Smokey and the Bandit Page #20

CUT TO:

MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY - DAY

Bandit I roars back onto blacktop. Hammer down.

BANDIT (V.O.)

-- Looks like a clear shot to the

'Bama State Line.

CLEDUS (V.O.)

I'll believe it when I see it.

CUT TO:

AN AERIAL VIEW:

of a long expanse of Mississippi Highway. Bandit I gaining

ground and finally roaring past Bandit II. Running blocker.

Over this:

VOICE:

(over CB)

Breaker. Breaker.

BANDIT (V.O.)

Pick it up, Breaker.

VOICE:

Thanks for the break. Bandit, this

here's the Dixie Chicken.

BANDIT (V.O.)

What's up, Dixie Chicken?

KATE (V.O.)

Ask if he delivers?...

DIXIE CHICKEN (V.O.)

Been hearin' all 'bout y'all and

wanted to let y'all know, y'all got

the Mississippi Bears eatin' their

badges. They can't find hide nor

hair of y'all.

As Bandit I disappears around a bend in the highway, with

Bandit II following in the distance, we:

CUT TO:

ANOTHER SECTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY - DAY

close to the Alabama State Line. Hilly. Empty. Suddenly,

from over the top of a hill, comes Bandit I. As it races

toward camera.

SHERIFF CLAYTON (V.O.)

-- This is Sheriff Buell Clayton,

Texas Highway Patrol. That Cobra

y'all been lookin' for with Georgia

plates, ain't got no more Georgia

plates. She's now running with

Mississippi tags. Charles. Alan.

Richard. Two. Seven. Three. Vehicle

now southbound on Interstate 82.

Heading for Alabama.

MISSISSIPPI COP'S VOICE

(thick drawl)

-- That's a big ten-four, Texas.

Now, we gonna nail that joy ridin'

sumbitch.

INSIDE BANDIT I - A FEW MINUTES LATER

Kate finds another stray cigarette under the seat and lights

it, as they speed toward the Alabama State Line.

BANDIT:

I'm proud of you.

KATE:

Yeah?

BANDIT:

You only smoked three cigarettes

through the entire state of

Mississippi.

Then, something grabs them O.S.

WHAT THEY SEE:

Three MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY PATROL CARS. Lights swirling. Formed

in a solid roadblock. Waiting for Bandit.

BANDIT:

Good-byes are always tough.

He immediately swerves the wheel to the right and makes a

sliding turn off the highway.

HIGH SHOT:

The countryside. As Bandit I blasts across a grassy knoll

and heads toward a steep hill.

ANGLE - THE HIGHWAY PATROL CARS

as they take off after Bandit I. Sirens screaming.

RUNNING ANGLE - BANDIT

Bandit slams the Cobra into first and starts up the steep

grassy hill. There's no path. No road. He's got to make his

own.

FULL SHOT:

Bandit I and the Three Mississippi Highway Patrol cars roar

up the steep hill. Climbing. Higher. Higher.

THE TOP OF THE HILL

Bandit I rolls over the top.

INSIDE BANDIT:

as Bandit and Kate look over the other side. Almost straight

down. Treacherous. They look back.

THEIR VIEW:

The Three Mississippi Highway Patrol cars coming on strong.

BACK TO SCENE:

Bandit trounces on it and the Cobra sails over the top and

starts down the incline.

INSIDE BANDIT I - BANDIT AND KATE'S VIEW

of the roller coaster ride down. Bandit and Kate's stomachs

dropping to their toes.

FULL SHOT:

as the First Highway Patrol car reaches the top -- and without

braking -- blasts over, sailing straight into the air.

NEW ANGLE:

The Highway Patrol car crashes down on its two front wheels.

Flips. And rolls end-over-end down the steep incline. Crashing

into a tree, halfway down.

THE TOP OF THE HILL

As the Second Mississippi Highway Patrol car almost makes it

to the top, its wheels start spinning in the thick grass.

The Driver loses it -- and suddenly, the car starts rolling

backward, down the steep hill. Out of control.

THE THIRD HIGHWAY PATROL CAR

whips around the Second, as it rolls right past him -- doing

60 per in reverse.

The Third car makes it to the top of the incline. Waits.

Looks down.

HIS VIEW:

The steep incline. The First Highway Patrol car halfway down --

on its back. Out of it.

And Bandit I. Roaring down the hill. Toward freedom.

BACK TO SCENE:

As the Third Highway Patrol car makes a decision, flies over

the top. And starts tearing after Bandit.

RACING ANGLE:

as Bandit I reaches the bottom of the hill, makes a sliding

turn onto a rocky road running alongside a stream.

As he roars down the road, the lone Mississippi Highway Patrol

car reaches the bottom of the hill, slides onto the road and

takes off in hot pursuit.

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