DVD 93 mins IMDB 7.4
R (Restricted)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Paramount Pictures (1987)
In Collection
#195

Seen It:
Yes
Comedy, Drama
USA  /  English

Kevin Bacon Taxi racer
John Candy Del Griffith
Steve Martin Neal Page
Michael McKean State trooper
Dylan Baker Owen
Carol Bruce Joy Page
Olivia Burnette Marti Page
Diana Douglas Peg
Martin Ferrero Second motel clerk
Larry Hankin Doobie
Laila Robins Susan Page
Richard Herd Walt
Matthew Lawrence Little Neal
George Petrie Martin
Susan Kellerman Waitress
Edie McClurg Car Rental Agent

Director John Hughes
Producer John Hughes; Bill Brown; Michael Chinich
Writer John Hughes
Cinematography Donald Peterman
Musician Brian Banks; Ira Newborn
User Credit 1 Paul Hirsch
User Credit 2 April Ferry

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

Edition Details
Barcode 097363203629
Region Region 1
Release Date 1/8/2002
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen (16:9)
Fullscreen (4:3, Letterboxed)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Personal Details
User Text 2 Steve Martin had no reason to panic...until John Candy came along.
Links IMDB
Internet Movie Database

Notes
Trivia: At the beginning of the movie, Neal Page races a character played by Kevin Bacon for a taxi. Later, Neal phones his wife to tell her that he has been delayed (again), in the background, you can here the fight from She's Having a Baby (1988) (also directed by John Hughes) between Bacon and Elizabeth McGovern, when she screams that she doesn't like his friend's girlfriend. (more)

Goofs: Continuity: Del and Neal's departing flight is clearly an American Airlines twin-engine jet taxiing on the runway. An exterior shot of their plane in flight shows a four-engine, earlier generation 707 jet with a red and white paint job more TWA-esque in color scheme. (more)

Quotes:
Neal: [riding in back of pickup truck in freezing cold] What do you think the temperature is?
Del: One.
(more)