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Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
Directed by John Hughes
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Overview
An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith.
Rated R | Length 93 minutes
Actors
Steve Martin | John Candy | Laila Robins | Michael McKean | Dylan Baker | Kevin Bacon | Olivia Burnette | Carol Bruce | Diana Douglas | Martin Ferrero | Larry Hankin | Richard Herd | Susan Kellermann | Matthew Lawrence | Edie McClurg | Susan Isaacs | John Randolph Jones | Ben Stein | Lyman Ward | George Petrie | Gary Riley | Charles Tyner | Lulie Newcomb | Nicholas Wyman | Gaetano Lisi | Diana Castle | Julie H. Morgan | Bill Erwin | Ruth de Sosa | Kim Genelle | Grant Forsberg | David Raiport | Andrew J. Hentz | Karen Meisinger | Gary Palmer | John Moio | Victoria Vanderkloot | William Windom
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/28/2024 | TV | DVD | Owned | 8.5 stars |
| (Average) 8.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Couldn’t say when I last watched this but it’s been decades. Kinda amazing that I still know certain lines of dialogue (probably from repeating them so much over the years). Given that Neal lives in Winnetka I don’t understand why they end up in the Loop at the end. Why would the truck drop them off there so far from where he lives? I know, I know bc they wanted to shoot in downtown Chicago… but two things: they use a reverse overhead shot bc the L is on the wrong side and the station inside is not that stop bc there is no “station” at the Lasalle / Van Buren stop, which is behind the Chicago Board of Trade where I worked.
“What do you for a living?”
“Marketing”
😂
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