Planes, trains & automobiles / Paramount Pictures presents ; directed by John Hughes ; written and produced by John Hughes.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 32036 | Paramount PicturesLanguage: English Subtitle language: English Series: Widescreen DVD collectionPublisher: Hollywood, California : Paramount Pictures, [2000]Copyright date: ©2000Description: 1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 0792167066
- 9780792167068
- 0792167074
- 9780792167075
- 1415749736
- 9781415749739
- Planes, trains and automobiles
- Director of photography, Don Peterman ; production designer, John W. Corso ; edited by Paul Hirsch ; music score by Ira Newborn ; costume designer, April Ferry.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | DVD | COMEDY PLANES, | Available | 33111010924476 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Were it not for its profanity-laden opening scenes, John Hughes' Planes, Trains and Automobiles might have been suitable family entertainment: certainly it's heaps less violent and mean-spirited than Hughes' Home Alone. En route to Chicago to spend Thanksgiving with his family, easily annoyed businessman Neal Page (Steve Martin) finds his first-class plane ticket has been demoted to coach, and he must share his flight with obnoxious salesman Del Griffith (John Candy). A sudden snowstorm in Chicago forces the plane to land in Wichita. Unable to find a room in any of the four-star hotels, Neal is compelled to accept Del's invitation to share his accommodations in a cheapo-sleazo motel. Driven to distraction by Del's annoying personal habits, the ungrateful Neal lets forth with a stream of verbal abuse. That's when Del delivers the anticipated (but always welcome) "I don't judge, why should you?"-type speech so common to John Hughes flicks. The shamefaced Neal tries to make up to Del, but there's a bumpy time ahead as the mismatched pair make their way back to Chicago, first in a balky train, then by way of a refrigerator truck. We know from the outset that the oil-and-water Neal and Del will be bosom companions by the end of Planes, Trains and Automobiles, but it's still a fun ride. The best bit: a half-asleep Del thinking that he's got his hand tucked between two pillows -- until his bedmate, Neal, bellows "Those aren't pillows !" ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
English dialogue; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Michael McKean.
Director of photography, Don Peterman ; production designer, John W. Corso ; edited by Paul Hirsch ; music score by Ira Newborn ; costume designer, April Ferry.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1987.
Widescreen.
Technicolor.
MPAA rating: R.
An uptight businessman faces disaster after disaster as he tries to get back home in time for his family's Thanksgiving dinner, and along the way is joined by an insane traveling salesman that will not leave him alone.