerry Reed went, "Honey, hush." 699 00:30:45,911 --> 00:30:48,946 ['70s rock music] 700 00:30:48,948 --> 00:30:50,480 ♪ ♪ 701 00:30:50,482 --> 00:30:52,482 The way that he said it, it was 702 00:30:52,484 --> 00:30:55,752 the greatest-looking gal you'd ever seen. 703 00:30:55,754 --> 00:31:01,391 ♪ ♪ 704 00:31:01,393 --> 00:31:04,494 - I love it, I love it! 705 00:31:04,496 --> 00:31:06,063 I mean, I really get a kick 706 00:31:06,065 --> 00:31:08,031 out of driving a Firebird. 707 00:31:08,033 --> 00:31:12,870 ♪ ♪ 708 00:31:12,872 --> 00:31:16,540 - There seems to be a thing about that bloody Trans Am. 709 00:31:16,542 --> 00:31:20,210 As a symbol of your getaway steed. 710 00:31:21,647 --> 00:31:24,581 The male animal, it is the wannabe warrior 711 00:31:24,583 --> 00:31:28,218 who's now working at a factory somewhere 712 00:31:28,220 --> 00:31:31,655 connected with that character, that car. 713 00:31:31,657 --> 00:31:34,491 Maybe it's the element of escape. 714 00:31:34,493 --> 00:31:36,126 I mean, it's an escapist movie, 715 00:31:36,128 --> 00:31:39,930 but it's a movie about escape. 716 00:31:39,932 --> 00:31:41,899 That was a great answer. 717 00:31:44,570 --> 00:31:46,069 - What about all the nutty stunts in cars? 718 00:31:46,071 --> 00:31:48,939 Have you ever had a-- a really far-out car run? 719 00:31:48,941 --> 00:31:51,642 - Oh, yeah. I mean... 720 00:31:51,644 --> 00:31:53,577 First of all, see, I love cars. 721 00:31:53,579 --> 00:31:56,313 I mean, I can make a car talk. 722 00:31:56,315 --> 00:31:58,916 Slide it sideways, spin it completely around, 723 00:31:58,918 --> 00:32:01,585 360 degrees, do all those things with it, 724 00:32:01,587 --> 00:32:03,887 and know exactly where that car is at. 725 00:32:03,889 --> 00:32:06,123 - Why do you drive like that, Hal? 726 00:32:06,125 --> 00:32:07,624 - Why do I drive like that? 727 00:32:07,626 --> 00:32:09,192 Well, there's a couple reasons. 728 00:32:09,194 --> 00:32:11,595 Number one's money, and the second one is, uh, 729 00:32:11,597 --> 00:32:15,565 we're making a movie. 730 00:32:15,567 --> 00:32:18,568 - Fast cars, that was dangerous stuff. 731 00:32:18,570 --> 00:32:20,737 Whether we were jumping a boat, 732 00:32:20,739 --> 00:32:24,074 or jumping a car, or jumping a horse, it was all the-- 733 00:32:24,076 --> 00:32:26,143 it all stemmed from 734 00:32:26,145 --> 00:32:28,278 the basics of stunt work, it was all started 735 00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:29,446 with the horse and the fight. 736 00:32:29,448 --> 00:32:32,649 [country rock music] 737 00:32:32,651 --> 00:32:33,483 - Whoo! 738 00:32:33,485 --> 00:32:35,452 ♪ ♪ 739 00:32:35,454 --> 00:32:37,220 - I believe personally that, uh, 740 00:32:37,222 --> 00:32:39,356 when you work with animals, you stand a better chance 741 00:32:39,358 --> 00:32:41,158 of, uh, of getting somebody hurt 742 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,193 than you do with automobiles, 'cause the automobile 743 00:32:43,195 --> 00:32:45,462 doesn't care about the explosions or the bullet hits 744 00:32:45,464 --> 00:32:46,663 or the whatever it is-- 745 00:32:46,665 --> 00:32:47,798 it'll go wherever you steer it, 746 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:49,833 and it'll only go as fast 747 00:32:49,835 --> 00:32:51,535 as you mash the accelerator. 748 00:32:51,537 --> 00:32:55,105 ♪ ♪ 749 00:32:55,107 --> 00:32:58,241 - It's like the Westerns just slowly faded out, 750 00:32:58,243 --> 00:33:01,511 and here come all the car pictures. 751 00:33:07,152 --> 00:33:09,252 - Okay, fearless, let me ask you this: 752 00:33:09,254 --> 00:33:12,189 has there ever been a stunt that somebody wanted to do 753 00:33:12,191 --> 00:33:16,393 in a movie that you said, flat-out, "No." 754 00:33:16,395 --> 00:33:19,096 - [chuckles] I've never turned down a stunt. 755 00:33:19,098 --> 00:33:22,132 I said, "If--if you can put a man on the moon, 756 00:33:22,134 --> 00:33:25,302 you can damn sure figure out a way to do a stunt." 757 00:33:25,304 --> 00:33:29,373 - Couple of times, Hal did get in over his head. 758 00:33:29,375 --> 00:33:31,842 There was a stunt where I should have said something, 759 00:33:31,844 --> 00:33:33,210 but I thought, "Well, wait a minute. 760 00:33:33,212 --> 00:33:37,147 He's Hal Needham. Keep your mouth shut." 761 00:33:37,149 --> 00:33:40,550 - When you're doubling a leading man, 762 00:33:40,552 --> 00:33:42,719 you want to make him look like a hero. 763 00:33:42,721 --> 00:33:45,122 [engines roaring] 764 00:33:45,124 --> 00:33:46,990 - "White Lightning," there's a scene where 765 00:33:46,992 --> 00:33:49,159 Burt Reynolds' character, being doubled by Hal Needham, 766 00:33:49,161 --> 00:33:51,328 is trying to escape police officers, 767 00:33:51,330 --> 00:33:53,897 where he sees a big old sand barge pulling out 768 00:33:53,899 --> 00:33:55,766 into the middle of the river. 769 00:33:55,768 --> 00:33:58,235 So he turns the car sideways, and then goes 770 00:33:58,237 --> 00:34:02,205 down the dock and jumps the car. 771 00:34:02,207 --> 00:34:05,942 Think it was probably 70, 80 feet across to the barge. 772 00:34:10,382 --> 00:34:12,282 Even though he was banged up pretty good, 773 00:34:12,284 --> 00:34:14,885 he got out of the car and continued to play the part. 774 00:34:14,887 --> 00:34:17,487 And after we cut, and he fell down-- 775 00:34:17,489 --> 00:34:18,855 [laughing] 776 00:34:18,857 --> 00:34:21,024 But he always finished the shot. 777 00:34:23,295 --> 00:34:24,628 - Well, I'll be damned. 778 00:34:24,630 --> 00:34:27,064 - Busted his spleen. 779 00:34:27,066 --> 00:34:29,266 Damn near died. 780 00:34:29,268 --> 00:34:32,102 - You know, stuntmen, you know, [laughing], 781 00:34:32,104 --> 00:34:33,937 you can get hurt right there, and they just 782 00:34:33,939 --> 00:34:36,106 haul you off and keep shooting. 783 00:34:36,108 --> 00:34:40,043 But the actor goes down, you're done. 784 00:34:40,045 --> 00:34:43,280 - We were shooting "The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing." 785 00:34:43,282 --> 00:34:46,249 He had a hernia down in the bottom of this canyon. 786 00:34:46,251 --> 00:34:48,085 It was 200 feet up. 787 00:34:48,087 --> 00:34:50,387 They couldn't even get a chopper in there. 788 00:34:50,389 --> 00:34:52,889 So I turned to Burt and I said, "Tell you what, son," 789 00:34:52,891 --> 00:34:56,493 I said, "If you can hold on to my back, 790 00:34:56,495 --> 00:34:58,762 "they throw that rope down here, 791 00:34:58,764 --> 00:35:01,131 I can carry you out of here." 792 00:35:01,133 --> 00:35:04,668 So I carried him up the hillside on my back. 793 00:35:04,670 --> 00:35:07,137 We got to the top, they had a chopper, 794 00:35:07,139 --> 00:35:09,539 which they threw him in, and they forgot to get me out, 795 00:35:09,541 --> 00:35:11,842 laying on the ground all out of breath. 796 00:35:11,844 --> 00:35:14,978 You know...[laughing]. 797 00:35:16,849 --> 00:35:18,448 That's just a shot of Burt and I 798 00:35:18,450 --> 00:35:20,417 down at his ranch in Florida. 799 00:35:20,419 --> 00:35:22,919 It says, "To the best roomie 800 00:35:22,921 --> 00:35:26,089 "a guy could ask for, and a helluva man. 801 00:35:26,091 --> 00:35:29,392 Love, Burt." 802 00:35:29,394 --> 00:35:31,728 - We had this kind of crazy schedule, 803 00:35:31,730 --> 00:35:34,131 that I used to wake up in the morning, 804 00:35:34,133 --> 00:35:36,233 and would be stumbling down the hall, 805 00:35:36,235 --> 00:35:39,636 and there'd be a note on the bathroom door that said, 806 00:35:39,638 --> 00:35:41,938 "The place is yours, 807 00:35:41,940 --> 00:35:44,941 "but I need it for the next three days. 808 00:35:44,943 --> 00:35:47,744 Hope you don't mind. Love, Roomie." 809 00:35:47,746 --> 00:35:50,981 And that meant I got out, and I did. 810 00:35:50,983 --> 00:35:52,782 - I don't know that I fell in love instantly, 811 00:35:52,784 --> 00:35:54,718 but I sure did like the guy. 812 00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:56,786 My first date with Hal was at his house 813 00:35:56,788 --> 00:36:00,056 with Burt and Dinah Shore. 814 00:36:00,058 --> 00:36:01,625 [laughing] 815 00:36:01,627 --> 00:36:04,628 It was an interesting time. 816 00:36:04,630 --> 00:36:07,697 - Burt and Dinah were lovers. 817 00:36:07,699 --> 00:36:10,400 She was a cougar at the time, I guess. 818 00:36:10,402 --> 00:36:13,470 - I'd like to make it eminently clear 819 00:36:13,472 --> 00:36:15,772 that there are many areas in which 820 00:36:15,774 --> 00:36:19,609 Hal does not double Burt. 821 00:36:19,611 --> 00:36:21,344 Okay? 822 00:36:21,346 --> 00:36:24,247 [laughter and applause] 823 00:36:26,018 --> 00:36:27,250 - I want to know something: 824 00:36:27,252 --> 00:36:29,819 he and I started almost simultaneous. 825 00:36:29,821 --> 00:36:31,054 What happened? 826 00:36:31,056 --> 00:36:32,589 I mean, I'm better looking than he is. 827 00:36:32,591 --> 00:36:35,292 I'm more talented. What? What? 828 00:36:35,294 --> 00:36:37,427 - It--I'll explain it to you. - Okay. 829 00:36:37,429 --> 00:36:38,628 I wish somebody would. - Yeah. 830 00:36:38,630 --> 00:36:39,896 It--it's very simple. 831 00:36:39,898 --> 00:36:41,264 You don't have any problems. - Okay. 832 00:36:41,266 --> 00:36:42,933 - Because you're a real choreographer. 833 00:36:42,935 --> 00:36:45,235 I mean, those fights are staged... 