The Big Bus (1976)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

James Frawley

Writers:

Lawrence J. Cohen (writer)
Fred Freeman (writer)

Release Date:

22 October 1976 (West Germany)

Genre:

Comedy | Action

Tagline:

Join the passengers on The Big Bus - the craziest spoof movie of them all

Plot:

The ultimate disaster film parody. A nuclear powered bus is going Non-stop from New York to Denver and...

Plot Keywords:

Disaster | Bus | Bowling | Pool | Cannibalism

Awards:

1 win

Cast

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

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Netherlands:AL (orginal rating) | UK:PG | Finland:S | USA:PG | Australia:PG | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Paramount Pictures

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).

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.

Quotes:

Old Woman: Looks like he got kicked in the nuts!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Speed (1994/I)

Soundtrack:

Six Months to Live

A disaster-movie spoof before Airplane! and just as funny!

This film is a disaster movie spoof that pre-dates Airplane! It's about a giant nuclear-powered bus complete with a bowling alley and pool. Very very funny, okay, not as funny as Airplane!, but better than Airplane 2. The scene in the milk bar where two bus drivers fight with broken milk cartons is great, lots of goofy characters, great cast. Ruth Gordon! Stockard Channing! Richard Mulligan! Lots of 70's fun!