The Bandit Run is a re-enactment of the fictional journey portrayed in the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit: Texarkana, Texas, to Atlanta, Georgia. It covers a distance of about 650 mi (1,050 km). Unlike the much longer east to west coast Cannonball Run challenge which started as a real race and was later portrayed in a movie: The Cannonball Run, the Bandit Run is a re-enactment of a movie. The first one occurred on May 15, 2007. It has become an annual event.