One of the best comedies of the 80s. John Hughes did so many fantastic films back then Ferris Buelller's Day Off, Pretty In Pink, Uncle Buck, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, The Home Alone films and many more. The plot here lends itself to great comedy scenarios with Steve Martin as the straight guy, and John Candy as the clown. Funniest part is when the car catches fire. I saw this at the cinema on release, and the audience were nearly choking with laughter. A very poignant ending when we realise Del's wife has died and he is in fact homeless. A shame too that John Candy died so young at only 44 and indeed John Hughes himself died very young only 59. Still he left a great legacy of films, of which this was one of his best.
"Marie's been dead for eight years," Even though I know it's coming, that line gets me every time. Why do I have the feeling that Del's still going to be living there at Christmastime. Some of my favorite Steve Martin movies are The Jerk (1979), L.A. Story (1991), and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988). Worth checking out if you haven't seen them yet.
If you're into classic old black & white movies, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is an awesome comedy. Scenes with famous actors are intermixed with Steve Martin (who plays a private detective) to make it look like he's interacting with them. very good stuff.
Classic movie. John Candy RIP. You know the incident with the driver getting his sleeves stuck on the cars seat? THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO ME!! Well I was sitting behind the guy driving and The front seat passanger was sleeping. I tried to get his arms off but it wasnt happpening. The Front seat Passanger woke up, grabbed the wheel and we made it for a stop without incident. This must have happened to others, since it made it into the movies as a scene.
I was an unspottable extra in this movie. The scene I was in was at the bus station where the three girls buy the shower curtain hooks as earrings. I've watched this movie many times and I cannot see any trace of me. probably didn't make the big show. I understand they shot A LOT more footage than they used. RIP John Candy
The original cut was 3 hours. That's after cutting alternate takes and trimming it down as much as John Hughes was willing to cut. They brought in another editor to take out half the movie and still make it make sense. To give you an idea of how much they cut, there was almost a whole HOUR more to the film after the scene of the cop pulling Del and Neal over. In the 3-hour cut, the cop reveals that they overshot Chicago and were outside of Waukegan, leaving them 40 minutes away from the city and without a car.
The wife had a much bigger role in the original footage, as the subplot was her suspicion that Neal was having an affair. Hence, the confusing "Hello, Mr. Griffith/Hello Mrs. Page" ending makes allot more sense when its her sense of relief.
I saw this movie when I was a little kid and this was the first movie I ever saw that I cried at the end. I was so sad that John Candy didn't have a home and his wife was dead. But I'm so happy when Steve Martin brought him home!
Great reaction Cami like always, I love this movie i haven't seen it in a long time, John Hughes at the peak of his powers, with two masterful comedians at theirs Martin and Candy. There are some fun-facts about it, this movie is inspired by John Hughes’s own hellish trip from New York City to Chicago. Before he became a filmmaker, Hughes worked as a copywriter for the Leo Burnett advertising agency in Chicago. One day he had an 11 a.m. presentation scheduled in New York City on a Wednesday, and planned to return home on a 5 p.m. flight that same evening. Winter winds forced all flights to Chicago to be canceled that night, so he stayed in a hotel. A snowstorm in Chicago the next day continued the delays. The plane he eventually boarded ended up being diverted to Denver. Then Phoenix. Hughes didn’t make it back until Monday. John Candy arrived with lots of exercise equipment in tow. On the first day of shooting, the crew brought in treadmills, weights, and other exercise equipment for Candy to use in his hotel suite. Martin said Candy “never went near any of it once.” McClurg who is probably best known as Grace, Principal Rooney’s secretary in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, played the St. Louis car rental employee upon whom Neal dropped 18 F-bombs. For the first few takes, McClurg simply raised her finger and had a standard phone conversation with a customer. Then Hughes told her to improvise talking on the phone about Thanksgiving. In the scene that goes back and forth between Neal trying to sleep next to Del clearing his sinuses and Neal’s watching TV alone in their bed, she is somehow watching She’s Having a Baby, which wouldn’t be released in theaters until February of the following year. Kevin Bacon