The Bus Cyclops from the Movie "The Big Bus"

The Cyclops was a 75-ton 32-wheeled nuclear powered bus that contained many amenities such as a swimming pool, lounge with piano and private dining rooms

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Bus
• buses
• Decker
• Double
• luxury
• nuclear
• power
• vehicle

[Arabhacks]

The bus was not a bus, but 2 buses and a set of props.

The entire back half was nothing but a shell.

In order to shoot the scenes of the big bus moving it took 2 drivers and a lot of skill.

[JeffOrnstein01]

@Arabhacks Thank you for your comment. I appreciate the sharing of your knowledge of this unique bus.

[jasonsbrain2]

I remember seeing this movie at the Theatre when I was 11. This was supposed to be a satire of all the Disaster Movies which were all the rage during the 1970's ("Airport", "Airport-75", "Earthquake", "The Posiedon Adventure", "The Towering Inferno"..)

Now the movie characters could experience life-threatening danger on a "Big Bus." I remember enjoying it as a kid, but I remember very little about it. I haven't seen it in YEARS. I assumed everyone was rescued at the end...

[JeffOrnstein01]

@jasonsbrain2 Thank you for your comment. The bus actually split in half at the end....in fact, there was no real ending. It sort of gave you the impression that a "Big Bus II" was coming...but alas, it was not to be....

[TheAmazingMikey]

Remember the bar fight scene? "look out he has a broken candle!" and the other fighter "Oh no he has a broken milk carton!" paraphrasing but I still remember it.

It was a parody of the "Airport" air disaster movies of the 70's

[JeffOrnstein01]

@TheAmazingMikey Thank you for your comment. Yes, that bar scene was pretty funny. I believe the Big Bus was made before the Airplane movies, making the Big Bus the model for those movies (but was made after the first Airport movie...I think).

[littlewillie65]

You're joking right? You don't seriously believe this was a real bus do you? It was from the movie "The Big Bus" Starring Joseph Bologna and Stockard Channing. It was released in 1976 by Paramount Pictures.

[stevewag79]

Where is this bus now???

[googuse]

I remember seeing the back end of the bus on a truck on the freeway in LA in early 1976

[MultiRob77]

If the Twisted Metal video game was made into a live action movie. They should use The Big Bus as the Moon Buggy character.

[TheKingofTransit]

Holy Cow!

[hotdog2020]

This bus was scrapped after production. It was 2 seperate independent pieces that were driven to the set then hooked together. No drawings or concepts were made they basically designed it on the fly. 

[JeffOrnstein01]

@DungeonStudio Thank you for your comment. Yes, you are correct. The Cyclops did, in fact, have a bowling alley. I need to check if it ever had an ice skating rink......