Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)
Directed by John Hughes
An uptight ad man trying to get from New York to Chicago for Thanksgiving is diverted to Kansas and has to cross Missouri and Illinois with a chatty shower-curtain-ring salesman by every means available.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Manhattan and LaGuardia≈ 00:01:00New York City, New YorkStated on screen
Neal fights for a cab, loses it to Del, then finds himself seated beside him on the flight to Chicago.
- 2Braidwood Inn≈ 00:13:00Wichita, KansasStated on screen
Snow in Chicago diverts the flight to Wichita, and the two share the last motel room.
- 3Train breakdown≈ 00:31:00Jefferson City, MissouriStated on screen
Their Chicago-bound train breaks down in a Missouri field and the passengers trudge off.
- 4Bus station and Lambert Airport≈ 00:39:00St. Louis, MissouriStated on screen
A bus brings them to St. Louis, where they part, and Neal's rental car turns out not to exist.
- 5El station≈ 01:20:00Chicago, IllinoisStated on screen
- 6Neal's house≈ 01:26:00Chicago, IllinoisInferred
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 3,087 km
- Places
- 5
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 6
- Plane: 2,032 km
- Train: 462 km
- Car: 422 km
- Bus: 172 km
- On foot: 0.0 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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