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Planes, Trains and Automobiles: Still Awesome After 20 Years
Published 11/25/2008 at OH NO!!
... & Automobiles. PT&A; was something of a triumph for everyone involved: a smart, funny, exceedingly well crafted film that, unlike many comedies, achieves timelessness. You could make the exact same film today and the only detail you'd have to alter would be to have the characters use cell phones rather than pay phones. Even all the changes that have occurred in the airline industry since 1987 wouldn't affect the comedy of errors that Neal Page and Del Griffith endure. Source ONTD, what is your favorite Thanksgiving/holiday movie?

Site of the Day: 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles,' an appreciation
Published 11/28/2008 by Wook Kim at Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
... A nice essay in which the author reflects on John Hughes' 1987 holiday film, which he maintains is "a classic that almost surpasses any of the teen comedies Hughes made." I might have to agree — one scene alone (see "Clip du Jour" below) kills me every time I watch it.