834 00:36:45,237 --> 00:36:48,171 - I tell you what, I don't care who it is. 835 00:36:48,173 --> 00:36:51,041 I always say the biggest thing about a man is his ego. 836 00:36:51,043 --> 00:36:53,543 And I'm no different than anybody else. 837 00:36:53,545 --> 00:36:54,611 - All right. - Ready? 838 00:36:54,613 --> 00:36:56,947 - Hal wanted to be a star. 839 00:36:56,949 --> 00:36:58,682 I think, secretly, he would have 840 00:36:58,684 --> 00:37:00,116 liked to be Burt Reynolds. 841 00:37:00,118 --> 00:37:01,851 - Ah! - On the other hand, I think 842 00:37:01,853 --> 00:37:03,954 Burt wanted to be Hal Needham, 843 00:37:03,956 --> 00:37:06,022 but knew that his bread was gonna be buttered 844 00:37:06,024 --> 00:37:07,657 on the movie star side. 845 00:37:07,659 --> 00:37:09,826 [applause] 846 00:37:09,828 --> 00:37:12,963 [laughter] 847 00:37:16,735 --> 00:37:19,703 [country music] 848 00:37:19,705 --> 00:37:21,605 ♪ ♪ 849 00:37:21,607 --> 00:37:24,741 [cheering] 850 00:37:24,743 --> 00:37:27,611 - For a little PR, we put an ad in the paper that, 851 00:37:27,613 --> 00:37:29,779 "Burt Reynolds is gonna be the judge 852 00:37:29,781 --> 00:37:32,182 "of a dog show to pick a dog 853 00:37:32,184 --> 00:37:34,050 to be in the movie" and everything. 854 00:37:34,052 --> 00:37:35,552 [dog barking] 855 00:37:35,554 --> 00:37:37,988 The next day, there was not 856 00:37:37,990 --> 00:37:39,789 a dog in the dog pound. 857 00:37:39,791 --> 00:37:43,360 We was in a park, and it was just a sea of dogs out there. 858 00:37:43,362 --> 00:37:44,828 Burt said, "That's your dog," 859 00:37:44,830 --> 00:37:47,564 and that's how it got in the movie. 860 00:37:47,566 --> 00:37:49,432 - Now Bo, I'm telling you, 861 00:37:49,434 --> 00:37:52,369 Fred ain't gonna be a problem. 862 00:37:52,371 --> 00:37:55,238 - I can see he's gonna be a major asset. 863 00:37:55,240 --> 00:37:58,008 - [laughing] 864 00:37:58,010 --> 00:38:00,543 [laughter] 865 00:38:00,545 --> 00:38:03,046 - Jerry Reed hit it off with everybody. 866 00:38:03,048 --> 00:38:06,616 And on the set, he had his band there. 867 00:38:06,618 --> 00:38:09,085 Hal and I were invited up to his suite, 868 00:38:09,087 --> 00:38:13,023 and they played this little song called "Eastbound and Down," 869 00:38:13,025 --> 00:38:16,860 and asking Hal, "Do you like it? What do you think of it?" 870 00:38:16,862 --> 00:38:18,628 Ha ha, it was fabulous! 871 00:38:18,630 --> 00:38:20,764 And it's the-- it's the song in the movie. 872 00:38:20,766 --> 00:38:23,366 - A-one, two, three, go. 873 00:38:23,368 --> 00:38:24,934 Breaker, breaker, one-nine? 874 00:38:24,936 --> 00:38:28,138 How bout that Bandit? You got them ears on, son? 875 00:38:28,140 --> 00:38:29,906 ♪ ♪ 876 00:38:29,908 --> 00:38:31,508 ♪ Eastbound and down ♪ 877 00:38:31,510 --> 00:38:33,376 ♪ Load it up and truck it ♪ 878 00:38:33,378 --> 00:38:35,445 Break for that Bandit one, break for that Bandit one. 879 00:38:35,447 --> 00:38:37,113 - Yeah, Snowman. Come on back. 880 00:38:37,115 --> 00:38:40,150 - ♪ Long way to go and a short time to get there ♪ 881 00:38:40,152 --> 00:38:43,286 ♪ I'm eastbound, just watch ol' Bandit run ♪ 882 00:38:43,288 --> 00:38:45,855 - This is Sheriff Buford T. Justice again. 883 00:38:45,857 --> 00:38:49,693 I lost that Trans Am! Set up a road block! 884 00:38:49,695 --> 00:38:51,227 - Good idea. 885 00:38:51,229 --> 00:38:52,562 - ♪ The boys are thirsty in Atlanta ♪ 886 00:38:52,564 --> 00:38:55,799 - Bandit, this here's the Grave Robber. 887 00:38:55,801 --> 00:38:57,801 Put the pedal to the metal, good buddy. 888 00:38:57,803 --> 00:39:00,203 And we'll hold this county mountie as long as we can. 889 00:39:00,205 --> 00:39:01,738 Come on. 890 00:39:01,740 --> 00:39:03,506 - Bandit, honey, this is 891 00:39:03,508 --> 00:39:06,176 the Good Witch of the North speaking. 892 00:39:06,178 --> 00:39:08,411 You'd better not come this way. 893 00:39:08,413 --> 00:39:12,015 - ♪ Eastbound, just watch ol' Bandit run ♪ 894 00:39:12,017 --> 00:39:13,950 ♪ ♪ 895 00:39:13,952 --> 00:39:15,852 [horn blaring] 896 00:39:15,854 --> 00:39:17,120 - This is the Bandit, darling. 897 00:39:17,122 --> 00:39:20,023 - And how can I help? Bring it back. 898 00:39:20,025 --> 00:39:26,896 ♪ ♪ 899 00:39:26,898 --> 00:39:29,999 - I knew the music before I knew the man, 900 00:39:30,001 --> 00:39:32,168 and the music got to me. 901 00:39:32,170 --> 00:39:33,636 I got that all worked out. 902 00:39:33,638 --> 00:39:37,006 This Bandit character loved Jerry Reed. 903 00:39:37,008 --> 00:39:41,044 We have a relationship that's very similar, 904 00:39:41,046 --> 00:39:43,380 in some ways, to me and Hal. 905 00:39:43,382 --> 00:39:46,750 He was crazy, but crazy good. 906 00:39:46,752 --> 00:39:49,652 - ♪ Well, ol' Smokey's got them ears on ♪ 907 00:39:49,654 --> 00:39:51,154 ♪ He's hot on your trail ♪ 908 00:39:51,156 --> 00:39:52,355 ♪ And he ain't going to rest ♪ 909 00:39:52,357 --> 00:39:54,090 ♪ Till you're in jail ♪ 910 00:39:54,092 --> 00:39:55,825 ♪ So you got to dodge him, you got to duck him ♪ 911 00:39:55,827 --> 00:39:57,894 ♪ You got to keep that diesel truckin' ♪ 912 00:39:57,896 --> 00:40:00,663 ♪ Just put that hammer down and give it hell ♪ 913 00:40:00,665 --> 00:40:02,532 - What is a good ol' boy? 914 00:40:02,534 --> 00:40:04,968 Someone that you really like hanging out with, 915 00:40:04,970 --> 00:40:06,636 and you can trust. 916 00:40:06,638 --> 00:40:08,104 Doesn't take life too seriously, 917 00:40:08,106 --> 00:40:09,572 but always gets the job done. 918 00:40:09,574 --> 00:40:11,441 Not a lot of angst in the good ol' boy, 919 00:40:11,443 --> 00:40:14,277 put it that way. 920 00:40:14,279 --> 00:40:16,379 - I suppose a lot of people say that 921 00:40:16,381 --> 00:40:18,848 people become actors because they're unhappy with themselves, 922 00:40:18,850 --> 00:40:21,951 and they get to hide in somebody else's skin. 923 00:40:21,953 --> 00:40:26,322 But that's not true-- people become actors, I think, 924 00:40:26,324 --> 00:40:29,125 because we're people pleasers. 925 00:40:29,127 --> 00:40:33,596 And, uh, the only thrill for us, really, 926 00:40:33,598 --> 00:40:38,034 is your getting some enjoyment from what we do. 927 00:40:38,036 --> 00:40:39,068 Oh, my God! 928 00:40:39,070 --> 00:40:41,938 [laughter] 929 00:40:41,940 --> 00:40:44,507 I'd like to be considered somebody 930 00:40:44,509 --> 00:40:46,810 who paid their dues and is a good actor. 931 00:40:46,812 --> 00:40:48,978 I think that there's a school of acting, which, 932 00:40:48,980 --> 00:40:52,148 I'm a great believer in this particular school of acting, 933 00:40:52,150 --> 00:40:55,151 which is called "Effortless." 934 00:40:55,153 --> 00:40:57,754 And it--and I worked 20 years 935 00:40:57,756 --> 00:41:00,223 to learn how to make it look easy. 936 00:41:00,225 --> 00:41:02,625 Quite honestly, it's very easy 937 00:41:02,627 --> 00:41:05,762 to do what I call "The Constipated School of Acting." 938 00:41:05,764 --> 00:41:09,065 Which is where you let every vein show in the neck, 939 00:41:09,067 --> 00:41:11,634 and you just, you know, go for it with every take. 940 00:41:11,636 --> 00:41:13,636 And everybody says, "What a brilliant actor he is." 941 00:41:13,638 --> 00:41:15,972 Well, he gets an Oscar and Preparation H, 942 00:41:15,974 --> 00:41:17,307 and I get a smile. 943 00:41:17,309 --> 00:41:20,310 [laughter] 944 00:41:20,312 --> 00:41:23,680 - That's an actor? 945 00:41:23,682 --> 00:41:26,649 - Well, he was brilliant in "Streetcar Named Desire." 946 00:41:26,651 --> 00:41:28,585 - "Streetcar Named Desire?" 947 00:41:28,587 --> 00:41:31,521 What was he, a conductor? 948 00:41:31,523 --> 00:41:33,256 - That was the time when 949 00:41:33,258 --> 00:41:35,558 everybody wanted to be Marlon Brando. 950 00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:37,760 - And who were you? 951 00:41:37,762 --> 00:41:39,696 - I didn't know who the hell I was. 952 00:41:39,698 --> 00:41:43,099 - Question, Rocky? - Yeah, I mean, what is my, uh, 953 00:41:43,101 --> 00:41:45,468 tertiary motivation here? 954 00:41:45,470 --> 00:41:47,904 I mean, like, I walk through the door, 955 00:41:47,906 --> 00:41:51,040 and, uh, I see her. 956 00:41:51,042 --> 00:41:52,575 Why? 957 00:41:52,577 --> 00:41:54,811 - Why what, Rocky? What's the question? 958 00:41:54,813 --> 00:41:57,347 - Exactly. What is the question? 959 00:41:57,349 --> 00:41:59,849 I wanted to play the rebel. 960 00:41:59,851 --> 00:42:02,986 The kind of label they'd given me at the studio. 961 00:42:02,988 --> 00:42:06,756 - Said, "Jesus Christ, he looks like Brando." 962 00:42:06,758 --> 00:42:08,324 - When I first went to Hollywood, 963 00:42:08,326 --> 00:42:09,859 everybody wanted me to meet Marlon, 964 00:42:09,861 --> 00:42:12,295 and I'd heard so many Marlon Brando stories. 965 00:42:12,297 --> 00:42:15,331 There's a coffee house on the strip called Cyrano's, 966 00:42:15,333 --> 00:42:18,301 and at the time, it was the in place, 967 00:42:18,303 --> 00:42:20,937 where all--everybody went 968 00:42:20,939 --> 00:42:22,739 to see or be seen. 969 00:42:22,741 --> 00:42:25,875 We walked in--immediately, there was a director 970 00:42:25,877 --> 00:42:28,645 named Hubert Cornfield who ran over to me 971 00:42:28,647 --> 00:42:31,881 and grabbed me and said, "He's here!" 972 00:42:31,883 --> 00:42:35,251 And I--you know, I, uh-- I said, "He is?" 973 00:42:35,253 --> 00:42:37,353 And he said, "Come on!" 974 00:42:37,355 --> 00:42:39,789 And he was pulling me by the shirt, and we came around, 975 00:42:39,791 --> 00:42:42,592 and we stopped in front of a table. 