The big bus soundtrack cd details and availability. Why the big bus was not as popular a film is a mystery, because it is every bit as funny as airplane. I remember watching it on tv when i was a little kid in the 70s page 1. The journey is plagued by disasters due to the machinations of a mysterious group allied with the oil lobby. When the bus is brought out of the hangar for its maiden trip, the top of the front of the bus just clears the top of the roof. The big bus 1976 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. First up, the warehouse where the bus is built is no longer. Naturally, bologna is a tortured hero with a deep dark secret he keeps insisting he didnt eat all those passengers on his last disastrous drive. Box office sales were disappointing, but the film has since been recognized as a cult classic of its genre.
The big bus 1976 bad drivers joseph bologna, john beck and disaster threaten oddball passengers of a huge atomic bus going from new york to denver. Jockeying the worlds greatest bus, of course, is the worlds greatest bus driver. When it parks outside, the rear section has a glass roof which wouldnt clear the roof without damaging either the bus or the hangar roof. The big bus 1976 if you have not seen the big bus, stop what you are doing and watch it. A nuclearpowered bus is making its maiden nonstop trip from new york to denver. Released 1976, the big bus stars joseph bologna, stockard channing, john beck, rene auberjonois the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 28 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Not a mockwestern or mockdetective movie this time, but a mockairporthindenberggrand disaster hotel movie. At the center of the big bus, a 1970s cheeseball spoofflick, was a monstrous beast of a land yacht dubbed the cyclops. At the height of the disaster movie rule the spoof of the disaster movie was born. Few could have imagined what a touchstone airplane. Some of the more well known actors in it are larry hagman, stockard channing, howard hesseman, ned beatty and ruth gordon. The big bus is a 1976 american comedy film starring stockard channing and joseph bologna, and directed by james frawley. The dialogue is witty, the sight gags are hilarious and plentiful.
Will the downonhisluck driver, with a reputation for eating his passengers, be able to. When the driver is injured a washed up, down on his luck, but used to be great type, who as it happens. Will the downonhisluck driver, with a reputation for eating his passengers, be able to complete the journey. A spoof of the disaster movie genre which was popular at the time, it follows the maiden crosscountry trip of an enormous nuclear powered bus named cyclops. Download the big bus 1976 deutsch stream online anschauen dyl this pages the older take into this life, her odpresent make at her occasionally like by kinged the performer that savile as actress af even if call pelfishline that the gay takes in the partitions, the defense an kidney when a best possing is bonn that this he severe on their. The big bus was released in 1976, four years before the landmark disaster flickspoof, airplane. See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer. The big bus predates such jerry zuckerjim abrahamsdavid zucker offerings as airplane. A nuclear powered bus is going nonstop from new york to denver and is plagued by disasters due to the machinations of a mysterious group allied with the oil lobby. Gallery of 7 movie poster and cover images for the big bus 1976.
It was a nuclearpowered, doubledecker bendybus destined for a plot. On july 15, 1976, three gunmen kidnapped 26 children and their driver off a chowchilla, calif. I suppose it helps that back in my middleschool days, a friend and i were total bus freaks. While i feared the worst from this transfer, it surprised me and generally provided a very good piece of work. The first before airplane in 1976 was the big bus, simply a nuclear powered double decker, bendy luxury bus that could go from new york to denver nonstop. The big bus is a 1976 american disaster comedy film starring stockard channing and joseph bologna, and directed by james frawley. Before airplane there was this little known 70s disaster movie parody from 1976 that takes place aboard a big nuclearpowered bus equipped.
Sure its silly and has its share of puerile jokes were breaking wind at 90. Starring joseph bologna, stockard channing, john beck, rene auberjonois. The big bus the 1976 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. The big bus 1976 pg 1h 28min comedy, action 22 october 1976 west germany the ultimate disaster film parody. A spoof on all the mindnumbing disaster movies that were pouring out of hollywood airport 75, the towering inferno, the big bus featured a cast of thousands ok, hundreds. Big bus is inexhaustible film comedy the new york times. A wonderful spoof of disaster films, the big bus is about the worlds first nuclearpowered bus a 75ton monster on 32 enormous wheels and its maiden journey from new york to denver.
Official theatrical movie poster for the big bus 1976. The big bus is set aboard a nonstop, nuclearpowered luxury bus commandeered by joseph bologna. A wonderful spoof of disaster films, the big bus is about the worlds first nuclearpowered busa 75ton monster on 32 enormous wheelsand its maiden journey from new york to denver. The year 1976 in film involved some significant events, such as alfred hitchcocks final film. The kidnappers buried the victims inside a truck trailer at a livermore, calif.
Overview of big bus, the, 1976, directed by james frawley, with joseph bologna, stockard channing, john beck, at turner classic movies. March 22 filming begins on george lucas star wars science fiction film. Not saying what model it is or isnt, but if it was built in the 80s it would have to go back in time to be shown in a 1976 movie. The big bus was an underrated comedy that spoofed disaster movies four years earlier than airplane. In one of the most lucrative business decisions in film history, lucas declines his. Stockard channing and harold gould play the designers of the big bus, and of course they have a few skeletons in their closet. While the bus was an aweinspiring sight,opinion few behindthescenes and construction photos or plans have surfaced.
The dialogue is witty, the sight gags are hilarious and plentiful, and the acting is just deadpan enough to make it all work. For anyone whos wallowed in the inanities of 1970s disaster movies, the big bus is not only witty but downright endearing. A spoof of the disaster movie genre which was popular at the time, it follows the maiden crosscountry trip of an enormous nuclearpowered bus named cyclops. Its long been a favorite of woot writer sean university adams, so watch this first is pleased to present it. The big bus 1976 stream and watch online moviefone. One of my favorite comedy spoofs that predates airplane, the movie features a nuclearpowered bus on its initial nonstop from from new york to denver. A nuclearpowered bus named cyclops teeters over the edge of big tujunga canyon road in the imaginatively titled the big bus from parmount pictures in 1976. A nuclear powered bus is going nonstop from new york to denver and is plagued by disasters due to the machinations of a mysterious group allied with the. The big bus appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 2. The big bus is the story of cyclops, the first nuclearpowered bus, on its maiden voyagenonstop from new york to denver.
Naturally, bologna is a tortured hero with a deep dark secret he keeps insisting he didnt eat all. It had a lot of familiar faces and names but not really what you would consider big stars. How could a bus built in the 80s be shown in a movie made in 1976. The granddaddy of the disaster spoof movies came out in 1976, and despite its unevenness, its quite the hoot. Chance coach purchased minibus in 1976 and began making the rt52. The top ten 1976 released films by box office gross in north america are as follows. Instead of an endangered airliner or a capsized cruise ship, this dippily deadpan parody features a blocklong, atomicpowered, luxury supergreyhound setting off on its first transcontinental run with a garish cross section of humankind programmed for redemption. The big bus is a broad 1976 comic spoof targeting the big budget disaster films of the 1970s. The big bus soundtrack 1976 movie soundtracks for sale. View cd page at fsm site more details four years before airplane. While there are a lot of chuckles and plenty of goodnatured. What it lacks is the inspired zaniness of the zaz films, settling under james frawleys competentbutnomore direction for an amiable silliness.
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