Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987·United States·100 min.
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All Neal Page (Steve Martin) wants to do is make it home from a business trip in New York City and spend Thanksgiving with his family in Chicago. Instead, he finds himself rerouted from New York’s La Guardia Airport to Wichita, Kansas. With no other options, Neal decides to share a room in a fleabag hotel with Del Griffith (John Candy), a shower-curtain-ring salesman and fellow stranded traveler. Although Neal finds Del to be a buffoon, he just can’t seem to get away from him. To make matters worse, all their efforts to get back to Chicago fail as trains break down and rental cars catch on fire. Along the way they encounter crazy cabbies, redneck truck drivers, and oversexed bus passengers.
DirectorJohn Hughes
ScreenwriterJohn Hughes
MusicIra Newborn
CinematographyDonald Peterman
CastSteve Martin·John Candy·Laila Robins·Lyman Ward·Michael McKean·Dylan Baker·Martin Ferrero·Edie McClurg·Kevin Bacon·Larry Hankin·John Randolph Jones·Matthew Lawrence·Charles Tyner·Olivia Burnette·Carol Bruce·Diana Douglas·Susan Kellermann·Richard Herd·Gary Riley·George Petrie·Lulie Newcomb·Susan Isaacs·Bill ErwinShow all
Original titlePlanes, Trains and Automobiles