976 00:42:42,594 --> 00:42:46,796 And I suddenly realized it was Marlon. 977 00:42:46,798 --> 00:42:50,600 And Marlon--everybody was looking at me except Marlon. 978 00:42:50,602 --> 00:42:53,202 Marlon was looking... 979 00:42:53,204 --> 00:42:54,571 right about there. 980 00:42:54,573 --> 00:42:58,575 And, uh, Hubert Cornfield said, 981 00:42:58,577 --> 00:43:02,712 "Marlon, isn't this fantastic?" 982 00:43:02,714 --> 00:43:06,382 And, like a dummy, I was going... 983 00:43:06,384 --> 00:43:07,450 like this. 984 00:43:07,452 --> 00:43:08,851 'Cause I thought, you know, 985 00:43:08,853 --> 00:43:11,788 I've been brought over to be introduced. 986 00:43:11,790 --> 00:43:14,991 But he never looked up, he just went, 987 00:43:14,993 --> 00:43:17,961 "Mm." 988 00:43:20,799 --> 00:43:23,700 And I still had my hand out. 989 00:43:23,702 --> 00:43:27,403 And there was deathly silence in the place. 990 00:43:27,405 --> 00:43:31,274 And I suddenly-- I had the urge to kill. 991 00:43:31,276 --> 00:43:35,078 I mean, to reach across and kill. 992 00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:37,847 And I want to be me--who the hell does he think he is? 993 00:43:37,849 --> 00:43:40,516 - Burt had that thing that you have to have 994 00:43:40,518 --> 00:43:42,652 to become a leading man. 995 00:43:42,654 --> 00:43:44,387 He could go after you. 996 00:43:44,389 --> 00:43:47,156 If he lost it, and I've seen him lose it with some people, 997 00:43:47,158 --> 00:43:49,459 so, you know, he'd-- you couldn't [...] around 998 00:43:49,461 --> 00:43:51,027 with Burt too much. 999 00:43:51,029 --> 00:43:53,262 - I want to go on killing white men. 1000 00:43:53,264 --> 00:43:56,032 - [speaking native language] 1001 00:43:56,034 --> 00:43:59,235 - He says you will have to prove yourself. 1002 00:43:59,237 --> 00:44:02,805 - I'll prove myself. Just give me a chance. 1003 00:44:02,807 --> 00:44:04,841 - Burt wanted to be a star. 1004 00:44:04,843 --> 00:44:06,876 And I think he'd have done most anything. 1005 00:44:06,878 --> 00:44:09,679 [speaking native language] 1006 00:44:09,681 --> 00:44:11,481 - Sometimes you learn more from a bad film 1007 00:44:11,483 --> 00:44:13,683 than you do from a good film. 1008 00:44:13,685 --> 00:44:16,019 In that case, I should be a very good actor. 1009 00:44:16,021 --> 00:44:17,453 [laughing] 1010 00:44:17,455 --> 00:44:21,124 - ♪ Navajo Joe, Navajo Joe ♪ 1011 00:44:21,126 --> 00:44:22,425 ♪ ♪ 1012 00:44:22,427 --> 00:44:26,796 - ♪ Navajo Joe, Navajo Joe ♪ 1013 00:44:26,798 --> 00:44:28,264 - ♪ Navajo Joe ♪ 1014 00:44:28,266 --> 00:44:29,932 ♪ Navajo Joe ♪ 1015 00:44:29,934 --> 00:44:31,668 [horse whinnies] 1016 00:44:31,670 --> 00:44:34,370 - ♪ Navajo Joe, Navajo Joe ♪ 1017 00:44:34,372 --> 00:44:36,172 [grunting] 1018 00:44:36,174 --> 00:44:38,207 - I got a lot of parts 1019 00:44:38,209 --> 00:44:40,043 because they didn't have to hire a stuntman, you know? 1020 00:44:40,045 --> 00:44:41,811 They'd say, "Get that guy, he falls down the stairs 1021 00:44:41,813 --> 00:44:43,479 and he talks okay," you know? 1022 00:44:43,481 --> 00:44:46,349 So I--I fell down the stairs and talked. 1023 00:44:46,351 --> 00:44:50,787 As the years went by, I-- I fell less and talked more. 1024 00:44:50,789 --> 00:44:53,289 Thought you were an authority 1025 00:44:53,291 --> 00:44:55,458 on architecture. 1026 00:44:55,460 --> 00:44:57,827 I didn't know your hobby was boating! 1027 00:44:57,829 --> 00:45:01,030 [dramatic music] 1028 00:45:01,032 --> 00:45:03,332 ♪ ♪ 1029 00:45:03,334 --> 00:45:05,201 - Ah! 1030 00:45:05,203 --> 00:45:09,372 ♪ ♪ 1031 00:45:09,374 --> 00:45:11,174 [snake hissing] 1032 00:45:11,176 --> 00:45:13,576 - I think I've probably chosen worse 1033 00:45:13,578 --> 00:45:15,745 than any actor in the history of films. 1034 00:45:15,747 --> 00:45:17,280 [speaking native language] 1035 00:45:17,282 --> 00:45:18,881 - Some films, I said "What's the location?" 1036 00:45:18,883 --> 00:45:20,783 And they said, "Tahiti." 1037 00:45:20,785 --> 00:45:23,119 And I said, "I'll take that picture." 1038 00:45:23,121 --> 00:45:26,089 [mellow music] 1039 00:45:26,091 --> 00:45:28,191 ♪ ♪ 1040 00:45:28,193 --> 00:45:30,827 I did, uh, "Deliverance," 1041 00:45:30,829 --> 00:45:34,797 which was my deliverance out of bad films, I thought. 1042 00:45:34,799 --> 00:45:37,100 [heavy breathing] 1043 00:45:37,102 --> 00:45:39,602 Sometimes you have to lose yourself 1044 00:45:39,604 --> 00:45:43,539 before you can find anything. 1045 00:45:43,541 --> 00:45:46,676 - Any snakes around here? 1046 00:45:49,247 --> 00:45:52,148 - I think Georgia is kind of a good-luck charm for you. 1047 00:45:52,150 --> 00:45:55,218 Do you look on it as a real good place to make films? 1048 00:45:55,220 --> 00:45:57,987 - I'd like to shoot 4 out of 5 pictures here, 1049 00:45:57,989 --> 00:46:00,656 which really wouldn't-- wouldn't sit too well 1050 00:46:00,658 --> 00:46:03,025 with a lot of people who want to do desert movies. 1051 00:46:03,027 --> 00:46:06,429 "Deliverance" was kind of like coming home, you know? 1052 00:46:06,431 --> 00:46:08,698 Changed everything for me. 1053 00:46:08,700 --> 00:46:12,401 I had never done a part that good. 1054 00:46:12,403 --> 00:46:15,805 Because I understand this guy. 1055 00:46:15,807 --> 00:46:17,240 Yee-hoo! Whoo! 1056 00:46:17,242 --> 00:46:20,977 And I--I could play him. 1057 00:46:20,979 --> 00:46:24,113 We got to get rid of that guy! 1058 00:46:24,115 --> 00:46:26,682 - How you gonna do that, Lewis? 1059 00:46:26,684 --> 00:46:29,352 Where? 1060 00:46:29,354 --> 00:46:32,255 - Anywhere. 1061 00:46:36,294 --> 00:46:37,760 Everywhere. 1062 00:46:37,762 --> 00:46:40,096 I asked the director, John Boorman, 1063 00:46:40,098 --> 00:46:42,398 what parts he'd seen me play 1064 00:46:42,400 --> 00:46:44,901 that would make me right for this picture, 1065 00:46:44,903 --> 00:46:48,104 and he said, "I didn't see you in a part. 1066 00:46:48,106 --> 00:46:50,673 But I saw you on 'The Tonight Show.'" 1067 00:46:50,675 --> 00:46:52,008 [applause] 1068 00:46:52,010 --> 00:46:53,976 - Heyo! 1069 00:46:53,978 --> 00:46:55,244 - Hello. - So nice. 1070 00:46:55,246 --> 00:46:56,746 You look so sharp. - Thank you. 1071 00:46:56,748 --> 00:46:58,047 - You're dressy. - I was just pressed. 1072 00:46:58,049 --> 00:46:59,615 The just pressed me. - The whole thing? 1073 00:46:59,617 --> 00:47:01,450 Do you get into your clothes? - Pressed my entire body. 1074 00:47:01,452 --> 00:47:04,754 - Burt Reynolds was the catch on a talk show. 1075 00:47:04,756 --> 00:47:06,656 Everybody liked to be around Burt. 1076 00:47:06,658 --> 00:47:09,525 - It's nice to see you. You--you haven't changed a bit. 1077 00:47:09,527 --> 00:47:12,328 - Oh, yeah. [laughter] 1078 00:47:12,330 --> 00:47:14,931 - Listen, "Deliverance" is a really-- 1079 00:47:14,933 --> 00:47:16,399 it's from a novel, it's quite serious. 1080 00:47:16,401 --> 00:47:18,835 It's all-- got rape and murder in it, 1081 00:47:18,837 --> 00:47:20,837 and all those things. 1082 00:47:20,839 --> 00:47:22,638 You know, and here you are, 1083 00:47:22,640 --> 00:47:25,074 cavorting like a jackass. 1084 00:47:25,076 --> 00:47:27,810 [laughter] 1085 00:47:27,812 --> 00:47:30,446 Not being a jackass, just cavorting like one. 1086 00:47:30,448 --> 00:47:31,547 - Hmm. 1087 00:47:31,549 --> 00:47:33,015 I gambled. I really gambled. 1088 00:47:33,017 --> 00:47:34,951 I mean, "Deliverance" was B.C.-- 1089 00:47:34,953 --> 00:47:36,552 "Before 'Cosmo.'" 1090 00:47:36,554 --> 00:47:39,155 [funky music] 1091 00:47:39,157 --> 00:47:43,192 ♪ ♪ 1092 00:47:43,194 --> 00:47:46,028 The gamble was, would I ever be considered 1093 00:47:46,030 --> 00:47:49,031 a serious actor after that? 1094 00:47:49,033 --> 00:47:51,300 Would--when I died, on my tombstone, 1095 00:47:51,302 --> 00:47:53,502 would they say, "His contribution to the world 1096 00:47:53,504 --> 00:47:56,939 was he was the first male nude centerfold"? 1097 00:47:56,941 --> 00:47:59,475 - ♪ Ooh, get it ♪ 1098 00:47:59,477 --> 00:48:01,844 ♪ Get it from the front now ♪ 1099 00:48:01,846 --> 00:48:03,112 ♪ Get it ♪ 1100 00:48:03,114 --> 00:48:05,314 ♪ Get it from the back now ♪ 1101 00:48:05,316 --> 00:48:08,985 ♪ Get it, get it from the side ♪ 1102 00:48:08,987 --> 00:48:12,822 ♪ Get it, get it all around ♪ 1103 00:48:12,824 --> 00:48:14,891 - What's it like to be pastor of a man 1104 00:48:14,893 --> 00:48:17,126 who posed nude in "Cosmopolitan"? 1105 00:48:17,128 --> 00:48:20,429 This is what we Baptists call "A problem." 1106 00:48:20,431 --> 00:48:23,900 I don't know--I didn't tell him to take his clothes off. 1107 00:48:23,902 --> 00:48:26,168 And I-- I wish he hadn't done it. 1108 00:48:26,170 --> 00:48:28,638 But, uh, at the same time, he did it. 1109 00:48:28,640 --> 00:48:30,740 He's free, and I'm free. 1110 00:48:30,742 --> 00:48:32,742 I feel free to wear my clothes, 1111 00:48:32,744 --> 00:48:35,544 and he feels free to take his off. 1112 00:48:35,546 --> 00:48:38,180 ♪ ♪ 1113 00:48:38,182 --> 00:48:41,984 - Posing catapulted Burt Reynolds to household name. 1114 00:48:41,986 --> 00:48:44,921 He became, then, the guy. 1115 00:48:44,923 --> 00:48:47,556 [laughter] 1116 00:48:47,558 --> 00:48:49,158 ♪ ♪ 1117 00:48:49,160 --> 00:48:51,594 - That's literally true. 1118 00:48:51,596 --> 00:48:53,195 [applause] 1119 00:48:53,197 --> 00:48:54,830 ♪ ♪ 1120 00:48:54,832 --> 00:48:58,034 [crowd shouting] 1121 00:48:58,036 --> 00:49:01,904 - How many people like him with the moustache... 