Saint Louis to Chicago
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Planes, Trains & Automobiles
mkobriens — 10 years ago(December 13, 2015 03:17 AM)
STL to CHI is only like five hours distance they probably would have driven further than two hours by the time John candy's character took the wheel. Really Steve Martin could have called a friend or family member, after not getting a car, to pick him up and they could have driven back the next morning or just straight through that night.
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javingibson — 10 years ago(December 14, 2015 04:50 PM)
I was thinking the same thing. Just looking at the movie facts John Hughes shot a lot of film and I think they had to piece together a film for release. The other option was that Del messed up and took a long detour, but it was not really implied or addressed. It would not surprise me if a scene addressing that was filmed but cut later.
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Hilwo — 9 years ago(May 26, 2016 12:48 PM)
Not sure if this helps or applies, but in the script, Neil says that they accidentally overshot Chicago. This is when the cop pulls them over. You can grab the script from my signature. A fragment:
NEAL
You said "Wisconsin state
highways"?
COP
I believe that's what I said.
NEAL
Why did you say that?
COP
Because you're on a Wisconsin
state Highway.
Neal looks at Del. He's puzzled.
COP
(suspiciously)
You fellas don't know where you
are?
NEAL
Not exactly. Can you help us out?
COP
You're about six miles outside
of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.
NEAL
We overshot Chicago.
DEL
We did?
COP
You gentlemen are under arrest.
later
DEL
I'm sorry pal. I really am. I
don't know how in the hell we got
so lost. I was watching those
signs religiously. From now on,
I won't touch a car.
http://www.trespasser.nl/div/pta/pta.pdfPlanes, Trains and Automobiles script
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mmlovers90 — 9 years ago(October 23, 2016 10:53 AM)
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin?! That is about 2 1/2 hours north of Chicago. The way they drive in to Chicago when they finally arrive would only be possible via the Eisenhower Expressway which wouldn't make any sense if you just drove in from Wisconsin, really not the way to go coming from St. Louis either.
Nitpicky for sure. I certainly don't let it affect my enjoyment of this movie over the years. One of my all time favorite movies! ? -
Traianus — 9 years ago(December 06, 2016 11:48 PM)
Movie doesn't go into a lot of detail, but maybe the roads were still bad around the immediate Chicago area, to say nothing of southern Illinois. If that were the case, a friend or family from the area certainly wouldn't go get him. Besides, it was Thanksgiving. Maybe a lot of close friends and family weren't in the area. Neil doesn't seem like a guy who has a lot of good friends, anyway. There could be lots of boring plausible reasons that the film just didn't get into.