Smokey and the Bandit Page #5

On the rear bumper is a CB antenna matching the one on the

truck.

CAMERA FOLLOWS:

as Bandit guides the Cobra down the ramp. Cledus quickly

folds up the ramp and dumps it back into the truck. He slams

the metal doors closed and crosses to the Cobra.

CLEDUS:

All right, here's our plan of

communication, so as to avoid Smokey.

BANDIT:

Go.

CLEDUS:

Now, if I say go to channel three,

it really means go to six.

BANDIT:

(nods)

Six. Got it.

CLEDUS:

If I say go to twenty-one, go to

nineteen.

BANDIT:

(trying to remember)

Twenty-one is nineteen.

CLEDUS:

If I say go to two, it's really one.

BANDIT:

(now totally confused)

Two is one.

(then)

Listen, let's just stay on the odd

channels and switch everytime. Start

in the basement. Now, let's haul

ass.

Cledus grabs Fred, who's still peeing and bounds up the metal

steps of the cab. As Bandit lays twenty feet of rubber, we:

CUT TO:

MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY - NIGHT

The Cobra followed by the Eighteen-wheeler whip past camera.

(NOTE:
From this point on, the Cobra will be referred to as

Bandit I. The Eighteen-wheeler as Bandit II.)

INSIDE BANDIT I (THE COBRA)

The car is cherry. Wooden steering wheel, all leather

upholstery stereo tape deck, harness-style seat belts and a

CB radio identical to the one in Bandit II.

Bandit is talking to Cledus on the CB.

BANDIT:

(into mike)

Bandit One, am I hitting you?

INTERCUT - BANDIT II (THE EIGHTEEN-WHEELER)

Cledus picks up his mike. Fred is now riding shotgun.

CLEDUS:

(into mike)

You're wall to wall and tree top

tall.

BANDIT:

(into mike)

I'm gonna run a couple miles ahead

of you. Keep both feet on the floor.

We'll be moving ninety and over.

CLEDUS:

(into mike; after a

beat)

Bandit?

BANDIT:

(into mike)

Yeah?

CLEDUS:

(into mike)

Why are we doing this?

BANDIT:

(a beat, then into

mike)

Because they said it couldn't be

done.

And:

DISSOLVE TO:

THE HIGHWAY - NIGHT

Bandit I and II screaming through the Mississippi night.

Over this a driving Doug Kershaw fiddle.

INSIDE BANDIT:

Bandit driving, sipping coffee from a thermos. Sees something.

HIS VIEW - UP AHEAD

A Mississippi Highway Patrol Car is approaching from the

opposite direction.

BACK TO BANDIT:

as he eases up on the pedal and fires up his CB mike.

BANDIT:

(into mike)

Bandit Two, do you read me?

Bandit glances up in his rear view mirror.

ANGLE - THROUGH REAR VIEW MIRROR

The Mississippi HPC, zips past Bandit and moves on down the

highway.

INTERCUT - BANDIT I AND II (DIALOGUE OVERLAPS)

Cledus picks up his mike.

CLEDUS:

(into mike)

Loud and clear.

BANDIT:

(into mike)

Pull your hammer back, Smokey's coming

at you.

Cledus immediately backs off the accelerator and slows down,

an instant before the Mississippi HPC passes by. Everything

is cool.

CLEDUS:

(into mike)

He's history.

BANDIT:

(into mike)

Okay, we got a straight shot to T

Town, so let her roll.

And we:

DISSOLVE TO:

SERIES OF SHOTS:

As night slowly begins fading back into day, Bandit I and

Bandit II blast across the Arkansas State Line.

DISSOLVE TO:

THE SUN RISING:

behind a sign that reads: Welcome to Texarkana, Texas. A

beat and two blurs whip past camera. Bandit I and II.

CUT TO:

THE WAREHOUSE - DAWN

Bandit I followed by Bandit II pull into the loading area of

a large warehouse.

The place is locked up and the loading dock is empty. Bandit

and Cledus park their vehicles and climb out.

BANDIT:

Sh*t! No one's here.

CLEDUS:

(checking watch)

That's 'cause we're damn near an

hour ahead of schedule.

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