Steve Martin

John Candy

Laila Robins

Michael McKean

Dylan Baker

Kevin Bacon

Olivia Burnette

Carol Bruce

Diana Douglas

Martin Ferrero

Larry Hankin

Richard Herd

Susan Kellermann

Matthew Lawrence

Edie McClurg

Susan Isaacs

John Randolph Jones

Ben Stein

Lyman Ward

George Petrie

Gary Riley

Charles Tyner

Lulie Newcomb

Nicholas Wyman

Gaetano Lisi

Diana Castle

Julie H. Morgan

Bill Erwin

Ruth de Sosa

Kim Genelle

Grant Forsberg

David Raiport

Andrew J. Hentz

Karen Meisinger

Gary Palmer

John Moio

Victoria Vanderkloot

William Windom

Troy Evans

John Hughes

Ira Newborn

Paul Hirsch

Donald Peterman

April Ferry

John W. Corso

Harold Michelson

Jane Bogart

Larry Kemp

Ben Nye Jr.

Lon Bender

John T. Reitz

Dan M. Rich

Wylie Stateman

Lorna Anderson

Gregg Rudloff

David E. Campbell

Michael Chinich

Hugo Weng

Victor Grodecki

Frank Griffin

Louis M. Mann

Neil Machlis

Randy Kelley

Linda Spheeris

Chris Jargo

Corey Michael Eubanks

Toni-Ann Walker

Ron Payne

Dione Taylor

Jeff Carson

Mark Radcliffe

Robbie Goldstein

Stan Parks

James R. Alexander

Bennie E. Dobbins

William Aldridge

Tarquin Gotch

Arthur Anderson

Stan Gilbert

Comedy

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Paramount Pictures

Hughes Entertainment

United States of America

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 the man who fate has decreed is his companion for the trip; Del Griffith (Candy), a larger than life shower ring salesman whose outlook on life is considerably different to Neal's.

If you haven't seen it yet? Then what is your excuse? You owe it to yourself to let this wonderful film into your life. John Hughes pitches two of America's then biggest comedy stars together and puts them on a trip where everything that can go wrong, does! Cue chaos with the methods of transport in the title. Yet as funny as the mishaps are, and they are, with a number of events being things many of us can associate with, they would be nothing without the expert characterisations. Both as performed by a never better Martin and Candy, but also as written by Hughes.

Neal Page is anal retentive, snobbish and cynicism in a suit, Del Griffith appears oafish, over talkative and comes bedecked in cheapo winter wear. As time, options and sanity start to ebb away, desperation takes a hold and a surprising co-dependency starts to form. Something that beautifully sets us up for a finale that is as touching as it is genuinely surprising. It has mature comedy characterisations for the grown ups and chaotic actions for the younger crowd. Perfect and it should be prescribed at least once a year for a pick me up. 9/10

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 it interesting for the whole 93 minutes. I will say, not that it's an all that noteworthy thing, that it has more (overly?) dramatic moments than I was anticipating, especially at the end. I was expecting a flat-out comedy, but the additional heart fits in well enough.

It's a film 100% worth watching, if only for the humour of the two leads; there are some funny gags in there.

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