stars in that movie, and made a cameo in Planes, Trains and Automobiles as the guy who out-hustles Neal in getting a cab. Some people believe Bacon who was officially listed in the credits as “Taxi Racer” was playing his She’s Having a Baby character, Jake, in that scene. Another cameo was the future Star Trek: Voyager star Jeri Ryan that made her acting debut in this movie. She was one of the passengers on the bus ride and couldn’t help but laugh at Martin and Candy’s antics. In the original ending, Del followed Neal all the way home. In the train scene, where Neal thinks about Del and laughs, Martin didn’t know the camera was rolling. To get the new ending he wanted, Hughes and editor Paul Hirsch went back to look for footage they previously
I Watch This Movie Every Thanksgiving, That's My Tradition, Which Is Tomorrow, Happy Thanksgiving Everyone, I love Seeing Your Reactions To This Great Classic Movie & R.I.P To John Hughes & John Candy, Still Miss You, Guy's
@@Letstunein Yes It Is,Me & My Girlfriend Katy Are Watching It Right Now,She Is Laughing Her Ass Off,As We Speak, Happy Thanksgiving 🦃,Take Care, Enjoy The Rest Of Your Holiday
I watch this movie every Thanksgiving. Just subscribed to your channel, too. Happy Thanksgiving! Fun fact: Steve Martin recently published a book about his film career. He said the Director's Cut of Planes, Trains and Automobiles is nearly 4 hours long! That's because he and John Candy did TONS of improv! Whether that will see the light of day, we'll never know. Also, John Hughes said in an interview that he got the idea for the story after he took a business trip to New York and it took him three days to get home to Chicago. He added the Thanksgiving holiday to the movie's story line since it's the busiest travel day of the year.
Please watch "The Out of Towners" with Steve Martin and "Only the Lonely" with John Candy. They were both pretty good movies too. Enjoy. Have a Blessed Day.
Fun fact: 12:22 When the guy shook Steve Martin’s hand after spitting, that wasn’t scripted. The actor knew it would gross Steve out and get a genuine disgusted reaction out of him lol.
A wonderful reaction. It's always fun to watch when someone sees this movie for the first time. For me, this movie is a must watch around Thanksgiving. This and the "WKRP in Cincinnati" episode with the immortal line "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly". There are, of course, a ton of Christmas movies that are must watches, primarily "It's A Wonderful Life", "Miracle on 34th Street" and "A Christmas Carol".
Aw yay! Thank you! Glad you enjoyed! I’m actually from Cincinnati! I have not seen that tv show yet though. Thanks for joining me and the sweet comment !
I've been in rental car parking lot hell before. It was an almost identical situation only more snow. They dropped me in the middle of this vast lot and I couldnt find crap and it took me nearly an hour to make my way back to the rental office just so I could ask someone to f*ckin help me! There was all this construction going on and as I realized I had no idea of how to find the car they rented me, I realized I had no idea what direction the rental office was. The ride over was such a confusing and congested traffic ride through a maze of construction barriers, all I could do was make my way towards the only identifiable structure: the airport itself and start over again. As I trudge through the snow with my rental agreement in hand Im thinking, "Good lord! Im Steve Martin in Planes, Trains and Automobiles." That surreal realization, that my life was playing out exactly like a movie, allowed me to take a more humorous attitude so that when I did finally get back to the rental office I was laughing to myself remembering the scene where Steve Martin gives the lady at the counter at piece of his "f*cking" mind. I calmly explained what happened, that I couldn't locate the vehicle and could someone please take me directly to it. Which is what they did. I'm from the south but back then I had a job where I had to fly to Boston a lot. What I noticed about up north is they dont pay as much attention to markings on the road. The reason is all during the winter you cant see them anyway and in the summer they're all kind of faded and hard to see. The result is they tend to just drive wherever they are able to and can be aggressive and opportunistic in their approach to other drivers. That's why drivers with Massachusetts license plates were called "Mass-holes"
I love Steve and John in this. I'm a huge Steve fan. Here's some of Steves great movies (other than the ones mentioned here in your video). 1. The Jerk 2. LA Story 3. The Lonely Guy 4. The man with two brains 5. Dead men don't wear plaid 6. Roxanne 7. Three Amigos 8. Parenthood 9. Dirty Rotten scoundrels 10. All of me These are some of his best, you should add them to your list of movies. Although they're all great 1,2,6,7,8, and 9 I'd say are the best on the list.
