Adventures in Babysitting [25th Anniversary Edition] [Blu-ray]

Director: Chris Columbus Chris Columbus

Overview

Teenager Chris Parker (Elisabeth Shue) would rather party with her boyfriend, but when her beau breaks their date she reluctantly accepts a babysitting job. It isn't all TV and icebox-raiding when Chris' best friend Brenda (Penelope Ann Miller) calls her to announce that she's stranded at the bus station. With her youthful charges in tow (one of whom, 15-year-old Brad (Keith Coogan), has a hopeless crush on the babysitter), Chris heads into downtown Chicago to go to Brenda's rescue. Thus begins a roller coaster ride of comic mishaps, unexpected perils and hairbreadth escapes. IN one bit, blues singer Albert Collins refuses to allow Chris and company to leave the nightclub they've wandered into until they agree to sing along with a song borrowed from, of all things the 1939 B-picture Nancy Drew, Reporter! . Screenwriter and Steven Spielberg protégé Chris Columbus made his directorial debut with Adventures in Babysitting.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/07/2012
UPC:	0786936825756
Original Release:	1987
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Touchstone / Disney
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:42:00
Sales rank:	3,048

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Elisabeth Shue	Chris Parker
Maia Brewton	Sara Anderson
Keith Coogan	Brad Anderson
Anthony Rapp	Daryl Coopersmith
Calvin Levels	Joe Gipp
Vincent D'Onofrio	Dawson
Penelope Ann Miller	Brenda
George Newbern	Dan
John Ford Noonan	John Pruitt
Bradley Whitford	Mike Tedwell
John Chandler	Gangster
Albert Collins	Blues Club Performer
Allan Aarons	Actor
Janet Hirshenson	Actor
Ron Canada	Graydon
Dan Ziskie	Mr. Anderson
Lolita Davidovich	College girl at frat party
John Dee	Old Man
Marcia Bennett	Nurse
Monica Devereux	Teenage Runaway
Rummy Bishop	Janitor #2
Rick Goldman	Adulterer
Deryck Hazel	Maitre D
John Hemphill	Drunk at Party
Clark Johnson	Black Gang Leader
Sam Moses	Dr. Nuhkbane
Les Nirenberg	Fat Man
Juan Ramirez	Chicano Leader
Richard Rebiere	Friend
Sandi Ross	Bag Lady
Linda Sorenson	Mrs. Anderson
Walt Woodson	Gang Member
Kirsten Kieferle	Sesame

Technical Credits

David Simkins

Chris Columbus	Director
Debra Hill	Producer
Lynda Obst	Producer
David Simkins	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

The surprise hit Adventures in Babysitting was what catapulted Elisabeth Shue from throwaway roles, like Ralph Macchio's girlfriend in The Karate Kid, to the status of legitimate teenybopper star with a fitness for light comedy. In fact, until her Oscar-nominated turn in Leaving Las Vegas, this breezy adventure constituted Shue's most recognizable accomplishment, which may say more about her subsequent choices than the cinematic durability of her babysitter extraordinaire. Still, a good escapist potboiler like this tends to stick in the memory, especially when it's spiced up by preteen crushes and an infectious candy-coated sensibility. Like many other formulaic comedies that exceed the modest goal of supplying inoffensive family entertainment, Adventures cruises along on a combination of smart writing, energetic directing, and, perhaps most important, performances that are effortlessly familiar. As co-screenwriter and director, Chris Columbus bears a hefty responsibility for whatever lingering charms the film has, as it builds pleasingly on the child-themed adventures he penned in Gremlins and The Goonies, as well as previewing his Home Alone movies. In the capable hands of Columbus and Shue, babysitting has never been less mundane.

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