For November's Food'N'Flix , Amy at Amy's Cooking Adventures hosts as we watch Planes, Trains, and Automobiles*. Here's her invitation . On the Screen I know I've seen the movie before, but it's been awhile. A long while. I was tickled to watch it again through a foodie lens this time. I started to watch it one afternoon, but when Jake walked in, he said he'd never watched it and wanted me to start it again. Done. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles , a 1987 film from John Hughes, is humorous - no doubt - but there are moments in the film that are truly heart-wrenching. The basic story is a Murphy's Law tale. As Neal Page (played by Steve Martin) tries to travel from New York home to Chicago, everything that can possibly go wrong does. Neal encounters Del Griffith (played by John Candy) who is a shower curtain ring salesman armed with an endless supply of jokes and pointless anecdotes. I won't give too much away, but they spend the...
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