Very Rare Smokey is the Bandit Trailer Jackie Gleason
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- Here is the very rare trailer for "Smokey is the Bandit, Part 3". This film was originally shot with Jackie Gleason playing both "Buford T. Justice" & "Bandit" roles. This is the only video proof released so far that states that the film was originally filmed this way. Please sign the online petition to get this film releaed. www.petitiononline.com/smokey3/
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So, in the second Bill and Ted movie, when Albert Einstein correctly names Smokey and the Bandit 3 and adds 'Smokey is the Bandit', this is what he meant. That part always confused me. That guy was smart.
It's a crime to think how much potentially interesting Jackie Gleason footage was shot for this film that we'll probably never see.
I spoke with one of the co-writers of the picture, Mr. Stuart Birnbaum. Here is some of the insight he provided me with regards to Smokey 3
Jackie Gleason would only commit to the film if he had total approval of the script.
Burt Reynolds had no desire of starring in the picture as he didn't get along with the Producer Mort Engelberg.
There were at least 11 versions of the script written before Gleason would approve of the final script.
Gleason hated the script and asked "why do we need writers?"
The whole film was pretty much under Gleason's control.
The film was screened and that is when they decided to bring in Jerry Reed.
They basically just recreated the Bandit scenes with Reed.
Burt's cameo was always in the picture and was basically done as a favor to Gleason and the studio.
The lack of Bandit dialogue in the script was on purpose as Gleason was always ad-libbing.
Mr. Birnbaum has no idea if the original Gleason/Bandit footage still exists.
I knew of the idea of Smokey is the Bandit but I didn't know the movie was shot. If it was put on youtube, I might just watch it just to see how dumb it was. There are movies that are just not meant to have any sequels. "Smokey & the Bandit is one of them.
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Interesting. I only want to see some of it out of morbid curiosity. :)
As soon as I find London After Midnight, Smokey is The Bandit is next !
You can see it’s Jackies stunt double driving the Trans Am in the wide shoots of the film. They just filmed pick up shots of Jerry in a rig car.
I know it's probably awful but I would like to see the original 'lost' version of this with Gleeson playing the bandit - it sounds so bizarre, I need to see it
Same
@@jayden2592 I saw another video about it yesterday & apparently it was confusing as all hell
@@BeeHatGuy is still like to see it
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Test audiences in Pittsburgh were confused by the script, that's part of the reason they reshot the movie.
The rumors were the Gleason estate got the copies and burned them.
If I ever end up as a make a wish kid I'm gonna use my wish to get smokey is the bandit released
I remember reading comments on IMDB a few years ago where people were vehemently denying that Smokey IS the Bandit was ever made. It drove me crazy because I clearly remembered reading articles about it in the newspaper while it was in production. Then I read how they reshot it with Jerry Reed after test audiences hated it. I'd love to see that old footage of Gleason as the Bandit.
The rediscovery of this trailer went a long way toward settling the question. That and a script was leaked on to the net which was legit, along with some intrepid researchers finding articles contemporary to the production mentioning that there indeed were reports of Gleason playing both roles along with the unsuccessful test screening.
At one point, some said that the “is the bandit” title was more figurative, in the sense that Justice wasn’t really playing the Burt Reynolds part but by agreeing to transport the fish cross country and subsequently being chased and attempting to be thwarted, that he basically was the equivalent of the bandit. Which made sense, since it does comport with the theatrical version.
But it’s clear at this point there was a film made with Gleasonnplaying dual roles.
PROTIP: Treat anything you read on IMDB, rumor, trivia or otherwise, with an EXTREME grain of salt.
@@crazyrabbits That is so not sure about IMDb. That site is extremely well regulated. It is used as an informational resource for the entire film industry
We found a lost treasure, it does not get any better. Behold the great master. R.I.P. get any better
I had heard a long time ago that Burt Reynolds didn't want to shoot his scene wherever they were filming it. so they said they were going to go to the home he had in Florida at the time and film the final scene on his property. It was a party mansion with acres of land and there was supposedly an area there with an outdoor bar and pool. supposedly one of the ideas was for Buford Bandit to arrive at the location which would double as the place he had to get the shark to. When he gets there he decides to remove the hat and go back to being Buford T Justice and hide among the party goers that are there. Buford Smokey arrives and starts to look for him. BTJ gets to the bar and sits down hoping Smokey does not see him. He orders a drink. at this point a man in a red shirt sits down next to him but he's out of focus so as to not reveal who he is. when the barkeep brings him the drink, BTJ asks the barkeep how much he owes him. the man next to him then offers to pay for him and we get a callback to the original film when Bandit payed for buford's lunch at the diner. BTJ turns to tell him "much obliged" and realizes it's Bo bandit Darvelle. BTJ says his "oof". after a little talk, the bandit tells BTJ that he has retired, has the ball and chain and is now just relaxing. his days of showing off are in the past. but that if there was one person in the world he could see carrying on the legacy it would be Buford. Buford realizes he's enjoyed being the Bandit that he decides to continue doing what the bandit does best....show off. also he hates being retired and does not want to go back home. he makes his way back through the party where he runs into the Enos boys and ends up taking up a bet from them. this ends up with BTJ once again getting in the trans am and peeling off, while Buford Smokey chases after him.
