The Big Bus
| The Big Bus | |
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| Directed by | James Frawley |
| Produced by |
Lawrence J. Cohen Fred Freeman |
| Written by |
Lawrence J. Cohen Fred Freeman |
| Starring |
Joseph Bologna John Beck |
| Music by | David Shire |
| Cinematography | Harry Stradling Jr. |
| Edited by | Edward Warschilka |
| Distributed by |
(all current worldwide theatrical and home video rights) Paramount Pictures (Television rights as of 2009) Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
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Release date
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June 23, 1976 |
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Running time
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88 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
(all current worldwide theatrical and home video rights) Paramount Pictures
The Big Bus is a 1976 American comedy film starring and Joseph Bologna, and directed by James Frawley. A spoof of the disaster movie genre (which was popular at the time), it follows the maiden cross-country trip of an enormous nuclear powered bus named Cyclops.
The Big Bus received mixed reviews at the time of its 1976 release, although the New York Times gave the film a favorable review. Box office sales were disappointing, but the film has since been recognized as a cult classic of its genre. It is rated PG.
Director Frawley won the audience award at the 1977 Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival.
Coyote Bus Lines' scientists and designers work feverishly to complete Cyclops, a state-of-the-art articulated jumbo bus, enabling man to achieve a new milestone in bussing: non-stop service between New York City and Denver. Almost immediately after the bus's engine is equipped with nuclear fuel, a bomb goes off, critically injuring Professor Baxter, the scientist in charge of the project. Cyclops itself is undamaged, but Coyote Lines has lost both its driver and co-driver.
Kitty Baxter, the professor's daughter and the Cyclops designer, is forced to turn to Dan Torrance, an old flame. Once a promising driver, Torrance was disgraced after he crashed his bus atop Mount Diablo, and was accused of saving his own life by eating all of his passengers. (Torrance blamed his co-driver for cannibalism, insisting that he himself survived by eating the seats and the luggage, and only ate part of a passenger's foot by accident.) Narrowly surviving an assault by vindictive fellow drivers with the help of "Shoulders" O'Brien, Torrance is recruited to drive Cyclops.
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