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Smokey and the Bandit
1977
· Movie
· 96 min
C
MEANRANK
70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2323
- IMDb #2243
- Google retired #517
- Rotten Tomatoes #1803
- Metacritic #3045
- Letterboxd #1630
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2710
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1112
- Metacritic Audience #2236
- Criticker #1949
- Kinopoisk #1083
- AlloCiné #3739
- Trakt #1603
Every rating
47–94
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 47, highest is Google on 94.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A charismatic bootlegger is hired to illegally transport 400 cases of beer from Texas to Georgia in 28 hours. He recruits a runaway bride to drive the truck while he leads the way in his Pontiac Trans Am, distracting the police. They are pursued by a relentless Texas sheriff, leading to a cross-country chase.
Details
- Director
- Hal Needham
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
- Released
- 27 May 1977
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $4.3M
- Box office
- $126.7M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 2 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| 50th Academy Awards 1978 | Best Film Editing | Walter Hannemann | Nominee |
| 50th Academy Awards 1978 | Best Film Editing | Angelo Ross | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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50th Academy Awards
2 nominations
| Best Film Editing | Walter Hannemann | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Angelo Ross | Nominee |