Planes, Trains and Automobiles

1987 film directed by John Hughes
Movie film Q736788
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Summary

Planes, Trains and Automobiles is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,283 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: John Hughes[3]
  • Screenwriter: John Hughes[4]
  • Composer: Ira Newborn[5]
  • Genre: buddy film[6], comedy film[7]
  • Cast member: Steve Martin[8], John Candy[9], Laila Robins[10], Michael McKean[11], Kevin Bacon[12], Dylan Baker[13], Larry Hankin[14], Richard Herd[15], Matthew Lawrence[16], Edie McClurg[17], Bill Erwin[18], Ben Stein[19], Lyman Ward[20], Martin Ferrero[21]
  • Producer: John Hughes[22]
  • Production company: Great Oaks Productions[23]
  • Director of photography: Paul Hirsch[24], Donald Peterman[25]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[26]
  • Commons category: Planes, Trains and Automobiles[27]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[28]
  • Review score: 7.9/10[29], 72/100[30], 93%[31]
  • Color: color[32]
  • Country of origin: United States[33]
  • Publication date: November 25, 1987[34], April 28, 1988[35]
  • Distributed by: UIP-Dunafilm[36], Netflix[37]
  • Narrative location: New York City[38], Missouri[39], Chicago[40]
  • Filming location: Chicago[41]
  • Film editor: Paul Hirsch[42]
  • Title: Planes, Trains and Automobiles[43]
  • MPA film rating: R[44]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 6[45]
  • Duration: 93[46], 94[47]
  • Capital cost: 15,000,000[48]
  • Box office: 49,530,280[49]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[50]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[51]

  • First release date: 1987[52]

  • Genre(s): country rock, electronic, pop, rock, synth-pop[53]

  • Community tags: country rock, electronic, film, pop, rock, soundtrack, synth-pop[54]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3856cfab-181f-4e2e-a603-d1d2a2a2d13e[55]

Why It Matters

Planes, Trains and Automobiles has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [50] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [51] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [52] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [53] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [54] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [55] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [56] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → planes-trains-and-automobiles
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: planes-trains-and-automobiles, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289950358|planes trains and automobiles (#289950358)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-"
  2. 5w ago · Xezbeth · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Personality database work id → 7049
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Personality database work id: 7049, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/322267710|Planes, Trains and Automobiles (#322267710)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog"
  3. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 93748
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 93748, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269764|batch #269764]]"
  4. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 8552
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  5. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14671 → 28537
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  6. 13w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14587 → 1625
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14587: 1625, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/296492926|大災難P.T.A. (#296492926)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8113|1SCREEN movies]] #mix'n'"
  7. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1987-11-25T00:00:00Z, +1988-04-28T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → John Hughes
    Adorocinema film id → 39223
    Image last checked license → —
    + 40 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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