How the Bandit, Coors and a bunch of Makers changed the course of booze history

So last night, while attempting to explain the plot of Smokey and the Bandit to my husband, it occurred to me that I didn't really understand the back story that spawned this, one of my favorite childhood films. Why did Bandit and Snowman (and Fred) have a long way to go and a short time to get there? There was beer in most parts of Georgia by the 1970s. And even if you were trying to get booze to a dry county, why start in Texas and only give yourself 28 hours?

How the Bandit, Coors and a bunch of Makers changed the course of booze history

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Media Decoder: Coors Cameo in a Futurist Film

The burnt gold of the Coors can accounts for its return to the silver screen.

Media Decoder: Coors Cameo in a Futurist Film

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