Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Updated: 18 Jul 2022

Directors:

John Hughes John Hughes John Hughes Ira Newborn Donald Peterman Paul Hirsch John W. Corso April Ferry

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

Genre:

Comedy

Country: no data

Year: 1987

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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 ring curtain salesman, Del Griffith.

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Justin Long

Actor

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45 FLIISTs

11 months ago

I feel like all of my favorite comedy since then in some way draws from that — Planes, Trains and Automobiles comes to mind, and What About Bob?, and Midnight Run; these all employ the same template and they’re my favorites, but I feel like I can trace it all the way to Way Out West.

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Emma Stone

Actress

268 followers

69 FLIISTs

over 5 years ago

What is your favorite plot twist in any movie? I loved the plot twist in Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

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Taika Waititi

Actor, Director

31 followers

101 FLIISTs

over 4 years ago

Once Thor and Hulk unite, Ragnarok becomes a sort of road-trip film, with director Taika Waititi drawing inspiration from movies like 48 HRS., Withnail and I, and even Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

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