Adventures in Babysitting
| Adventures in Babysitting | |
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| File:Advbabysitting.gif Poster for Adventures in Babysitting | |
| Directed by | Chris Columbus |
| Written by | David Simkins |
| Produced by | Debra Hill Lynda Obst |
| Starring | Elisabeth Shue |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
Release dates | July 1, 1987 |
Running time | 102 min |
| Language | English |
Adventures in Babysitting is a 1987 film written by Kurt Ulm and directed by Chris Columbus and starring Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, Anthony Rapp, and Keith Coogan. It is set in a suburb of Chicago, and though much of the action takes place in the city itself, the movie was filmed primarily in Toronto.
Template:Spoiler Shue plays Chris Parker, a high school senior who agrees to babysit Sara and Brad Anderson (Brewton and Coogan) after her boyfriend cancels their anniversary date. When Chris' friend Brenda calls from a Chicago bus station, having made a failed attempt to run away from her family, Chris reluctantly takes Sara, Brad, and Brad's friend Daryl (Rapp) into the city to rescue her. An accident on the highway, and Chris' realization that she's failed to bring her purse, launches the group into a series of unlikely situations, including a car theft ring from which Daryl steals a Playboy magazine filled with incriminating notes, a blues club where they're forced to sing of their ordeal before leaving, a gang fight on a train which leaves Brad minorly injured (as well as a moment at a hospital where the others are briefly led to believe Brad is dead), and a final incident with the car theft ring on the Smurfit-Stone Building in Chicago.
Adventures in Babysitting was known as "A Night on the Town" when it was released in the United Kingdom, and was adapted into a very short-lived American television show of the same name in 1989. The Adventures in Babysitting TV series starred Jennifer Guthrie as Chris Parker, Joey Lawrence and Courtney Peldon as Brad and Sara Anderson, Penelope Ann Miller as Brenda, and Brian Austin Green as Daryl. In 2005, it was announced that Lynda Obst and Walt Disney Pictures were developing a remake of the film.[1]
Trivia
- Sara is a fan of The Mighty Thor. In one scene, when Chris, Brad, Sara and Daryl pick up Chris's car at a mechanic's garage, they meet the mechanic, Dawson (Vincent D'Onofrio), who Sara thinks is Thor.
- In the summer of 2006, Marvel Comics announced plans for a cinematic adaptation of The Mighty Thor as part of its production partnership with Paramount. A fan movement started an online petition for D'Onofrio to be cast as Thor (which would make for a psuedo-reprisal of his role from Adventures in Babysitting).
- A remake of Adventures in Babysitting (2008) was recently greenlit, casting Raven-Symone in the role of Chris Parker. This was received as a controversial announcement by most fans of the original, leading to many bloggers and websites asking Walt Disney Pictures to reconsider its decision. Entertainment Weekly has been particularly critical.
- The fan-based website Don't Fuck With The Babysitter recently spoke with [Keith Coogan], who declared that he endorses this remake, as long as he receives a cameo.
See also
- Adventures in Babysitting (2008) - A remake
External links
- Adventures in Babysitting at IMDb
- Adventures In Babysitting quotes at MovieWavs.com
- Adventures in Babysitting-inspired Petition for Vincent D'Onofrio to reprise his Adventures in Babysitting role in The Mighty Thor, Marvel Films planned movie adaptation of the comic.
- Don't Fuck With The Babysitter Fan protest over the planned remake, starring Raven-Symone, and MySpace page boasting two of the original's cast members as friends.