Samstag, 31. Dezember 2016

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Arthur Spooner: Ah, Paris. I haven't been back there since we liberated her in '44. The City Of Lights knew peace once more. I also got the clap,

but that's a another story for another time.

Freitag, 30. Dezember 2016

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Carrie Spooner Heffernan: Dad, Doug and I were just thinking...

Arthur Spooner: [to Doug] Well, I hope you didn't strain yourself. I kid out of love.

Donnerstag, 29. Dezember 2016

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Arthur Spooner: You know, we're quite a team. Like Jake and the Fatman. Needless to say, I'm Jake.

Mittwoch, 28. Dezember 2016

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Doug Heffernan: All right, I'm glad you're all gathered here. Because you're about to hear the story of a driver, a swollen ankle, and get this, an iguana.

Dienstag, 27. Dezember 2016

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Arthur Spooner: Why can't you be more like Rain Man?

Montag, 26. Dezember 2016

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Arthur Spooner: Darling, I need to borrow the iron.

Carrie Spooner Heffernan: Dad, I told you. If you want a grilled cheese sandwich, I will make you one.

Sonntag, 25. Dezember 2016

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„King of Queens” Quotes

Carrie Spooner Heffernan: What movie do you want to see?

Kelly Palmer: Something brainless. What's that thriller where the Earth starts to lose its gravitational pull?

Carrie Spooner Heffernan: Oh, yeah... "Floaters".

Samstag, 24. Dezember 2016

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Doug Heffernan: My name might as well be Fatty McButterpants.

Freitag, 23. Dezember 2016

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[repeated line]

Doug Heffernan: Shutie!

Donnerstag, 22. Dezember 2016

Mittwoch, 21. Dezember 2016

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Deacon Palmer: Douglas S. Heffernan... whats your second name?

Doug Heffernan: Steven. And yours?

Deacon Palmer: John.

Dienstag, 20. Dezember 2016

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„King of Queens” Quotes

[Doug and Deacon are locked in a refrigerated truck with penguins]

Doug Heffernan: "Warning: Please retain key as refrigerated trucks are not equipped with interior door handles". Mother of ass!

Montag, 19. Dezember 2016

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Arthur Spooner: Why do we have to sit so close to the kitchen? Is it because we're black?

Sonntag, 18. Dezember 2016

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Spence Olchin: Oh my God! My TiVo thinks I'm gay!

Samstag, 17. Dezember 2016

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Carrie Spooner Heffernan: Hasn't anyone said you look like someone?

Doug Heffernan: Oh, you mean like every famous fat guy in every movie ever?

Freitag, 16. Dezember 2016

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Doug Heffernan: Friends just keep you away from TV.

Donnerstag, 15. Dezember 2016

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"Hey I'm going to the gym, you sure you don't wanna come?"

"Nah, but you're adorable to keep asking."

- Carrie and Doug in Double Downer

Mittwoch, 14. Dezember 2016

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"Salsa dancing? That's got 'split my pants' written all over it!"

- Doug in Double Downer

Dienstag, 13. Dezember 2016

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"It's spaghetti! I'm eating it, not sleeping with it."

- Doug in Food Fight

Montag, 12. Dezember 2016

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"I don't want cheese out of pity, I want cheese out of love!"

- Arthur in Ovary Action

Sonntag, 11. Dezember 2016

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"Now, you just think real, sexy thoughts. All right."

"Okay. Like what?"

"Um, think of Alyssa Milano. Huh? She's hot, plus her last name's a cookie."

- Carrie and Doug in Ovary Action

Samstag, 10. Dezember 2016

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"Hey! Guy hits on my woman, I'm gonna throw down."

"Really? How come you didn't do anything to that banker who asked me out to dinner last week?"

"Cause, he was almost my height."

- Doug and Carrie in Oxy Moron

Freitag, 9. Dezember 2016

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"If I was in danger, really, really in danger, would you risk your life to protect me? Would you take a bullet for me?" "Well, we'll just see about that."