1122 00:49:01,906 --> 00:49:05,041 [cheering] 1123 00:49:05,043 --> 00:49:08,511 And then without the moustache, like so? 1124 00:49:08,513 --> 00:49:10,613 [cheering] 1125 00:49:10,615 --> 00:49:13,683 - This is a hell of a time to tell me. 1126 00:49:13,685 --> 00:49:16,852 - Yeah, I think you should stick with the moustache, Burt. 1127 00:49:16,854 --> 00:49:19,822 Definitely stick with it. 1128 00:49:19,824 --> 00:49:21,624 - The "Cosmopolitan" came out 1129 00:49:21,626 --> 00:49:24,827 30 days before "Deliverance." 1130 00:49:24,829 --> 00:49:27,663 It was very difficult for 1131 00:49:27,665 --> 00:49:30,366 98% of the film critics 1132 00:49:30,368 --> 00:49:34,170 to disassociate this character who, you know, 1133 00:49:34,172 --> 00:49:36,739 laid down on a bear rug like an idiot, 1134 00:49:36,741 --> 00:49:38,908 you know, and did this strange thing, 1135 00:49:38,910 --> 00:49:42,244 with an actor who took his craft seriously 1136 00:49:42,246 --> 00:49:44,413 and took the film business seriously. 1137 00:49:44,415 --> 00:49:46,949 And a lot of people who 1138 00:49:46,951 --> 00:49:48,384 I trust their instincts felt that 1139 00:49:48,386 --> 00:49:51,420 it might have cost me a nomination that year. 1140 00:49:53,758 --> 00:49:57,159 - It was a bad choice 'cause it trivialized him. 1141 00:49:57,161 --> 00:49:59,862 And I know he was sorry, but-- and I was unhappy 1142 00:49:59,864 --> 00:50:01,731 to see it myself. 1143 00:50:01,733 --> 00:50:03,265 He didn't need it. 1144 00:50:03,267 --> 00:50:06,435 Most serious actors don't do that. 1145 00:50:06,437 --> 00:50:08,204 A clown would do it. 1146 00:50:08,206 --> 00:50:12,108 - In fact, a lot of people never forgave me for that. 1147 00:50:12,110 --> 00:50:13,242 I'm one of them, actually. 1148 00:50:15,380 --> 00:50:18,347 [country music] 1149 00:50:18,349 --> 00:50:24,453 ♪ ♪ 1150 00:50:24,455 --> 00:50:27,289 - What now do you look for? What does a role have to have 1151 00:50:27,291 --> 00:50:30,693 for you to-- to really consider it? 1152 00:50:30,695 --> 00:50:32,895 - Well, I'm looking now for humor, 1153 00:50:32,897 --> 00:50:35,431 because I happen to think that, 1154 00:50:35,433 --> 00:50:38,601 of my contemporaries, I have to look around and say, 1155 00:50:38,603 --> 00:50:41,370 "Who--what's the competition?" 1156 00:50:41,372 --> 00:50:43,539 I can't stand in a doorway better than Paul Newman. 1157 00:50:43,541 --> 00:50:46,609 And I can't have blonder hair than Robert Redford. 1158 00:50:46,611 --> 00:50:49,078 But I can do comedy better than either one of them. 1159 00:50:49,080 --> 00:50:50,479 I can eat 'em up. 1160 00:50:50,481 --> 00:50:52,648 - You know--hold it! 1161 00:50:52,650 --> 00:50:54,350 Just--the beer! Watch the beer! 1162 00:50:54,352 --> 00:50:56,585 [crashing] 1163 00:50:56,587 --> 00:50:58,154 [screaming] 1164 00:50:58,156 --> 00:51:01,123 - You all right? - Very funny! Very funny! 1165 00:51:01,125 --> 00:51:02,525 - I thought it was funny. 1166 00:51:02,527 --> 00:51:04,293 - To move people to laugh 1167 00:51:04,295 --> 00:51:06,162 is extremely difficult, 1168 00:51:06,164 --> 00:51:08,964 crossing a lot of different cultures. 1169 00:51:08,966 --> 00:51:12,034 And there's no question-- you ask anyone, 1170 00:51:12,036 --> 00:51:15,438 anyone who's in the creative end of this business, 1171 00:51:15,440 --> 00:51:16,839 and they will always tell you: 1172 00:51:16,841 --> 00:51:18,774 you take a guy like Jackie Gleason... 1173 00:51:18,776 --> 00:51:21,777 [dramatic music] 1174 00:51:21,779 --> 00:51:30,786 ♪ ♪ 1175 00:51:30,788 --> 00:51:34,523 - There wasn't any script for me, believe me. 1176 00:51:34,525 --> 00:51:36,826 I never had a line of dialogue written. 1177 00:51:36,828 --> 00:51:39,562 The director would stick his head in the window of the car 1178 00:51:39,564 --> 00:51:42,031 and say, "Now, we have to go up to the thing, 1179 00:51:42,033 --> 00:51:44,400 and you'll see him there-- what do you want to say?" 1180 00:51:44,402 --> 00:51:46,368 And I'd think for a second and I'd say, 1181 00:51:46,370 --> 00:51:48,237 "How about something?" He says, "Great. 1182 00:51:48,239 --> 00:51:49,705 Okay, let's go." 1183 00:51:49,707 --> 00:51:51,440 Good [...]! [horn blaring] 1184 00:51:51,442 --> 00:51:53,309 [crashing] 1185 00:51:53,311 --> 00:51:54,477 I got the evidence! 1186 00:51:54,479 --> 00:51:55,578 Put the evidence in the car. 1187 00:51:55,580 --> 00:51:56,946 - But--but Daddy-- - You-- 1188 00:51:56,948 --> 00:51:59,882 - But-- - Put the evidence in the car! 1189 00:51:59,884 --> 00:52:01,851 I'm gonna barbecue 1190 00:52:01,853 --> 00:52:06,288 your ass in molasses! 1191 00:52:06,290 --> 00:52:09,859 - I am not going to attempt to give any messages 1192 00:52:09,861 --> 00:52:11,694 to the people out there. - Yes. 1193 00:52:11,696 --> 00:52:16,098 - I can do two things and I think I do 'em extremely well. 1194 00:52:16,100 --> 00:52:18,267 Action, I know I do well, 1195 00:52:18,269 --> 00:52:20,569 and my comedy isn't too bad, all right? 1196 00:52:20,571 --> 00:52:23,005 - So, you do three things. - What's that? 1197 00:52:23,007 --> 00:52:25,007 - You just sit there and look good, that's the third. 1198 00:52:25,009 --> 00:52:26,308 - Oh, you sweet thing, from now on, 1199 00:52:26,310 --> 00:52:28,077 you can say anything you want to. 1200 00:52:28,079 --> 00:52:31,380 - Let's play tag. Tag, you're it! [laughing] 1201 00:52:31,382 --> 00:52:32,715 [mercurial music] 1202 00:52:32,717 --> 00:52:34,316 - Tag? 1203 00:52:34,318 --> 00:52:36,051 - I was 11 years old when I saw my first movie. 1204 00:52:36,053 --> 00:52:37,820 - What was it? - It was called, uh, 1205 00:52:37,822 --> 00:52:39,054 "Pop Goes the Weasel," and I mean, 1206 00:52:39,056 --> 00:52:41,524 this is way back, okay? 1207 00:52:41,526 --> 00:52:44,393 To me, I was amazed. 1208 00:52:44,395 --> 00:52:46,495 [dinging] 1209 00:52:46,497 --> 00:52:50,466 Now, I relate today to what I thought then, all right? 1210 00:52:50,468 --> 00:52:52,868 And I said, "Hell, that's what I wanted to see," 1211 00:52:52,870 --> 00:52:55,604 and I believe that's what people want to see today. 1212 00:52:55,606 --> 00:52:58,607 [playful music] 1213 00:52:58,609 --> 00:53:01,644 [deep breaths] 1214 00:53:01,646 --> 00:53:03,412 ♪ ♪ 1215 00:53:03,414 --> 00:53:04,780 - Oh! 1216 00:53:04,782 --> 00:53:08,150 - I will never win an Academy Award, 1217 00:53:08,152 --> 00:53:10,052 but I'm going to be very rich, so-- 1218 00:53:10,054 --> 00:53:12,154 and I think I put out, uh, entertaining films, 1219 00:53:12,156 --> 00:53:14,190 and I think that's what it's all about. 1220 00:53:14,192 --> 00:53:15,624 - What happened, Daddy? 1221 00:53:15,626 --> 00:53:19,428 - Both Hal and I realized that this was gold, 1222 00:53:19,430 --> 00:53:22,097 and neither of us wanted to touch it. 1223 00:53:22,099 --> 00:53:24,166 - I had never had a scene with Burt Reynolds. 1224 00:53:24,168 --> 00:53:25,434 I had to sit down and write one. 1225 00:53:25,436 --> 00:53:27,736 That was the scene in the lunch room. 1226 00:53:27,738 --> 00:53:29,738 Just keep your eye out 1227 00:53:29,740 --> 00:53:32,608 for that Mr. Bandit! 1228 00:53:32,610 --> 00:53:34,677 [country music playing] 1229 00:53:34,679 --> 00:53:36,712 Let me have a diablo sandwich, 1230 00:53:36,714 --> 00:53:38,280 a Dr. Pepper, and make it fast. 1231 00:53:38,282 --> 00:53:40,149 I'm in a [...] damn hurry. 1232 00:53:40,151 --> 00:53:43,085 - In the original screenplay, there were maybe 1233 00:53:43,087 --> 00:53:45,921 six or seven scenes where the two of them 1234 00:53:45,923 --> 00:53:47,489 were together. 1235 00:53:47,491 --> 00:53:49,725 We shot that scene in the restaurant 1236 00:53:49,727 --> 00:53:51,894 where Burt knows who Jackie is, 1237 00:53:51,896 --> 00:53:53,662 Jackie doesn't know who Burt is. 1238 00:53:53,664 --> 00:53:55,931 - You must be in a hell of a hurry, huh, Sheriff? 1239 00:53:55,933 --> 00:53:58,200 - Bet your ass on that, boy. 1240 00:53:58,202 --> 00:53:59,301 - Oh, you got a little mess there. 1241 00:53:59,303 --> 00:54:00,302 - Hmm? - Let me-- 1242 00:54:00,304 --> 00:54:01,470 let me help you out here. 1243 00:54:01,472 --> 00:54:02,905 Get that off of there. That's-- 1244 00:54:02,907 --> 00:54:04,573 - Yeah. Much obliged. 1245 00:54:04,575 --> 00:54:06,575 - When we finished that scene, 1246 00:54:06,577 --> 00:54:08,310 Burt came to Hal and me, 1247 00:54:08,312 --> 00:54:12,281 said "I'm not gonna work with Jackie anymore." 1248 00:54:12,283 --> 00:54:15,718 - Somebody chasing you? - Nobody chasing me, boy. 1249 00:54:15,720 --> 00:54:17,886 I been chasing a [...] damn maniac! 1250 00:54:17,888 --> 00:54:21,223 ♪ ♪ 1251 00:54:21,225 --> 00:54:24,059 - And, of course, I had no idea what this was about, 1252 00:54:24,061 --> 00:54:26,795 but we started rewriting. 1253 00:54:26,797 --> 00:54:29,832 ♪ ♪ 1254 00:54:29,834 --> 00:54:31,333 Did Burt feel that Jackie was 1255 00:54:31,335 --> 00:54:33,535 upstaging him? Stealing from him? 1256 00:54:33,537 --> 00:54:35,571 I--you know, I really don't know. 1257 00:54:35,573 --> 00:54:39,575 - Do you feel that you're in competition to Burt Reynolds? 1258 00:54:39,577 --> 00:54:41,677 - Oh, no, no, no. He plays comedy. 