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The Big Bus

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Bad drivers (Joseph Bologna, John Beck) and disaster threaten oddball passengers of a huge atomic bus going from New York to Denver.
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Steve Warren The Barb (Atlanta) 05/09/2023
It's not easy to be so bad so well, but The Big Bus has an expert cast. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 04/30/2023
2/4
Thankfully for filmgoers, Airplane! was right around the corner. Go to Full Review
Danielle Solzman Solzy at the Movies 04/25/2023
3.5/5
The Big Bus goes for laughs at every conceivable point but when it hits, it hits. Go to Full Review
Bernard Drew Gannett News Service 11/04/2019
You should never feel the creators desperately trying to force laughs where they don't naturally exist. That is the main problem of James Frawley's The Big Bus. Go to Full Review
Mark Morrison Los Angeles Free Press 10/31/2019
What we have here is a strident comedy which is wholly off-target. Go to Full Review
Paul Chambers Movie Chambers 11/01/2013
B
Before there was "Airplane," there was "The Big Bus." The granddaddy of the disaster spoof movies came out in 1976, and despite its unevenness, it's quite the hoot. Go to Full Review
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Rich E Mar 20 II loved this as a kid and recently rewatched it, discovering things I had missed back then. It's pure schlock! See more 09/09/2024 Incredibly underrated comedy film. Funny and super innovative with an expert cast. Loved the actors, actresses and every single unique scene, dialogues and ideas! Just a fantastic blend of laughter, characters, context and technology! See more David P 08/07/2023 Did a blind buy of this movie largely in part to its terrific cast and what a comedic gem it is. The sheer lunacy and craziness this film displays had me laughing until it hurt. See more 06/24/2022 The worst 01 hour: and 28 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more 03/30/2021 The funniest bus-related comedy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more 01/25/2021 What a treat! This movie is a collision of Airplane, Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World with a bit of China Syndrome thrown in. A young Stockard Channing is great as is a young Rene Auberjonois as the preacher. His interaction with Ruth Gordon is fantastic as are her one liners. This horror movie comedy spoof if full of rich nonstop slapstick from the obvious to the subtle - such as the first scene when they bus everyone from site to site - all some 40' away from each other. Its much richer in comedy and details and absurdities than such modern horror movie spoofs - many of which have Jumped the Sharknado. I enjoyed the fictional landscape between New York and Denver - everything was filmed within 50 miles of Hollywood in the mountains. I didn't realize the Pennsylvania Turnpike was that arid! Rent or buy it on YouTube. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Bad drivers (Joseph Bologna, John Beck) and disaster threaten oddball passengers of a huge atomic bus going from New York to Denver.
Director
James Frawley
Producer
Fred Freeman, Lawrence J. Cohen
Production Co
Paramount Pictures
Rating
PG
Genre
Comedy, Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 15, 2011
Runtime
1h 28m
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