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A nuclear powered bus driving cross-country, from New York City to Colorado, is destined for disaster due to the machinations of a mysterious group allied with the oil lobby.A nuclear powered bus driving cross-country, from New York City to Colorado, is destined for disaster due to the machinations of a mysterious group allied with the oil lobby.A nuclear powered bus driving cross-country, from New York City to Colorado, is destined for disaster due to the machinations of a mysterious group allied with the oil lobby.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
José Ferrer
- Ironman
- (as Jose Ferrer)
Mary Charlotte Wilcox
- Mary Jane Beth Sue
- (as Mary Wilcox)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaThe set-up cost to build "The Big Bus" vehicle was around $250,000. This comes out to around one million dollars in 2022 adjusted for inflation.
- GoofsWhen the bus is being pulled out of the garage, the top of the front section just fits under the top of the door opening, but the back section of the bus includes an observation dome that is taller then the front of the bus. It could've never been pulled out of the garage.
- Crazy creditsParamount Pictures thanks Trailways for their help and technical assistance in making this impossible picture possible.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Married with Children: Desperately Seeking Miss October (1989)
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Earthtones, earthquakes, bombs and bimbo's
The Big Bus is the kind of film that will make you giggle and grimace, frequently during a viewing. Almost of a kitchen-sink humor, you'll giggle out loud at the parodies of the great 70's disaster flicks.
This is a film with wonderful cameos featuring b-grade stars who evidently hadn't anything better to do that day, then show up at the studio and act out some schtick. It's campy, rompy, and fun. As I recall, the film's tagline was "You'll die laughing!" Well it is a disaster spoof...
Pay particular attention for a classic line in which elderly runaway from home Ruth Gordon tells Renee Auberjenoius (as a doubting priest) how happy she was that god put her in the seat next to a priest. Father Kudos responds, "If it was god that put you here, why didn't he give you a fancy window seat like mine?! I, Kudos, a doubter luxeriate in a window seat, while you, aging with age, get older yet in that disgrace of an aisle seat!! Where is your god now old woman?!" Ruth Gordon responds, "Jesus, I'm sorry I asked!"
Check this gem out - There are far worse ways to die, than to die laughing while watching "The Big Bus"!
This is a film with wonderful cameos featuring b-grade stars who evidently hadn't anything better to do that day, then show up at the studio and act out some schtick. It's campy, rompy, and fun. As I recall, the film's tagline was "You'll die laughing!" Well it is a disaster spoof...
Pay particular attention for a classic line in which elderly runaway from home Ruth Gordon tells Renee Auberjenoius (as a doubting priest) how happy she was that god put her in the seat next to a priest. Father Kudos responds, "If it was god that put you here, why didn't he give you a fancy window seat like mine?! I, Kudos, a doubter luxeriate in a window seat, while you, aging with age, get older yet in that disgrace of an aisle seat!! Where is your god now old woman?!" Ruth Gordon responds, "Jesus, I'm sorry I asked!"
Check this gem out - There are far worse ways to die, than to die laughing while watching "The Big Bus"!
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- Also known as
- Die haarsträubende Reise in einem verrückten Bus
- Filming locations
- Los Angeles, California, USA(Location)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,540,307
- Gross worldwide
- $3,540,307
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