- Doug and Carrie in Oxy Moron

Donnerstag, 8. Dezember 2016

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"You see, it's not about me. It's really about what's best for the company, the team. There is no 'I' in IPS."

- Doug in Mean Streak

Mittwoch, 7. Dezember 2016

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"Hey, listen, since you're gonna be seeing clear from now on, I feel I should warn you... I'm a little overweight."

- Doug in Sight Gag

Dienstag, 6. Dezember 2016

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"You hired a dog walker to walk my father?!"

- Carrie in Walk, Man

Montag, 5. Dezember 2016

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"I don't know how that puts naked women on my screen, but God bless you people."

- Doug in Separation Anxiety

Sonntag, 4. Dezember 2016

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"Tonight's theme is Maui Madness."

"Well, I think you look great, Arthur. I like the way the purple brings out the veins in your legs."

- Arthur and Doug in Papa Pill

Samstag, 3. Dezember 2016

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"If you shoot Kelly, I'll shoot Carrie."

"Doug, if you shoot me, you're never having sex with me again."

"You can't do that!"

- Doug and Carrie in Paint Misbehavin'

Freitag, 2. Dezember 2016

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"When he left yesterday, I kissed him and told him I loved him. If he was gonna die that would have been the day! If it happens now I'm screwed!"

- Carrie in Twisted Sitters

Donnerstag, 1. Dezember 2016

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"Now I feel bad."

"Why?"

"I just yelled at my father and called him a lunatic, that has to be wrong! Oh my god, what if something happens to him and that's the last conversation we ever have?!"

"Then you're off the hook."

- Carrie and Doug in Twisted Sitters

Mittwoch, 30. November 2016

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"Did you know he didn't learn to swim til he was 23?"

"Really? Remind me to send you a picture of me yawning."

- Doug and Carrie in Soft Touch

Dienstag, 29. November 2016

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"This is me leaning forward with interest."

"Alright, well lean back with interest or have a mint."

- Arthur and Doug in Soft Touch

Montag, 28. November 2016

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"You are not dragging my father into this!"

"I am not dragging him in! He knows what he's doing. He happens to be very savvy as well."

"Okay, now I'm convinced you don't know what that word means."

- Carrie and Doug in Soft Touch

Sonntag, 27. November 2016

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"Can you beleive he's turning 75? We should do something special."

"Chip in for a hooker?"

- Carrie and Doug in Surprise Artie

Samstag, 26. November 2016

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"You know what I really love about being married to you?"

"Not having to pay for sex?"

- Doug and Carrie in Fair Game

Freitag, 25. November 2016

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"Oh, but I am Basement Artie. I certainly wouldn't wanna lose that moniker!"

- Arthur in Frozen Pop

Donnerstag, 24. November 2016

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"I'm sorry. I'm not embarrassed by you."

"That's nice coming from a man who's wearing his house as a belt."

- Doug and Carrie in Dire Strayts

Mittwoch, 23. November 2016

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"I think I packed too fast. I have seven shirts, twelve pairs of socks, and no pants or underwear."

- Doug in Get Away

Dienstag, 22. November 2016

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"Why do you need birth control pills? Does he touch you!?!"

- Arthur in Assaulted Nuts

Montag, 21. November 2016

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"I thought ironic meant 'made up entirely of iron.'"

- Arthur in Female Problems

Sonntag, 20. November 2016

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"My name might as well be Fatty McButterpants. "

- Doug in Fatty McButterpants

Samstag, 19. November 2016

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"Ironic, isn't it. The only person Mr. Safety couldn't protect was himself."

- Arthur in Fatty McButterpants

"Oh my god. I'm fatter than the Skipper."

- Doug in Fatty McButterpants

Freitag, 18. November 2016

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"So, why are you buying me clothes at the Big & Tall store anyway?"

"Well, you know..."

"No...let me break it to you this way Carrie, I'm certainly not tall!"

"You're...tall."

"I'm 5'9."

