Adventures in Babysitting

Adventures in Babysitting is a 1987 film directed by Chris Columbus and starring Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, Anthony Rapp, and Keith Coogan. It is set in a suburb of Chicago, and much of the action takes place in the city itself.

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1987 - Film - Chris Columbus - Elisabeth Shue - Maia Brewton - Anthony Rapp - Keith Coogan - Chicago

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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, and a gang fight on a train. The film is notable for its fast pace and its blues soundtrack.

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Babysit - Run away - Car theft - Playboy - Blues - Gang - Train

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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.

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