After spending a night in a motel and driving (presumably) toward Chicago they finally hitch a ride with a truck and Del says they're about 3 hours from Chicago. Planes, Trains and Automobiles is a 1987 American road buddy comedy film written, produced, and directed by John Hughes. An automotive fans dreamland. Title: Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) 7.6 /10. Each player then receives plane tickets, train tickets, and rental car miles to get to the cities; the trick is some cities can reached only with one or two tickets while some can be reached with all three. In the episode, Phil wants to buy a new car and despite knowing Claire would not be happy with it, he gets a two-seat convertible. Five months before the release of Planes, Trains & Automobiles, John Candy appeared in Spaceballs (1987) playing a character named Barf who was half man and half dog. "Planes, Trains, and Cars" is the 21st episode of the third season of the American sitcom Modern Family and the series' 69th episode overall. Share this Rating. Each player in Trains, Planes, and Automobiles is given a secret assignment city, along with one group city that everyone knows. Planes Trains and Automobiles, your one stop shop for hobbies, drones, Formula 1, models. It aired on ABC on May 2, 2012 and was written by Paul Corrigan & Brad Walsh and directed by Michael Spiller.. Neal Page: And I really don't care for the way your company left me in the middle of fucking nowhere with fucking keys to a fucking car that isn't fucking there. Del Griffith: Well Marie, once again my dear, you where as right as rain. The film stars Steve Martin as Neal Page, a high-strung marketing executive, and John Candy as Del Griffith, a goodhearted but annoying shower curtain ring salesman. Use the HTML below. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. One of the most memorable scenes in the movie involves Steve Martin's character Neal, who is fed up with a car rental agency for not providing him a car, and launches an angry rant towards a perky employee-Car Rental Agent: [cheerfully] How may I help you? I am, with out a doubt, the biggest pain in the butt that ever came down the pike. As they sit and watch the car burn after the accident you can read the sign next to the car which indicates 102 miles to Chicago, which would mean about a two hour drive. On Del's trunk it shows Del's name as Del O. Griffith, meaning that Del's initials spell out the word DOG.