Thu April 17, 2014
Planes, Trains & Automobiles, John Hughes (U.S., 1987)
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at Pacific Film Archive (PFA) Theater
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Best known for his teen flicks, John Hughes (The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) brings us two extra-juvenile delinquents: Neal Page (Steve Martin), a snooty marketing exec, and his accidental companion, Del Griffith (John Candy), a lumbering and loquacious curtain ring salesman. When their flight back to Chicago is canceled, Neal and Del decide ride-share might work and off they go, a moving misadventure. Every mode of mobility fails in this road movie from hell-a-funny. And moving it is as these two misfitted foes become friends after surmounting their own well-traveled problems. Hey: “Those aren’t pillows!”
—Steve Seid
• Written by Hughes. Photographed by Don Peterman. With Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Dylan Baker. (93 mins, Color, DCP, From Paramount Pictures)
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—Steve Seid
• Written by Hughes. Photographed by Don Peterman. With Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Dylan Baker. (93 mins, Color, DCP, From Paramount Pictures)
Best known for his teen flicks, John Hughes (The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) brings us two extra-juvenile delinquents: Neal Page (Steve Martin), a snooty marketing exec, and his accidental companion, Del Griffith (John Candy), a lumbering and loquacious curtain ring salesman. When their flight back to Chicago is canceled, Neal and Del decide ride-share might work and off they go, a moving misadventure. Every mode of mobility fails in this road movie from hell-a-funny. And moving it is as these two misfitted foes become friends after surmounting their own well-traveled problems. Hey: “Those aren’t pillows!”
—Steve Seid
• Written by Hughes. Photographed by Don Peterman. With Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Dylan Baker. (93 mins, Color, DCP, From Paramount Pictures)
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—Steve Seid
• Written by Hughes. Photographed by Don Peterman. With Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Dylan Baker. (93 mins, Color, DCP, From Paramount Pictures)
show less
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Pacific Film Archive (PFA) Theater
2575 Bancroft Way , Berkeley, CA 94720
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