The two-and-a-half-hour journey back home took four days and three nights, which is absurd, but this comedy of the journey from the traffic jam is quite resonant. Steve. Martin plays the role of the manager of an advertising agency working in New York. He drove back to Chicago to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with his wife and daughter. Unexpectedly, God couldn't make a trip, so he tried trains and buses and other transportation, but he also ran into darkness. During the period, he also encountered an overzealous salesman (John Candi) who insisted on traveling with him, and the contradictory personalities of the two made him very big.
Planes, Trains & Automobiles movie plot
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Planes, Trains & Automobiles quotes
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Neal: You're no saint. You got a free cab, you got a free room, and someone who'll listen to your boring stories. I mean, didn't you notice on the plane when you started talking, eventually I started reading the vomit bag? Didn't that give you some sort of clue, like, hey, maybe this guy's not enjoying it? You know, everything is not an anecdote. You have to discriminate. You choose things that are funny or mildly amusing or interesting. You're a miracle! Your stories have none of that. They're not even amusing *accidentally*! "Honey, I'd like you to meet Del Griffith, he's got some amusing anecodotes for you. Oh, and here's a gun so you can blow your brains out. You'll thank me for it." I could tolerate any insurance seminar. For days, I could sit there and listen to them go on and on with a big smile on my face. They'd say, "How can you stand it?" I'd say, "'Cause I've been with Del Griffith. I can take anything." You know what they'd say? They'd say, "I know what you mean. The shower curtain ring guy. Whoa." It's like going on a date with a Chatty Cathy doll. I expect you have a little string on your chest, you know, that I pull out and have to snap back. Except I wouldn't pull it out and snap it back, you would. Agh! Agh! Agh! Agh! And by the way, you know, when you're telling these little stories? Here's a good idea: have a point. It makes it so much more interesting for the listener!
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Neal: [riding in back of pickup truck in freezing cold] What do you think the temperature is?
Del: One.