Planes, Trains and Automobiles

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American comedy film film

Planes, Trains and Automobiles is a 1987 American comedy film written and directed by John Hughes that follows two mismatched travelers, played by Steve Martin and John Candy, on a chaotic journey home for Thanksgiving.

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Label Occurrences
Planes, Trains and Automobiles canonical 19
1987 film Planes, Trains and Automobiles 1
Planes, Trains and Automobiles universe 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
castMember Dylan Baker ⓘ
Edie McClurg ⓘ
John Candy ⓘ
Kevin Bacon ⓘ
Laila Robins ⓘ
Michael McKean ⓘ
Steve Martin ⓘ
characterPortrayedBy John Candy ⓘ
surface form: Del Griffith – John Candy

Steve Martin ⓘ
surface form: Neal Page – Steve Martin
cinematography Donald Peterman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director John Hughes ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editor Paul Hirsch ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
hasGenreElement buddy comedy ⓘ
road movie ⓘ
hasTheme Thanksgiving Day ⓘ
surface form: Thanksgiving holiday

empathy ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
travel mishaps ⓘ
mainCharacter Del Griffith ⓘ
Neal Page ⓘ
motif automobiles ⓘ
planes ⓘ
trains ⓘ
musicBy Ira Newborn ⓘ
narrativeLocation City of Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

New York City ⓘ
Wichita, Kansas ⓘ
notableFor holiday road-trip narrative ⓘ
pairing of Steve Martin and John Candy ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf American holiday film canon ⓘ
producer John Hughes ⓘ
Neil A. Machlis ⓘ
productionCompany Hughes Entertainment ⓘ
publicationDate 1987-11-25 ⓘ
ratingMPAA R ⓘ
releaseYear 1987 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 93 ⓘ
screenwriter John Hughes ⓘ
setInPeriod 1980s ⓘ
starring John Candy ⓘ
Steve Martin ⓘ
writer John Hughes ⓘ

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Steve Martin → notableWork → Planes, Trains and Automobiles ⓘ
John Candy → notableWork → Planes, Trains and Automobiles ⓘ
Stephen Glenn Martin → notableWork → Planes, Trains and Automobiles ⓘ
Larry Hankin → notableWork → Planes, Trains and Automobiles ⓘ
Paul Hirsch → notableWork → Planes, Trains and Automobiles ⓘ
Edie McClurg → notableWork → Planes, Trains and Automobiles ⓘ
John Hughes → notableWork → Planes, Trains and Automobiles ⓘ
Hughes Entertainment → notableWork → Planes, Trains and Automobiles ⓘ
Hughes Entertainment → produced → Planes, Trains and Automobiles ⓘ
Neal Page → appearsIn → Planes, Trains and Automobiles ⓘ
Dylan Baker → notableWork → Planes, Trains and Automobiles ⓘ
Laila Robins → notableWork → Planes, Trains and Automobiles ⓘ
Neil Page (fictional character) → appearsIn → Planes, Trains and Automobiles ⓘ
subject surface form: Neil Page
Neil Page (fictional character) → createdFor → Planes, Trains and Automobiles ⓘ
subject surface form: Neil Page
Del Griffith in Planes, Trains and Automobiles → appearsIn → Planes, Trains and Automobiles ⓘ
subject surface form: Del Griffith
Del Griffith in Planes, Trains and Automobiles → characterIn → Planes, Trains and Automobiles ⓘ
subject surface form: Del Griffith
this entity surface form: 1987 film Planes, Trains and Automobiles
John → notableWork → Planes, Trains and Automobiles ⓘ
subject surface form: John Candy
Del Griffith → appearsIn → Planes, Trains and Automobiles ⓘ
Del Griffith → setInUniverse → Planes, Trains and Automobiles ⓘ
this entity surface form: Planes, Trains and Automobiles universe
Don Peterman → notableWork → Planes, Trains and Automobiles ⓘ
Don Peterman → workedOn → Planes, Trains and Automobiles ⓘ