1259 00:54:41,679 --> 00:54:43,545 I'm in the lead in this. - Let me pay for it. 1260 00:54:43,547 --> 00:54:45,147 Let me pay for it. - Oh, no. 1261 00:54:45,149 --> 00:54:46,649 - No, no, you're an officer of the law. 1262 00:54:46,651 --> 00:54:48,417 I'd--I'd be honored. - Well, much obliged. 1263 00:54:48,419 --> 00:54:50,419 Where's the can? I got to take a squirt. 1264 00:54:50,421 --> 00:54:53,656 - Oh, right back there. I just went, so-- 1265 00:54:53,658 --> 00:54:55,591 - I think that Burt could be 1266 00:54:55,593 --> 00:54:57,626 a very great comedian. 1267 00:54:57,628 --> 00:55:00,296 He'll look at you and say something, 1268 00:55:00,298 --> 00:55:02,464 and then he gives you the attitude 1269 00:55:02,466 --> 00:55:04,500 that he's saying, "Who, me?" 1270 00:55:04,502 --> 00:55:06,669 And that's a great, uh, quality 1271 00:55:06,671 --> 00:55:08,504 for someone who wants to do comedy. 1272 00:55:08,506 --> 00:55:11,440 I believe he could be a great comedian. 1273 00:55:11,442 --> 00:55:16,378 ♪ ♪ 1274 00:55:18,316 --> 00:55:21,517 [upbeat music] 1275 00:55:21,519 --> 00:55:28,123 ♪ ♪ 1276 00:55:28,125 --> 00:55:30,626 - Every time you make a film, it's a battle. 1277 00:55:30,628 --> 00:55:32,594 Hal, he always had a plan. 1278 00:55:32,596 --> 00:55:34,596 He was always willing to take that chance 1279 00:55:34,598 --> 00:55:37,299 to do something special and different. 1280 00:55:42,073 --> 00:55:43,939 - Oh. 1281 00:55:43,941 --> 00:55:46,842 - Well, I-- 1282 00:55:53,617 --> 00:55:56,452 - Alan was doubling Burt. 1283 00:55:56,454 --> 00:55:59,321 Looks like Burt when he's riding in the car. 1284 00:55:59,323 --> 00:56:01,657 And Janet Brady looked exactly like Sally, 1285 00:56:01,659 --> 00:56:03,392 and has continued to double her. 1286 00:56:03,394 --> 00:56:05,994 She could do the fights, she could do the falls, 1287 00:56:05,996 --> 00:56:09,498 but her specialty was cars, no question about it. 1288 00:56:09,500 --> 00:56:11,834 [tires squealing] 1289 00:56:11,836 --> 00:56:13,635 She and Alan Gibbs met. 1290 00:56:13,637 --> 00:56:15,671 They decide to get married. 1291 00:56:15,673 --> 00:56:16,939 [laughing] 1292 00:56:16,941 --> 00:56:18,607 And they get married during the filming 1293 00:56:18,609 --> 00:56:20,642 of "Smokey and the Bandit." 1294 00:56:20,644 --> 00:56:23,479 And Hal gives Janet away 1295 00:56:23,481 --> 00:56:26,648 as--as the "Father" of the bride. 1296 00:56:26,650 --> 00:56:28,450 - Is it true that there was nearly an accident 1297 00:56:28,452 --> 00:56:29,918 shooting the scene where the car 1298 00:56:29,920 --> 00:56:32,087 crashes onto the football field? 1299 00:56:32,089 --> 00:56:34,156 - Oh, boy. There sure was. 1300 00:56:34,158 --> 00:56:35,924 [engine roaring] 1301 00:56:35,926 --> 00:56:39,361 - Ah! 1302 00:56:39,363 --> 00:56:42,364 [somber music] 1303 00:56:42,366 --> 00:56:44,600 ♪ ♪ 1304 00:56:44,602 --> 00:56:47,536 We got shots that didn't go in the film 1305 00:56:47,538 --> 00:56:49,204 because they were so scary. 1306 00:56:49,206 --> 00:56:54,309 ♪ ♪ 1307 00:56:54,311 --> 00:56:56,712 - When the car jumped, and I saw everybody 1308 00:56:56,714 --> 00:56:58,380 start running out of the dugout, 1309 00:56:58,382 --> 00:57:00,215 I saw one guy just stand straight up 1310 00:57:00,217 --> 00:57:02,785 and the car just hit the dugout. 1311 00:57:02,787 --> 00:57:04,153 ♪ ♪ 1312 00:57:04,155 --> 00:57:06,989 - Couple of kids got hit. 1313 00:57:06,991 --> 00:57:09,358 Fortunately, no one got hurt badly, 1314 00:57:09,360 --> 00:57:10,659 but, you know, there were 1315 00:57:10,661 --> 00:57:13,128 one or two kids in the hospital. 1316 00:57:13,130 --> 00:57:14,997 ♪ ♪ 1317 00:57:14,999 --> 00:57:17,800 - When the car hit, two things happened: number one was, 1318 00:57:17,802 --> 00:57:20,002 I was not aware that we had watered this last night, 1319 00:57:20,004 --> 00:57:21,970 or that they had watered it. 1320 00:57:21,972 --> 00:57:23,639 And even though we put on Pirelli tires 1321 00:57:23,641 --> 00:57:25,541 to try to compensate for it, 1322 00:57:25,543 --> 00:57:27,709 um, we just couldn't get stopped. 1323 00:57:27,711 --> 00:57:29,111 That's all there is to it. 1324 00:57:29,113 --> 00:57:32,147 And I just thank God that one of my stuntmen 1325 00:57:32,149 --> 00:57:34,650 had enough sense in her to-- 1326 00:57:34,652 --> 00:57:36,452 and the stunt girl both-- 1327 00:57:36,454 --> 00:57:38,086 to turn that car and, uh, 1328 00:57:38,088 --> 00:57:41,256 get it outside of these people. 1329 00:57:42,927 --> 00:57:45,327 - I said, "We're gonna hurt somebody bad. 1330 00:57:45,329 --> 00:57:48,430 I--I want this stopped now." 1331 00:57:48,432 --> 00:57:50,132 You know, you can do anything in the world 1332 00:57:50,134 --> 00:57:52,701 on a movie, but you can't stop. 1333 00:57:52,703 --> 00:57:54,736 - The absolute decision is mine, 1334 00:57:54,738 --> 00:57:57,206 because, I mean, I am the boss in that case, 1335 00:57:57,208 --> 00:57:59,741 because it's my tuchus that's on the line, 1336 00:57:59,743 --> 00:58:02,945 and nobody can tell me how I want to risk it. 1337 00:58:09,787 --> 00:58:12,154 - Did you do the actual driving in "Smokey and the Bandit"? 1338 00:58:12,156 --> 00:58:15,123 - I did all the driving except the jump over the bridge. 1339 00:58:15,125 --> 00:58:18,827 Uh, I was under a tree then, hiding my face. 1340 00:58:18,829 --> 00:58:20,596 [laughter] 1341 00:58:20,598 --> 00:58:23,165 - When people go to a movie, 1342 00:58:23,167 --> 00:58:25,300 they get--they get engrossed with the character, 1343 00:58:25,302 --> 00:58:28,971 the lead character and everything. 1344 00:58:28,973 --> 00:58:30,672 They don't think about a stuntman, 1345 00:58:30,674 --> 00:58:32,641 and I don't think they should. 1346 00:58:32,643 --> 00:58:35,911 But when an actor's confronted 1347 00:58:35,913 --> 00:58:38,180 on national television or something, 1348 00:58:38,182 --> 00:58:40,549 seems to me like he should have enough huevos 1349 00:58:40,551 --> 00:58:42,951 to say, "No, I didn't do that." 1350 00:58:42,953 --> 00:58:46,788 - Most actors can't do their own stuff. 1351 00:58:46,790 --> 00:58:49,091 Actor went on Johnny Carson-- "Oh, yeah. 1352 00:58:49,093 --> 00:58:51,527 I did all of my own stunts," and we--we didn't care. 1353 00:58:51,529 --> 00:58:53,896 We didn't want any recognition. 1354 00:58:53,898 --> 00:58:56,932 It was all about working, and making money, 1355 00:58:56,934 --> 00:58:59,368 and going to the next show and the next deal. 1356 00:58:59,370 --> 00:59:02,170 - The stunt community was kind of a cloak and dagger thing. 1357 00:59:02,172 --> 00:59:05,073 I mean, there was no publicity. There was nothing. 1358 00:59:05,075 --> 00:59:09,711 The public didn't know what a stunt guy was. 1359 00:59:09,713 --> 00:59:11,813 - Ironically, it was Hal 1360 00:59:11,815 --> 00:59:14,182 that let the cat out of the bag. 1361 00:59:14,184 --> 00:59:17,319 [clattering] 1362 00:59:17,321 --> 00:59:20,088 - Hi there, David. How are you? - Nice of you to drop in, Hal. 1363 00:59:20,090 --> 00:59:22,024 - Thank you very much. - You okay? 1364 00:59:22,026 --> 00:59:23,325 - Oh, I'm fine. 1365 00:59:23,327 --> 00:59:24,359 - Nobody had a bigger shadow 1366 00:59:24,361 --> 00:59:25,294 than Burt Reynolds. 1367 00:59:25,296 --> 00:59:27,162 And my father was really 1368 00:59:27,164 --> 00:59:30,532 more than ready to step out from behind it. 1369 00:59:30,534 --> 00:59:32,734 - When Hal first met me, he said, 1370 00:59:32,736 --> 00:59:35,270 "This is the guy that's gonna make me a star? 1371 00:59:35,272 --> 00:59:37,205 Let's get this thing rolling." 1372 00:59:37,207 --> 00:59:40,275 My assignment was to make Hal a household name. 1373 00:59:40,277 --> 00:59:43,512 And wow, how do you do that? 1374 00:59:43,514 --> 00:59:45,847 - Next, you'll see Hal Needham. 1375 00:59:45,849 --> 00:59:47,950 Hal is wearing an awning-striped kaftan. 1376 00:59:47,952 --> 00:59:49,484 - I'm not crazy about that. 1377 00:59:49,486 --> 00:59:51,019 - Oh, I think it looks great on him, though. 1378 00:59:51,021 --> 00:59:53,555 It's got a hood so he can cover all up in it. 1379 00:59:53,557 --> 00:59:55,324 - I think he realized that 1380 00:59:55,326 --> 00:59:57,793 acting wasn't his forte, 1381 00:59:57,795 --> 01:00:00,295 but certainly, stunts were. 1382 01:00:00,297 --> 01:00:03,031 - It's good weather for flying. 1383 01:00:03,033 --> 01:00:05,867 But Hal Needham doesn't have a plane. 1384 01:00:05,869 --> 01:00:08,704 What he does have is a truck. 1385 01:00:08,706 --> 01:00:10,439 The distance between the ramps 1386 01:00:10,441 --> 01:00:13,208 comparable to a 12-story building 1387 01:00:13,210 --> 01:00:14,509 laid on its side. 1388 01:00:14,511 --> 01:00:16,111 How are you gonna do that, Hal? 1389 01:00:16,113 --> 01:00:18,614 - Well, I'm gonna stick a rocket in the back end, 1390 01:00:18,616 --> 01:00:21,183 and jump the river. 1391 01:00:21,185 --> 01:00:23,819 - I spent all day, every day, looking for ways 1392 01:00:23,821 --> 01:00:27,322 to get Hal in front of anybody you could, any time. 1393 01:00:27,324 --> 01:00:30,325 [rock music] 1394 01:00:30,327 --> 01:00:38,467 ♪ ♪ 1395 01:00:41,872 --> 01:00:44,406 - To me, I remember it 'cause I broke my back. 1396 01:00:44,408 --> 01:00:47,542 For the second time. 1397 01:00:49,046 --> 01:00:51,246 - I can remember him breaking his back 1398 01:00:51,248 --> 01:00:54,249 and ribs and getting out of the hospital 1399 01:00:54,251 --> 01:00:56,084 and getting on an airplane and going down 1400 01:00:56,086 --> 01:00:59,721 to do another movie. 