- Doug and Carrie in Fatty McButterpants

Donnerstag, 17. November 2016

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"Of course I still love you. I love you no matter what."

"What does that mean, 'no matter what?'"

"Nothing, just that I love you."

"No. 'No matter what' means you love me even though I have some sort of problem, like no job, or no money, or BIGGIE CAN'T FIT THROUGH DOORWAY!"

- Carrie and Doug in Fatty McButterpants

Mittwoch, 16. November 2016

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"What's the matter, Douglas, you never looked heavier?"

- Arthur in Business Affairs

Dienstag, 15. November 2016

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"So you're gonna get cancer to prove a point?"

"Sure! I'll be in an iron lung, you'll be in a wheelchair. Hey, you know what, maybe we can chip in and get a helper monkey!"

- Doug and Carrie in Queasy Rider

Montag, 14. November 2016

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"Darling I need to borrow the iron." "Dad, I told you. If ya want a grilled cheese sandwich, I will make you one!"

- Arthur and Carrie in Queasy Rider

Sonntag, 13. November 2016

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"Come down here and play with me, I'm tired of playing with myself."

"Pardon?"

- Arthur and Spence in Hungry Man

Samstag, 12. November 2016

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"You are my bilgistic pile of love meat! Love, Doug"

- Carrie in Crappy Birthday

Freitag, 11. November 2016

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"You know, as long as we can`t sleep, you wanna take advantage of this and go to a diner?"

- Doug in Dog Days

Donnerstag, 10. November 2016

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"At night, we like to sleep. We're kinda kooky that way!"

- Carrie in Dog Days

Mittwoch, 9. November 2016

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"Wanna have day sex?"

"Maybe tonight."

- Doug and Carrie in Road Rayge

Dienstag, 8. November 2016

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"So what are you going to do with the money?"

"We're putting this money in the bank for our kids' college. Well, right after we get the hot tub and the satelitte dish, but then, it's going straight to the bank."

- Salesman and Doug in The Rock

Montag, 7. November 2016

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"Oh, sorry. I was just remembering a little girl with pigtails and braces on her teeth telling me 'I made the bestest toast ever!'"
- Arthur in Cello, Goodbye

Sonntag, 6. November 2016

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"Honey, could you pass the, um, 'I Can't Believe It's Not Salad Dressing?'"

- Carrie in Fat City

Samstag, 5. November 2016

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"I'm 75 years old, and I still wake up with the little guy saluting."

- Arthur in Pilot

Freitag, 4. November 2016

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"I have two words: I am not moving!"

"That's four words."

"Ok, I have another four words for you then: screw you!"

- Arthur and Carrie in Pilot

Donnerstag, 3. November 2016

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Und ab morgen:


"King of Queens" Quotes!

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

There are no opening credits after the title, which scrolls across the screen like a plane, train, and automobile.

Mittwoch, 2. November 2016

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As the title Planes, Trains & Automobiles scroll across the screen, we hear the sound of them at the same time.

Dienstag, 1. November 2016

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After all the end credits, we get to see advertising exec William Windom in the office as in the scene in the beginning of the movie, still examining the pictures Neal Page were waiting for him to get through with at that point.

Montag, 31. Oktober 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

At the Wichita airport, when Neal is on the phone trying to book a motel room, daylight can be seen through the glass doors, even though it's supposed to be late at night.

Sonntag, 30. Oktober 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

When traveling by car, Del adjusts his passenger seat via power controls while complaining about the position. Later when he is driving, he catches his parka on the controls but now they are manual controls.

Samstag, 29. Oktober 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

The police officer who pulls Del over for speeding has a Wisconsin State Patrol patch on his coat, when they are supposed to be traveling from St. Louis to Chicago.

Freitag, 28. Oktober 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

On the bus the child running up and down the aisle accidentally conks the woman sitting in the front seat hard on top of her head with the handle of the toy he is playing with. Watch her eyes to see both how startled she was and also, to her credit, how determined she was not to let it show.

