Rent The Big Bus (1976)
3.0 of 5 from 69 ratings
1h 25min
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- Synopsis:
- A wonderful spoof of disaster films, 'The Big Bus' is about the world's first nuclear powered bus - a 75-ton monster on 32 enormous wheels - and its maiden journey from New York to Denver. Jockeying the world's greatest bus, of course, is the world's greatest bus driver. His co-pilot is given to sudden blackouts and has a penchant for driving on the shoulder of the road. A pair of evil-doers vow to destroy the bus at the outset, thus providing hilarious suspense.
- Actors:
- Joseph Bologna, Stockard Channing, John Beck, Rene Auberjonois, Ned Beatty, Bob Dishy, José Ferrer, Ruth Gordon, Harold Gould, Larry Hagman, Sally Kellerman, Richard Mulligan, Lynn Redgrave, Richard B. Shull, Stuart Margolin
- Directors:
- James Frawley
- Producers:
- Lawrence J. Cohen, Fred Freeman
- Writers:
- Fred Freeman, Lawrence J. Cohen
- Studio:
- Paramount
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Comedy, Thrillers
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Best-ever spoof disaster movie - The Big Bus review by Alphaville
The titular bus is a nuclear-powered, articulated double-decker, so big that it even has a pool and bowling alley and makes its first appearance on screen to 2001 music. Our hero is a down-on-his-luck driver who’s reputed to have eaten all his passengers when he was the only survivor of a previous wilderness bus catastrophe (he says he only ate a single foot). Now, at the wheel on a non-stop trip from New York to Denver, he has to deal with all manner of problems, including an on-board bomb, a love affair and a motley busload of crew and characters. My own favourite is the lounge piano guy who keeps smiling and playing no matter how bad things get. The convincing cliff-edge finale in the Rocky Mountains even outdoes The Italian Job. The movie plays with the tropes of all kinds of films, not just disaster. Film buffs will love it.
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