Adventures in Babysitting is a 1987 film written by David Simkins, directed by Chris Columbus, and starring Elisabeth Shue, Bradley Whitford, Maia Brewton, Anthony Rapp, Penelope Ann Miller, Keith Coogan, and a brief cameo by blues singer/guitarist Albert Collins. Although it is set in Oak Park and Chicago, Illinois, with much of the action taking place in the city itself, the movie was filmed primarily in Toronto.

Chris has a big night out planned when her boyfriend cancels on her. She agrees to babysit for a pre-teen girl and a pubescent boy. She's settled in for a dull night when a girlfriend calls her to say she's marooned at a downtown bus station with very seedy characters around. The three plus one of the boy's friends get into the parents station wagon for a trip to the inner city. All is well till the flat tire. Written by John Vogel

Chris Parker is a high school senior and she is getting ready for a big date with her boyfriend. Her boyfriend says he has to cancel because he has a sick sister that he has to take care of and babysit. So Chris's mom says she has a friend that needs a babysitter for the night because they're leaving to go to a business party. So Chris doesn't agree at first but after about 10 minutes she says "ok." So when she gets there the kid's parents leave to go on their business party. So when the parents leave one of her friends calls and says she has ran away from her home and is wondering if Chris can pick her up so she could stay with her. Chris says she is baby sitting and can't but then she is persuaded into doing it. When she is packing the kids in the car one of the older boy's friends is outside and says he'll bust them if he doesn't get to go also. So Chris is kind of forced to let him go with her. While they're on their way to the city to pick Chris's friend up friend up, they have one of their tires pop forcing them to stop. A person with a tow truck pulls over and offers them a lift and a tire for free. Chris agrees to go with but when they get in the truck the man receives a call from somebody and he starts driving fast to a house. The man gets out of the truck with a gun and he walks in the house. The kids and Chris hear a gunshot and a woman screaming so they start to get freaked out. They go to Chris's car and there was a carjacker inside of it hot wiring it. The carjacker starts to drive away with them in it and he goes to his base. His boss locks the kids and Chris in a room where the older kid's friend steals a Playboy that had important notes in it then they escaped. Chris got in the car and drove off. Shortly after the boss needs the notes in the playboy but it's not there, just then he realizes that the kids and Chris got away. The team of carjackers chased them, the little girl got away and ran to the building where her parents were. Chris shortly after realizes that that's where she ran to so she went on her way over there. When she gets there the carjackers had already gotten there and the little girl was hiding on a room under construction. One of the 2 carjackers that were there found where she was hiding and the kid actually manages her way to the outside of a 50 story building. While Chris and the other kids were searching a different floor the little kid was climbing around the building. The kid climbed to the floor that her parents were at Chris was also there. She quickly noticed her and got over to the right floor. She got her to safety and got out of the building. She raced home in her car and discovered that her boyfriend was cheating on her. Written by Mason Webb

Chris Parker (Shue) is a high school senior that her date (Whitford) stands her up. The only thing she can do now is babysit Brad (Coogan) and Sara (Brewton) Anderson, and their annoying sex fiend neighbor Darryl (Rapp). When her friend Brenda (Miller) is trapped in a bus station, Chris has to travel out of the suburbs to the big city. While there and with a flat tire, Chris, Brad, Sara, and Darryl get caught in the middle of a mafia deal lead by Dan Lynch (Newbern) because of a Playboy magazine. Will they be able to get back to the 'burbs? Written by Seth Weinstein (problemchild4@hotmail.com)

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