The hair-raising journey in a crazy bus
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The hair-raising journey in a crazy bus |
| Original title | The Big Bus |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1976 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | James Frawley |
| script |
Lawrence J. Cohen Fred Freeman |
| production | Lawrence J. Cohen Fred Freeman |
| music | David Shire |
| camera | Harry Stradling Jr. |
| cut | Edward Warschilka |
| occupation | |
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The Hair-raising Journey in a Crazy Bus is an American comedy from 1976. The film satirizes the genre of the disaster film that emerged in the 1970s .
The US theatrical release was on June 23, 1976, in West Germany the film ran on October 22 of the same year.
action
The nuclear-powered superbus Cyclops is on its maiden voyage from New York to Denver . On board the articulated double-decker there is a bowling alley, a piano bar and even a swimming pool. A bomb severely damaged the reactor and blocked the bus's braking system , rendering it unable to maneuver. After all, it gets stuck on a steep cliff and can only be saved from falling by flooding the galley with the drinks on it. The stewardess Kitty is trapped there and Dan can only save her from drowning at the last second .
John Beck plays the co-chauffeur "Shoulders" O'Brien, who owes this nickname to his narcolepsy , which often leads to him falling asleep at the wheel, which looks like he was driving the bus with his shoulders.
criticism
“A fast-paced and gag-rich 'Crazy Comedy', which parodies the catastrophe film that was popular in the 1970s with sarcastic humor. It’s not exactly squeamish in this grotesque burlesque that has gone wild, although some pretty ideas are lost in slapstick. "
synchronization
The German dubbed version was made in 1976 by Berliner Synchron . The dialogue book comes from Ursula Herwig , who also did the dubbing.
| role | Original speaker | Voice actor |
| Dan Torrance | Joseph Bologna | Claus Jurichs |
| Kitty Baxter | Stockard Channing | Joseline Gassen |
| Shoulders O'Brien | John Beck | Hans-Werner Bussinger |
| Iron man | José Ferrer | Friedrich W. Building School |
| old woman | Ruth Gordon | Tina Eilers |
| Prof. Baxter | Harold Gould | Toni Herbert |
| Camille Levy | Lynn Redgrave | Renate Danz |
| Doctor (parking lot) | Larry Hagman | Randolf Kronberg |
| Shorty Scotty | Ned Beatty | Joachim Kerzel |
| Claude Crane | Richard Mulligan | Dietrich Frauboes |
| Father Kudos | René Auberjonois | Siegfried Grönig |
| Bush | Richard B. Shull | Martin Hirthe |
| Jack | Howard Hesseman | Friedrich Georg Beckhaus |
| mother | Miriam Byrd-Nethery | Wanda Brauniger |
| Sybil Crane | Sally Kellerman | Barbara Ratthey |
| Mary Jane | Mary Wilcox | Barbara Peters |
| Alex | Stuart Margolin | Michael Chevalier |
| Goldie | Vic Tayback | Reinhard Kolldehoff |
| Short | Bob Dishy | Joachim Röcker |
Trivia
A possible role model
- In 1975 - one year before the film was released - the Neoplan company actually brought an articulated double-decker bus onto the market; the jumbo cruiser .
- One year after the film was released, one of these real buses was converted into a rolling hotel (“Car-o-tel”), the trapezoidal windows of which seem like a homage to the film model.
Web links
- The Big Bus in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Big Bus at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- The hair-raising journey in a crazy bus in the online film database
Individual evidence
- ↑ The hair-raising journey in a crazy bus. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ The hair-raising journey in a crazy bus in the German dubbing file