Planes, Trains and Automobiles (Those Aren't Pillows Edition)
by John Hughes
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Actor: John Candy, Kevin Bacon, Laila Robins, Michael McKean, Steve MartinDirector: John Hughes
Brand: Paramount
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 92 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-10-20
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Paramount
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- IT COMES WITH A SPECIAL 3 DIMENSIONAL CASE. THAT ARE VERY EXPENSIVE TO PRODUCE. A MUST SEE.
DVD Reviews of Planes, Trains and Automobiles (Those Aren't Pillows Edition)
DVD Review: 3 1/2 stars for this likable John Hughes flick.
Summary: 3 Stars
Plains,Trains and Automobiles(released Nov/87)starring Steve Martin and John Candy,is one of the late John Hughe's biggest successes on the screen.It is also one of the late John Candy's best films.John Hughes had a great feel in the 80s for teen speak and angst with such films as Pretty in Pink,16 Candles and The Breakfast Club,which established the now famous brat pack to his audiences.But I don't believe his forte was in comedy per se.His ideas in that regard stemmed less from situations but more in your face and exaggerated sight gags;that is less subtlety,more outrageousness.However there is no denying the then box office appeal of this movie and his others such as from the National Lampoon series.
This film involves the story of one Neal Page(Steve Martin) as a businessman who is anxious to leave NYC on a business there and get home to Chicago before Thanksgiving.He is hindered by a slow moving client(played wonderfully by William Windom-he also can be seen in the closing moments of the film,post credits)who stares and stares at Martin's presentation for what seems forever.When Page finally gets to leave he hails a cab and has a competing run down with Kevin Bacon(in a cameo role)and loses that.When he finally manages to get a cab it is surreptitiously scooped up by one Del Griffith(John Candy).It is not a good day so far and things are looking down from here for;three long days in fact.
Page finally manages to get on his flight and who sits beside him,but Mr Griffith who is a non stop annoyance to Page.Page learns,among other things whether he likes it or not,Griffith is a shower curtain hook salesman who is also going home to his wife.Along the way the flight is diverted to Wichita,Kansas due to a storm and Page and Griffith end up together once again.Griffith offers to "pull some strings" and they land in a motel.Not only does Page get stuck with the cab fare but he has to foot the motel bill;one room,one queen size bed.The two get into heated discussions and finally get to sleep.That night a thief steals all of Pages money and in the morning the two are closerthanthis in bed.This DVD isn't called "Those aren't pillows" edition for no reason!
The next day Griffith suggests taking the train to the Windy City but passenger trains don't run from Wichita,they go out of Stubbville.Del calls in another "favour" and the two get a ride there in the back of an open flat bed truck by a couple out of "Deliverance";freezing all the way.Once on the train and are home free,the train breaks down and they are forced to hike to a bus.On the bus Del suggests a sing a long.Page's suggestion doesn't register as well as Del's of The Flintstone theme.
Page and Griffith finally arrive in St Louis where Page suggests they part.Page makes arrangements for a rental car at the airport and when he is dropped off in the huge rental lot(seemingly miles away from the airport and left there)his car is not to be found.Walking back to the airport he's in a foul mood when he confronts a startled clerk,but no car is forthcoming as he tossed away his rental agreement at the lot.Outside he gets shoved onto the pavement by a parking concierge and almost gets run over by....Griffith who magically is driving a rental car!
The two agree to share the driving chores and Page takes the first watch as they speed back to Chicago.When its' Del's turn he falls asleep at the wheel,loses a cigarette in the back seat,ends up going the wrong way on the highway and while trying to take his coat off almost gets them killed.As they are standing outside the car retrieving Del's suitcase the cigarette finally causes the car to catch on fire and explode.Miraculously the now blackened hulk is still drivable and they manage to get to a motel.Page isn't speaking to Griffith but part way through the night he takes pity on a freezing Del sitting in the "car" and lets him inside.
Through adversity the two have now somehow bonded but the next day the pair are pulled over on the highway for speeding.Why? The speedometer is burned out,and the car is then impounded because it is ridiculously unsafe.Griffith again manages to get transportation,this time in the back of a trailer truck...refrigerated of course.Once in Chicago Del and Neal part ways at the El.On the train Neal starts to think back on his last three days and suddenly decides to return to the station hoping to catch Del,or at least make the effort to.To his surprise Del is still there.It seems his wife died nine years before and he hasn't any family left to go home to.Neal takes him home with him and introduces Del to his family as they all settle in for their Thanksgiving get together.
The film was well crafted and moves along at a fair clip.The gags roll from one into another as Page's anger ebbs and flows depending on what foolishness Griffith manages to concoct.Candy manages to instill some real emotion into his characterization on the screen.Griffith may be seem like a pain in the butt ne'er do well who won't stop talking,but underneath it all he is hiding alot of pain which is the reason for the annoying outward impression.It's a "don't judge a book by its cover" moral but done smartly.Martin keeps his character from going too over the top which would have ruined the laughs the makers were trying for.He just stays within the boundaries and the two make a good team.
Technically the DVD has been transferred well and is presented in its widescreen format.Extras include some featurettes:A Tribute to Candy,the making of the film and one on John Hughes himself.There is also a deleted scene included.
If you like your gags on the in-your-face side,along the lines of the National Lampoon series,Porky's,et al,then you'll love this movie.It is one of Hughes best grossing films from the 80s and it will please all the fans of both Steve Martin and a man we lost all too soon,John Candy.
Description of Planes, Trains and Automobiles (Those Aren't Pillows Edition)
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 loveable, 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 traveler's nightmare in a comedy-come-true!Given the presence of both Steve Martin and John Candy, one would expect this John Hughes comedy to be much, much funnier than it is. Certainly it's not for lack of effort on the part of its stars. Martin is an uptight businessman trying to get home from New York for the holidays. But one thing after another gets in his way--most of it having to do with Candy, a boorish but well-meaning boob who takes a liking to him. Together they travel all over the map; no matter how hard Martin tries to shake him, he can't. But Hughes's writing is never as sharp as it should be and this film winds up being only intermittently humorous. --Marshall Fine
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