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Post by mr wilks » Thu Sep 06, 2018 10:11 pm

Sad day , sure everyone of us of a certain age dreamt of driving a black Trans AM Pontiac Firebird :driving:
Burt Reynolds boyhood legend ( to me ) RIP
https://variety.com/2018/film/news/burt ... 202930270/


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Post by Mr Tidy » Thu Sep 06, 2018 10:23 pm

Yes, a sad day.

I've watched that film a few times!
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Post by Worcester_spoon » Thu Sep 06, 2018 10:24 pm

“Yeah, come on back Snowman”.

Great film. RIP Bandit.
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Post by sars » Thu Sep 06, 2018 10:57 pm

Oh what a sad day indeed, deliverance and the bandit were great films, RIP Burt
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Post by john-e89 » Thu Sep 06, 2018 11:04 pm

sars wrote: Thu Sep 06, 2018 10:57 pm Oh what a sad day indeed, deliverance and the bandit were great films, RIP Burt
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Post by ronk » Thu Sep 06, 2018 11:55 pm

:thumbsup: Deliverance!
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Post by buzyg » Fri Sep 07, 2018 12:24 am

RiP Bandit. You had a good one now come on back breaker. :thumbsup:
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Post by bz4kev » Fri Sep 07, 2018 4:46 am

RIP rubber duck smokey out
Classic films will watch a few again in his honour
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Post by firebobby » Fri Sep 07, 2018 8:52 am

Some great memories from my teenage years. I think the last time I saw Burt on TV was when he appeared on Gas Monkey's fast and loud program, They were asked to build a smokey replica and the icing on the cake was when Burt signed the glove box for them. :)
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Post by mr.tourette » Fri Sep 07, 2018 10:38 am

Bit of a Legend really.. RIP big guy
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Post by Greg 01 » Fri Sep 07, 2018 12:14 pm

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Post by paulgs1000 » Mon Sep 10, 2018 10:36 pm

Only driving films to see in the 70s
RIP Bandit :driving:
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