All Neal Page (Steve Martin) wants to do is make it home from a business trip in New York City and spend Thanksgiving with his family in Chicago. Instead, he finds himself rerouted from New York's La Guardia Airport to Wichita, Kansas. With no other options, Neal decides to share a room in a fleabag hotel with Del Griffith (.. Read more
| Starring | Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, William Windom |
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| Director | John Hughes |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Comedy |
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All Neal Page (Steve Martin) wants to do is make it home from a business trip in New York City and spend Thanksgiving with his family in Chicago. Instead, he finds himself rerouted from New York's La Guardia Airport to Wichita, Kansas. With no other options, Neal decides to share a room in a fleabag hotel with Del Griffith (John Candy), a shower-curtain-ring salesman and fellow stranded traveler. Although Neal finds Del to be a buffoon, he just can't seem to get away from him. To make matters worse, all their efforts to get back to Chicago fail as trains break down and rental cars catch on fire. Along the way they encounter crazy cabbies, redneck truck drivers, and oversexed bus passengers. John Hughes's (SIXTEEN CANDLES, THE BREAKFAST CLUB) first film to feature adults after his success with teen films features fine performances from Martin and Candy. Kevin Bacon, who appeared in Hughes's next film, SHE'S HAVING A BABY, makes a small but humorous appearance, as does Edie McClurg, known for her role as the high school secretary in FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF.
| Starring | Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, William Windom, Michael McKean, Kevin Bacon, Dylan Baker, Carol Bruce, Olivia Burnette, Diana Douglas |
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| Director | John Hughes |
| Studio | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 28 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 33 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Collections | 100 Eighties Greats |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Dubbed | German |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released | Production year: 1987 To Rent: DVD: 08 Oct 2001 Blu-ray: 26 Sep 2011 |
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A Classic of its time!
Candy makes a fantastic affable salesman who takes life in his stride and Martin the perfect choice as the miserable rich guy who expects all to go well. the ... read more »
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John Candy ....LEGEND !!!
This is one of my fav films, it's hilarious, and takes me back to my teens. I watched this film over 30 times when it first came out. LOVE IT !!! ( Highly ... read more »
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Classic comedy
I have seen this film before twice and rented it for my partners benefit, unfortunately we both didn't find it as funny as I remembered it, A classic comedy... read more »
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One of the best films ever...fact
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