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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
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Earthtones, earthquakes, bombs and bimbo's more (42 total)

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

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Runtime:
88 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Singapore:PG | Netherlands:AL (orginal rating) | UK:PG | Finland:S | USA:PG | Australia:PG | Argentina:Atp
Company:
Paramount Pictures more

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:
Kitty Baxter: Dan's a good man, and he's never eaten a whole person in his entire life. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Speed (1994/I) more
Soundtrack:
Six Months to Live more

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Earthtones, earthquakes, bombs and bimbo's, 14 January 2003
Author: genxjeff (genxjeff@aol.com) from Indiana USA

The Big Bus is the kind of film that will make you giggle and grimace, frequently during a viewing. Almost of a kitchen-sink humor, you'll giggle out loud at the parodies of the great 70's disaster flicks.

This is a film with wonderful cameos featuring b-grade stars who evidently hadn't anything better to do that day, then show up at the studio and act out some schtick. It's campy, rompy, and fun. As I recall, the film's tagline was "You'll die laughing!" Well it is a disaster spoof...

Pay particular attention for a classic line in which elderly runaway from home Ruth Gordon tells Renee Auberjenoius (as a doubting priest) how happy she was that god put her in the seat next to a priest. Father Kudos responds, "If it was god that put you here, why didn't he give you a fancy window seat like mine?! I, Kudos, a doubter luxeriate in a window seat, while you, aging with age, get older yet in that disgrace of an aisle seat!! Where is your god now old woman?!" Ruth Gordon responds, "Jesus, I'm sorry I asked!"

Check this gem out - There are far worse ways to die, than to die laughing while watching "The Big Bus"!

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