1401 01:01:01,859 --> 01:01:04,960 - He was the first human to test the airbag. 1402 01:01:04,962 --> 01:01:06,495 You know, when nobody knew anything 1403 01:01:06,497 --> 01:01:09,064 about the airbag, there was Hal. 1404 01:01:09,066 --> 01:01:11,266 - When I first started to go out to pitch Hal, 1405 01:01:11,268 --> 01:01:14,202 it was not an easy task. 1406 01:01:16,206 --> 01:01:18,707 I realized where I had to go was 1407 01:01:18,709 --> 01:01:20,909 tell people, "Well, Hal Needham is 1408 01:01:20,911 --> 01:01:22,811 Burt Reynolds' stuntman." 1409 01:01:22,813 --> 01:01:24,246 Now, we have their attention. 1410 01:01:24,248 --> 01:01:25,981 - He used to like to do his own stunts anyway. 1411 01:01:25,983 --> 01:01:27,549 - Well, he started as a stuntman, you know. 1412 01:01:27,551 --> 01:01:29,251 Originally, he was a stuntman. 1413 01:01:29,253 --> 01:01:32,120 - Unfortunately, when we started some of the interviews, 1414 01:01:32,122 --> 01:01:34,156 they always still went back to Burt. 1415 01:01:34,158 --> 01:01:36,958 - There's a lot of little things that--that he took-- 1416 01:01:36,960 --> 01:01:39,795 you know, that I--I know he took from me. 1417 01:01:39,797 --> 01:01:43,899 Uh, and for instance, um, he took my wardrobe, okay? 1418 01:01:43,901 --> 01:01:45,901 He had 'em copy my wardrobe 1419 01:01:45,903 --> 01:01:48,837 that I wear normally, all the time, 1420 01:01:48,839 --> 01:01:51,206 and, uh, and that's what he wore in the movie. 1421 01:01:51,208 --> 01:01:52,708 One day, he came out, he and I was dressed 1422 01:01:52,710 --> 01:01:54,509 exactly alike. 1423 01:01:54,511 --> 01:01:55,711 - We worked a lot on that, 1424 01:01:55,713 --> 01:01:56,678 because we knew that was 1425 01:01:56,680 --> 01:01:58,046 coming every time. 1426 01:01:58,048 --> 01:02:00,615 And then, he was off talking about stunts. 1427 01:02:00,617 --> 01:02:02,084 - Presenting... [drum roll] 1428 01:02:02,086 --> 01:02:04,052 The Stuntman. 1429 01:02:04,054 --> 01:02:05,387 - And he's not just your basic, 1430 01:02:05,389 --> 01:02:06,888 everyday stuntman, either. 1431 01:02:06,890 --> 01:02:08,990 He was modeled after Hal Needham, 1432 01:02:08,992 --> 01:02:10,592 the guy that I consider to be 1433 01:02:10,594 --> 01:02:12,461 the best stuntman in the business. 1434 01:02:12,463 --> 01:02:15,197 - He had met the guy that owned a toy company. 1435 01:02:15,199 --> 01:02:17,766 They said, "You know, Evel Knievel's doll 1436 01:02:17,768 --> 01:02:20,502 made a ton of money." 1437 01:02:20,504 --> 01:02:23,004 It was sitting on his desk one day when I went in. 1438 01:02:23,006 --> 01:02:25,640 I said, "Oh, my God, Hal, you've got a doll! 1439 01:02:25,642 --> 01:02:28,443 A little stunt doll! Give me a break!" 1440 01:02:28,445 --> 01:02:30,412 There's a little ram, and you could fly the-- 1441 01:02:30,414 --> 01:02:32,147 the doll, and it'll turn. 1442 01:02:32,149 --> 01:02:36,585 You could, uh, make the hat fly off with a string. 1443 01:02:36,587 --> 01:02:39,221 - The had designed the prototype, 1444 01:02:39,223 --> 01:02:42,290 but they didn't have the market for it yet. 1445 01:02:42,292 --> 01:02:46,027 We recognized that we were gonna need a big event. 1446 01:02:46,029 --> 01:02:48,663 Hal and Bill Fredricks came up with the idea 1447 01:02:48,665 --> 01:02:50,699 of the rocket car. 1448 01:02:50,701 --> 01:02:53,535 - Three...two...one... 1449 01:02:53,537 --> 01:02:55,203 ignition! 1450 01:02:55,205 --> 01:02:58,073 [engine roaring] 1451 01:02:58,075 --> 01:03:00,575 - Wow, looks like he's off on a good one this time, Ken. 1452 01:03:00,577 --> 01:03:02,844 - Thunderous sendoff to Hal Needham! 1453 01:03:02,846 --> 01:03:05,313 Climbing to 400...to 500... 1454 01:03:05,315 --> 01:03:08,784 almost 550 miles per hour and still climbing. 1455 01:03:08,786 --> 01:03:11,186 - That's faster than programmed, Ken. 1456 01:03:11,188 --> 01:03:13,355 - His chute just came out-- his chute deployed, 1457 01:03:13,357 --> 01:03:15,390 but it has not opened. - Ken, it has not opened. 1458 01:03:15,392 --> 01:03:17,292 He might be in very serious trouble down there. 1459 01:03:17,294 --> 01:03:18,760 - He's missed the red flag that he has 1460 01:03:18,762 --> 01:03:22,664 crashed at the end of the course. 1461 01:03:22,666 --> 01:03:24,232 - I want to tell you something. 1462 01:03:24,234 --> 01:03:27,469 The last couple hundred yards is a son of a gun! 1463 01:03:27,471 --> 01:03:29,938 - Hal said, "I'm not going to put my life 1464 01:03:29,940 --> 01:03:34,042 behind a 700 mile-an-hour car any longer." 1465 01:03:34,044 --> 01:03:36,411 It was sometime after the rocket car event 1466 01:03:36,413 --> 01:03:39,114 that the toy finally emerged. 1467 01:03:39,116 --> 01:03:42,317 It never really made a place in the market. 1468 01:03:42,319 --> 01:03:45,453 He knew he never was gonna be a movie star. 1469 01:03:45,455 --> 01:03:47,989 So Hal was under tremendous pressure 1470 01:03:47,991 --> 01:03:50,125 to make "Smokey and the Bandit" a success. 1471 01:03:51,995 --> 01:03:55,197 ['70s rock music] 1472 01:03:55,199 --> 01:03:58,533 ♪ ♪ 1473 01:03:58,535 --> 01:04:00,769 - There's a scene in the picture where 1474 01:04:00,771 --> 01:04:04,539 it's a small dirt road-- bridge. 1475 01:04:04,541 --> 01:04:07,475 The car leaps the bridge, flies through the air, 1476 01:04:07,477 --> 01:04:10,011 and lands on the other side. 1477 01:04:10,013 --> 01:04:11,546 - That was really dangerous. 1478 01:04:11,548 --> 01:04:13,615 There's no--that's a problem, you know? 1479 01:04:13,617 --> 01:04:16,952 You know, you come up short, you got issues here. 1480 01:04:18,422 --> 01:04:21,823 [tires squealing] 1481 01:04:21,825 --> 01:04:23,758 - Sorry, I don't want to get married. 1482 01:04:23,760 --> 01:04:26,127 - Terrific. That makes two of us. 1483 01:04:26,129 --> 01:04:28,396 - Sally and Burt became an item by that-- 1484 01:04:28,398 --> 01:04:29,898 that day of shooting. 1485 01:04:29,900 --> 01:04:32,534 - Rolling--oh, wait. One minute. Here we go. 1486 01:04:32,536 --> 01:04:34,402 - We watched the dailies, and you could kind of see it. 1487 01:04:34,404 --> 01:04:35,704 It was there. 1488 01:04:35,706 --> 01:04:37,305 When two people are hitting it off 1489 01:04:37,307 --> 01:04:39,574 and you can tell they're liking each other. 1490 01:04:39,576 --> 01:04:41,576 Sometimes, they call "Action," and there's 1491 01:04:41,578 --> 01:04:42,978 things that happen first. 1492 01:04:42,980 --> 01:04:46,281 - ♪ Call you the Bandit ♪ 1493 01:04:46,283 --> 01:04:48,016 ♪ ♪ 1494 01:04:48,018 --> 01:04:52,120 ♪ They call you the Bandit ♪ 1495 01:04:53,624 --> 01:04:57,359 - I think the Bandit covers up his vulnerability 1496 01:04:57,361 --> 01:04:59,694 and his sensitivity 1497 01:04:59,696 --> 01:05:01,463 with a lot of braggadocio, 1498 01:05:01,465 --> 01:05:04,266 and fancy shirts, 1499 01:05:04,268 --> 01:05:08,036 because I think, basically, he's rather shy. 1500 01:05:08,038 --> 01:05:10,038 He's only good at one thing, 1501 01:05:10,040 --> 01:05:11,773 and that's showing off. 1502 01:05:11,775 --> 01:05:13,441 But he's great at that. 1503 01:05:13,443 --> 01:05:15,443 I don't wear these kind of shirts. 1504 01:05:15,445 --> 01:05:17,612 I do wear cowboy hats. 1505 01:05:17,614 --> 01:05:20,248 I think--I'm not real positive about this, 1506 01:05:20,250 --> 01:05:22,684 because there's a big debate going about-- 1507 01:05:22,686 --> 01:05:24,586 on about this in America. 1508 01:05:24,588 --> 01:05:26,788 I think I'm a real good actor. 1509 01:05:26,790 --> 01:05:28,189 [struggling] 1510 01:05:28,191 --> 01:05:30,191 - Burt Reynolds has been top box office 1511 01:05:30,193 --> 01:05:33,795 for six years, mostly in redneck tough-guy films. 1512 01:05:33,797 --> 01:05:35,797 Now, he wants to try serious drama. 1513 01:05:35,799 --> 01:05:39,968 If you wanted to get away from the good ol' boy image, 1514 01:05:39,970 --> 01:05:42,003 will the audience let you? 1515 01:05:42,005 --> 01:05:45,273 - If I'm good. If I'm really good. 1516 01:05:45,275 --> 01:05:48,176 ♪ And there's no concealing ♪ 1517 01:05:48,178 --> 01:05:50,378 ♪ The fact I'm feeling ♪ 1518 01:05:50,380 --> 01:05:55,250 ♪ Bored, bored, bored ♪ 1519 01:05:55,252 --> 01:05:57,385 - I find Burt Reynolds a most puzzling actor. 1520 01:05:57,387 --> 01:05:59,054 He has the power and physical attributes 1521 01:05:59,056 --> 01:06:01,423 of the perfect screen tough guy, yet he insists 1522 01:06:01,425 --> 01:06:03,425 on playing light comedies, as if he saw himself 1523 01:06:03,427 --> 01:06:05,527 as a kind of Cary Grant with muscles. 1524 01:06:05,529 --> 01:06:07,262 The point that seems to escape him, however, 1525 01:06:07,264 --> 01:06:09,464 is that you can't be Cary Grant and have muscles. 1526 01:06:09,466 --> 01:06:11,800 You've got to settle for one or the other. 1527 01:06:11,802 --> 01:06:14,936 - He can act, but he doesn't take very good parts. 1528 01:06:14,938 --> 01:06:18,273 He doesn't take the parts which stretch him and test him. 1529 01:06:18,275 --> 01:06:21,242 He could possibly be as great as Sean Connery 1530 01:06:21,244 --> 01:06:24,079 if he had more ease about the way he looked. 1531 01:06:24,081 --> 01:06:27,082 You can always feel that he wants to look good, 1532 01:06:27,084 --> 01:06:29,451 and this is fatal in a male actor. 