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Planes, Trains And Automobiles
(1987)
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Paramount Home Video
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R
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Studio:
Paramount Home Video
Genre:
Comedy
MPAA Rating:
R
Director:
John Hughes
Language:
English
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Cast:
Edie McClurg
,
John Candy
,
Kevin Bacon
,
Michael McKean
,
Steve Martin
,
William Windom
Published ID:
852
UPC:
097363203643, 097361380346, 097363203629, 097361434346,
Plot:
Were it not for its profanity-laden opening scenes,
John Hughes
'
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
might have been suitable family entertainment: certainly it's heaps less violent and mean-spirited than
Hughes
'
Home Alone
. En route to Chicago to spend Thanksgiving with his family, easily annoyed businessman Neal Page (
Steve Martin
) finds his first-class plane ticket has been demoted to coach, and he must share his flight with obnoxious salesman Del Griffith (
John Candy
). A sudden snowstorm in Chicago forces the plane to land in Wichita. Unable to find a room in any of the four-star hotels, Neal is compelled to accept Del's invitation to share his accommodations in a cheapo-sleazo motel. Driven to distraction by Del's annoying personal habits, the ungrateful Neal lets forth with a stream of verbal abuse. That's when Del delivers the anticipated (but always welcome) I don't judge, why should you?-type speech so common to
John Hughes
flicks. The shamefaced Neal tries to make up to Del, but there's a bumpy time ahead as the mismatched pair make their way back to Chicago, first in a balky train, then by way of a refrigerator truck. We know from the outset that the oil-and-water Neal and Del will be bosom companions by the end of
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
, but it's still a fun ride. The best bit: a half-asleep Del thinking that he's got his hand tucked between two pillows -- until his bedmate, Neal, bellows Those
aren't pillows
! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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