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If they were to remake this.... here is my cast choices

posted 15 years ago by DjfunkmasterG
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Bandit - Matthew McConaughey
Snowman - Woody Harrelson
Carrie - I would say Sandra Bullock, but I am sure there is a much actress
Buford T. Justice - No one could replace Gleason, but I would give it to John Goodman

I would omit Junior from the script...

Cast I am struggling with

Big Enos Burdette -
Little Enos

While I wouldn't make it all remake I would include the original characters that are still alive. Have Burt and Sally Make cameos.

Plot - The Burdette family, notorious for their off the wall challenges are up to no good and try to persuade The Bandits son to make a legendary run from Texas to West Virginia in 36 hours via a car and truck, for the sole purpose of picking up 250 cases of very rare Moonshine produced in the N. Carolina mountains.

Knowing of his fathers famous run 30 years earlier, the younger bandit takes the challenge, but find his and snow man adventures nearly mimmicks his own fathers especially when they are tailed by the kin of Sheriff Buford T. Justice.

Plot Synopsis ©2009 WNWR Films

However with the Trans Am no longer in production I would use the Mustang GT 500, as I am not a fan of the Chevy Camaro

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[–] galvatron44 13 years ago

re cast the one still around
burt as the bandit

sally as carrie but married

buford john goodman

jr tough one

nope gotta be a GM car no ford

moon shine no gotta be beer or whiskey

[–] 13 years ago

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[–] theverylastboyscout 13 years ago

Buford T. Justice: Burt Reynolds
Just think about it for a second.
He would be great.

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[–] Woodyanders 12 years ago

This film doesn't need a remake; it's fine the way it is.

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[–] jpowell180 12 years ago

ENOUGH with the remakes!!!

[–] Cuddlepie 12 years ago

Remakes is all that happen these days.....nothing really is original anymore.

Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: Oh, God! I can't *know* that!

[–] Taragas 12 years ago

The only way I would accept a remake is if they cast Buford T Justice with....

Burt Reynolds!

He would probably do it too.

[–] Low_Rent 12 years ago

No way should anyone ever try and remake this movie. What I think they should do is remake the Smokey and the Bandit II. That was an awful movie. Instead of the stupid elephant idea they pick up where the first one left off with the characters heading to Boston. They set it in 1977 like the original. It is a little over 17 hours drive one way to Boston but they could fly up there and then drive back when the sheriff figures out they are using the airport. Then you could have the fun car chases which is what people want from that kind of movie anyway.

Not sure who you would get for the cast though.

[–] kennydenton 11 years ago

I see it as my generations "Gone with the wind" so I dont see any good remake possible . I wish if anything ,fill in the blank..What happened to the clam chowder? did they make it? what happened ? was it eventful ? thats what i want to know

[–] ioexcept 10 years ago

As a minor comment - Junior was not in the original draft of the script ;)

[–] jpowell180 10 years ago

Some films simply cannot and must not be remade; any remake of this great classic would surely bomb at the box office, and were Matthew McConaughey to actually accept this role, I pray that an elderly Burt Reynolds would punch him just like Buzz Aldrin punched that moon-landing-denier idiot.....