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Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Year:

1987

Duration:

93 min

Genres:

Comedy

IMDB rate:

7.6

Director:

John Hughes

Awards:

1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1987-11-25

Filming Locations: Batavia, New York, USA

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $7,009,482 (USA) (29 November 1987)

Gross: $49,230,280 (USA) Rentals $22,100,000 (USA)

Cast

Actor

Character

Martin Ferrero

Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Michael McKean

Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Steve Martin

Neal Page

John Candy

Del Griffith

Laila Robins

Susan Page

Dylan Baker

Owen

Carol Bruce

Joy

Olivia Burnette

Marti

Diana Douglas

Peg

Larry Hankin

Doobie

Richard Herd

Walt

Susan Kellermann

Waitress

Matthew Lawrence

Little Neal

Edie McClurg

Car Rental Agent

George Petrie

Martin

Gary Riley

Motel Thief

Charles Tyner

Gus

Susan Isaacs

Marie

Lulie Newcomb

Owen's Wife

John Randolph Jones

Cab Dispatcher

Nicholas Wyman

New York Lawyer

Gaetano Lisi

Cab Driver - New York

Diana Castle

Stewardess

Julie H. Morgan

Stewardess

Bill Erwin

Man on Plane

Ruth de Sosa

New York Ticket Agent

Ben Stein

Wichita Airport Representative

Kim Genelle

Receptionist

Grant Forsberg

Brand Manager

David Raiport

Cafe Patron

Andrew J. Hentz

Bus Lover

Karen Meisinger

Bus Loverette

Gary Palmer

Pilot

Diane Nieman

Earring Customer

Sylvia Vitrungs

Earring Customer

Joann Taylor

Earring Customer

Julie A. Herbert

Earring Customer

Jennifer Allswang

Earring Customer

Wendy Lee Avon

Earring Customer

Amy Meyers

Earring Customer

John Moio

Screaming Driver

Victoria Vanderkloot

Screaming Driver's Wife

Kevin Ash

Cab victim (uncredited)

Kevin Bacon

Taxi Racer

Troy Evans

Antisocial Trucker

Richard Fike

Street background

Angella Kaye

Child at Wichita Airport

Nancy Kusley

Mother in airport

Larry Ludwig

Man at Wichita Airport

Christopher Meister

Child At Rental Counter (uncredited)

Elva Morgan

Earring Customer

Dawn Morgan-Keefe

Coffee shop customer (uncredited)

Daniel Niswander

Man at Wichita Airport

Peter Austin Noto

Baker

Ricardo Sandoval III

Man at Motel

Ken Tipton

Holiday Traveler

Lyman Ward

John

Flynn Welles

Holiday Traveler

Chino 'Fats' Williams

Marathon Shuttle Driver (uncredited)

William Windom

Bryant

Did you know?

Trivia

The green convertible is a 1986 Chrysler LeBaron Town and Country, with a 2.2 Turbo engine. It was modified for the film, including the following Dodge 600 parts: tail lights, steering wheel, and owner's manual (that can be seen in the glove compartment when Neil puts his wallet in there). The trunk was off of an older K-car convertible: no third brake light, and the luggage rack that was not offered in 1986 (but was on older models).

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John Hughes wrote the first-draft of the screenplay in 3 days. His average writing time for a screenplay in those days was about 3-5 days with 20-some rewrites.

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The taxi scene was filmed on a stretch of road in Madison, Ohio.

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Goofs

When driving down the highway, the road has raised reflector dots. Reflector dots are not used in the Midwest because the snow plows would rip them right out of the road.

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Neal's plane ticket claims that he'll leave from JFK Airport, but with the information board in New York and the arrival board in Chicago, Neal is actually departing from LaGuardia Airport.

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When Neal returns to the station to collect Del, his parting changes sides.

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Quotes

Del: When I'm dead and buried, all I'll leave behind are some shower curtain rings that didn't fall down. Some legacy, huh?

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Del: You wanna hurt me? Go right ahead if it makes you feel any better. I'm an easy target. Yeah, you're right, I talk too much. I also listen too much. I could be a cold-hearted cynic like you... but I don't like to hurt people's feelings. Well, you think what you want about me; I'm not changing. I like... I like me. My wife likes me. My customers like me. 'Cause I'm the real article. What you see is what you get.

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Del: [sitting outside the motel cafe after finding out they've been robbed] You know I've been thinking. What we're dealing with here is a small-time crook. He didn't take the credit cards, right? So we charge our way home. What kind of plastic do you carry?

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