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
Smokey and the Bandit in McDonough. However, the scene where they drive through the Shell gas station was filmed in Ojai, California on the corner of Ojai and El Paseo. Much of the surrounding scene comes from that immediate vicinity. The scene featuring the racetrack was filmed at Lakewood Speedway at the old Lakewood Fairgrounds on the south side of Atlanta. The roller coaster seen in the movie was the Greyhound. It had not been used for some time and was repainted for the film. It was destroyed in "Smokey and the Bandit II" and a flashback scene in "Part 3". The film's theme