The Trans Am was already pretty popular in the mid-1970s, with sales hitting 68,745 units in 1977. I had a 78 Trigger lookalike for a while in the mid 90s, until a wrist pin went out, ended up selling it to one of my brothers buddys uncles. Two cars were reportedly badly damaged in early stunts in the film, while a third car was completely destroyed during the famous bridge jump scene. And Burt may be from GA originally, but he calls Florida home, which is another reason I heard the movie was filmed here. Ive always wanted some sort of de-commission/ex unmarked cop car, something from the 70s preferably. There was very much an 'us and them' attitude. After critics panned the film and his work as Director, Hal Needham took out a full page ad in 'Variety' depicting himself sitting on a wheelbarrow full of cash. With this, the Sheriff begins his pursuit of the Mann Act-violating Banditall the way to Georgia. Sadly, Bill passed away suddenly back in 2015. Needham stated that by the end of production, there really wasnt much left of any of the three. [2] This box office income inspired a third film. The change was somewhat strange as most automakers were using cubic-inch numerals to advertise engines. Remember that Smokey and the Bandit was the 2nd biggest movie of the year, right after Star Wars. That was a car we abandoned on the side of the road. Always a favorite. How many cars were destroyed in fast and furious? Below is probably another DeKalb County cop car. Of course, nobody else cared if it was in the trunk of the car when heading back home. East bound and down, loaded up and truckin Blues Brothers held the record for the most cars smashed until its own sequel deliberately destroyed just one more. I guess the Trans Am proved to have more staying power than the hot 71 Ford in the earlier movie. He is hired by Big Enos Burdette and his son Little Enos to transport a truck load of Coors beer from Texarkana, Texas, back to Georgia in 28 hours. Despite the hiccups, the movie still promoted the 1977 model so well. Ive always loved this movie. I have since moved on from them, mainly because in stock form, they were not particularly great cars (though good enough for the times). Unfortunately, the special effects went off before it was thrown over the cliff and it blew up in front of us. Heres how it works. Im still trying to get clarification on what a diablo sandwich is though. Logos 1996. I enjoyed the hell out of my 1976 Dart Pursuit. Plus , I loved those late 1960s through mid 1970s Plymouths even though Im a Bowtie Guy by default . Luckily, both cars survived, and the Trans Am became famous only five years later. The little packy there had Coors and even though it was horribly expensive, we thought it was the elixer of the Gods. It was ultimately closed down in 1992 due to constant flooding from its proximity to the Trinity River. Some of the more recent DVD releases of it redid all of the engine sounds and it sounds much more mellow than the original(not happy about that). Thats all true. I own all three films on a dvd called the Smokey and The Bandit Pursuit Pack. The truck in Smokey and the Bandit (1977) that Cledus 'Snowman' Snow drove was a black and gold 1974 Kenworth W900 Model. Cledus "Snowman" Snow (Jerry Reed) drives the truck while his good buddy Bo "Bandit" Darville (Reynolds) serves as the "blocker," a fast car used to divert police attention away from payload. You might think that seeing their cars routinely destroyed on movie screens across the country would give the manufacturer pause, but that is not the case at all. Supposedly there was a stick car for the burnouts and an automatic car for other shots. I know, Ive owned a 75 for 23 years. Of course, it wasnt hard to wake them up. In many of his driving scenes, Jerry Reed didnt actually drive the big vehicle. There was a true concern (for some minuscule reason) about it going east of the Mississippi River. Later that night, a drunken Bandit makes his drawing a reality, and Doc agrees that his idea will work. Although the Bandit again sticks to a Pontiac Trans Am, this time a 1980 Turbo model with five color decals unlike 1981's single color decals, the Snowman switches to a 1980 GMC General, silver with blue trim with the same mural on the trailer as in the original film. As I did Steve McQueen and Paul Newman. Because it takes a lot less thought to fill up a movie with stunts than to create a comedy that's genuinely funny". Final 'Smokey and the Bandit' movie for Sally Field. Smokey and the Bandit II " was the eighth most popular 1980 movie at the U.S.A. and Canada box office. You could get in and out of spaces. Cledus calls Carrie, who is back in Texarkana and again about to marry Junior when Cledus calls offering her $50,000 to help out; she agrees