[NFBofSC] Friday Night Movie!

[Steve Cook]

Hi All, 

 

Feel free to share this message with everyone! I hope you will join me for
our Friday Night movie on August 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM Eastern for the audio
described movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Below the zoom information
is a summary of the movie. 

 

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Phone number: 19292056099

Meeting ID: 803 254 3777

Password: 124578

 

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Planes, Trains and Automobiles.


 

The route taken by Del Griffith and Neal Page in the film

In New York City, two days before Thanksgiving, advertising executive Neal
Page is eager to return to his family in Chicago. After a prolonged business
meeting with an indecisive client, Neal struggles to secure a taxi during
rush hour. Although he bribes a man to give up a cab he has hailed, another
man swoops in and takes it instead.

 

Neal arrives at LaGuardia Airport to discover that his flight is delayed.
While waiting, he encounters Del Griffith, a chatty and affable shower
curtain ring salesman who unknowingly took his cab. Del's overly friendly
demeanor immediately clashes with Neal's uptight and repressed personality.
Adding to his frustration, Neal's first-class seat is reassigned to a
cramped coach seat-right next to Del-on the flight to O'Hare International
Airport.

 

A blizzard in Chicago forces the plane to divert to Wichita, Kansas, leaving
Neal and Del stranded overnight. At hotel check-in, they inadvertently swap
credit cards. With only one room available, the two are forced to share a
double bed. Frustrated by Del's irritating behavior, Neal loses his temper
and harshly criticizes him as unlikable. Hurt, Del admits his shortcomings
but asserts that he likes himself as he is, as does his wife. His response
humbles Neal. While they sleep, a thief breaks into their room and steals
their cash.

 

The next day, with air travel severely delayed, Neal purchases train tickets
to Chicago for himself and Del, opting for separate compartments. He bids
Del farewell, but their journey is interrupted when the locomotive breaks
down near Jefferson City, Missouri, leaving passengers stranded in a field.
Spotting Del struggling with his trunk, Neal decides to help, and the two
reunite before traveling by bus to St. Louis. During a meal, Neal upsets Del
by suggesting they continue their journey separately, leading to another
parting of ways.

 

At the St. Louis Airport, Neal attempts to rent a car but finds it missing
when he reaches the lot. Infuriated, he delivers an expletive-filled tirade
to a car rental employee and then attempts to book a taxi to Chicago. He
insults the dispatcher, who responds by punching him in the face. By chance,
Del arrives in a rental car and offers Neal a ride. That night, Del nearly
kills them when he inadvertently drives the wrong way on a freeway. After
narrowly avoiding disaster and pulling over, Del's carelessly discarded
cigarette ignites the car, setting it ablaze. Neal initially laughs,
believing that Del is liable for the damage. However, Del confesses that he
found Neal's credit card in his wallet, used it to rent the car, and then
returned it to Neal's wallet, which is in the vehicle.

 

With his credit cards destroyed, Neal barters his expensive watch for a
motel room but refuses to help Del. Unable to afford a room, Del attempts to
sleep outside in the frigid temperatures and snow. Reflecting aloud, Del
laments meeting someone whose company he genuinely enjoys, only to drive
them away with his overbearing behavior. Neal feels pity for Del and invites
him to share the room. The two bond over drinks, reminiscing about their
chaotic journey.

 

On Thanksgiving Day, the pair continues their journey in the burnt car until
the Illinois State Patrol impounds it for being unroadworthy. Del persuades
a truck driver to give them a ride to Chicago-albeit in the truck's
refrigerated trailer. At a Chicago "L" station, Neal thanks Del for helping
him get home, and the two part amicably. However, as Neal rides the commuter
train, he reflects on Del's peculiar comments and silences during their
journey. Troubled, Neal returns to the station and finds Del sitting alone.
Del confesses that he has no permanent home and has been living on the road
since his wife's death eight years earlier. Neal brings Del home with him
and introduces his family to his new friend.

 

Cast

Steve Martin as Neal Page, an advertising executive

John Candy as Del Griffith, a shower curtain ring salesman

Laila Robins as Susan Page, Neal's wife

Michael McKean as a state trooper who impounds a fire-damaged car that Neal
and Del are driving

Dylan Baker as Owen Mooney, a man who lets Del and Neal ride in the bed of
his pickup truck

Lulie Newcomb as Owen's wife

Olivia Burnette as Marti Page, Neal and Susan's daughter

Larry Hankin as Doobby

Matthew Lawrence as Neal Page, Jr., Neal and Susan's son

Carol Bruce as Joy, Neal's mother

George O. Petrie as Martin, Neal's father

Richard Herd as Walt, Susan's father

Diana Dill as Peg, Susan's mother

Charles Tyner as Gus Mooney, Owen's father and a motel owner

Kevin Bacon as a man racing Neal to a taxi

Martin Ferrero as the second motel clerk

Diana Castle as a stewardess

Gary Riley as a thief who robs Neal and Del while they are sleeping

Bill Erwin as a man on a plane

Ruth de Sosa as a New York ticket agent

John Randolph Jones as a cab dispatcher

Edie McClurg as a car rental agent

Ben Stein as a Wichita airport representative

Lyman Ward as John (uncredited)

William Windom as Mr. Bryant (uncredited), an indecisive client[5]

 

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