Donnerstag, 27. Oktober 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

When Neal and Del are driving on the wrong side of the highway a couple in a gray car try to yell to them that they are going the wrong way. They

are supposed to be traveling at highway speeds, but close up on the couple clearly shows the car is in park.

Mittwoch, 26. Oktober 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

Neal's plane ticket claims that he'll leave from JFK Airport, but with the information board in New York and the arrival board in Chicago, Neal is actually departing from LaGuardia Airport.

Dienstag, 25. Oktober 2016

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Revealing mistakes

When the L train is coming back to the station at the end of the movie there is an aerial view of the actual train which uses reversed footage. On the ground below you see (very quickly) a person walking backwards.

Montag, 24. Oktober 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

When the two men are driving the burned-hull car, they appear to be stopped by a Wisconsin State Trooper. However, if they are driving from St. Louis to Chicago, there should be no need to go through Wisconsin. I-55 should be a direct route from St. Louis to Chicago.

Sonntag, 23. Oktober 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts
When Del and Neal arrive in Saint Louis by Bus there is an exterior shot of a Trailways Bus Terminal. This Bus Terminal is actually the one in Chicago in fact it happens to be the same one seen in The Blues Brothers.

Samstag, 22. Oktober 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

When driving down the highway, the road has raised reflector dots. Reflector dots are not used in the Midwest because the snow plows would rip them right out of the road.

Freitag, 21. Oktober 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

When the Semi truck they are riding in approaches Chicago and it shows the skyline, it is showing the architecture of Sears Tower as if looking at it from the Southeast. There is no highway that comes from the southeast, that would be in the lake. Other visible buildings are in fact facing another direction than what they are in the movie.

Donnerstag, 20. Oktober 2016

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Errors in geography

Arial shot shows Dell and Neil arriving on the bus into St. Louis by traveling over a Mississippi River bridge. However, they would have been coming from the west, not over the river from Illinois.

Mittwoch, 19. Oktober 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

When Neal Page is dropped off at the car rental parking lot, he looks for his parking space, V5. When he is looking, the camera is reflected in the back of one of the cars.

Dienstag, 18. Oktober 2016

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Crew or equipment visible

When Neal calls home to tell his wife he is delayed, while they are sitting at the table, a woman's head and shoulders are visible holding the toddler on the chair (Pan and Scan version only)

Montag, 17. Oktober 2016

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After the car drives in between the tractor trailers, Del slams on his brakes, then turns his car around 180 degrees and pulls over. Next to the car is a sign that says, Chicago 102 miles, which means they were driving away from Chicago in the first place.

Sonntag, 16. Oktober 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

The rental car that the men travel in would appear to have a fully electrically adjustable passenger seat, yet a drivers seat with manual levers and knobs.

Samstag, 15. Oktober 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

In the room at the Braidwood Inn, when Neal storms up out of bed because Del snorting his nose. Neal goes to the closet and puts on a striped white shirt. The camera flips to Del, then back to Neal and Neal is wearing a plain white shirt without stripes.

Freitag, 14. Oktober 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

After Del and Neal drive their rented car between and sideswipe the two semi trucks it is shown that Del has bent the top of the steering wheel down, nearly in half. In subsequent shots, after the car fire, the steering wheel is shown again as being fully round. This is especially noticeable when Del drives the car out of the motel room after backing into the room.

Donnerstag, 13. Oktober 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

When boarding the plane in New York, Neal is informed that his seat number is 13C, which is an aisle seat, but in the next scene Neal is seated in the center seat.

Mittwoch, 12. Oktober 2016

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Despite his complaints about not being able to change clothes at the end of the film Neal's attire seems to be freshly cleaned and pressed.

Dienstag, 11. Oktober 2016

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When the train breaks down Dell is see dragging his trunk away from the train lid side up. Next shot of trunk it is upside-down then right side up and finally when Neal grabs it upside-down again. Dell also has many more people right next to him when Dell grabs the trunk than the immediately preceding shot.

