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Director:
James Frawley
Writers:
Lawrence J. Cohen (writer)
Fred Freeman (writer)
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Release Date:
22 October 1976 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Comedy | Action more
Tagline:
Join the passengers on The Big Bus - the craziest spoof movie of them all more
Plot:
The ultimate disaster film parody. A nuclear powered bus is going Non-stop from New York to Denver and... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
Every Bad Gag, Done Well... more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Joseph Bologna ... Dan Torrance

Stockard Channing ... Kitty Baxter
John Beck ... Shoulders O'Brien

Rene Auberjonois ... Father Kudos

Ned Beatty ... Shorty Scotty
Bob Dishy ... Dr. Kurtz
José Ferrer ... Ironman

Ruth Gordon ... Old Woman

Harold Gould ... Professor Baxter

Larry Hagman ... Doctor in parking lot
Sally Kellerman ... Sybil Crane

Richard Mulligan ... Claude Crane

Lynn Redgrave ... Camille Levy
Richard B. Shull ... Emery Bush
Stuart Margolin ... Alex
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Additional Details

Runtime:
88 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
On the news van that appears near the beginning of the film, the call letters are WZAZ. These call letters also appear in many comedies from what's known as the "ZAZ" team--Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker--though they had nothing to do with this film. See Airplane! (1980). more
Goofs:
Plot holes: This bus is supposed to be departing from midtown Manhattan and traveling to Denver by way of regular highways. This bus appears to be 20 feet tall. It would not fit under any of the many overhead clearances along the roads, especially those of any of the Hudson River crossings from Manhattan to New Jersey. more
Quotes:
Dan: Now I know it looked like I fell... but it was all part of my plan. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Speed (1994/I) more
Soundtrack:
Six Months to Live more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Every Bad Gag, Done Well..., 3 July 2004
Author: mhfca from Fresno, CA

Saw this when first released, and it was a howler...but only to a genuine movie and TV fan.

In addition to the various disaster films of the 1970s, it also harkens back to some classic WWII films, the smarmy romances of the 60s and 70s, and not a small number of tidbits from television.

Our circle of friends who saw it together are all film nuts, and we spent days picking the film apart and identifying all of the references and parodies, and still find ones we missed whenever we catch it again.

It's not a spectacular film...hell, it's not even that great of a comedy if you don't get the parody references...but it _is_ one of those films that "hangs together" into a working product.

If you aren't a film buff, then simply sit down on the couch with your favorite nosh, and empty your mind to accept the totality...

And don't cut yourself on the broken milk carton.

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