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| PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES Film 1987. Written by John Hughes. Directed by John Hughes. Starring Steve Martin, John Candy. Special appearance by Kevin Bacon. | |||
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| 1 | American Light & Fixture | BBB | Industrial Companies | Manufacturing | |||||||
American Light & Fixture Company where Del works as Director of Sales. | |||||||||||
| 2 | The Canadian Mounted  | BBB | Literature | Novels | |||||||
The Canadian Mounted Romance novel Del reads. Same book that appears 31 years later in Deadpool 2.  | |||||||||||
| 3 | Chalmer's Big and Tall Men's Shop | BBB | Apparel | Clothing Stores | |||||||
Chalmer's Big and Tall Men's Shop Del's store credit card, a seven outlet chain in the Pacific Northwest. "Great stuff." | |||||||||||
| 4 | Contrack | BBB | Transportation | Trains | |||||||
Contrack Passenger railroad. | |||||||||||
| 5 | Doobby's Taxiola | BBB | Transportation | Taxicabs | |||||||
Doobby's Taxiola Cab Neal and Del take from the Wichita airport to the Braidwood Inn.  | |||||||||||
| 3 | Edelen's Braidwood Inn | BBB | Travel | Inns | |||||||
Edelen's Braidwood Inn Motel where Neal and Del stay in Wichita, Kansas.  | |||||||||||
| 3 | Ibis | BBB | Personal Care | Perfumes | |||||||
Ibis Perfume product reviewed at Neal's meeting in New York.  | |||||||||||
| 3 | Marathon Car Rental | BBB | Vehicles | Vehicle Rental | |||||||
Marathon Car Rental Car rental company where Neal goes off on the clerk.  | |||||||||||
| 3 | Mid-Central Airways | BBB | Transportation | Airlines | |||||||
Mid-Central Airways Neal and Del's flight from New York to Chicago that gets diverted to Wichita, Kansas.  | |||||||||||
| 3 | Oshkonoggin Cheese | BBB | Food Products | Cheese | |||||||
Oshkonoggin Cheese Cheese in the truck that Neal and Del ride in back to Chicago.  | |||||||||||
| 3 | Overnighter's Discount Club | BBB | Financial Companies | Credit Cards | |||||||
Overnighter's Discount Club Del's credit card.  | |||||||||||
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| 3 | November 24, 1987 | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Events | |||||||
November 24, 1987 Two days before Thanksgiving. Del and Neal's flight from New York to Chicago gets diverted to Wichita, Kansas. They share a room at the Braidwood Inn.  | |||||||||||
| 3 | November 25, 1987 | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Events | |||||||
November 25, 1987 One day before Thanksgiving. Del gets him and Neal a ride to Stubbville, where they board a train, which breaks down and they are forced to ride a bus to St. Louis where they split up. Neal has trouble getting a rental and ends up back with Del in his rental car. After driving the wrong way on the highway, they wreck the car and spend the night in a motel.  | |||||||||||
| 3 | November 26, 1987 | Dates | 20th Century: 80s | Events | |||||||
November 26, 1987 Thanksgiving. Neal and Del make it to Chicago, riding in the back of a truck hauling cheese. When Neal realizes Del doesn't have family to go home to, he takes him home to his house.  | |||||||||||
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| 3 | Stubbville | Map | Urban Areas | Cities-U.S. | |||||||
Stubbville Kansas town where people trains run out of. | |||||||||||
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| 4 | Car Rental Agent & Neal | Other | Quotes | Quotes | |||||||
Car Rental Agent & Neal Car Rental Agent: Welcome to Marathon, may I help you? Neal: Yes. Car Rental Agent: How may I help you? Neal: You can start by wiping that fucking dumbass smile off your rosy fucking cheeks. Then you can give me a fucking automobile. A fucking Datsun, a fucking Toyota, a fucking Mustang, a fucking Buick. Four fucking wheels and a seat! Car Rental Agent: I really don't care for the way you're speaking to me. Neal: 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. And I really didn't care to fucking walk down a fucking highway and across a fucking runway to get back here to have you smile at my fucking face. I want a fucking car right fucking now! | |||||||||||
| 5 | Car Rental Agent & Neal | Other | Quotes | Quotes | |||||||
Car Rental Agent & Neal Car Rental Agent: May I see your rental agreement? Neal: I threw it away. Car Rental Agent: Oh boy. Neal: Oh boy what? Car Rental Agent: You're fucked. | |||||||||||
| 6 | Del | Other | Quotes | Quotes | |||||||
Del Del: Six bucks and my right nut says we're not landing in Chicago. | |||||||||||
| 7 | Name on Doobby's Taxiola license plate. | Other | Trivia | Name Game | |||||||
Name on Doobby's Taxiola license plate.
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| 8 | Untitled | Other | Themes | Dark Shadows | |||||||
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