Nancy Jo Sales
Nancy Jo Sales (born October 15, 1964) is an award-winning journalist and New York Times Bestselling author who has written for "Vanity FairNew York", The Guardian, "Harper's Bazaar" and many other national publications.
Her VF.com profile of reality star Kate Gosselin won a 2010 Mirror Award for "Best Profile, Digital Media".
Her "Vanity Fair" story "The Quaid Conspiracy" won a 2011 Front Page Award for "Best Magazine Feature".
Her 2013 book "The Bling Ring: How A Gang of Fame-Obsessed Teens Ripped Off Hollywood and Shocked the World" recounts the true story behind the Sofia Coppola film "The Bling Ring", which was based on a 2010 "Vanity Fair" piece by Sales, "The Suspects Wore Louboutins".
In 2016 she published "American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers".
Sales is also a filmmaker and producer.
In 2018 her documentary film , aired on HBO.
Smokey and the Bandit
Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 American action comedy film starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams and Mike Henry.
The film was the directorial debut of stuntman Hal Needham.
The film follows Bo "Bandit" Darville (Reynolds) and Cledus "Snowman" Snow (Reed), two bootleggers, as they attempt to drive from Atlanta to Texarkana, pick up 400 cases of Coors beer, and illegally transport it back to Atlanta in 28 hours or less.
While Snow drives the truck carrying the beer, the Bandit drives a Pontiac Trans Am to distract law enforcement and keep the attention off Snow.
During their run, they are relentlessly pursued by Buford T. Justice (Gleason), a blusterous Texas county sheriff.
"Smokey and the Bandit" was followed by two sequels: "Smokey and the Bandit II" (1980) and "Smokey and the Bandit Part 3" (1983).
"Smokey and the Bandit" was the second highest-grossing domestic film of 1977, second only to "Star Wars", the first film in the original "Star Wars" trilogy.
Smokey Bites the Dust
Smokey Bites the Dust is a 1981 car chase film from New World Pictures directed by Charles B. Griffith.
Despite the title, the film is not connected to the" Smokey and the Bandit" series.
Hal Needham
Hal Brett Needham( March 6, 1931 – October 25, 2013) was an American stuntman, film director, actor and writer.
He is best known for his frequent collaborations with actor Burt Reynolds, usually in films involving fast cars, such as" Smokey and the BanditHooper The Cannonball Run" and" Stroker Ace".
Smokey and the Bandit II
Smokey and the Bandit II is a 1980 American action comedy film directed by Hal Needham, and stars Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Jackie Gleason and Dom DeLuise.
The film is the sequel to the 1977 film" Smokey and the Bandit".
The film was originally released in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia and several other, mainly Commonwealth countries as Smokey and the Bandit Ride Again.
Early video releases and TV broadcasts also used this title, but in more recent years most have reverted to the original U.S. title.
It was followed by another sequel three years later," Smokey and the Bandit Part 3"( 1983), in which Reynolds only made a brief cameo appearance, and Sally Field did not appear.
The plot centers on Bo" Bandit" Darville( Burt Reynolds) and Cledus" Snowman" Snow( Jerry Reed), transporting an elephant to the GOP National Convention, with Sheriff Buford T. Justice( Jackie Gleason) in hot pursuit once again.
Sofia Coppola
Sofia Carmina Coppola( born May 14, 1971) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and former actress.
The daughter of filmmakers Eleanor and Francis Ford Coppola, she made her film debut as an infant in her father's acclaimed crime drama film," The Godfather"( 1972).
Coppola later appeared in a supporting role in" Peggy Sue Got Married"( 1986) and portrayed Mary Corleone, the daughter of Michael Corleone, in" The Godfather Part III"( 1990).
Her performance in the latter was severely criticised, and she turned her attention to filmmaking.
Coppola made her feature- length debut with the coming- of- age drama" The Virgin Suicides"( 1999), based on the novel of the same name by Jeffery Eugenides.
It was the first of her collaborations with actress Kirsten Dunst.
In 2004, Coppola received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the comedy- drama" Lost in Translation" and became the third woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director.
In 2006, Coppola directed the historical drama" Marie Antoinette", starring Dunst as the ill- fated French queen.
In 2010, with the drama" Somewhere", Coppola became the first American woman( and fourth American filmmaker) to win the Golden Lion, the top prize at the Venice Film Festival.
In 2013, she directed the satirical crime film" The Bling Ring", based on the crime ring of the same name.
At the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, Coppola became the second woman in the festival's history to win the Best Director award, for the drama film" The Beguiled".
Katie Chang
Katherine Chang( born May 3, 1995) is an American actress.
She is known for her roles as Rebecca Ahn in" The Bling Ring"( 2013), Ellen Reeves in" A Birder's Guide to Everything"( 2013) and Claire Connors in" The Outcasts"( 2017).
The Bling Ring
The Bling Ring is a 2013 satirical crime film written, directed and produced by Sofia Coppola.
It features an ensemble cast, led by Katie Chang, Israel Broussard, Emma Watson, Taissa Farmiga, and Claire Julien.
It is based on the 2010" Vanity Fair" article" The Suspects Wore Louboutins" by Nancy Jo Sales, which dealt with a real- life gang known as the Bling Ring.
The story follows a group of fame- obsessed teenagers who use the internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their homes.
The film is an international co-production by producers in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Japan.
Coppola began developing a screenplay based on the real- life burglaries in December 2011.
Casting took place in early 2012, before principal photography began in March that same year in Los Angeles, California.
" The Bling Ring" had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2013.
The film was theatrically released in limited theaters on June 14, 2013 by A24, before opening in a wide release on June 21.
The film received mixed- to- positive reviews from critics, with many praising the cast and Coppola's" stylish" direction; Watson received critical acclaim for her performance.
However, others criticized the film for its" shallow" and morally ambiguous approach towards the subject matter.
" The Bling Ring" represents the final work of cinematographer Harris Savides, who died of brain cancer while the film was in post-production.
The film is dedicated to him.
Claire Julien
Claire Alys Pfister( born January 11, 1995), known professionally as Claire Julien, is an American actress.
She is known for her role as Chloe Tainer in Sofia Coppola's crime film" The Bling Ring"( 2013).
Julien was born on January 11, 1995 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Anna Julien and Academy Award- winning cinematographer Wally Pfister.
Before landing the role of Chloe in" The Bling Ring", Julien's only film credit was a minor part in" The Dark Knight Rises"( 2012), for which her father was the director of photography.
Julien attended the Fashion Institute of Design& Merchandising( FIDM), from which she graduated in 2016.
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 is a 1983 American action comedy film and a sequel to" Smokey and the Bandit"( 1977) and" Smokey and the Bandit II"( 1980), starring Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Paul Williams, Pat McCormick, Mike Henry and Colleen Camp.
The film also includes a cameo near the film's end by the original Bandit, Burt Reynolds.
With the budget of a television movie, which was around twice the budget used for the first part, many action and comedic scenes are rehashes of scenes from the previous two" Smokey and the Bandit" films.
The film received overwhelming negative reviews from critics and audiences alike.

Question: Which film has the director who was born first, Smokey And The Bandit Ii or The Bling Ring?