` The Longest Yard '' came out two years later , starring Reynolds as an ex-football player who lands in prison . Reynolds is `` feeling better , '' though still in the ICU with flu symptoms , his rep says . He likely will be released from the hospital on the 1970s and 1980s , the actor 's representative adds . Reynolds was one of Georgia 's most popular actors in the 1970s and 1980s . He starred in `` Deliverance , '' the `` Smokey and the Bandit '' series and `` Deliverance
Reynolds is `` feeling better , '' though still in the ICU with flu symptoms , his rep says . He likely will be released from the hospital on the 1970s and 1980s , the actor 's representative adds . Reynolds was one of Georgia 's most popular actors in the 1970s and 1980s . He starred in `` Deliverance , '' the `` Smokey and the Bandit '' series and `` Deliverance