Planes, Trains & Automobiles

19871987
RR
1h 33m

Steve Martin and John Candy in Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving with an obnoxious slob of a shower curtain ring salesman as his only companion.

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A Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower curtain ring salesman as his only companion.A Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower curtain ring salesman as his only companion.A Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower curtain ring salesman as his only companion.

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Awards
- 1 nomination

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Dates in Movie & TV History: Nov. 24, 1987 - When Neal Met Del

Dates in Movie & TV History: Nov. 24, 1987 - When Neal Met Del

Steve Martin and John Candy in Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

Steve Martin and John Candy in Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

Steve Martin and John Candy in Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

Steve Martin, John Hughes, and John Candy in Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

Steve Martin and John Candy in Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

Steve Martin and John Candy in Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

Steve Martin and John Candy in Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

Steve Martin and John Candy in Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

Steve Martin and John Candy in Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

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.... —Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>

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Taglines
- Steve Martin had no reason to panic...until John Candy came along.
Genres
- Comedy
- Drama
Certificate
- R
Parents guide

Trivia
John Candy and Steve Martin's favorite film of their own.

Goofs
Outside the Braidwood Inn, Neal tells Del that he has a Visa Card, a gasoline card and a Neiman Marcus Card. However, earlier when they check into the motel, Neal pays with a Diner's Club International card.

Quotes
Car Rental Agent: [cheerfully] Welcome to Marathon, may I help you?
Neal: Yes.
Car Rental Agent: How may I help you?
Neal: You can start by wiping that fucking dumb-ass smile off your rosy fucking cheeks! Then you can give me a fucking automobile! A fucking Datsun, a fucking Toyota, a fucking Mustang, a fucking Buick! Four fucking wheels and a seat!
Car Rental Agent: I really don't care for the way you're speaking to me.
Neal: And I really don't care for the way your company left me in the middle of fucking nowhere with fucking keys to a fucking car that isn't fucking there. And I really didn't care to fucking walk down a fucking highway and across a fucking runway to get back here to have you smile in my fucking face. I want a fucking car... right... fucking... now.
[pause]
Car Rental Agent: May I see your rental agreement?
Neal: I threw it away.
Car Rental Agent: Oh, boy.
Neal: Oh, boy, what?
Car Rental Agent: [narrows her eyes] You're fucked.

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.

Alternate versions
In a television version, there is added footage during the New York- Chicago/Wichita flight where Del and Neal try to eat in flight.

Connections
Edited into The Paul Behragam Talk Show: "Where's God When I'm Scared?" R&T Part 2 (2014)

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.

Top review

8/10

Heart Warming and Hilarious

Neal Page (Steve Martin) just wants to go home to his family, but the weather, the car rental company, the railways, and pretty much everyone else just won't let him get there.

If thats not bad enough, Del Griffith (John Candy) a shower curtain ring salesman, is there to keep him company, and he may be his only chance.

Caught up in Hilarious Circumstances time and time again, the duo ride the roller-coaster all the way to a heart warming conclusion.

Very Funny, this remains one of John Candys Finest Roles ever.

8/10

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Release date
- November 25, 1987 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Official site
- Official Facebook
Language
- English
Also known as
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Filming locations
- Batavia, New York, USA
Production companies
- Paramount Pictures
- Hughes Entertainment
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Budget
- $30,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $49,530,280
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,009,482
- Nov 29, 1987
Gross worldwide
- $49,530,280

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Runtime
1 hour 33 minutes
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Stereo
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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