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Planes, Trains and Automobiles is an American comedy film produced by Paramount Pictures in 1987. It was written and directed by John Hughes and stars Steve Martin and John Candy.

Steve Martin plays the slightly neurotic Neal Page, a bundle-of-nerves advertising executive. John Candy portrays the innocent and well-meaning, but accident-prone, overly talkative Del Griffith (Director of Sales, American Light and Fixture, Shower Curtain Ring Division).

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Candy's character portrays a shower curtain ring salesman who seems to live in a world governed by a different set of rules from those governing Neal Page's marketing life.

The film follows the story of Neal Page as he tries to return to his family for Thanksgiving in Chicago after being on a business trip in New York.  The two are doomed to travel, sleep and destroy private property together in the funniest of situations.

The sad note is that Neal is under the assumption that Del has a wife and family of his own (he frequently mentions his wife Marie and puts a framed picture of her on his various motel nightstands).

Neal, who cannot wait to rid himself of clumsy Del, is taken aback when he discovers Del's wife had died, and he is only living with her memory, and will be alone on Thanksgiving. 

This film is full of a wonderful combination of comedy, slapstick and otherwise, as well as drama and is an even more wonderful to enjoy and appreciate over the holiday season. ~ Kevin Bacon, Hannah and her Sisters, Home for the Holidays, Miracle on 34th Street