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Planes, Trains & Automobiles is an American comedy film produced by Paramount Pictures in 1987. It was written and directed by John Hughes and stars Steve Martin and John Candy. Laila Robins co-stars, and the film features cameos by Michael McKean, Kevin Bacon, Larry Hankin, and Matthew Lawrence. It is considered perhaps the best of John Candy's films.

The film was greeted with critical applause in 1987, a surprising revelation given the fact that at the time Steve Martin and John Candy were both known as low brow comedians and John Hughes was considered a teen angst filmmaker. It now has 97% positive ratings on RottenTomatos.com and is featured in Roger Ebert's Great Movies collection. In 2000, readers of Total Film magazine voted it the 10th greatest comedy film of all time.

The film was released on DVD in 2000.

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