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The Big Bus (1976)

 
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 3:59 pm    Post subject: The Big Bus (1976) Reply with quote



Everything from "The Love Boat" to "Airport" takes a ribbing in this disaster-movie spoof with an all-star cast.

Ned Beatty, Stockard Channing, Larry Hagman, Howard Hessman, Stuart Margolin, Richard Mulligan, and Lynn Redgrave are a few of the passengers who board the world's first atomic-powered bus (over 100 feet long!) on a cross-country trip. The bus is equipped with a swimming pool, piano bar, and an automatic flat-tire changer that must be seen to be believed.

Produced and written by Lawrence Cohen and Fred Freeman. Directed by James Frawley. The same basic idea -- a free-for-all comic spoof with lots of familiar faces -- was used in "Airplane" four years later, and it fared much better at the box office, because frankly this lame movie has the same number of laughs as there are penguins at the North Pole.

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 6:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's my collection of screen grabs.










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PostPosted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 11:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What an amazing prop! I've never seen this movie. YouTube has a really bad copy of it, and I'd rather wait and see a good one, so it's on my To-Do list.

I wonder where the prop used in The Big Bus is today?

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 2:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wikipedia wrote:
According to car enthusiast web site Jalopnik.com, the bus was scrapped after filming.
http://jalopnik.com/5472174/the-big-bus-was-scrapped-but-you-can-read-all-about-it

Incidentally, note that as the bus is pulling out of the garage (hangar?), the topside observation dome is retracted in order to fit through the garage doors. Only the tippytop of the air scoop is visible sticking up above the rest of the bus.



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PostPosted: Sun May 01, 2022 11:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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After seeing the first clip below, I was eager to see this movie. The design of the bus is very impressive.


_________The Big Bus (1976) - First appearance

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But the other clips on YouTube (which presumably were selected because they were the "best moments") made me realize that the movie is mostly composed of unsuccessful humor.

To be fair, however, this second clip does have a few good moments.


__________Classic Movie Moments THE BIG BUS


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