All Neal Page (Steve Martin) wants to do is make it home from a business trip in New York City and spend Thanksgiving with his family in Chicago. Instead, he finds himself rerouted from New York's La Guardia Airport to Wichita, Kansas. With no other options, Neal decides to share a room in a fleabag hotel with Del Griffith (John Candy), a shower-curtain-ring salesman and fellow stranded traveler. Although Neal finds Del to be a buffoon, he just can't seem to get away from him. To make matters worse, all their efforts to get back to Chicago fail as trains break down and rental cars catch on fire. Along the way they encounter crazy cabbies, redneck truck drivers, and oversexed bus passengers. John Hughes's first film to feature adults after his success with teen films features fine performances from Martin and Candy.
1 min 28 sec
Views
152,186
Posted On
August 10, 2009
John Hughes
Writer
John Hughes
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Release
November 25, 1987
Steve Martin
John Candy
Kevin Bacon
Michael McKean
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