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.

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 NERFINISHED →
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 →

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Candy → notableWork → Planes, Trains and Automobiles →

Steve Martin → notableWork → Planes, Trains and Automobiles →