Film
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
1987· R· 1h 32m· Comedy
“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.
1987-11-26
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Key Crew
DirectorJohn Hughes
ScreenplayJohn Hughes
ProducerJohn Hughes
Director of PhotographyDonald Peterman
Original Music ComposerIra Newborn
EditorPaul Hirsch
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 43 crew)
Details
Released1987-11-26
Runtime1h 32m · R
StatusReleased
StudiosParamount Pictures · Hughes Entertainment
Budget$15M
Box office$50M
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating7.3/10 · 2216 votes
Original languageen
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