THE BANDIT is a film about 70s superstar Burt Reynolds, his best friend, roommate and stunt-double Hal Needham, and the making of their unlikely smash-hit SMOKEY & THE BANDIT. The film tells the action-packed story of the making of SMOKEY, while tracing the vivid personal journeys of Reynolds and Needham from obscurity to stardom and highlighting one of the most extraordinary relationships in Hollywood history. Featuring new interviews with Reynolds, rare archive material, including footage from Reynolds’ personal archive, as well as candid interviews with the late Hal Needham, the documentary tells an exhilarating and moving story about loyalty, friendship and creative risk.
Jesse Moss
Director
Hal Needham
Self (archive footage)
Burt Reynolds
Self
Paul Williams
Self
Seduced and Abandoned62%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
The Class of ‘9271%
Sidney70%
That's Entertainment!73%
180° South72%
Elstree 197661%
Hitchcock/Truffaut72%
The Captains63%
Everything or Nothing72%
WHAM!73%
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound68%
For the Love of Spock73%
Love, Marilyn66%
Justin Bieber's Believe69%
Western Stars70%
Looking for Richard68%
Audrey71%
Supersonic73%
Katy Perry: Part of Me71%
