The “General Jump” of the General Lee, like the one seen in the popular television show “The Dukes of Hazzard,” took place in ...

A year-by-year "what if" filling in a century-long gap of Academy Awards recognition for noteworthy stunt artistry and design in Hollywood movies.

In 1978, local residents were in a frenzy when Burt Reynolds came to Tuscaloosa and Walker County, Ala., to film scenes for ...

According to Knight Rider Historians – a fan-based organisation – Pontiac gifted the leading man a special-edition Trans Am ...

Three action/comedy road films in the "Smokey and the Bandit" series were put out in 1977, 1980 and 1983, with the first two being among the nation's top 10-selling movies of those years.

Burt Reynolds' niece, Nancy Lee Hess, visited Cora the elephant at the Topeka Zoo as part of the "Bandit Run." Cora, now 67, played "Charlotte" in "Smokey and the Bandit II" alongside Reynolds.

The series finale, "Smokey and the Bandit Part 3," came out in 1983 and featured Gleason and Reed, with Reynolds and Field not being in the cast. It lost money, grossing $7 million.

Topeka Zoo elephant Cora, who appeared 45 years ago in a "Smokey and the Bandit" movie, is expected to get a visit June 9 from fans of those films.

According to Martino, the car has an appraised value of $1.5 million. His mother said she is planning to sell the Trans Am and donate some of the proceeds to the Burt Reynolds Institute for Film ...

DETROIT – Organizers of the annual Autorama hot rod show were hoping to pull off a high-flying car stunt outside Cobo Center to re-create a scene from the 1977 movie "Smokey and the Bandit." But ...

Anyway, this Window Shop challenge required choosing a car no earlier than 2004 and costing no more than $60,000. That eliminated the 2002 Pontiac Firebird, the last OEM car to offer T-tops.

This “Smokey and the Bandit”-themed muscle car run is coming to Michigan for the first time. From June 8-13, Michiganders could spot The Bandit Run traveling along the lakeshore from Holland ...