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Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) 7.6
A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving with an obnoxious slob of a shower curtain ring salesman as his only companion. Director:John HughesWriter:John Hughes |
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Cast
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| John Candy | ... | ||
| Laila Robins | ... | ||
| Michael McKean | ... | ||
| Dylan Baker | ... | ||
| Carol Bruce | ... | ||
| Olivia Burnette | ... | ||
| Diana Douglas | ... | ||
| Martin Ferrero | ... | ||
| Larry Hankin | ... | ||
| Richard Herd | ... | ||
| Susan Kellermann | ... |
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| Matthew Lawrence | ... | ||
| Edie McClurg | ... | ||
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George Petrie | ... |
Martin
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Storyline
All that Neal Page wants to do is to get home for Thanksgiving. His flight has been cancelled due to bad weather, so he decides on other means of transport. As well as bad luck, Neal is blessed with the presence of Del Griffith, shower curtain ring salesman and all-around blabbermouth who is never short of advice, conversation, bad jokes, or company. And when he decides that he is going the same direction as Neal.... Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>
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shower curtain ring | shower curtain | shower | thanksgiving | airport |Taglines:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
25 November 1987 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Planes, Trains and Automobiles See more »Box Office
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$49,230,280 (USA)Company Credits
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(1987)
Written by Elizabeth Westwood, Nick Burton, and Robert Andrews
Performed by Westworld
Produced by Mark Ferda
Westworld performs courtesy of BMG Records Ltd.
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The rural train station where Neal and Del buy the tickets for their ill-fated train ride is the same station seen in The Natural (1984). It's located in South Dayton, NY. See more »Goofs
Arial shot shows Dell and Neil arriving on the bus into St. Louis by traveling over a Mississippi River bridge. However, they would have been coming from the west, not over the river from Illinois. See more »Quotes
Neal: You know everything is not an anecdote. You have to discriminate. You choose things that are funny or mildly amusing or interesting. You're a miracle! Your stories have NONE of that. They're not even amusing ACCIDENTALLY! "Honey, I'd like you to meet Del Griffith, he's got some amusing anecodotes for you. Oh and here's a gun so you can blow your brains out. You'll thank me for it." I could tolerate any insurance seminar. For days I could sit there and listen to them go on and on with a big ...See more »
Crazy Credits
After all the end credits, we get to see advertising exec William Windom in the office as in the scene in the beginning of the movie, still examining the pictures Neal Page were waiting for him to get through with at that point. See more »Soundtracks
Ba-Na-Na-Bam-Boo(1987)
Written by Elizabeth Westwood, Nick Burton, and Robert Andrews
Performed by Westworld
Produced by Mark Ferda
Westworld performs courtesy of BMG Records Ltd.
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Very good comedy that has businessman Steve Martin trying to get home for the Thanksgiving holidays but having absolutely no luck. What is worse is that he cannot shake traveling salesman John Candy. The duo go through so many crazy situations trying to get Martin home and the question is will they survive the experience? The film is not all fun though as John Candy has a secret that will be discovered by the film's finale. John Hughes is at his best here. Along with "Home Alone" this is his best work. He adds outstanding comedy with just a pinch of real drama to create a really good film that keeps entertaining as the years pass by. 4 stars out of 5.