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DVD Release Date
• R1: Nov 21, 2000
• R2: 8 Oct 2001
Running Time
1 hour, 33 minutes
Country USA
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Other Titles
• Planes, Trains & Automobiles
• Ticket für Zwei, Ein (1988)
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Genre: Drama, Comedy, On The Road, Suspense, Thieves
Tagline: What he really wanted was to spend Thanksgiving with his family. What he got was three days with the turkey.
Plot: All Neal Page (Steve Martin) wants to do is make it home from a business trip in New York City and spend Thanksgiving with his family in Chicago. Instead, he finds himself rerouted from New York’s La Guardia Airport to Wichita, Kansas. With no other options, Neal decides to share a room in a fleabag hotel with Del Griffith (John Candy), a shower-curtain-ring salesman and fellow stranded traveler. Although Neal finds Del to be a buffoon, he just can’t seem to get away from him. To make matters worse, all their efforts to get back to Chicago fail as trains break down and rental cars catch on fire. Along the way they encounter crazy cabbies, redneck truck drivers, and oversexed bus passengers. John Hughes’s (SIXTEEN CANDLES, THE BREAKFAST CLUB) first film to feature adults after his success with teen films features fine performances from Martin and Candy. Kevin Bacon, who appeared in Hughes’s next film, SHE’S HAVING A BABY, makes a small but humorous appearance, as does Edie McClurg, known for her role as the high school secretary in FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF.
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| Directed by |
John Hughes
Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Sixteen Candles, Weird Science |
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| Written by |
John Hughes
Home Alone, Maid in Manhattan, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York |
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| Cast |
Steve Martin
Bowfinger, The Prince of Egypt, Little Shop of Horrors |
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The Blues Brothers, Home Alone, Spaceballs |
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True Crime, Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael, Oxygen | Carol Bruce
American Gigolo, The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists, Keep 'Em Flying | |
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Ira Newborn
Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Mallrats, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective |
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