Montag, 10. Oktober 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

After Neil yells at Del Griffith in the Wichita motel, it shows Del Griffith sit back down on the bed with the lamp behind him turned on, then it goes to a shot of Neil, but when it goes back to Del Griffith the lamp is turned off

Sonntag, 9. Oktober 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

Outside the Braidwood Inn, Neal tells Del that he has a Visa Card, a gasoline card and a Neiman Marcus Card. However, earlier when they check into the motel, Neal pays with a Diner's Club International card.

Samstag, 8. Oktober 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

When John Candy arrives to pick Steve Martin up in the semi truck in the end of the movie he has a black eye. There is no scene depicting it or explanation as to why or how he got it. It's never mentioned, but he has it the last 20 minutes of the movie.

Freitag, 7. Oktober 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

When Neal first arrives at the Mid-Central Airlines waiting area at JFK Airport, the flight information display (on the wall behind the ticket counter) indicates that Flight 909 is bound for Chicago. A few minutes later, at the Mid-Central ticket counter in Mid Continent Airport in Wichita, KS, the flight information display indicates a destination of "Nowhere" for this flight, instead of "Chicago", despite the flight still showing as "delayed".

Donnerstag, 6. Oktober 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

When Neil and Del are on the bus to St. Louis and Neil starts singing, they are clearly driving through an area without trees. But when everyone turns back to look at him they are surrounded by trees and when they go back to Neil and Del, there are no trees to be seen.

Mittwoch, 5. Oktober 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

When Neal Page and Del Griffith check into their hotel room at the Braidwood Inn, Neal notices that they have to sleep together in a queen sized bed. Yet they wake up in each other's arms sleeping on a twin or full sized bed.

Dienstag, 4. Oktober 2016

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Del and Neal's departing flight is clearly an American Airlines twin-engine jet taxiing on the runway. An exterior shot of their plane in flight shows a four-engine, earlier generation 707 jet with a red and white paint job more TWA-esque in color scheme.

Montag, 3. Oktober 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

While sitting and waiting for a ride to the train station, Neal is wearing black snow boots, when throughout the film he is always wearing dress shoes.

Sonntag, 2. Oktober 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

The length of Dell's cigarette when in the restaurant. (When Neil is about to tell him that he wants to travel alone.)

„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

When Neal chases after his cab, his brief case and garment bag switch hands a few times.

Samstag, 1. Oktober 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

When Neal is walking from the parking lot (where his rented car should be) to the main terminal, a brief clipping indicates that the sun is going down. However, when Neal is at the terminal, it appears to be mid-afternoon.

Freitag, 30. September 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

When Neal returns to the station to collect Del, his parting changes sides.

Mittwoch, 28. September 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

Hubcaps can be seen falling off the car, only to return in later shots. Further, the same hubcap can be seen falling off twice.

Dienstag, 27. September 2016

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Continuity

The length of Del's cigarette while he's singing in the car.

Montag, 26. September 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

When the car catches fire there is a sign which reads "Chicago 102 miles" but they drive the car to the motel, then drive it the next morning until they are stopped and the car is impounded. Then when they are in the back of the 18 wheeler, Del looks at his watch and states that they'll be in Chicago in 3 hours.

Sonntag, 25. September 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

Right after Del backs into the motel room, you can see a turn signal showing a left turn on their car, yet in the next scene we see Del using his hand for a turn signal.

Samstag, 24. September 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

After the credits Neal's boss is still at his desk analyzing the ads, his Thanksgiving dinner sitting on his desk.

Freitag, 23. September 2016

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The contents of Del Griffith's large trunk/footlocker are never revealed.

Donnerstag, 22. September 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

Debra Lamb's role was cut from the final finished version of the film.

Mittwoch, 21. September 2016

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Del thinks about travelling to Jamaica. John Candy later did in Cool Runnings.

Dienstag, 20. September 2016

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One of Roger Ebert's Great Movies.