1533 01:06:29,453 --> 01:06:31,419 - Maybe he's getting bad advice, Pauline. 1534 01:06:31,421 --> 01:06:34,823 - Or maybe there's fear in him. 1535 01:06:38,528 --> 01:06:42,630 - Burt, when you look in the mirror, what do you see? 1536 01:06:42,632 --> 01:06:46,835 Who do you see? 1537 01:06:46,837 --> 01:06:51,706 - You're looking at a very well-paid movie star. 1538 01:06:51,708 --> 01:06:53,608 And a starving actor. 1539 01:06:53,610 --> 01:06:56,111 Actor. 1540 01:06:56,113 --> 01:07:00,448 To be a personality is painful. 1541 01:07:00,450 --> 01:07:04,252 To be in the public eye is--is painful. 1542 01:07:04,254 --> 01:07:07,422 Because you can never, ever give them enough. 1543 01:07:07,424 --> 01:07:10,325 They always want a little bit more. 1544 01:07:10,327 --> 01:07:11,860 [laughter] 1545 01:07:11,862 --> 01:07:14,729 - Is it true that you are back together with Dinah Shore? 1546 01:07:14,731 --> 01:07:18,266 - Do you plan on making any movies on location in Chicago? 1547 01:07:18,268 --> 01:07:19,768 - Would you like to go for coffee after the show? 1548 01:07:19,770 --> 01:07:22,404 - You said that your favorite sport was football. 1549 01:07:22,406 --> 01:07:24,672 Is that what influenced you doing "The Longest Yard"? 1550 01:07:24,674 --> 01:07:27,108 - Is it true that you've been trying to adopt a child 1551 01:07:27,110 --> 01:07:28,510 and you plan on marrying again? 1552 01:07:28,512 --> 01:07:32,414 - Burt, do you really enjoy all this? 1553 01:07:32,416 --> 01:07:34,716 - Burt got sick down there, 1554 01:07:34,718 --> 01:07:37,485 and he was struggling to come to the set. 1555 01:07:37,487 --> 01:07:39,587 You're talking about changing schedules. 1556 01:07:39,589 --> 01:07:41,790 I mean, Sally couldn't work without Burt 1557 01:07:41,792 --> 01:07:45,060 'cause it was in the car. 1558 01:07:46,763 --> 01:07:49,364 - He did disappear for a couple of days, yes. 1559 01:07:49,366 --> 01:07:51,566 But I don't want to get into the, uh, 1560 01:07:51,568 --> 01:07:55,203 the reasonings. 1561 01:07:55,205 --> 01:07:56,704 - Hal understood Burt was an actor. 1562 01:07:56,706 --> 01:07:58,873 Being an actor, he was high-strung and neurotic. 1563 01:07:58,875 --> 01:08:01,042 Now, all actors are crazy, right? 1564 01:08:01,044 --> 01:08:03,178 I mean, Marlon Brando walked out of acting 1565 01:08:03,180 --> 01:08:05,880 'cause he couldn't take it anymore. 1566 01:08:05,882 --> 01:08:07,415 You must understand, 1567 01:08:07,417 --> 01:08:09,317 their face is on this 100-foot screen. 1568 01:08:09,319 --> 01:08:10,718 - You know who that is? 1569 01:08:10,720 --> 01:08:12,420 - If they're embarrassed with what they see, 1570 01:08:12,422 --> 01:08:14,456 they want to kill themselves. 1571 01:08:14,458 --> 01:08:17,125 So, the pressure on an actor, 1572 01:08:17,127 --> 01:08:20,395 on his ego, it's so overwhelming. 1573 01:08:20,397 --> 01:08:23,565 [sirens] 1574 01:08:23,567 --> 01:08:26,634 - We ain't gonna make it, son! We're gonna hang it up. 1575 01:08:26,636 --> 01:08:28,603 - Whoa, negatory, negatory, what are you, 1576 01:08:28,605 --> 01:08:29,804 crazy or something? 1577 01:08:29,806 --> 01:08:31,606 We come this far, ain't we? 1578 01:08:31,608 --> 01:08:33,641 Look, when we say we gonna do a job, 1579 01:08:33,643 --> 01:08:36,277 we do a job! 1580 01:08:36,279 --> 01:08:39,781 - And Hal came up and said, "I give up. 1581 01:08:39,783 --> 01:08:41,983 Are you doing this?" 1582 01:08:41,985 --> 01:08:44,119 - There's one thing about good ol' Southern boys, 1583 01:08:44,121 --> 01:08:45,920 all the way through. 1584 01:08:45,922 --> 01:08:49,224 They have a sense of loyalty to their friends. 1585 01:08:49,226 --> 01:08:52,427 [dramatic music] 1586 01:08:52,429 --> 01:08:54,929 ♪ ♪ 1587 01:08:54,931 --> 01:08:59,701 - I felt like, if anything, I owed it to Hal. 1588 01:08:59,703 --> 01:09:04,239 ♪ ♪ 1589 01:09:04,241 --> 01:09:06,975 You got to be dangerous 1590 01:09:06,977 --> 01:09:09,744 as part of being sexy. 1591 01:09:09,746 --> 01:09:14,015 ♪ ♪ 1592 01:09:14,017 --> 01:09:17,118 Too late now. 1593 01:09:17,120 --> 01:09:20,054 "Let's jump this bridge." 1594 01:09:20,056 --> 01:09:28,196 ♪ ♪ 1595 01:09:32,569 --> 01:09:35,036 - We jumped over that bridge! We did that! 1596 01:09:35,038 --> 01:09:36,905 Did you see what we did? - Yes, I did. 1597 01:09:36,907 --> 01:09:40,074 - I want to jump something else! I want to jump a house! 1598 01:09:40,076 --> 01:09:41,442 I want to jump something! 1599 01:09:41,444 --> 01:09:42,944 - We'd just done the car jump. 1600 01:09:42,946 --> 01:09:44,646 Assistant director yelled, "That's it. 1601 01:09:44,648 --> 01:09:46,347 That's a wrap." 1602 01:09:46,349 --> 01:09:48,483 It was the last-- end of the movie. 1603 01:09:48,485 --> 01:09:51,085 Needham, he and I looked over the top of the Trans Am 1604 01:09:51,087 --> 01:09:52,787 at each other. 1605 01:09:52,789 --> 01:09:54,856 He just gave me a wry smile and looked at me, 1606 01:09:54,858 --> 01:09:56,991 you know, and we just nodded at each other and that was it. 1607 01:09:56,993 --> 01:09:58,860 - You're crazy! 1608 01:09:58,862 --> 01:10:00,395 - Kind of our moment. 1609 01:10:00,397 --> 01:10:02,530 You realize that it exists, 1610 01:10:02,532 --> 01:10:06,367 and it's gonna be around a lot longer than you are. 1611 01:10:09,406 --> 01:10:11,739 - Universal presents... 1612 01:10:11,741 --> 01:10:14,409 This is "Smokey and the Bandit." 1613 01:10:14,411 --> 01:10:16,277 - The general sales manager at Universal, 1614 01:10:16,279 --> 01:10:17,879 having seen the movie, by the way, 1615 01:10:17,881 --> 01:10:21,349 um, I don't think had much faith in the picture. 1616 01:10:21,351 --> 01:10:24,052 He asked that we not sneak preview. 1617 01:10:24,054 --> 01:10:25,653 I think he actually suspected 1618 01:10:25,655 --> 01:10:27,388 that he was going to lose bookings 1619 01:10:27,390 --> 01:10:29,824 because the picture was so bad. 1620 01:10:29,826 --> 01:10:32,760 [banjo music] 1621 01:10:35,932 --> 01:10:38,499 - Hell... 1622 01:10:40,370 --> 01:10:42,770 You know? 1623 01:10:47,777 --> 01:10:49,744 They said... 1624 01:10:56,386 --> 01:10:59,387 [grandiose orchestral music] 1625 01:10:59,389 --> 01:11:00,521 ♪ ♪ 1626 01:11:00,523 --> 01:11:04,058 And I said, "Take it out!" 1627 01:11:04,060 --> 01:11:06,761 ♪ ♪ 1628 01:11:06,763 --> 01:11:08,429 - You're doing comedy, it doesn't work. 1629 01:11:08,431 --> 01:11:10,064 [gagging] 1630 01:11:10,066 --> 01:11:11,332 Dead. 1631 01:11:11,334 --> 01:11:12,767 And only a fool does it 1632 01:11:12,769 --> 01:11:14,802 thinking it's a sure thing. 1633 01:11:14,804 --> 01:11:17,105 - I thought it was a very funny movie. 1634 01:11:17,107 --> 01:11:19,641 And then--you know, we thought-- we had great expectations, 1635 01:11:19,643 --> 01:11:22,510 they opened the movie in Radio City Music Hall, 1636 01:11:22,512 --> 01:11:26,014 and then we-- and it died. 1637 01:11:26,016 --> 01:11:27,582 - I said, "Wait a minute. 1638 01:11:27,584 --> 01:11:30,351 "You're opening it in-- in New York? 1639 01:11:30,353 --> 01:11:32,687 That's ridiculous." 1640 01:11:32,689 --> 01:11:36,190 - It was a disastrous screening, I mean... 1641 01:11:36,192 --> 01:11:38,359 The cards were, you know, 1642 01:11:38,361 --> 01:11:40,928 "This is boring. Seen this before." 1643 01:11:40,930 --> 01:11:44,232 I thought, you know, what do I do 1644 01:11:44,234 --> 01:11:46,934 to get these guys to get it. 1645 01:11:46,936 --> 01:11:48,670 [screaming] 1646 01:11:48,672 --> 01:11:50,538 - And I said, "Put the damn thing out 1647 01:11:50,540 --> 01:11:52,340 down in the South." 1648 01:11:52,342 --> 01:11:54,175 That's who it was made for. 1649 01:11:54,177 --> 01:11:56,811 - [shouting] 1650 01:11:56,813 --> 01:11:59,047 - ♪ Well, hello there, neighbor ♪ 1651 01:11:59,049 --> 01:12:00,948 ♪ Now, how do you do ♪ 1652 01:12:00,950 --> 01:12:04,619 ♪ There's something I'd like to say to you ♪ 1653 01:12:04,621 --> 01:12:06,554 ♪ You from my homeland ♪ [dog barking] 1654 01:12:06,556 --> 01:12:08,389 ♪ My sunny homeland, tell me friend ♪ 1655 01:12:08,391 --> 01:12:10,992 ♪ Now could it be ♪ 1656 01:12:10,994 --> 01:12:13,328 - How many of you have seen Hal's picture, 1657 01:12:13,330 --> 01:12:14,929 "Smokey and the Bandit"? 1658 01:12:14,931 --> 01:12:16,264 [applause] 1659 01:12:16,266 --> 01:12:18,800 - I love it. I love it. 1660 01:12:18,802 --> 01:12:21,736 - I bet I've seen that movie 200 times. 1661 01:12:21,738 --> 01:12:24,806 And that's probably plus or minus five. 1662 01:12:24,808 --> 01:12:26,808 - ♪ Yeah, it's the view from Louisiana, Mississippi ♪ 1663 01:12:26,810 --> 01:12:29,344 ♪ Alabama, West Virginia, Tennessee, Carolina ♪ 1664 01:12:29,346 --> 01:12:32,814 ♪ Just any little place below that Mason-Dixon line ♪ 1665 01:12:32,816 --> 01:12:34,816 ♪ Then you're in Dixie ♪ 1666 01:12:34,818 --> 01:12:36,951 ♪ Hooray, hooray for Dixie ♪ 1667 01:12:36,953 --> 01:12:39,721 ♪ 'Cause this old boy, he's from Dixie too ♪ 1668 01:12:39,723 --> 01:12:41,189 ♪ Stand back, son ♪ 1669 01:12:41,191 --> 01:12:44,459 - That little number is the second-highest grossing 1670 01:12:44,461 --> 01:12:46,828 motion picture in the history of the motion picture business. 1671 01:12:46,830 --> 01:12:48,529 - I'm glad it was, because it was a picture 1672 01:12:48,531 --> 01:12:49,797 that wasn't made for the critics. 