The original ending had Del explain everything to Neal, and it's a devastating monologue. Del explains that Marie died eight years ago and that they never had a family, even though they tried. Every year, the holidays get harder and harder, so he tries to go to a church service just to feel a sense of community when he starts feeling lost. He just wants to feel like he belongs somewhere with people without having to explain himself or why he's there. After Marie's death, Del made a vow to never be a burden to anyone, but he broke that vow with Neal, and then Del starts apologizing for doing this to Neal and ruining his Thanksgiving. There's debate as to whether the scene would be better or worse having the whole explanation, but Steve Martin has said it was the one scene that he was angry that they cut.
Really enjoyed this reaction! I’ve enjoyed all of your reactions that I have seen. You seem like a genuinely kind person and I hope your Holidays are fantastic 🙂
Steve Martin and John Candy are now iconic. However, they were not the first choices for the roles. John Hughes' original choices were Tom Hanks as Neal and John Travolta as Del. Unfortunately, Tom Hanks was busy filming Big and, at the time, John Travolta was considered box office poison. After that, Rick Moranis was eyed for Neal and John Goodman was considered for Del.
Thank you for reviewing this film……… A film I think that is a bit of a rarity to say the least, you couldn’t ask for two better actors to play these characters. Steve Martin and John candy were made for this film and played their parts fantastically. Bless you mr candy ❤x
Please watch the John Hughes films Sixteen Candles and Some Kind of Wonderful as well as National Lampoon's Vacation, European Vacation, and Christmas Vacation.
Not a stretch by either of these actors, John Candy was beloved in real life as just a genuinely nice guy while Steve Martin, putting it kindly, is known for being a bit difficult to work with. That said the chemistry between these two is great and I've read that they enjoyed working with each other.
If you like Steve Martin, Ron Howard directed comedy/drama "Parenthood" is a must-see & co-stars a young Keanu Reeves in his second role & Jauquin Phoenix in his very first. Great flick! See ya! ✌️🌎❤️
Rip to the great one of a kind, john candy. John Hughes, could write movie scripts so fast! Anything john was in was great. Blues Brothers stripes Brewster's millions home alone uncle buck Splash, and on and on. Mostly he had small parts but watch any movie he starred or costarred in. Next should be uncle buck, then stripes. Pro tips...steve martins partner in this is ferris buellers dad! Kevin bacon was in another movie based on this character, He said She said! The plane announcer guy is ferris buellers teacher! The car rental lady is ferris buellers principals assistant! She was a personal friend of Hughes and suggested a clerk do a phone call scene in front of steve. So Hughes gave her the part and it was completely unscripted...she addlibbed the whole thing! The cartoon family guy, does the greatest parody of their motel room arguement scene! The song in the car is by ray Charles, the song he or the kid is jamming to in uncle buck, is also ray Charles! The End freeze frame the exact same as uncle Buck! This was Neil's Groundhog day. He had to learn something, before he could get home. The handshake scene with spit tobacco, was addlibbed, steve martins reaction is real! The song in the car john is jamming to, is by Ray Charles. In uncle Buck, either him or the kid is jammin to another Ray song! Family guy does the best parody of the arguement bedroom scene!❤. The scene of different faces that steve alone on the train, Hughes just rolled, and didnt tell steve, he was filming! Also the movie was about 45 minutes longer but with a subplot.. Neils wife thinks hes cheating and completely makes up the Del story. When he walks through their front door, she had a surprised and shocked look on her face. He basically saved their marriage!
In the original script there are earlier scenes where Neal's wife is convinced he’s having an affair & that’s the real reason why he’s run into so many ‘delays’ - she believes it's so he can spend time with the other woman. So when Neal finally makes it home at31:07 and has Del with him, she knows he was telling the truth all along. That's why she says "Hello Mr Griffiths" and hugs Neal so tenderly. It adds a layer of poignancy but was cut as Hughes felt it was too much sentimentality. I disagree, I think there's been so much hilarity that it could stand a little pathos. The editing also means his wife's acting was a little 'off' as she played it with her suspicions throughout so axing the other scenes makes her seem a little strange to me. Also, the robber in the original script was a pizza delivery kid who’d brought them food earlier.
I also think it might spoil the pathos of the ending a little and the hilarity of the middle of the film to have that brought it. However without it she really comes off as a bit of a nutcase in her reactions to Niel's calls.
Rest in Peace, John Candy. Your heart was huge and you made a lot of people smile.
@@damon6126 A heart attack is what Candy died of. And it probably was enlarged.
It’s not Thanksgiving til John and Steve get home. RIP John Candy.