and again becomes a runaway bride. Cledus chooses they all need a break and they go to a nearby nightclub where Don Williams is headlining. Now then you mentionned Sheriff JW Pepper, I decided to post some Youtube clips of him. The world record for the longest stunt car jump by a car powered with its own engine, at 163 feet, was performed for the film. Id be surprised. Id been driving for years by the time I was 15, so I just wanted to complete the course with as little static as possible. View Reynolds replied: We went through 12. The sound came from a 1955 Chevrolet Custom, the same car that was used in Two-Lane Blacktop and American Graffiti, films launched in 1971 and 1973, respectively. A strike at General Motors in 1972 limited the production of the Trans Am to less than 1,300 units that year, and Pontiac almost canceled the nameplate. So you sourced all of the cars for the film, then how did you get them down to Italy? And theres beer in Texarkana.. Cape was far enough north that it was watered down and there was so much cross-pollination with the Illinois side you really didnt discern much difference. That parking lot was full of Trans Ams! Every day there was a story, my worst memory would be with the Aston Martin though. Here, he drives a silver and blue 1980 . All pictures from the movie were acquired from www.imcdb.org, Fred Lives!!! His personaround, dumpy, and clipping wordsreminds one of another fictional southern sheriff. As such, it took a lot of sweet talking by former stuntman Needham for Pontiac to cough up three Trans Ams and three LeManses. Who was driving the car in Smokey and the Bandit? I went to police stations and got photos, all that nonsense. I think you may be confusing the movie Honky-Tonk Freeway with the filming done during I-75 construction near Sarasota. Chevy almost did the same with its counterpart, the Camaro. Hes fodder enough for his own article at some point. As Frog leaves, we are introduced to Sheriff Buford T. Justice, played by Jackie Gleason. How do you find the average value of a wave? I developed a pretty good bootheel accent during my time in New Madrid. Gator , Stroker Ace , lots of them . The third-generation Firebird was introduced in 1982, a full two years later than planned. Nobody's got one, especially a silver one for 8am the next morning. And the 400 Pontiac or 403 Olds versions could be made to run well. What Are Desktop Computers Attached to a Network in a Business Setting Called Quizlet? He paid $550,000 for it, likely a record for any Pontiac Firebird. It was a sort of quasi-documentary so I had to find the exact vehicles that were used in the Great Train Robbery. As a publicity stunt, the Trans Ams used in the movie had different decals on the hood scoop. A Pontiac wagon from earlier in the decade. Cora was owned by Bill and Cindy Morris of Elephant Encounter. Wouldnt the accent give you away? J.J. & The Dixie Dance Kings was a milder one that had (I think) a 56 Buick Century . Somehow this store had a regular supply. And Coors itself limited its distribution to west of the Mississippi. What was your favourite stunt to be involved in? Many nameplates lost their performance credentials, and some of them, like the Ford Mustang, were redesigned without a V-8 engine. I actually remember the construction of that segment of I-75, as it stopped around Tampa prior to that time. How many cars did they wreck in the Blues Brothers movie? The roundup sequence in the desert shows many new Pontiac Le Mans sedans decorated as police cars being destroyed. Web. AWESOME! How do you level a dishwasher from the front to the back? 1500 gallons each of both day-glo orange paint and cow manure was dropped by five vintage World War II planes during the aerial battle sequence. Back in 1984, I went to look at a late 1970s Plymouth cop car as well. The Pontiac Trans-Am in the first movie had a 6.6 liter V-8 and the Trans-Am in this movie had a 4.9 litre Turbocharged V8. Check out the entire video below. A black Trans Am is parked in my garage because of this movie. 2 The Mini Cooper Chase In The Italian Job. It airs on cable tv all the time. The gag with the overpass being blown up was actually a bridge built for the movie on the unfinished highway, and AFAIK, the truck driver who jumps the void ended up breaking his back in the stunt. On the DVD, there is a brief interview with both Burt Reynolds and Hal Needham, who directed this film. I remember that it had a bunch of trim badges on the center of the dashboard. Pontiac should have made a radio that played that song automatically simply by pushing a button, or maybe made it the horn sound. However, Reynolds only makes a small cameo in the second sequel. In addition to the four Trans Ams, Needham also received two Pontiac LeMans models