- Jun 10, 2014
- 20,189
- 41,501
Founding Member
So was James Cromwell for The Babe. That’s some elite company!Nominated for Best Supporting Actor in Boogie Nights.
So was James Cromwell for The Babe. That’s some elite company!Nominated for Best Supporting Actor in Boogie Nights.
It was a silly movie littered with B level actors that catered to the lowest common denominator. Why am I not surprised you viewed it as an American classic?
Gleason was the lone bright spot in that flick.Burt Reynolds was a terrible actor. Horrible.
But Smokey and the Bandit was a great movie due to the out-freaking-standing performance of one Jackie Gleason. Truly the star of that movie and he gave a performance for the ages. Anybody could have played the Bandit. Only Gleason could have elevated Sheriff Buford T. Justice to an American icon. He should have won an Oscar, a Nobel, and a Pulitzer for that role.
Alex.
Buford T. Justice:Gleason was the lone bright spot in that flick.
Burt Reynolds was a terrible actor. Horrible.
But Smokey and the Bandit was a great movie due to the out-freaking-standing performance of one Jackie Gleason. Truly the star of that movie and he gave a performance for the ages. Anybody could have played the Bandit. Only Gleason could have elevated Sheriff Buford T. Justice to an American icon. He should have won an Oscar, a Nobel, and a Pulitzer for that role.
Alex.
I would have enjoyed that movie a lot more if he'd been given Ned Beatty's part. Although, from what I understand they tricked Beatty into taking the part by sending him a script with page 145 &146 ripped out of it.I thought he was great in Deliverance. He was at his best on Carson. Funny as hell.
It is possible that the put him over the edge, but I am sure Loni Anderson started it long ago. Gotta admit that Burt was in a few very good movies though like Smokey and the Bandit, Deliverance and the original Longest Yard!
There was somebody in that movie besides Julianne Moore?Don’t forget Boogie Nights...great movie!