The range of these actors, everything from zany to heartbreaking. What a team!
One of the best comedies of the 80s. John Hughes did so many fantastic films back then Ferris Buelller's Day Off, Pretty In Pink, Uncle Buck, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, The Home Alone films and many more. The plot here lends itself to great comedy scenarios with Steve Martin as the straight guy, and John Candy as the clown. Funniest part is when the car catches fire. I saw this at the cinema on release, and the audience were nearly choking with laughter. A very poignant ending when we realise Del's wife has died and he is in fact homeless. A shame too that John Candy died so young at only 44 and indeed John Hughes himself died very young only 59. Still he left a great legacy of films, of which this was one of his best.
"Marie's been dead for eight years," Even though I know it's coming, that line gets me every time. Why do I have the feeling that Del's still going to be living there at Christmastime.
Some of my favorite Steve Martin movies are The Jerk (1979), L.A. Story (1991), and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988). Worth checking out if you haven't seen them yet.
I haven’t seen any of those! Will definitely have to check them out!!
If you're into classic old black & white movies, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is an awesome comedy. Scenes with famous actors are intermixed with Steve Martin (who plays a private detective) to make it look like he's interacting with them. very good stuff.
it was cut from the movie, but Del's trunk contains all his late wifes belongings
This movie is a newer Thanksgiving tradition, joining decades where families watched It's a Wonderful Life around this time.
Happy Thanksgiving, Cami!
Thank you!! It’s a fantastic thanksgiving film!
I always love seeing you on the channel!! I hope you had a very Happy Thanksgiving!! 😊✨
The ending is massively heartwarming!
It is, So sweet! I teared up!
Classic movie. John Candy RIP. You know the incident with the driver getting his sleeves stuck on the cars seat? THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO ME!! Well I was sitting behind the guy driving and The front seat passanger was sleeping. I tried to get his arms off but it wasnt happpening. The Front seat Passanger woke up, grabbed the wheel and we made it for a stop without incident. This must have happened to others, since it made it into the movies as a scene.
I was an unspottable extra in this movie. The scene I was in was at the bus station where the three girls buy the shower curtain hooks as earrings. I've watched this movie many times and I cannot see any trace of me. probably didn't make the big show. I understand they shot A LOT more footage than they used. RIP John Candy
I've heard there was so much extra footage of John CANDY BEING FUNNY, THAT THEY COULD'VE HAD A 6 HOR MOVIE.
I believe it! My favorite part was when he said “we had a small fire last night, but caught it in a Nick of time” lol😂
Would have loved to heard John Candy around the dinner table with the kids. Would have been hilarious.
as far as john hughes movies, do you mean to tell me you've never seen Home Alone? needs to be done for Christmas.
The original cut was 3 hours. That's after cutting alternate takes and trimming it down as much as John Hughes was willing to cut. They brought in another editor to take out half the movie and still make it make sense. To give you an idea of how much they cut, there was almost a whole HOUR more to the film after the scene of the cop pulling Del and Neal over. In the 3-hour cut, the cop reveals that they overshot Chicago and were outside of Waukegan, leaving them 40 minutes away from the city and without a car.
The wife had a much bigger role in the original footage, as the subplot was her suspicion that Neal was having an affair. Hence, the confusing "Hello, Mr. Griffith/Hello Mrs. Page" ending makes allot more sense when its her sense of relief.
I saw this movie when I was a little kid and this was the first movie I ever saw that I cried at the end. I was so sad that John Candy didn't have a home and his wife was dead.
But I'm so happy when Steve Martin brought him home!
Me too!!! It was so great!! I love how it ties the whole movie together!
We all love ❤ & miss you 😢John Candy & John Hughes
"Planes Trains and Automobiles" and "Addams Family Values" are the only Thanksgiving movies.
I will not be taking questions at this time.
