Forty-five years ago, Cora the elephant shared screen time with movie star Burt Reynolds in the popular film, "Smokey and the Bandit II." Fans of that movie — including Reynolds' niece, Nancy Lee Hess ...

Aging 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. Participants in "The Bandit Run," a large, ...

Burt Reynolds was larger than life. To car enthusiasts, he wasn’t just a Hollywood star—he was the guy who made the Pontiac Trans Am a legend in Smokey and the Bandit and turned cross-country racing ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - For almost 20 years, fans of the movie Smokey and the Bandit, the 1977 Burt Reynolds classic, have been using their shared love of the film, and the car it features, to travel ...

After over 10 years of searching, I finally bought my dream car. A 1977 Pontiac Trans Am, nearly identical to the one in the movie Smokey and the Bandit. Prior to buying this Trans Am, I spent at ...

Replicas. Modern-period cars that are built predominately with the exact same cosmetic characteristics as machines that once dominated racetracks, starred in films, and/or were just undeniably wicked ...