Apr 27th

The Big Bus*

US 1976. Paramount. 88m. Panavision

The world's first nuclear-powered transit bus is beset by attempted sabotage.
Trivial if topical spoof of disaster movies with mostly silly but occasionally fitfully amusing jokes. The makers of Airplane! hit this nail squarely on the head four years later.

Written/Produced by: Fred Freeman, Lawrence J. Cohen.
Director: James Frawley.
Starring: Joseph Bologna, Stockard Channing, John Beck, Jose Ferrer, Lynn Redgrave, Ned Beatty, Richard Mulligan, Sally Kellerman, Ruth Gordon, Rene Auberjonois, Harold Gould, Bob Dishy, Larry Hagman.
Photography: Harry Stradling Jnr.
Music: David Shire.
Production Design: Joel Schiller.