to serve as patrol cars in the movie. Gleason was a genius, but this was not one of his better outings I prefer the Hustler and Gigot. I loved the fact that Jackie Gleasons brown Lemans had a blue vinyl interior and it even had the luxury cushion steering wheel! Mrs Jason wont let me sell the sumbitch. One guy did a while ago a fan-made trailer of Smokey & the Bandit 4. The assumption is that his favorite country singer is Jerry Reed. Doc later finds that Charlotte is pregnant and due to give birth any time, but Bandit is determined to stay on schedule. Cinemablend is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. [3][4] It also set a record for an opening week, with a gross of $18,108,031. Web. How many Trans Am cars were used in the original smokey and The Bandit movie? The production office was in a big square, but he went screaming by, couldnt stop and smashed into a big Fiat 130 saloon. It was practiced and worked at first, then hed modify things if it wasnt quite right. The Real King Richard Breaks Silence On Will Smiths Oscars Slap Nearly A Year Later, Stranger Things Finn Wolfhard Responds To Millie Bobby Browns Claim That Hes A Lousy Kisser, After Slamming Trolls, Baywatchs Donna DErrico Goes Full Fifty Shades Of Grey In New Bondage Post, Robert Downey Jr. Both sequels used another Trans Am, not a Cadillac Eldorado, as seen below. Most of the shots that show Reynolds and Field in the car talking were filmed with the T/A being towed along on a lowboy trailer. What Conditions Require You to Report a Boating Accident to the Alabama Marine Police? Jackie Gleason's scenes were filmed first because he was ill and he wanted to be finished with the movie as soon as possible. I think even the 2nd gen Camaro enjoyed some of the blast wave from Smokey and the Bandit, 1979 was the best year ever for Camaros as well, with over 280,000 Camaros being sold. And he succeeded as far as the Pontiac Trans Am is concerned. It wasnt distributed in Washington in those days either. There definitely was a halo cast around the 2nd gen F-body from its appearance in the movie, which I believe even did extend to the Camaro, which was probably the cheapest way to at least get some of the Bandit vibe, where there other factors too, probably, the 70s, disco, cocaine, mustaches and probably a bunch others.many thought that these car would be the last hurrah for anything performance oriented. Some weren't that lucky and were discontinued altogether. A large part of the filming was done at Burt Reynolds' ranch in Jupiter, Florida as well as in the north of Palm Beach County, Florida. A 1975 Pontiac Grand Ville, seen toward the end of the movie. You will receive a verification email shortly. All I know is, at the time, if you lived in the east, Coors was some really special beer not unlike microbrews are now. I will confess, however, that it was a fun movie to watch and I have caught it on TV a time or two in recent years with my kids. How many Trans Ams were wrecked during the filming of Smokey and the Bandit? Just do a search for Crown Victorias on your local CL. The . As if GM owes them something. The truck in Smokey and the Bandit (1977) that Cledus 'Snowman' Snow drove was a black and gold 1974 Kenworth W900 Model. Il bandito e la madama (Italy) Mistrz kierownicy ucieka (Poland) 1971 AMC Ambassador Avco 1972 Buick Electra 225 1968 Buick Riviera 1973 Cadillac Coupe DeVille 1972 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 1971 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado 1974 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado 1975 Cadillac Funeral Coach Chevrolet Advance - Design 1977 Chevrolet Bison 1971 Chevrolet Blazer. They return later that night to steal it, only to find the "package" is a live elephant (the G.O.P. The $%&#* Germans got nuthin to do with it!, Such a great movie I grew up in the 80s, so it was comforting to watch this, Blues Brothers, or Animal House once a week on TBS/TNT. Nuts about any form of classic motorsport and muscle cars, Ciprian's currently working on a time machine that would take him back to the 1960s for a long vacation alongside Dan Gurney and Jim Hall. A diablo sammich from my understanding is a like a Sloppy Joe but with taco seasoning added in for spice. Banzai! Its amazing, you should watch it. Since mentioning the Kenworth, it must be noted it was a redecorator of the highest fashion. New York, The final scene is a nod to his Honeymooners character. So why did they go with sound effects instead of the Trans Am's actually exhaust noise? I am still drawn to the shape of these cars, and others that have that long and low look about them. Jane Russell hawked bras on television for full-figured gals like her, a line that evoked snickers among my high-school classmates. As