Planes, Trains, and Automobiles... I don't get it.. *spoiler*

[brxndxn]

So the guy was homeless? Or what? Was he like a travelling salesman or something?

I understand his wife is dead. Okay.. get that.. But, why does he not have a home?

 

[Slick5150]

He answered that early in the movie (and then Steve Martin recalled it while riding away on the subway). He said "I haven't been home in years". After his wife died, he just didn't want to go home again. He travels the country selling those high quality shower curtain rings and lives out of a suitcase (or, a giant trunk to be precise)

 

[GTaudiophile]

Sad movie

 

[rudder]

Those aren't pillows!

 

[MustISO]

One of my favorite movies of all time. I still remember seeing it in the theater.

 

[meltdown75]

John Candy was the sh1t!

 

[FoBoT]

:thumbsup:

 

[thirdeye]

That movie always makes me crack up.

 

[Splork]

Originally posted by: rudder
Those aren't pillows!

So uh.. How about them Cubs?!?

-sp

 

[BrokenVisage]

Clerk: Welcome to Marathon. May I help you?
Neal: Yes.
Clerk: How may I help you?
Neal: You can start by wiping that ****** dumb-ass smile off your rosey ****** cheeks. Then you can give me a ****** automobile. A ****** Datsun. A ****** Toyota. A ****** Mustang. A ****** Buick. Four ****** wheels and a seat.
Clerk: I really don't care for the way you're speaking to me.
Neal: And I really don't care for the way your company left me in the middle of ****** nowhere, with the ****** keys to a ****** car that isn't ****** there. And I really didn't care to ****** walk down a ****** hiway and across a ****** runway to get back here to have you smile at my ****** face. I want a ****** car right ****** now.
Clerk: May I see your rental agreement.
Neal: I threw it away.
Clerk: Oh boy...
Neal: Oh boy what?
Clerk: You're FUCKED.

:laugh:

 

[meltdown75]

LOL - perfect for a snowy Friday morning BrokenVisage :beer:

 

[brxndxn]

Originally posted by: Slick5150
He answered that early in the movie (and then Steve Martin recalled it while riding away on the subway). He said "I haven't been home in years". After his wife died, he just didn't want to go home again. He travels the country selling those high quality shower curtain rings and lives out of a suitcase (or, a giant trunk to be precise)

So he's got a home but just doesn't go back? Or, he doesn't have his home either? I really wish the movie would've pieced it together for me a little better.. I mean.. it was a really enjoyable movie - but I don't like big fat holes in the plot. IMO, there's a HUGE difference between him being homeless or a travelling salesman who is too hurt to go back to his home..

: /

funny movie, though

 

[Scarpozzi]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
Clerk: Welcome to Marathon. May I help you?
Neal: Yes.
Clerk: How may I help you?
Neal: You can start by wiping that ****** dumb-ass smile off your rosey ****** cheeks. Then you can give me a ****** automobile. A ****** Datsun. A ****** Toyota. A ****** Mustang. A ****** Buick. Four ****** wheels and a seat.
Clerk: I really don't care for the way you're speaking to me.
Neal: And I really don't care for the way your company left me in the middle of ****** nowhere, with the ****** keys to a ****** car that isn't ****** there. And I really didn't care to ****** walk down a ****** hiway and across a ****** runway to get back here to have you smile at my ****** face. I want a ****** car right ****** now.
Clerk: May I see your rental agreement.
Neal: I threw it away.
Clerk: Oh boy...
Neal: Oh boy what?
Clerk: You're ******.
:laugh:

I forgot all about that scene. I love it.

 

[Eeezee]

All questions regarding that movie are answered at this link

Planes, Trains, and Plantains: The story of Oedipus

 

[Lifted]

It's a shame Steve Martin only makes absolute crap these days. These movies look so bad I don't even want to see them for free when they make it to cable.

 

[spacejamz]

The highway scene where they were driving on wrong side was freaking hilarious...especially when John Candy said the other drivers must be drunk and he does that fake drinking thing with your thumb and pinky extended...