IMDb RATING
6.0/10
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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.Failed parolee Joe Braxton has one last shot at redemption: by driving school kids from Philadelphia to Washington State.
- Awards
- 2 wins
Angel Ramirez Jr.
- Julio
- (as Ángel Ramírez)
- Directors
- Oz Scott
- Michael Schultz(uncredited)
- Writers
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- TriviaAccording to DVD Talk, "The film sat around gathering dust, until Stir Crazy (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)."
- GoofsWhen 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.
- Quotes
Joe Braxton: [after forcing himself to give up his candy bar to the warehouse guard dog] Shit! There goes my goddamn dinner.
- Alternate versionsA few deleted scenes appeared on some TV versions, including a sequence where Joe and Marvin try to escape the warehouse, at the beginning.
- SoundtracksJust When I Needed You
Written by Roberta Flack & Eric Mercury
Performed by Roberta Flack with Luther Vandross
Featured review
Good sentimental favorite made even more enjoyable by the comedy of Richard Pryor.
Over the years when nothing else is on I watch Bustin' Loose from time to time, it is such a good feel good movie. Neat story which has Richard Pryor as con man Joe Braxton who is maneuvered into taking a group of disturbed kids from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania along with their teacher Cicely Tyson to a farm in Washington state owned by the aunt and uncle of Cicely Tyson. This movie is a great journey of respect and friendship it shows just how that no matter how different people are they can become friends and learn to care and respect one another. This is not typical Richard Pryor you don't find much strong language but Pryor is plenty enough his comical and funny self to make this film a winner. So if you haven't seen this give it a watch it shows from time to time on cable. Probably one of the better movies of Richard Pryor.
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- Feb 23, 2001
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Box office
- Budget
- $11,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $31,261,269
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,622,753
- May 25, 1981
- Gross worldwide
- $31,261,269
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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