Plane, Trains and Automobiles + 75 mins
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fourstardan said:
Oh wow....https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11461097/New-Planes-Trains-Automobiles-75-minutes-deleted-scenes.html
One of my fav Christmas films as well.
Another fan of this and other John Hughes movies.One of my fav Christmas films as well.
This recent article may be of interest: Planes, Trains and Automobiles at 35: An Oral History of One of the Most Beloved Road Movies Ever Made
And oh so accurate!
Back in those halcyon days of 2011/12 before all we knew in life was division and hatred, we started up the Winter thread on ph. One of the themes were my semi regular posts of trying to get home from Switzerland. This frequently entailed exactly the use of planes, trains and automobiles as I had to cross between Gen and Zur depending on which was snowed in or not. Then drive back from Heathrow or get the train home from
Brum. All of it frequently with unintended comedy such that my life was often referred to as the plot from the film.
Strangely - I rather miss those days! I also had more hair and it was less grey.
Back in those halcyon days of 2011/12 before all we knew in life was division and hatred, we started up the Winter thread on ph. One of the themes were my semi regular posts of trying to get home from Switzerland. This frequently entailed exactly the use of planes, trains and automobiles as I had to cross between Gen and Zur depending on which was snowed in or not. Then drive back from Heathrow or get the train home from
Brum. All of it frequently with unintended comedy such that my life was often referred to as the plot from the film.
Strangely - I rather miss those days! I also had more hair and it was less grey.
Kes Arevo said:
bbob said:
Will Smith and Kevin Hart are due to appear in a remake. Oh dear, some things should be left alone.
Remake s
t films, not the gems!Leave the original alone. Please. The remake will be too hip, too on-trend, too sweary and too 'cool'. And be all the worse for it.
Two minds about this, I watch Planes, Trains... every year around this time, it's almost the perfect comedy with all the right comedic ingredients and that sweet eye-moistening ending - It is lovely and short though, it's one of its strengths how tightly constructed it is, something that is so rare in films especially these days... So whilst i'd definitely watch this version with the extra footage, and i'm sure there's some great extra stuff in there (there has to be with this level of talent surely) - It is hard to imagine it really improving on the perfection of the 90 minute version.
As for the remake, no, just no.
As for the remake, no, just no.
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