Visible crew/equipment: When the sheriff tells his son to put the door in the back, the shadow of the boom pole can be seen on the car's surface. (00:58:00)
Ssiscool
1st Feb 2009
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
1st Feb 2009
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
Continuity mistake: Throughout the film, Sheriff Justice's CB radio antenna keeps disappearing/reappearing.
1st Feb 2009
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
Continuity mistake: When Sheriff Justice is held up by the funeral procession, he has lost the wing mirror on the driver's side of his car. However, after this it is back on.
1st Feb 2009
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
Audio problem: When the one police officer says "Headquaters, disregard my last transmission", he is upside down in his car. When he says that though, his words are out of sync with his mouth. (01:20:00)
1st Feb 2009
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
Revealing mistake: When Sheriff Justice tells his son to take the handcuffs off the man, you can see they are already open.
1st Feb 2009
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
Revealing mistake: When Smokey jumps the ramp into the football field, there are no tyre tracks. When Sheriff Justice drives up to the ramp, there are tracks that stop short of the ramp. Obviously from previous takes.
1st Feb 2009
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
Revealing mistake: Just after the once local police officer has rolled his car, it shows another police car on the highway. This police car then does a hard turn left. When he does, you can see skid marks from previous takes in the exact spot that he turns.
1st Feb 2009
Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
Continuity mistake: All the dust and grime on Bandit's car keeps disappearing/reappearing.
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