We have to remember that Universal was/is notorious for getting rid of a lot of extraneous stuff in their vaults (especially from that period), and the original version of the movie is most likely long gone.
FINALLY!!!!! Incredible to finally see at least A TRAILER for the 3rd film! Especially before they re-edited it and removed all references to Jackie Gleason AS The Bandit! VERY RARE and I thank you!
The 70's were a strange and wonderful time that today's youth will never believe could have existed
Hi...Originally a movie was shot where Jackie Gleason played the Bandit. It was done because in Part 2 he played himself and two other sheriffs that were his relatives. The movie was actually shown and tester audiences were confused as to who was suppose to be the bad guy so it was scrapped and some footage used in the final one which had the Snowman playing the bandit. I got that from Paul Williams aka Little Enos.
I wouldn't trust wikipedia but I know the man who played little Enos (Paul Williams) and I recall him saying this about 10 years ago to me. The test audience was confused so he and Pat McCormick and Jerry Reed had to re shoot scenes.
anyone ever notice the scene in Part 3 where he goes to lasso the fish from Buford's car and pulls it off and the next shot is the fish landing on the hood of the car.....ever notice a big guy in Bandit clothes? ;) check it out if you haven't
The stunt drivers are all heavy like Smokey... they just reshot all the scenes with Jerry Reed and released the movie
@@ultramaximusreviews I think he's saying that you can briefly see Gleason as the Bandit in one of the original scenes that was still partially included. I'd ask him but it was 8 years ago and Covid probably took him by now.
It also occurred to me that they likely used alternate cuts of footage to avoid showing the heavy stunt men a lot more than we actually saw. Sure would be cool to see the original
@@digitalmagicAR It was confirmed that the heavy stunt man still seen in the movie is Gleason's stunt double. so yeah they left him in.
Awesome, just happened to read up on this and here you posted the trailer. Great work!
Wow dlrevh00 ! Thank you so much for uploading this, been hearing for many many years about Bandit 3 being originally filmed with Gleason in both roles and this now puts to rest the rumours ! It's only a matter of time before the flimed footage finds its way on here or on DVD somwhere :D
So many rare finds about movies lately, the full Ghostbusters ad, the full biography of Biff Tannen in Back to the Future II, but this my friend, has to be the rarest find I have seen for a film.
I think you could of had a few great movies with just Jackie Gleason as Sheriff Buford T Justice along with his son, following their exploits. No Bandit even needed. Harassing truckers, speed freaks, old hippies, drunks, etc...
Smokey in New York !
"Could of had"?????? Do you mean "could have had"? I take it English isn't your first language!
@@m.j.c.6969 nobody cares about grammar nerd
@@TrashWoodBand it been done remember Sheriff Lobo series that spun from BJ and the Bear
THIS is why I love youtube!
The original footage must be in a vault somewhere...This movie MUST BE MADE!!!
It *was* made. And the result of the test screenings led to the reshoots.
@@dunebasher1971They could always add it as. "deleted scenes" option. Needham, Jackie, Pat, Jerry, & Burt are gone; who's left to object?
i want to see the original footage with gleason as the bandit....shit, i think we all do. lol
I bought a Smokey and the Bandit 3 pack DVD set that has this in the special features.
Crikey, that's a brilliant find! It'd be great if Universal would finally release the original test screened version, or at least SOME footage of Gleason as the Bandit.
I actually would have preferred to see this over what we actually got as the third installment.
As a big smokey & the bandit fan im glad that this version of smokey is the bandit never came out......
Best movie of the franchise.
"Smokey IS the Bandit" could not possibly have been any worse than Part 3....
It was the original movie, fully finished where Gleason was every character in the movie, they brought in Jerry Reed because the original cut was too confusing, so they re-recorded Gleason/bandit takes with Jerry Reed
The script for this version has just surfaced recently. Gleason's Bandit never actually speaks, just imitates Reynolds' trademark giggle, until the end where he imitates Clark Gable's final line from Gone with the Wind.
