Thursday, April 12, 2012

The Bandit Did All of This. Ain't He Great!

As part of its 100th Anniversary this year, Universal Studios Home Entertainment will offer special re-issues of selected catalog titles, and the Smokey and the Bandit Blu-ray will arrive in the June wave. Burt Reynolds stars in director Hal Needham's action-comedy as the Bandit, a daredevil truck driver who accepts a near-impossible challenge - he must transport 400 cases of beer from Texarkana to Atlanta in just twenty-eight hours.

Along with his best friend and fellow driver Cledus (Jerry Reed), Bandit tears across the country, drawing the attentions of both a spirited runaway bride (Sally Field) and the speed-hating lawman Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason)
Universal's Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack presents the film in its 1.85:1 original aspect ratio with a 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track. The disc also contains the following bonus supplements:
  • Loaded Up and Truckin': Making Smokey and the Bandit behind-the-scenes featurette
  • Snowman, What's Your 20? - The Smokey and the Bandit CB Tutorial
  • Two 100 Years of Universal featurettes:
  • - The Lot - The '70s
This greatness gets released June 5.
     

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