of 2021, Sally Field (Frog) and Paul Williams (Little Enos) are the only surviving cast members of the main cast. Ive since read on the internet that it wasnt illegal so much as a practical thing with it being shipped in refrigerated trucks. Everything was calculated to one mile an hour. People keep telling me this tuner did it and that tuner did it. Probably the most interesting thing about this movie and Burt Reynolds is that he is not originally a Southern boy at all he was actually born in the Wolverine State Lansing, Michigan to be precise. The movies are: Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Hooper (1978), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) and The End (1978). Burt Reynolds plays Bandit, who drives this powerhouse while dodging the cops, while Snowman, played by Jerry Reed, is not only an actor but also a country music star, a Kenworth W- 900 A a really powerful semitrailer. A guy we knew drove his half-ton pickup from western WA to his reserve 2-week stint in his home state in California. Burt Reynolds plays truck driver Bo Bandit Darville. What Trans Am was in Smokey and the Bandit 2? How do you carry out a pressure test on the steering system? They were the most fun little car to drive. I was in West Plains the other day and there is yet another variation of it there. At the time, it was illegal to transport Coors east of the Mississippi River and a series of other truckers had been apprehended for trying to accomplish this feat for the Burdettes. The pregnant elephant that Bandit & Cledus were trying to deliver from Miami to Dallas finally gives birth at Lion Country Safari wildlife refuge. Even when the 2nd gen was already coasting on fumes, and defanged, and after the reasonably shitty Smokey and the Bandit sequel, Pontiac managed to pump out 107,000 Trans Ams in 1980 and 70,000 for the 2nd gen Trans Ams swan song in 1981. Well, the interior shots were filmed in Twickenham Studios in a coach that wasnt moving. He was the king of all the stunt men and frankly was in a different league to us. What happened to the original Trans Am in Smokey and the Bandit? 6 The Police Pile-Up In The Blues Brothers. The 1974 Kenworth looks exactly how it should be for a big truck. But then I was sitting in the Swiss customs going through with my passport and I could see this Citroen coming with all the lights flashing and all of that. Even today when I stumble across this cinematic masterpiece being rerun on cable tv, Ill watch the entire thing. We were allowed to rent Fiat 500s at a very good price, I think they were 1,000 Lira per day, so instead of being sensible and renting a couple of them for the gang, we got 10 of them one each. That's because the Trans Am in Smokey and the Bandit didn't sound like a Trans Am. It was complete madness. Dom DeLuise, Doc, shows up in an ambulance. Tragically, every Trans Am used in filming was, seven: (three with burt reynolds and crew, and four without), A purely escapist movie dropped perfectly into that time and place, delivered with a black Pontiac Firebird Trans Am muscle, The movie remains so popular that each year, Restore a Muscle, Il bandito e la madama (Italy) Mistrz kierownicy ucieka (Poland) 1971 AMC Ambassador Avco 1972 Buick Electra 225 1968 Buick Riviera 1973 Cadillac Coupe DeVille 1972 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 1971 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado 1974 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado 1975 Cadillac Funeral Coach Chevrolet Advance - Design 1977 Chevrolet Bison 1971 Chevrolet Blazer. 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Let us dissect this flick to better examine it. 3-Smokey and the Bandit 3-A crime against humanity, not even LSD can make it watchable since you spend the whole night fighting imaginary flying cobras with Jackie Gleasons head on them. The movies are: Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Hooper (1978), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980) and The End (1978). Later, as Bandit and Cledus enter Texas, Buford lures the Bandit into a trap: a mass of 40 Texas Patrol and Mountie cruisers pursuing him across a desert basin. I thought at the time that it was a newer version of White Lightning (also with Burt Reynolds) and that Smokey would be forgotten just as soon. "Smokey and the Bandit" was so successful that it saw sales of the Pontiac Trans Am jump by 25,000 in . I dunno about the Foley sounds, I have a T/A with a 400 and an open/no catalytic true dual exhaust, and it sounds really close to how the Bandit car sounds at idle during some scenes from the movie. In my area, nearly every one listed is an ex cop car. You want to questions bra sales, check out the youtube video of Hang on Sloopy by the Mccoys, the