'' is a
1987 Film written by David Simkins 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 .
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 one of the
Skyscraper s of 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,
Ariana Mohit 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.
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- 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.
- Chapter 17 of '' The Wotch '', a Webcomic by Anne Onymous and Robin Ericson , is titled "Adventures in Babysitting". The title page is a parody of the movie's poster, featuring the three main characters, their ages magically regressed and their genders magically reversed, and Anne's older brother Evan, as an older version of his young girl alter ego, Lilly. The first page of the chapter can be found here.
