Those aren't pillows!

November 28, 2024 8:56 AM

An oral history of the greatest Thanksgiving movie ever made from Jason Bailey for Vanity Fair. Article from 2022, the 35th anniversary of the release of Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

If the main link has been posted before, apologies, but I couldn't find it.

PTA previously in FanFare.

It's been 30 years since the world lost John Candy and 15 since John Hughes left us, but they remain synonymous with holiday family fare for this elder millennial.

Available for free streaming currently on Pluto TV.

posted by the primroses were over (6 comments total)

Except that the greatest Thanksgiving movie ever made is obviously Home for the Holidays.
posted by Pedantzilla at 9:17 AM on November 28 [2 favorites]

Yes, this is a perfect place for the low stakes bickering that makes for a cozy holiday gathering.

My family did Thanksgiving last Saturday, so I have today for laziness. We had 3 types of cranberry relish/sauce/chutney because it is important for everyone's harmless wrong opinions on things like movies and food to be indulged.
posted by the primroses were over at 9:23 AM on November 28 [2 favorites]

We watched PT&A last night, and I commented that I was bothered by how unsympathetic Neal's wife (Susan) is. I had no idea that there was a whole subplot cut with her suspicions about what was going on. Mildly surprised there were no reshoots to fix Susan's role after the edits, but I imagine there wasn't a lot of time.
posted by Ickster at 9:42 AM on November 28

Home for the Holidays, which is objectively in the same tier as Planes …, was of course written by the director of Buckaroo Banzai.
posted by PresidentOfDinosaurs at 11:16 AM on November 28 [2 favorites]

Is that what that watermelon was for?
posted by chavenet at 12:20 PM on November 28

i've never seen this. think i'll watch it tonight. thanks for the post!
posted by lapolla at 12:32 PM on November 28