color version.wowza! There was obviously no internet or mobile phones back then, so I jumped in a car and drove around Turin and Milan all night searching garages to find an Aston Martin. A dastardly scoundrel? Jackie Gleason's brief appearance as Reginald Van Justice was a reference to Reginald Van Gleason III, a character he played throughout his TV career. If you stopped at a traffic light the guy behind would push you forward. Thank you for signing up to CinemaBlend. But 1978 returned sales of 93,351 examples, a jump of around 25,000 cars. Both the 1976 and '77 models had a similar body except for a few bumper and grille modifications. Torque numbers were a lot higher at around 320 ft/lbs. There was a case of real beer in the shot though, and gradually as the day went on everyone was getting drunk and falling about so that probably helped with the sense that we were on the edge of the cliff. I have worked a long time to eradicate the one I had but it still crops up periodically from exposure, like you experienced. Apparently the engine sounds were lifted from another movie, I think two lane blacktop? The truck at the shell station is actually a 75 or 76 Toyota Hilux. The term became popularized in American cinema after the popularity of the picture 'Smokey and the Bandit' (1977). Stroker Ace is after S&B, 1983, and features the then new for 83 aero Fox Body Thunderbird. I always think scumbum because when I watched it as a kid in the early 90s, it was usually on TBS. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has an approval rating of 14% based on reviews from seven critics. That's true of most sequels, but it's especially true of Smokey and the Bandit II, which is basically just the original movie done again, not as well how can I say it's lazy when it has 50 trucks doing stunts in it? How much will a Bitcoin be worth in 2030? This movie trailer gives you an taste of this provocative film, but fails to effectively capture all the subtleties and nuances it contains. Two cars were reportedly badly damaged in early stunts in the film, while a third car was completely destroyed during the famous bridge jump scene.. Web. Who owns the Firebird from Smokey and the Bandit? In every movie they made together, Field played Reynolds' girlfriend. The dog, Fred, was personally picked by lead actor Burt Reynolds because it refused to obey commands. Sonny Shroyer (Enos) was the motorcycle cop who was given the 1-finger salute by Sally Field. In a rare public appearance, Burt Reynolds revealed how many cars they wrecked making Smokey and That is an excellent question. 4 Max Takes On The Raiders In Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. Oh, and a hooker girlfriend that looked like Annie Potts. The whereabouts of the remaining Smokey and the Bandit car, the one that was used to promote the movie, remained a mystery for years. The side vents give it away. As Fred Flintstone was modeled off Ralph Kramden, the Jackie Gleason character from the 1950s television showThe Honeymooners, the tone and intonation of the dubbing was highly convincing. If you watched any of these clips, you heard a goodly number of phrases that still cannot be used on television in the United States. WildI watched this for the first time in years after watching the latest Archer.the whole thing is an homage to S&B. Of course, we could argue that Needham could have used the engine note of a Pontiac GTO from the golden muscle car, but the 1955 Custom recordings were probably readily available, and he just didn't need the hassle. This movie was filmed in Georgia as well. Reynolds starred in the movie White Lightning (1973) (1973) where he played a moonshiner named "Gator McClusky". Jesus, did you just call Carmine a car novice? After failing to get the outgoing governor's endorsement, Big Enos overhears him on the phone ordering a crate in Miami to be delivered in nine days to the Republican National Convention in Dallas. We stopped in that same Safeway later on the way back home from southern Cal, and they had a huge display of cases of Coors out on the floor near the checkstands. http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_301466-Ford-LTD-II-1977.html. 103 cars destroyed in the 1980 film, 104 cars destroyed in Blues Brothers 2000. But while the cars shown in the movie look like 1977-model-year Trans Ams, they were actually 1976 models. Your email address will not be published. In 1976-78, while a high school student in Norwalk, CT, me and a few buddies would routinely drive up to Vista, NY, which was just over the state line. Because sales were so high, Pontiac decided to delay the third-generation model. A 1975 Pontiac Grand Prix with a Buick Electra behind it. Here's everything you should know about one of the most iconic