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Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
7.5
A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving, with an obnoxious slob of a shower ring salesman his only companion. Director:John HughesWriter:John Hughes |
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| Steve Martin | ... | ||
| John Candy | ... | ||
| Laila Robins | ... | ||
| Michael McKean | ... | ||
| Kevin Bacon | ... | ||
| Dylan Baker | ... | ||
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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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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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Planes, Trains and Automobiles See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$7,009,482 (USA) (29 November 1987) (1118 Screens)Gross:
$49,230,280 (USA)Company Credits
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Neal: Not yet. But I'm getting there.
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Written by Dave Edmunds & Nick Lowe
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John Hughes wrote the first-draft of the screenplay in 3 days. His average writing time for a screenplay in those days was about 3-5 days with 20-some rewrites. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: The police officer who pulls Del over for speeding has a Wisconsin State Patrol patch on his coat, when they are supposed to be traveling from St. Louis to Chicago. See more »Quotes
Susan Page: You shared a motel room with a complete stranger? Are you crazy?Neal: Not yet. But I'm getting there.
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As the title Planes, Trains & Automobiles scroll across the screen, we hear the sound of them at the same time. See more »Connections
Featured in "Siskel & Ebert: Guarding Tess/Lightning Jack/The Hudsucker Proxy/The Ref/Belle Epoque/Germinal" (1994) See more »Soundtracks
"Gonna Move"Written by Dave Edmunds & Nick Lowe
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