Bustin' Loose

1981
R
1h 34min

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6,0/10

3,9 k

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Comedy Drama

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueFailed parolee Joe Braxton has one last shot at redemption: by driving school kids from Philadelphia to Washington State.Failed parolee Joe Braxton has one last shot at redemption: by driving school kids from Philadelphia to Washington State.Failed parolee Joe Braxton has one last shot at redemption: by driving school kids from Philadelphia to Washington State.

Réalisation
- Oz Scott
- Michael Schultz
Scénario
Casting principal

Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro

NOTE IMDb

6,0/10

3,9 k

MA NOTE

Réalisation
- Oz Scott
- Michael Schultz
Scénario
Casting principal

Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro

Récompenses
- 2 victoires au total

Anecdotes
According to DVD Talk, "The film sat around gathering dust, until Faut s'faire la malle... (1980) came out, made a ton of cash, and prompted the producers to re-shoot sequences and release the film. The end result is a film that was produced before and after Pryor's suicide by fire attempt (you can see a physical difference during certain parts of the movie)."

Gaffes
When Joe Braxton is hanging on the side of the bus as it begins to go down the hill, you can clearly see the cable of his safety harness attached to the rail of the bus.

Citations
Joe Braxton: [after forcing himself to give up his candy bar to the warehouse guard dog] Shit! There goes my goddamn dinner.

Versions alternatives
A few deleted scenes appeared on some TV versions, including a sequence where Joe and Marvin try to escape the warehouse, at the beginning.

Connexions
Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Richard Pryor/George Carlin (1981)

Bandes originales
Just When I Needed You
Written by Roberta Flack & Eric Mercury
Performed by Roberta Flack with Luther Vandross

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8/10

Great overlooked drama/comedy from Pryor

Bustin' Loose is nice movie starring Richard Pryor that is a cross country comedy that is warm hearted without coming across corny and still be funny on top of that. Richard Pryor is a thief on parole and as a condition of his parole, his parole officer has him drive a bus full of special ed kids from Phiily to rural Washington to live on teacher's aunt and uncle's farm after funding was cut and the kids need a place to go. Throughout the course of the trip, bus driver Joe Braxton grows to dig the kids and bonds with them. The characters in this movie are no angels and are portrayed in a more realistic manner than some fluff that Disney or The Hallmark Channel would crap out. They are presented as real people with real problems, who aspire to travel to Washington for a better life. There still is a lot of really funny stuff in this movie and Richard Pryor is one of the best comic actors of all time, but he also delivers on the more emotional scenes as well, really making Joe Braxton a likeable guy.