Directed by:
John HughesScreenplay:
John HughesCinematography:
Donald PetermanComposer:
Ira NewbornCast:
Steve Martin, John Candy, Michael McKean, Kevin Bacon, Dylan Baker, Carol Bruce, Olivia Burnette, Diana Douglas, Larry Hankin, Matthew Lawrence, George Petrie (more)VOD (3)
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Neal Page is an advertising executive who just wants to fly home to Chicago to spend Thanksgiving with his family. But all Neal Page gets is misery. Misery named Del Griffith - a loud mouthed, but nevertheless lovable, salesman who leads Neal on a cross-country, wild goose chase that keeps Neal from tasting his turkey. Steve Martin (Neal) and John Candy (Del) are absolutely wonderful as two guys with a knack for making the worst of a bad situation. If it's painful, funny, or just plain crazy, it happens to Neal and Del in "Planes, Trains and Automobiles." Every traveller's nightmare in a comedy-come-true! (Umbrella Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Steve Martin
USA
Best movies:
The Simpsons: Greatest Hits (1999) (video compilation)
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python (1989) (TV movie)
The Prince of Egypt (1998)
John Candy
Canada
Best movies:
Home Alone (1990)
JFK (1991)
Cool Runnings (1993)
Michael McKean
USA
Best movies:
The X Files: Dreamland (1998) (video compilation)
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (2013)
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012)
Kevin Bacon
USA
Best movies:
JFK (1991)
X-Men: First Class (2011)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Dylan Baker
USA
Best movies:
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Road to Perdition (2002)
Carol Bruce
USA
Best movies:
Olivia Burnette
USA
Best movies:
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
The Quick and the Dead (1995)
Eye for an Eye (1996)
Diana Douglas
Best movies:
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Keeper of the Flame (1942)
House of Strangers (1949)
Larry Hankin
USA
Best movies:
Home Alone (1990)
American Hot Wax (1978)
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
Matthew Lawrence
USA
Best movies:
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Joshua's Heart (1990) (TV movie)
George Petrie
USA
Best movies:
The Day After (1983) (TV movie)
Hud (1963)
Dead Ringer (1964)
Ben Stein
USA
Best movies:
The Mask (1994)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Ghostbusters II (1989)
Lyman Ward
Canada
Best movies:
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
Independence Day (1996)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Jeri Ryan
West Germany
Best movies:
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Dark Skies (1996) (series)
Down with Love (2003)
William Windom
USA
Best movies:
Prescription: Murder (1968) (TV movie)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
The Gypsy Moths (1969)
Troy Evans
USA
Best movies:
Demolition Man (1993)
Phenomenon (1996)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
Charles Tyner
USA
Best movies:
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Fail-Safe (1964)
Harold and Maude (1971)
Richard Herd
USA
Best movies:
All the President's Men (1976)
V: The Final Battle (1984) (series)
V (1983) (TV movie)
Martin Ferrero
USA
Best movies:
Heat (1995)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Gods and Monsters (1998)