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Planes, Trains and Automobiles is a 1987 American road trip comedy film written, produced, and directed by John Hughes. The film stars Steve Martin as Neal Page, an uptight advertising executive, and John Candy as Del Griffith, an overly-friendly traveling salesman, who become unlikely companions after a snowstorm disrupts their travel plans. Stranded far from home, the pair embarks on a series of misadventures…
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Released in 1987, Planes Trains and Automobiles stands as one of the most beloved comedies of the eighties. On the surface it looks like a simple road trip movie, but it turns into something much deeper. It is funny, frustrating, emotional, and incredibly real all at the same time. The film was written and directed by John Hughes, who had an incredible run during the decade. Hughes understood characters better than…More
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In 1987, John Hughes released the film Planes, Trains and Automobiles, a comedy gem and a classic among travel movies. Neal Page, an example of the modern businessman played by Steve Martin, decides to go from his stifling office job in New York, to his family home in Chicago, and has two days to be with his loved ones during Thanksgiving night. But from the beginning things start to go wrong, and, of course, he cro…More
John Hughes helped redefine world’s Christmas film viewing habits with his script for *Home Alone*. Few years earlier he did the similar thing with another holiday – Thanksgiving Day, which was the setting of his 1987 comedy *Planes, Trains & Automobiles*. The plot begins in New York City two days before Thanksgiving. Protagonist, played by Steve Martin, is Neal Page, advertising executive who gets increasingly anxi…More
-via IMDb.com I miss John Candy. Have I said that before? Of course I have. He was an incredible performer and he had depths that were only hinted at. Anyway, Planes, Trains & Automobiles is a holiday flick, American Thanksgiving to be specific, and tells the story of Neal Page, played by a perfect Steve Martin, an ad executive trying to get home for the holidays and getting stopped at every turn by random chance an…More
You younger people out there might not even know who John Candy is, but he was kind of a big deal back in the day. He died at pretty young age of a heart attack unfortunately. Before he left us he gave us a few gems, such as this one. I'm a big fan of Steve Martin as well despite the fact that he has had some rather rubbish movies over the past 10 years or so and subsequently has pretty much disappeared from the sce…More
-via IMDb.com I miss John Candy. Have I said that before? Of course I have. He was an incredible performer and he had depths that were only hinted at. Anyway, Planes, Trains & Automobiles is a holiday flick, American Thanksgiving to be specific, and tells the story of Neal Page, played by a perfect Steve Martin, an ad executive trying to get home for the holidays and getting stopped at every turn by random chance an…More