movie cars ever. Reynolds was the top box office draw from 1975 to 1982, then his movies really started to go downhill. I agree, despite people saying you sound cute, it seems like they think Ellie Mae Clapett or Jethro Bodean. He's a proud member of the TopSpeed team since early 2014. One of our favorite movies. Additionally, he can give you several reasons why theres still no replacement for displacement. So I bought the car, drove back up to the mountains and got there about 20 minutes before we were supposed to shoot. The movie refers to the word ''smokeys'' (or ''smokies'') which is an American slang word for ''police officers''. And I certainly didn't do the main jump Rmy did that with his team. While the initial concern was it having a regional appeal, it would ultimately play as well in New York City and Chicago as it did Atlanta, Georgia, or Biloxi, Mississippi. From what I have read the artist did the poster rendering from some blown up stills that he was shown from the movie, and none of them for some mysterious reason included the Trans Am, the truck, Reynolds, Gleason, Sally Field, crashing police cars, but no T/A. . How did any bra manufacturers survive the 70s? When he sees Charlotte in tears, Bandit finally comes to his senses and apologizes. Chevy brought back the Z28, and cant say S&B was reason. Cledus accepts on Bandit's behalf, but adds that Big Enos should give them half in advance, to which they agree. Entering Louisiana, Doc says that Charlotte is almost in labor and needs to be off her feet. What motor was in the Kenworth in Smokey and the Bandit? Movies like Mad Max: Fury Road and Furious 7 may ruin a lot of cars, but they were far from the first. So beforehand none of us had any money, but then suddenly we had all of this money and were in Turin we had a ball. The original uncut sumbitch version. The film was a . The movie featured a number of American country and western music stars who acted in the movie as well as sung. Not a bad deal, but on the fourth year, no new car. Smokey & The Bandit was the first of three movies in that franchise. Amazing how a combination of desire and unobtainability can make an ordinary product special. It is the first film to feature director Hal Needham's "Blooper Reel Credit Crawl" at the end, in that a collection of bloopers and outtakes from the film showed on one side of the screen while the closing credits slowly scrolled up the other side. I remember borrowing my brothers red 1976 T/A to take a girl to the theater to see Smokey and the Bandit. To give the 1976 model the look of the upcoming vehicle, the automaker installed the bumper of the 1977 Pontiac. When it comes to where the Trans Ams are, Pontiac gave the production . During this time, the Firebird also surpassed sales figures of the Chevrolet Camaro. Ive also looked at a Fox based LTD cop car and an early 1991 whale Caprice 9C1 detective model, burgundy on burgundy cloth. The movie is responsible for something, by 1979 Pontiac was selling 100,000 plus Trans Ams, not the whole Firebird line, JUST Trans Ams, Pontiac sold more T/As in 1979 than any of the cheaper Firebirds combined, Smokey and the Bandit had to have a hand in that. Gas was a buck a gallon at the time so fuel economy wasnt a major issue. So these kind of represented a rebellion attitude to the government mandated diesel econo hatches everyone thought we were going to be forced to drive in the 80sinterestingly 1979 was also the best year for the Corvette too. There has never been anything quite like late 1970s fashion in clothing. Sales almost doubled in two years, which is a very big deal given that the Trans Ams 1978 facelift was rather minor save for the front fascia. Unfortunately, three of the four, The Pontiac Trans Am owned by Burt Reynolds and based on the one in his movie. I didn't do the river crossing, which I was pleased about because I cant swim. This is one of the plot lines in Smokey and the Bandit Part 3. " in 2016, Sally Field said that out of all her movies she considers this the worst. It was the last day of shooting, but I think we shot that 50 or 60 times. I'm afraid I was responsible for a good few of those. I was a little disappointed, but they gave me the part in the movie instead because I was already under contract. We were at a crazy angle, in a Mini with a dodgy handbrake and we had to stay there and hide until the police car came up. That came out in 1981. The LCS in Grand Prairie opened in 1971 and operated for 21 years. Buford's brothers were both portrayed by Gleason; "Reggie" was a Canadian version of "Reginald Van Gleason III", a popular character from Gleason's television show. In every movie they made together, Field played Reynolds' girlfriend. 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