😂😂
Great reaction Cami like always, I love this movie i haven't seen it in a long time, John Hughes at the peak of his powers, with two masterful comedians at theirs Martin and Candy. There are some fun-facts about it, this movie is inspired by John Hughes’s own hellish trip from New York City to Chicago. Before he became a filmmaker, Hughes worked as a copywriter for the Leo Burnett advertising agency in Chicago. One day he had an 11 a.m. presentation scheduled in New York City on a Wednesday, and planned to return home on a 5 p.m. flight that same evening. Winter winds forced all flights to Chicago to be canceled that night, so he stayed in a hotel. A snowstorm in Chicago the next day continued the delays. The plane he eventually boarded ended up being diverted to Denver. Then Phoenix. Hughes didn’t make it back until Monday. John Candy arrived with lots of exercise equipment in tow. On the first day of shooting, the crew brought in treadmills, weights, and other exercise equipment for Candy to use in his hotel suite. Martin said Candy “never went near any of it once.” McClurg who is probably best known as Grace, Principal Rooney’s secretary in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, played the St. Louis car rental employee upon whom Neal dropped 18 F-bombs. For the first few takes, McClurg simply raised her finger and had a standard phone conversation with a customer. Then Hughes told her to improvise talking on the phone about Thanksgiving. In the scene that goes back and forth between Neal trying to sleep next to Del clearing his sinuses and Neal’s watching TV alone in their bed, she is somehow watching She’s Having a Baby, which wouldn’t be released in theaters until February of the following year. Kevin Bacon stars in that movie, and made a cameo in Planes, Trains and Automobiles as the guy who out-hustles Neal in getting a cab. Some people believe Bacon who was officially listed in the credits as “Taxi Racer” was playing his She’s Having a Baby character, Jake, in that scene. Another cameo was the future Star Trek: Voyager star Jeri Ryan that made her acting debut in this movie. She was one of the passengers on the bus ride and couldn’t help but laugh at Martin and Candy’s antics. In the original ending, Del followed Neal all the way home. In the train scene, where Neal thinks about Del and laughs, Martin didn’t know the camera was rolling. To get the new ending he wanted, Hughes and editor Paul Hirsch went back to look for footage they previously
I Watch This Movie Every Thanksgiving, That's My Tradition, Which Is Tomorrow, Happy Thanksgiving Everyone, I love Seeing Your Reactions To This Great Classic Movie & R.I.P To John Hughes & John Candy, Still Miss You, Guy's
Happy Thanksgiving!!!! I’m glad you joined us:) it’s a great thanksgiving movie. I feel like it’s one that you laugh at even more as you rewatch. 🍁
@@Letstunein Yes It Is,Me & My Girlfriend Katy Are Watching It Right Now,She Is Laughing Her Ass Off,As We Speak, Happy Thanksgiving 🦃,Take Care, Enjoy The Rest Of Your Holiday
I watch this movie every Thanksgiving. Just subscribed to your channel, too. Happy Thanksgiving!
Fun fact: Steve Martin recently published a book about his film career. He said the Director's Cut of Planes, Trains and Automobiles is nearly 4 hours long! That's because he and John Candy did TONS of improv! Whether that will see the light of day, we'll never know.
Also, John Hughes said in an interview that he got the idea for the story after he took a business trip to New York and it took him three days to get home to Chicago. He added the Thanksgiving holiday to the movie's story line since it's the busiest travel day of the year.
Aw I would love to see that! I bet it’s hilarious! Glad you subscribed and enjoyed! Makes me happy. Happy Thanksgiving to you!😊
Aww yeah. More Cami! Love her energy. :)
25:03. Yes ma'am. You got it.
I recommend The Three Amigos for more Steve Martin.
Aw thank you very much! Means a lot my friend:)
Also thanks for confirming! Happy Thanksgiving!!
@@Letstunein Happy Thanksgiving to you too, Cami!
One of the funniest road trip buddy comedy movies ever made!
Please watch "The Out of Towners" with Steve Martin and "Only the Lonely" with John Candy. They were both pretty good movies too. Enjoy. Have a Blessed Day.
there is a "special edition" DVD - it has extended & deleted scenes
Fun fact: 12:22 When the guy shook Steve Martin’s hand after spitting, that wasn’t scripted. The actor knew it would gross Steve out and get a genuine disgusted reaction out of him lol.
Well he did a good job! It shocked me! lol Happy Thanksgiving!!
@@Letstunein Happy Thanksgiving to you too 🦃
A wonderful reaction. It's always fun to watch when someone sees this movie for the first time. For me, this movie is a must watch around Thanksgiving. This and the "WKRP in Cincinnati" episode with the immortal line "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly". There are, of course, a ton of Christmas movies that are must watches, primarily "It's A Wonderful Life", "Miracle on 34th Street" and "A Christmas Carol".