Montag, 19. September 2016

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When Del clears his sinuses in the motel room, his nose whistling sounds out the final chords to Shave and a Haircut.

Sonntag, 18. September 2016

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Steve Martin was convinced to join the production after favoring two scenes he had read from the script; the seat adjustment-scene in the car, and the F-word tirade at the car rental desk.

Samstag, 17. September 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

John Hughes wrote the first-draft of the screenplay in 3 days. His average writing time for a screenplay in those days was about 3-5 days with 20-some rewrites.

Freitag, 16. September 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

John Hughes in an interview on the 'Those Aren't Pillows' DVD edition was inspired to write the film's story after an actual flight from New York to Chicago he was on was diverted to Wichita Kansas, thus taking him 5 days to get home.

Donnerstag, 15. September 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

In a BBC program about playing with the Steep Canyon Rangers broadcast late 2009 in the UK, Steve Martin in a interview said that John Hughes had told him he wrote the script in 3 days.

Mittwoch, 14. September 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

The taxi scene was filmed on a stretch of road in Madison, Ohio.

Dienstag, 13. September 2016

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The house used as Neal's family home is actually in Kenilworth on Warwick. The home used in "Home Alone" was on Lincoln Ave. in Winnetka, one town over.

Montag, 12. September 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

A scene that is not included in the movie but featured in the trailer shows Del (John Candy) in the bathroom of the first motel he and Neal (Steve Martin) are staying in. In the scene he does, among other things, an impersonation of Elvis Presley in which he sings into his hair brush.

Sonntag, 11. September 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

The scenes shot at Lambert Airport in St. Louis were shot during winter but the weather was uncharacteristically warm (mid 80's F), so all the snow in the scene had to be trucked in.

Samstag, 10. September 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

Del Griffith's friend at the railroad, Bert Dingman, is a direct reference to Robert O. Dingman Jr., President of the New York and Lake Erie Railroad where the train scenes were filmed.

Freitag, 9. September 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

In the airport scene in Wichita, when the airline employee announces that the flight has been canceled, you can see on the board behind him that the destination of the flight is "nowhere".

Donnerstag, 8. September 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

The exterior of their aircraft in flight is a reuse of the 707 flying through the storm from the movie Airplane! (1980).

Mittwoch, 7. September 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

John Candy and Steve Martin eat dinner on the plane in a scene that is not in the theatrical version though it airs on the televised version. The scene ends with a long-haired passenger in front of Steve Martin letting his or her hair cascade down onto his brownie, completely covering it. No longer hungry, John Candy fishes through the hair to retrieve and eat it.

Dienstag, 6. September 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

The green convertible is a 1986 Chrysler LeBaron Town and Country, with a 2.2 Turbo engine, it was modified for the film, including the following Dodge 600 parts: tail lights, steering wheel, and owner's manual (that can be seen in the glove compartment when Neil puts his wallet in there) the trunk was off of an older K-car convertible: no third brake light, and the luggage rack that was not offered in 1986 but was on older ones

Montag, 5. September 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

John Hughes shot over 600,000 feet of film, almost twice the industry average. The rumored three-hour version of the film does indeed exist, although not in order - moreover it's a mess of footage that would take "months, maybe even years" according to Hughes to transform into an actual film. It is locked away in a Paramount vault, and according to Hughes, most of it has probably deteriorated by now.

Sonntag, 4. September 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

John Hughes' original choice for the train station and platform was the station in Kankakee, Illinois, 60 miles south of Chicago. The cast and crew were in town for a week waiting for weather cold enough to make snow... and several interior scenes were filmed at an abandoned warehouse using a "cover set".

Samstag, 3. September 2016

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„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

In a television version of the film, there is added footage during the New York-Chicago/Wichita flight where Del and Neal try to eat in flight.

„Planes, Trains & Automobiles“ Film Facts

Although it's not included in the theatrical or the network cuts, a shot of Del Griffith brushing his teeth was included on ads for the network version.