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...example, Reynolds did a favor for his friend Hal Needham, a stuntman who had the opportunity to direct if he could get Reynolds to star in the picture. The result was a little number called Smokey and the Bandit, nothing much more elaborate than a 90-minute car chase, with Jackie Gleason playing a sheriff in hot, exasperated pursuit of Reynolds' good-ole-boy trucker. The film cost about $4 million. The last time anyone looked, it had grossed about $100 million, second only to the phenomenal Star Wars for 1977. Reynolds' latest picture, Semi-Tough, has been doing business...
Nightcaps is for anyone who wants to go to a cabaret in old Berlin or a smokey nightclub in Paris, or for anyone who grew up on those old musicals and wants to hear them all again, while sitting in cozy dark corners, or laughing at round tables and having a good time. In this atmosphere a talented group of six singers will be belting everything from Cole Porter to Sondheim, with many spotlighted solos being crooned in between, against a white hot light. By the time the cast sings its way through its first show, the audience...
...more than three decades Smokey Bear has been gently cajoling forest users to prevent fires. In ranger hat and dungarees, Smokey used plenty of "pleases" and "thank yous" in posters and broadcast spots. He still often does, but since forest fires have become such a problem, says a U.S. Forest Service spokesman, "we felt we needed to say it a little more forcefully this year." So, in a 60-sec. radio spot, a camper croons a story of how he left a fire burning, and then a bold new Smokey takes charge. He angrily bares his teeth and sings...
...that they can get from Georgia to Texas, pick up a truckload of Coors beer and bring it home in a day's time. The distance is 1,800 miles. The plan is for Burt, driving a sports car, to act as diversionary force if the Smokey Bears come around while Jerry chugs along with their precious (and, in Georgia, contraband) cargo...
...whole enterprise is fairly tacky, but it is also rather jaunty fun. The primary market for pictures like this is the rural drive-ins, but city slickers should also enjoy Smokey's transitory pleasures. Indeed, the movie is far lighter on its feet than most of the super-productions that the studios are currently hyping...