Aw yay! Thank you! Glad you enjoyed! I’m actually from Cincinnati! I have not seen that tv show yet though. Thanks for joining me and the sweet comment !
This movie even has Herb Tarlek's wife in it...
I've been in rental car parking lot hell before. It was an almost identical situation only more snow. They dropped me in the middle of this vast lot and I couldnt find crap and it took me nearly an hour to make my way back to the rental office just so I could ask someone to f*ckin help me! There was all this construction going on and as I realized I had no idea of how to find the car they rented me, I realized I had no idea what direction the rental office was. The ride over was such a confusing and congested traffic ride through a maze of construction barriers, all I could do was make my way towards the only identifiable structure: the airport itself and start over again. As I trudge through the snow with my rental agreement in hand Im thinking, "Good lord! Im Steve Martin in Planes, Trains and Automobiles." That surreal realization, that my life was playing out exactly like a movie, allowed me to take a more humorous attitude so that when I did finally get back to the rental office I was laughing to myself remembering the scene where Steve Martin gives the lady at the counter at piece of his "f*cking" mind.
I calmly explained what happened, that I couldn't locate the vehicle and could someone please take me directly to it. Which is what they did.
I'm from the south but back then I had a job where I had to fly to Boston a lot. What I noticed about up north is they dont pay as much attention to markings on the road. The reason is all during the winter you cant see them anyway and in the summer they're all kind of faded and hard to see. The result is they tend to just drive wherever they are able to and can be aggressive and opportunistic in their approach to other drivers. That's why drivers with Massachusetts license plates were called "Mass-holes"
I love Steve and John in this. I'm a huge Steve fan. Here's some of Steves great movies (other than the ones mentioned here in your video).
1. The Jerk
2. LA Story
3. The Lonely Guy
4. The man with two brains
5. Dead men don't wear plaid
6. Roxanne
7. Three Amigos
8. Parenthood
9. Dirty Rotten scoundrels
10. All of me
These are some of his best, you should add them to your list of movies. Although they're all great 1,2,6,7,8, and 9 I'd say are the best on the list.
Best Thanksgiving movie ever made! And I do miss home sometimes during the Holiday season NYC
Everybody misses the post-credit scene.
Ah John Hughes who filmed movies in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago and created the fictional town of Shermer, Illinois.
the whole movie you're laughing hilariously and then the last part just guts you...
The original casting for this film was supposed to be Tom Hanks (Neal Page), and John Travolta (Dell Griffith)
The other original choices were also Rick Moranis (Neal) and John Goodman (Del). They both ended up working together on The Flintstones (1994).
The original ending had Del explain everything to Neal, and it's a devastating monologue.
Del explains that Marie died eight years ago and that they never had a family, even though they tried. Every year, the holidays get harder and harder, so he tries to go to a church service just to feel a sense of community when he starts feeling lost. He just wants to feel like he belongs somewhere with people without having to explain himself or why he's there. After Marie's death, Del made a vow to never be a burden to anyone, but he broke that vow with Neal, and then Del starts apologizing for doing this to Neal and ruining his Thanksgiving.
There's debate as to whether the scene would be better or worse having the whole explanation, but Steve Martin has said it was the one scene that he was angry that they cut.
it was cut from the movie, but Del's trunk contains all his late wifes belongings
Breakfast Club & Weird Science!
Really enjoyed this reaction! I’ve enjoyed all of your reactions that I have seen. You seem like a genuinely kind person and I hope your Holidays are fantastic 🙂
Aw thank you so much! Means a lot . Thanks for always joining me and Happy Thanksgiving:))
Steve Martin and John Candy are now iconic. However, they were not the first choices for the roles. John Hughes' original choices were Tom Hanks as Neal and John Travolta as Del.
Unfortunately, Tom Hanks was busy filming Big and, at the time, John Travolta was considered box office poison. After that, Rick Moranis was eyed for Neal and John Goodman was considered for Del.
Wow!! Interesting facts! Thanks for sharing!!!
@@Letstunein you're welcome
They made the right decision.
Great reaction. It's also worth turning back the clock to check out Steve Martin's second film, The Man with two Brains.
I have not seen that film! I’ll have to check it out! Thanks for joining:)
And THE JERK!
Was you watching this two days before thanksgiving coincidence given the opening scene is two days before thanksgiving?
Another underappreciated
John Hughes movie is
Some Kind of Wonderful
Adorable. Thanks for sharing your reaction.