Where can it be found?
jrpc2000 www.imdb.com/title/tt0086325/board/thread/256785460
Thanks.
jrpc2000 No prob
I remember seeing this trailer at the cinema in the UK.
I actually enjoy the official third film in the series. I had heard of SMOKEY IS THE BANDIT, but wasn't sure if it was all urban legend or not. Shame they haven't tried to put it together and release it like SUPERMAN II: THE RICHARD DONNER CUT.
during the bandit express music scene when the bandit makes a u turn by some guys on 4 wheelers there is a clear shot of a stuntman who looks exactly like jackie gleason. i also found a pic online of gleason dressed as the bandit.
BLK,it sure does!! Doesn't it? Looks exactly like Jackie Gleason. I never knew about Smokey Is The Bandit until today. I never liked the original movie until last year even though I was raised on Burt Reynolds.(Still proud of that too.) Never seen Smokey 3. 9-16-2018
His second to his last flim may he rest in peace he is truly have been missed
Dick Lowry has to have a copy of the original version, along with "The Day the Clown Cried."
This is quite the find! this was an urban legend for so long!
There is also a promotional photo that someone got their hands on that shows Jackie Gleason dressed as the Bandit, so that pretty much proves that he was supposed to be the Bandit in that film.
Wow !! That looked like it would've sucked. I would have loved to have been there when they pitched that idea to Jackie Gleason.
this just made my day.
So this explains the random, out of nowhere Patton homage in the beginning!
In Smokey and the Bandit 3 as released for public viewing, Jerry Reed's Snowman character was acting as the Bandit, that is, driving a Trans Am and getting into a long-distance car chase with Smokey.
So wish someone would release this cut.
@solarizer Nice find. In addition to this trailer, it seems certain that another version of this movie was at least partially made. Who knows what remains of the original version, plus you only have to look at Dune to know that some things should be left on the cutting room floor. But it just goes to show that you cannot hide anything in the age of the internet.
One of those things that's always bugged me.. great find!
They need to release this one on dvd/blu ray it would be cool to see.
YES!!! THANKS FOR POSTING THIS! How'd you come across it???
Wow, I never heard about this before. Sumbitch!
"You're killing yo daddy! You're killing yo daddy!"
Obvious Patton parody.
I rented this movie at my local rental store about 10 years ago
I remember that when it first aired
@theroger3161 it was originally made with gleason playing both smokey and the bandit and was originally called smokey is the bandit but test audiences didn.t like it so they then made it with jerry reed as bandit
awww god bless gleason rip
Wow nice! Smokey and Bandit deleted footage. Of Buford t. Justice cop.
Makes me think of the Bill & Ted 2 joke LOL - this was an ongoing myth for years... now confirmed
Perfect evidence of a truism we all know: Nothing REALLY disappears from the Internet....
Bless him
Test audiences were confused?...lol. What was the average age of the audience? I would have been 7 and I would have known what was going on. It would still be cool to see this version. Why bother pretending it doesn't exist? Go ahead and release it...this can't be worse than the version they released to theatres.
***** It could be confusing in the context of a long movie. People are accustomed to associating faces and voices to specific characters more than attire or surroundings, and if you look away to get some popcorn, you might hear a line, but not be sure which character said it. True confessions here: I saw an old '80s HBO movie called, "Hitler's Daughter" (just what it sounds like), in which Melody Anderson plays two distinct roles. The first time I saw it, I was trying to put the two together and figure out how they could be the same person. Granted, in this case people would go in knowing one actor was playing two different roles, but again, after an hour or so, it would at least get old.
+TommygunNG Hitler's Daughter? I read a book by that name once, but it was published in 1999.
Kevin Striker I guess it was 1990:
www.imdb.com/title/tt0099775/
they were probably confused because a lot of times in test screenings you don't know what the movie is you're seeing and to have gleason playing the bandit surely made no sense to them
You should upload that!
I want to stand before my friends and say "You all seen me try to attempt this goal 2 times in 2 years and in 2 movies
Damn, Would I like to see that film, ridiculous or not....it would be interesting to see where they were going with the film.
I remember seeing this as a kid at the start of the film, would love to know which one it was.
Was this the only trailer for the film? I mean, the film didn't even break even at the box office and there's no trailer on the DVD (of the version that we DID get). What was the marketing like for this movie?
that's because this wasn't the smokey 3 we got.
