the movie the car came out in 1977.
the movie the car came out in 1977.
when did the movie the car come out?
1977
needham saw an advertisement for the soon-to-be-released 1977 pontiac trans am and knew right away that would be the bandit's car, or, as needham referred to it, a character in the movie. he contacted pontiac and an agreement was made that four 1977 trans ams and two pontiac lemans 4-door sedans would be provided for the movie. the trans ams were actually 1976-model cars with 1977 front ends. (from 1970 to 1976, both the firebird/trans am and chevrolet camaro had two round headlights, and in 1977, the firebird/trans am was changed to four rectangular headlights, while the camaro remained unchanged.) the decals were also changed to 1977-style units, as evidenced by the engine size callouts on the hood scoop being in liters rather than cubic inches, as had been the case in 1976. the hood scoop on these cars says "6.6 litre", which in 1977 would have denoted an oldsmobile 403-equipped car or a non w-72, 180 hp version of the 400 pontiac engine. all four of the cars were badly damaged during production, one of which was all but destroyed during the jump over the dismantled bridge. the trans am used for the dismantled bridge jump was equipped with a booster rocket, the same type that was used by evel knievel during his failed snake river canyon jump. needham served as the driver for the stunt (standing in for reynolds) while lada st. edmund was in the same car (standing in for sally field during the jump). by the movie's ending, the final surviving trans am and lemans were both barely running and the other cars had become parts donors to keep them running. notably, this gives rise to various continuity errors with justice's patrol car, which during some chase sequences is shown with a black rear fender which then reverts back to the car's bronze color again in later scenes. when it is finally torn off along with the car's roof in the impact with the girder, the missing fender still reappears later on in the film. the burdettes' car is a 1974 cadillac eldorado convertible painted in "candy red" color scheme, and is seen briefly at the beginning of the movie, and in the final scene as bandit, snowman, fred, and frog use it to make their escape.
smokey and the bandit
the work was inspired by a visit that millais and his son john guille millais paid to the ornithologist john gould shortly before his death in 1881. on the way home, millais said to his son "that's a fine subject; a very fine subject. i shall paint it when i have time." it was in fact several years after gould's death before he had time, and the picture as painted is not a representation of gould or of the actual scene during millais' visit – the central figure was modelled by the engraver thomas oldham barlow, a friend of the artist, two of the others are professional models, and the two smallest children are millais' grandchildren (one of whom is william milbourne james).
the ruling passion