Great reaction Cami much love to you💚💚💚
Thanks my friend:) glad you enjoyed!
Thank you for reviewing this film………
A film I think that is a bit of a rarity to say the least, you couldn’t ask for two better actors to play these characters.
Steve Martin and John candy were made for this film and played their parts fantastically.
Bless you mr candy ❤x
Really good reaction. First time watching one of your videos. I look forward to more
Aw yay! Thanks for joining!!
Hilarious how you’ve got this movie on fade out. As if you’re watching on VHS.
Will you do It's A Wonderful Life at Christmas?
i'm hoping for home alone as it wasn't on her list of john hughes movies she has seen
Everybody misses the end credit scene
She is beautiful
If you haven't tried it already, I recommend Cool Runnings, also starring John Candy
Please watch the John Hughes films Sixteen Candles and Some Kind of Wonderful as well as National Lampoon's Vacation, European Vacation, and Christmas Vacation.
Not a stretch by either of these actors, John Candy was beloved in real life as just a genuinely nice guy while Steve Martin, putting it kindly, is known for being a bit difficult to work with. That said the chemistry between these two is great and I've read that they enjoyed working with each other.
Classic
*(Weird Science)*
I'm really more like John Candy, but I feel like Steve Martin all the time.
If you like Steve Martin, Ron Howard directed comedy/drama "Parenthood" is a must-see & co-stars a young Keanu Reeves in his second role & Jauquin Phoenix in his very first. Great flick!
See ya!
✌️🌎❤️
Rip to the great one of a kind, john candy. John Hughes, could write movie scripts so fast! Anything john was in was great. Blues Brothers stripes Brewster's millions home alone uncle buck Splash, and on and on. Mostly he had small parts but watch any movie he starred or costarred in. Next should be uncle buck, then stripes. Pro tips...steve martins partner in this is ferris buellers dad! Kevin bacon was in another movie based on this character, He said She said! The plane announcer guy is ferris buellers teacher! The car rental lady is ferris buellers principals assistant! She was a personal friend of Hughes and suggested a clerk do a phone call scene in front of steve. So Hughes gave her the part and it was completely unscripted...she addlibbed the whole thing! The cartoon family guy, does the greatest parody of their motel room arguement scene! The song in the car is by ray Charles, the song he or the kid is jamming to in uncle buck, is also ray Charles!
The End freeze frame the exact same as uncle Buck!
This was Neil's Groundhog day. He had to learn something, before he could get home.
The handshake scene with spit tobacco, was addlibbed, steve martins reaction is real! The song in the car john is jamming to, is by Ray Charles. In uncle Buck, either him or the kid is jammin to another Ray song!
Family guy does the best parody of the arguement bedroom scene!❤. The scene of different faces that steve alone on the train, Hughes just rolled, and didnt tell steve, he was filming! Also the movie was about 45 minutes longer but with a subplot.. Neils wife thinks hes cheating and completely makes up the Del story. When he walks through their front door, she had a surprised and shocked look on her face. He basically saved their marriage!
In the original script there are earlier scenes where Neal's wife is convinced he’s having an affair & that’s the real reason why he’s run into so many ‘delays’ - she believes it's so he can spend time with the other woman. So when Neal finally makes it home at31:07 and has Del with him, she knows he was telling the truth all along. That's why she says "Hello Mr Griffiths" and hugs Neal so tenderly. It adds a layer of poignancy but was cut as Hughes felt it was too much sentimentality. I disagree, I think there's been so much hilarity that it could stand a little pathos. The editing also means his wife's acting was a little 'off' as she played it with her suspicions throughout so axing the other scenes makes her seem a little strange to me. Also, the robber in the original script was a pizza delivery kid who’d brought them food earlier.
I'm fine with her just missing her husband.
I also think it might spoil the pathos of the ending a little and the hilarity of the middle of the film to have that brought it. However without it she really comes off as a bit of a nutcase in her reactions to Niel's calls.
I would of literary gone insane. My mind would not work any longer.
What happened to the sound?
This girl seems “special.”
try weird science
You're gorgeous
These 2 are true actors, not like today's satanic sellouts
Trying to read the scene? It was so obvious......sigh
Agh, people adding 'aahh' at the end of sentences really turned me off. It's so annoying-aaah
Edie McClurg thought she was doing a Take With Martin. She got hired right off the Bat. The F word seen. She was Great