The only other SATB3 trailer I could find was one that some guy filmed off a monitor at a car show (?) , it has a few scenes that were not in the final cut of the movie - I am also very curious about the marketing of this movie and why no trailers for this movie have ever officially been uploaded to the Internet by universal pictures
Release the Gleason cut!!
Just sent this today. Maybe they'll update it finally?
Someone HAS to find the Original version of this Film!
@dlrevh00 Yup, the title was to be Smokey Is The Bandit.
"Smokey is the bandit" aside, there is an unsurprising yet almost unspoken reason this film had bad boxoffice. Even with this finished film, universal was unhappy and treated it like junk. Instead of putting it in a nationwide, 3,000 screen opening, they doomed it to the dreaded "regional release " - opening in a few cities a week starting in August 83. The film bombed city by city, never gaining momentum, usually booked for only a week. That summer it seemed they had higher hopes for drek like 'jaws 3' and 'metalstorm'. Also,there was next to zero publicity. Look at that carelessly thrown together poster. By the time people knew it was in theaters, it was out. In other words, universal was "their own worst enemy" (to quote Buford T)
Correct on both counts.
That looks like proof to me.
WE NEED TO SEE THE ORIGINAL FILM OF THE 3RD MOVIE
Where online did you find this? There is an interview with the films producer calling this trailer fake. It's on eyewannabe under the title "was smokey ever the bandit"
Why are people stating the obvious in the comments? Shows how many people actually read video descriptions...
RELEASE THE SMOKEY IS THE BANDIT CUT
That music that's playing sounds like something from Police Academy
I think it's playing on the Patton theme.
Mike White It actually is the theme from Patton. The actual score from the move.
So, what do I win?
A nice greasy pork chop sandwich served in a dirty ashtray
It's definitely in The Burbs!! every time you see Rumsfield. :)
Ya . This was the "Apitamee" of milking an idea. However some of my favorite actors/entertainers/stunt people were working . "and that's all that matters to meeeeee ! ! "
This film was From Patton changed. I still likes it XD
No, it has the Jerry Reed version.
how did you find the trailer to it?
There has to be the full movie somewhere
Did anyone else notice that the background music was the "Police Academy" theme?
If they could release SKIDOO, they can release SMOKEY IS THE BANDIT!
Part 3 was painful.
I concur painfully inept and unfunny
There was a dream sequence scene filmed of Jackie playing the bandit, but it never made it to the final cut. No whole movie was ever filmed that way. In 1983, the segment was shown on Entertainment Tonight.
You are wrong the original version with Gleason playing both rules was released to test audiences, they were confused so they reshot the script with Jerry Reed in it.
The petition is useless. All the footage that was cut before the movie was reworked, was most likely not saved. There would be no way to restore it. Pre-release screener copies of films are also usually crudely edited, because very few people are going to see them anyway. If they recover the footage, they would still have to do the final editing, which won't be cheap.
If it's called Smokey Is The Bandit it can't be called 3, but 1....because the other 2 were Smokey And The Bandit
RELEASE IT HOLLYWOOD!!
Why the _Cinemax_ registration card (at the tail end)?
@dlrevh00 the actual version was said to have been leaked onto here, but i havent found it yet
Lol the last face he makes in this video he looks like the white version of Forest Whitaker.
Does the original Smokey Is The Bandit print even still exist?
Yes, it was finished. It's locked somewhere.
@dlrevh00 I think snopes.com needs you to actually send them a jpeg or movie file attachment to the email address they give. I think they delete anything else that doesn't have an attachment like links to your youtube or mine.
Respond to this video...
WOW so this is the original trailer with the 1st concept of Gleason being both Buford and Bandit. Until Universal axed the idea and put Jerry Reed instead because Burt was shooting Stroker Ace. No wonder trilogy pack does not have a trailer for part 3, where'd u find this rare trailer?
One of the BEST bad movies ever made.
so does anyone know if the newly released "Smokey and the Bandit: The 7-Movie Outlaw Collection" has the alternate "smokey IS the bandit" version? if so that is worth the $20 for it even though i already own the original trilogy pursuit pack.
This is from smokey and the bandit 3
I think it's a teaser and the real thing. It would be good if somebody could name a source for it.
In Psychology this is known as....."Imaginary Audience"
gemin
He literally broke the 4th wall
I support Buford T. Justice
The way I understood it was that they changed the story 3 days before shooting and it was done "from the hip". I hope you guys are right, I'd love to see another movie, no matter how bad it may be.
how is this an unconfirmed rumor on snopes... it was even a joke in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey! (Station playing charades with the geniuses in heaven. Albert Einstein gets the right answer)