Planes, Trains & Automobiles

– A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving, with an obnoxious slob of a shower ring salesma..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.60 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 33 Minutes
Release Year:
1987
Original Name:
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) - Also known as Planes, Trains and Automobiles

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

Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) - Trailer

Release Date:

25 Nov 1987

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

John Hughes

Writer:

John Hughes

Main Actors:

Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Michael McKean

Plot:

All that Neal Page wants to do is to get home for Thanksgiving. His flight has been cancelled due to bad weather, so he decides on other means of transport. As well as bad luck, Neal is blessed with the presence of Del Griffith, shower curtain ring salesman and all-around blabbermouth who is never short of advice, conversation, bad jokes, or company. And when he decides that he is going the same direction as Neal....

Awards:

1 nomination.

Production:

Paramount Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
93%
Metacritic:
72%