

Planes, Trains and Automobiles
What he really wanted was to spend Thanksgiving with his family. What he got was three days with the turkey.
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $15M
- Box office
- $49.5M
- Language
- English
- chicago, illinois
- new york city
- holiday
- thanksgiving
- flight
- road trip
- train
- buddy
- receptionist
- slob
- st. louis, missouri
- double take
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR26 Nov 1987
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1513 Feb 1988
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM29 Feb 1988
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1026 Nov 1987
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical78 Jul 1988
FranceFR
- Theatrical16 Mar 1988
- PhysicalUDVD4 Oct 2001
- Digital / OTTVOD31 Mar 2020
GermanyDE
- Theatrical627 Apr 1988
GreeceGR
- Theatrical1327 Apr 1988
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1527 May 1988
ItalyIT
- Theatrical13 May 1988
JapanJP
- TheatricalG11 Feb 1988
NetherlandsNL
- TheatricalAL11 May 1988
- TVALSBS 613 Mar 2002
- PhysicalALBlu ray23 Sept 2011
- PhysicalALDVD8 Nov 2011
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles was released on 26 November 1987.
Audience reviews
2- J9/10
John Chard
6/10/2019
How about those Bears? Planes, Trains and Automobiles is written, produced and directed by John Hughes. It stars Steve Martin and John Candy. Music is by Ira Newborn and cinematography by Donald Peterman. Marketing man Neal Page (Martin) is in a last ditch dash to get from New York to Chicago in time for the family Thanksgiving dinner. Unfortunately obstacles halt his every advancement, the biggest of which is…
- R8/10
r96sk
12/30/2020
Entertaining 1987 flick from John Hughes. <em>'Planes, Trains and Automobiles'</em> is an enjoyable watch, pure and simple. The pairing of Steve Martin and John Candy is a great one, with both holding their own and bringing a lot of humour to events. Away from those two, you also have interesting bit part roles for Kevin Bacon and Michael McKean. The plot is one that could've got repetitive, but the film keeps …
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