1673 01:12:49,799 --> 01:12:52,600 It was made for the people. 1674 01:12:52,602 --> 01:12:54,068 - How did you like the movie? 1675 01:12:54,070 --> 01:12:57,338 - Oh, I just loved it. - Oh, it was so exciting. 1676 01:12:57,340 --> 01:12:58,639 - Who was your favorite in the film? 1677 01:12:58,641 --> 01:13:00,808 - Burt. [laughing] 1678 01:13:00,810 --> 01:13:04,712 Naturally. The dog was good too. 1679 01:13:04,714 --> 01:13:07,648 - All of us that live in that part of the country 1680 01:13:07,650 --> 01:13:09,317 go, "Yup, that's about how it works," or 1681 01:13:09,319 --> 01:13:11,018 "he reminds me of my uncle," 1682 01:13:11,020 --> 01:13:13,254 or "he reminds me of my dad," or "he reminds me 1683 01:13:13,256 --> 01:13:14,756 of my neighbor down the road." 1684 01:13:14,758 --> 01:13:16,891 - You know, in the South, they think of 1685 01:13:16,893 --> 01:13:20,261 "Smokey and the Bandit" as a documentary. 1686 01:13:20,263 --> 01:13:21,929 It had a cultural impact 1687 01:13:21,931 --> 01:13:23,664 that I don't think any of us could have imagined. 1688 01:13:23,666 --> 01:13:25,433 I mean, to this very day, 1689 01:13:25,435 --> 01:13:26,834 it's a friendlier South 1690 01:13:26,836 --> 01:13:29,170 than maybe a lot of people had seen before. 1691 01:13:29,172 --> 01:13:33,074 And maybe, in that, there's an elegance. 1692 01:13:33,076 --> 01:13:37,945 - The buzz was huge. I mean, it was huge! 1693 01:13:37,947 --> 01:13:40,548 ♪ ♪ 1694 01:13:40,550 --> 01:13:42,049 - You know, in the days of silent movies, 1695 01:13:42,051 --> 01:13:44,185 the chase was often a highlight of the story. 1696 01:13:44,187 --> 01:13:47,121 So, Hollywood figured, if audiences like a little, 1697 01:13:47,123 --> 01:13:49,357 they'll love a lot, and pretty soon, 1698 01:13:49,359 --> 01:13:52,226 there's no meal at all, it's all dessert. 1699 01:13:52,228 --> 01:13:55,496 - It's not a B movie. It's A-plus-plus. 1700 01:13:55,498 --> 01:13:57,765 Burt brought us through the disco era. 1701 01:13:57,767 --> 01:14:00,034 He kept us all alive and gave us a reason 1702 01:14:00,036 --> 01:14:03,104 to say, "Hey, we still got a hero out there." 1703 01:14:03,106 --> 01:14:06,340 - When I say "Burt Reynolds," right now. 1704 01:14:06,342 --> 01:14:09,076 Black cowboy hat? Mustache? 1705 01:14:09,078 --> 01:14:11,245 Is that what you see? It's what I see. 1706 01:14:11,247 --> 01:14:12,980 I also see him in a Trans Am. 1707 01:14:12,982 --> 01:14:16,951 If he drove up in a Lexus, it would just destroy me. 1708 01:14:16,953 --> 01:14:18,553 - The "Washington Post" critic, 1709 01:14:18,555 --> 01:14:20,855 in that person's opinion, 1710 01:14:20,857 --> 01:14:23,658 greatest road movie ever made. 1711 01:14:23,660 --> 01:14:25,159 I mean, the picture elevated Hal, 1712 01:14:25,161 --> 01:14:27,395 and Hal was no longer a stuntman. 1713 01:14:27,397 --> 01:14:30,965 ♪ ♪ 1714 01:14:30,967 --> 01:14:33,067 - So, my father decided it was time 1715 01:14:33,069 --> 01:14:35,403 to move out of Burt Reynolds' house. 1716 01:14:35,405 --> 01:14:39,373 You get married, you settle down, and then, uh, 1717 01:14:39,375 --> 01:14:43,711 you have to move out--you got to get your own place. 1718 01:14:46,416 --> 01:14:49,217 [soft music] 1719 01:14:49,219 --> 01:14:52,019 - I've always wanted to have a theater, 1720 01:14:52,021 --> 01:14:54,989 all my life, uh, ever since I started being an actor. 1721 01:14:54,991 --> 01:14:56,691 - How are you tonight? 1722 01:14:56,693 --> 01:14:58,926 If you'll follow Bruce, he'll take you to your seats. 1723 01:14:58,928 --> 01:15:00,962 - Good evening. How y'all doing tonight? 1724 01:15:00,964 --> 01:15:04,398 [singing] 1725 01:15:04,400 --> 01:15:05,867 [applause] 1726 01:15:05,869 --> 01:15:07,535 - And I think, secretly, 1727 01:15:07,537 --> 01:15:11,005 most actors, back in the back of their minds, 1728 01:15:11,007 --> 01:15:12,874 think about going back to their hometown 1729 01:15:12,876 --> 01:15:16,110 and building a theater. 1730 01:15:16,112 --> 01:15:18,412 We have an apprentice program, and they're learning 1731 01:15:18,414 --> 01:15:22,149 that it isn't just stardust and moonbeams. 1732 01:15:22,151 --> 01:15:25,119 It's a lot of hard work and pain. 1733 01:15:25,121 --> 01:15:28,222 Get out of here! Punctuate it. 1734 01:15:28,224 --> 01:15:29,824 - Burt Reynolds is a hungry man. 1735 01:15:29,826 --> 01:15:32,927 I think he's hungry to--to show everybody in the world 1736 01:15:32,929 --> 01:15:36,230 that he's more than the illusion 1737 01:15:36,232 --> 01:15:39,133 that he--that he presents. 1738 01:15:39,135 --> 01:15:41,502 - Do you want o be taken more seriously? 1739 01:15:41,504 --> 01:15:45,339 Or would you go on doing these stunting performances? 1740 01:15:47,076 --> 01:15:50,244 - Well, I--I think that probably, 1741 01:15:50,246 --> 01:15:53,614 20 years from now, these "Stunting performances," 1742 01:15:53,616 --> 01:15:55,783 as you called them, will be considered 1743 01:15:55,785 --> 01:15:58,352 minor works of art. 1744 01:15:58,354 --> 01:16:01,556 And they'll say, "Those were damn good films. 1745 01:16:01,558 --> 01:16:03,691 "For what they were. They weren't trying 1746 01:16:03,693 --> 01:16:05,660 "to be anything other than what they were. 1747 01:16:05,662 --> 01:16:08,829 But for what they were, they were terrific." 1748 01:16:08,831 --> 01:16:12,166 - But you're still shooting for a "Casablanca" in your career? 1749 01:16:12,168 --> 01:16:14,535 - Yeah, I'm shooting for a "Casablanca." 1750 01:16:14,537 --> 01:16:16,571 And you know what I'll do when I get my "Casablanca"? 1751 01:16:16,573 --> 01:16:20,274 I'll go right back and make a "Smokey and the Bandit." 1752 01:16:20,276 --> 01:16:21,909 [applause] 1753 01:16:21,911 --> 01:16:23,744 - Burt, the co-writer and director 1754 01:16:23,746 --> 01:16:27,582 of "Smokey and the Bandit," your pal Hal Needham. 1755 01:16:27,584 --> 01:16:30,251 [elegant music] 1756 01:16:30,253 --> 01:16:33,054 - First of all, let me say that I'm sure nobody expects me 1757 01:16:33,056 --> 01:16:36,157 to play guitar or sing 'cause y'all know better than that. 1758 01:16:36,159 --> 01:16:38,292 I only have one God-given talent, 1759 01:16:38,294 --> 01:16:40,328 and that was to fall on my head. 1760 01:16:40,330 --> 01:16:43,097 And I'm thankful for that, because it allowed me 1761 01:16:43,099 --> 01:16:47,234 to meet Burt Reynolds some 20-some-odd years ago. 1762 01:16:47,236 --> 01:16:50,271 - I always told him, "If you'd have been a woman, 1763 01:16:50,273 --> 01:16:52,707 we'd have had a great marriage." 1764 01:16:52,709 --> 01:16:55,910 He was an amazing man. 1765 01:16:55,912 --> 01:17:00,414 They don't come along like that but once in your lifetime. 1766 01:17:02,285 --> 01:17:04,218 - You're a doll, I love you, 1767 01:17:04,220 --> 01:17:05,653 and I owe everything to you, Burt. 1768 01:17:05,655 --> 01:17:07,021 Thank you. 1769 01:17:07,023 --> 01:17:10,024 [laid-back country music] 1770 01:17:10,026 --> 01:17:12,026 ♪ ♪ 1771 01:17:12,028 --> 01:17:13,527 - I just want to make a wish. 1772 01:17:13,529 --> 01:17:15,029 [screaming] 1773 01:17:15,031 --> 01:17:23,170 ♪ ♪ 1774 01:17:24,474 --> 01:17:28,209 - Certain people show up in your life, 1775 01:17:28,211 --> 01:17:31,112 and the magic happens, and it doesn't always happen, 1776 01:17:31,114 --> 01:17:33,881 but when the magic happens...[claps]. 1777 01:17:33,883 --> 01:17:36,784 ♪ ♪ 1778 01:17:36,786 --> 01:17:38,786 - You know something? 1779 01:17:38,788 --> 01:17:43,724 You're looking at the luckiest man alive. 1780 01:17:43,726 --> 01:17:45,292 - So we're talking, and I said, "Hal, 1781 01:17:45,294 --> 01:17:48,095 "can you believe your success? 1782 01:17:48,097 --> 01:17:50,097 "From the sharecropper's kid in Arkansas, 1783 01:17:50,099 --> 01:17:52,199 you do 'Smokey and the Bandit'?" 1784 01:17:52,201 --> 01:17:55,236 "Yeah," he said. "It's been a good run, man." 1785 01:17:55,238 --> 01:17:58,105 - Folks didn't think too much of me 1786 01:17:58,107 --> 01:18:01,776 or what I was gonna amount to. 1787 01:18:01,778 --> 01:18:03,878 But for sure-- 1788 01:18:03,880 --> 01:18:06,814 for sure-- 1789 01:18:06,816 --> 01:18:09,450 my mom... 1790 01:18:09,452 --> 01:18:11,452 is looking down on tonight... 1791 01:18:11,454 --> 01:18:15,156 with a big smile on her face. 1792 01:18:15,158 --> 01:18:18,292 [clears throat] 1793 01:18:19,829 --> 01:18:22,329 [applause] 1794 01:18:22,331 --> 01:18:26,434 I want to thank the entire Hollywood community 1795 01:18:26,436 --> 01:18:30,004 for allowing me to be part of it. 1796 01:18:30,006 --> 01:18:32,440 Thank you very much. I appreciate it. 1797 01:18:32,442 --> 01:18:39,980 ♪ ♪ 1798 01:18:39,982 --> 01:18:42,550 - When I heard that he passed, 1799 01:18:42,552 --> 01:18:46,620 I thought, "What in God's name 1800 01:18:46,622 --> 01:18:48,122 "could kill him? 1801 01:18:48,124 --> 01:18:49,657 What could kill him?" 1802 01:18:49,659 --> 01:18:53,227 - He's the only guy that I thought might live forever. 1803 01:18:53,229 --> 01:18:55,796 [tires squealing] 1804 01:18:55,798 --> 01:18:57,531 - He liked speed. 1805 01:18:57,533 --> 01:18:59,667 He liked to bend the rules a little bit. 1806 01:18:59,669 --> 01:19:03,137 He liked to live life on his own terms. 1807 01:19:03,139 --> 01:19:06,140 Hal Needham was, and will always be, 1808 01:19:06,142 --> 01:19:08,209 the Bandit. 1809 01:19:08,211 --> 01:19:10,110 [engine roaring]