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The Big Bus (1976)

Starring: René Auberjonois, Selma Archerd Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Format: DVD
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)


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  • Actors: René Auberjonois, Selma Archerd, Dan Barrows, Ned Beatty, John Beck
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: English, French
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Studio: Paramount
  • DVD Release Date: July 16, 2002
  • Run Time: 88 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005JLCC
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #17,352 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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  • For more information about "The Big Bus" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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For anyone who's wallowed in the inanities of 1970s disaster movies, The Big Bus is not only witty but downright endearing. Instead of an endangered airliner or a capsized cruise ship, this dippily deadpan parody features a block-long, atomic-powered, luxury super-Greyhound setting off on its first transcontinental run with a garish cross section of humankind programmed for redemption, retribution, or just sublime ridiculousness as they roll toward Doom--or Denver, whichever comes first. Writers Fred Freeman and Lawrence J. Cohen, who penned the daffy historical spoof Start the Revolution Without Me (1970), twist the sententious ironies of disaster-movie dialogue into pretzels (priceless scene: Richard B. Shull, as a "terminal traveler" with six months to live, and Bob Dishy, a discredited veterinarian who fitted a rabbit for an IUD, debating who knows more about bitterness). James Frawley's direction is drolly cliché-savvy, but his touch proved too delicate for 1976 audiences; it remained for Airplane! to grab the disaster-spoof brass ring four years later. Still, it's not too late to climb aboard. --Richard T. Jameson


From the Back Cover

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 shoulders of the road. A pair of evil-doers vow to destroy the bus at the outset, thus providing hilarious suspense.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A Spoof that Should Have Worked, September 14, 2000
This review is from: Big Bus (1976) [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Like the "Airplane!" films that succeeded it, "The Big Bus" is hilarious parody of the oh-so-popular disaster flicks of the 1970's. It is really like a disaster film as seen through the eyes of Tex Avery, the master animator who threw everything into his 'toons, including the kitchen sink at the expense of some poor soul.

"Bus" features a superb cast of movie and television performers who mimic every big name actor featured in bigger budgeted extravaganzas like "The Poseidon Adventure," "The Towering Inferno," and "Earthquake."

In the words of Spike Lee, one must "get on this bus" for a fun-filled ride.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Really, Really BIG!, April 8, 2004
Hop on the BIG BUS! You're in for a rare treat. Joseph Balogna and Stockard Channing star in the best movie parody since "Blazing Saddles" and "Young Frankenstein"! The big bus is a nuclear-powered monster of a thing, complete with bowling alley, swimming pool, and piano bar. It can change tires automatically, while still moving! It can wash itself! It can go 90mph around curves, with only minor internal chaos! The passenger list is a screwball dream-come-true! Ruth Gordon is the dirty old lady, quick on the draw with her perfectly rude remarks! Rene Auberjonois is the conflicted / doubting priest, who has a nasty streak as long as the bus! Lynn Redgrave is the celebrity on board, seducing any man she encounters. She's also got a secret score to settle! Sally Kellerman and Richard Mulligan are the battling couple, set to finalize their divorce, but unable to keep their hands off each other! Of course, let's not forget the washed-up veterinarian, the terminal guy with six months to live (which Lynn Redgrave helps him to overcome), and the narcoleptic co-driver who passes out at the wheel every few minutes! Did I mention Larry Hagman as the doctor who spends most of the movie in a parking lot, because his patient (Harold Gould) "can't be moved"? Or Ned Beatty and Howard Hesseman as technicians who must work together, but just don't get along? Oh yeah, I almost forgot, there's a bomb on board! Drop whatever you're doing and buy this right now...
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4.0 out of 5 stars Airplane Thiefs!!!, September 8, 2002
This review is from: Big Bus (1976) [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Airplane stole so many gags from this movie it isn't even funny. (No pun intended.)

What no reviewer has mentioned is that the movie is gorgeous to watch...beautifully designed and shot. Airplane, although perhaps the more consistently funny movie, seems to have tried to copy the production of The Big Bus, but it comes off as looking sadly cheap and bland. They did learn the lesson, though, that you never stop the jokes coming. The Big Bus loses one star for letting up here and there to attempt moments of drama that don't quite work. But Stockard Channing working feverishly in the kitchen, as the bus tilts to and fro on the road, gets seven stars.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great fun!
I remember watching this on TV with my mom in the late 70's. It's one of a short list of films that made her laugh out loud. Read more
Published 5 months ago by S.F. DVD watcher

4.0 out of 5 stars Underhanded Swipe At The Disaster Film Craze
Shortly before the gross-out antics of ANIMAL HOUSE, and, of course, four years before AIRPLANE!, there was a film spoof of a different sort, namely THE BIG BUS. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Erik North

5.0 out of 5 stars The Big Bus CD
A real odd ball movie that I saw years ago when it was in theatrical release.
I could never find a copy in CD format until now. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Keeper of the Bunny

3.0 out of 5 stars The Big Bus VHS
This is a very funny movie if one likes goofy comedy as our family does.
However, I've never seen a good VHS copy and I've seen several. Read more
Published on October 29, 2007 by Joseph B. Stokes

4.0 out of 5 stars all aboard! this bus be a leavin
I remember seeing this movie when i was 13 and laughing my tail off.Its in the same tradition of Silver Streak.The cast is in top notch form and the dialog funny and witty. Read more
Published on July 27, 2007 by David J. Carney

5.0 out of 5 stars a blast from the past
this movie came out the same month "Rocky" (the first one) came out. I argued with Eddie S. in 4th grade that "The Big Bus" was the best movie ever made and that it was destined... Read more
Published on July 14, 2007 by Barbara Billingsley

5.0 out of 5 stars The Big Bus
I have only seen bits of this movie after it came out in 76, now that I have watched the whole movie im sure I will be watching it over and over many times.
Published on July 3, 2007 by Rex A. Johnson

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!
Wonderful spoof movie! Great cast. Great cast. Lots of laughs.
You'll also be asking yourself "where's the shoe is that fits that foot!"
Published on March 12, 2007 by dlmorrow

4.0 out of 5 stars The ride of your life!
Before there was `Airplane!', there was... The Big Bus.
In fact, it was three years before Airplane, that this prototype disaster movie spoof appeared, directed by James... Read more
Published on February 25, 2007 by Mr. Stephen Kennedy

5.0 out of 5 stars "We're breaking wind at 90!"
A nuclear-powered bus with a swimming pool and a bowling alley. That pretty much sums up what your getting into here. A great one...I love this movie.
Published on January 29, 2007 by Paula G. Roberts

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