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Planes, Trains and Automobiles is a 1987 American road trip comedy film written, produced, and directed by John Hughes and starring Steve Martin and John Candy, with supporting roles by Laila Robins and Michael McKean.
- It's based on a true story. The action of Planes, Trains and Automobiles occurs over the course of just three days. And, according to Kirk Honeycutt's John Hughes: A Life in Film, three days is also how long it took writer-director John Hughes to pen the movie's screenplay.
- John Hughes gave away Planes, Trains and Automobiles ... and then took it back. While John Hughes could write a screenplay with mind-boggling speed, directing a movie took him as long as it takes most everybody else.
- The movie was almost as long as the characters' journey. Planes, Trains and Automobiles runs 93 minutes, and in that time, audiences feel every bit of Neal and Del's frustration as they try to get back to Chicago.
- There's a lot of footage cut from Planes, Trains and Automobiles. As Planes, Trains and Automobiles entered production with a 145-page script and a director adamant on shooting every word, a lot of material wound up excised from the final, theatrical cut of the movie.
Nov 22, 2022 · Planes, Trains and Automobiles at 35: An Oral History of One of the Most Beloved Road Movies Ever Made. Starring Steve Martin and John Candy, the John Hughes road trip comedy had a nearly...
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- Planes, Trains and Automobiles was inspired by John Hughes’s own hellish trip from New York City to Chicago. Before he became a filmmaker, Hughes worked as a copywriter for the Leo Burnett advertising agency in Chicago.
- Howard Deutch was supposed to direct it. Howard Deutch directed some of Hughes’s most beloved screenplays, including Pretty in Pink and Some Kind of Wonderful.
- Steve Martin thought the script was too long. The comedian, who had written his own screenplays, thought the 145-page length of the script was a lot for a comedy.
- Hughes acted out the entire script to a publicist who was looking to work on the movie. Reid Rosefelt met with Hughes to interview for the unit publicist position on Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
Nov 12, 2000 · The story is familiar. Steve Martin plays Neal, a Chicago advertising man, sleek in impeccable blues and grays, smooth-shaven, recently barbered, reeking of self-confidence, prosperity and anal-retentiveness.
Nov 25, 1987 · Planes, Trains & Automobiles: Directed by John Hughes. With Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Michael McKean. A Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower-curtain-ring salesman as his only companion.
Feb 21, 2024 · Planes, Trains and Automobiles is a 1987 film in which two strangers, each desperately trying to get home for Thanksgiving, meet up and are forced to travel together in order to reach their destination. Written and directed by John Hughes. What he really wanted was to spend Thanksgiving with his family.
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