"W. W. and the Dixie Dancekings" is a Burt Reynolds film that has some nice portions (I was particularly surprised how well Ned Beatty sang), but the film has some serious logical lapses...especially at the end.
When the story begins, W. W. (Burt Reynolds) is out robbing gas stations owned by a corporation he apparently hates. But, he's so nice and friendly that the station attendants like him and often give inaccurate accounts for what happened. Soon, W. W. meets up with a musical group that he likes and, to make himself look big, he makes all sorts of promises to make them famous in Nashville....something he really cannot in any way promise. The rest of the film is about his efforts to make them famous as well as his robbing some more gas stations as well as a bank owned by the same folks.
This is a slice of life film that seems to have little in the way of a beginning or an ending. Some folks might not mind that, but I was irritated by the ending....which made no sense at all and left everything dangling. A truly odd but watchable film.
When the story begins, W. W. (Burt Reynolds) is out robbing gas stations owned by a corporation he apparently hates. But, he's so nice and friendly that the station attendants like him and often give inaccurate accounts for what happened. Soon, W. W. meets up with a musical group that he likes and, to make himself look big, he makes all sorts of promises to make them famous in Nashville....something he really cannot in any way promise. The rest of the film is about his efforts to make them famous as well as his robbing some more gas stations as well as a bank owned by the same folks.
This is a slice of life film that seems to have little in the way of a beginning or an ending. Some folks might not mind that, but I was irritated by the ending....which made no sense at all and left everything dangling. A truly odd but watchable film.