Bandit (film series) a prequel as it focuses on events that took place prior to the original film. The car featured in these films is a Dodge Stealth while the "Smokey and the Bandit" films featured three generations of the Pontiac Trans Am. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> On October 12, 2010, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment released all four television films on DVD along with the "Smokey and the Bandit" trilogy as part of Smokey and the Bandit: The 7-Movie Outlaw Collection. Bandit (film series) Bandit is a series of four American made-for-television film spin-offs based on the popular "Smokey and the Bandit" film series. The
Hooper (film) office; it was one of the top ten films of 1978, but ultimately the film was deemed a letdown in comparison to Reynolds' "Smokey and the Bandit", second only to "Star Wars" in box office gross the year before. "Hooper" grossed $78 million domestically, nearly 40% less than the gross of "Smokey" in 1977 ($126 million). The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound (Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don MacDougall and Jack Solomon). "Hooper" was also one of the first movies to make use of the blooper reel credit crawl. The technique, originated by Needham, showed a