One ticket for two

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Movie
German title One ticket for two
Original title Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1987
length 93 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director John Hughes
script John Hughes
production John Hughes,
Neil A. Machlis
music Ira Newborn
camera Donald Peterman
cut Paul Hirsch
occupation

A ticket for two (Original title: Planes, Trains & Automobiles ) is an American comedy film from 1987 . It was directed by John Hughes , who also wrote the script . The leading roles played Steve Martin and John Candy .

action

Successful advertising man Neal Page has promised his family that he will be home for Thanksgiving. So after his last appointment in New York , he's hurrying to Chicago as soon as possible . However, this is not that easy as hundreds of thousands want to go home too. It starts with getting a cab in Manhattan. He runs into Del Griffith, representative for "the best shower curtain rings in the world". The journey is chaotic from now on. Whatever the meticulous and successful Neal does, everything goes wrong and he simply cannot get rid of his annoying, constantly chattering travel companion Del, who also turns out to be sloppy chaot.

The plane is diverted to Wichita , Kansas because of a snow storm . Del calls a friend of his motel owners who gives them the last available motel room with a double bed to share. They are robbed at night, and the next morning they drive to the train station on the bunk of a delivery truck at minus 20 degrees. The train gives up on the way. Neal organizes a rental car without Del, but it cannot be found in the huge parking lot. Finally he gets into the car that Del got. However, the journey continues to be unfortunate: After Del accidentally drove into the oncoming lane on the highway, the car goes up in flames due to an inattention on the part of Griffith when disposing of his cigarette. Unfortunately, Neal's papers and all of his credit cards were in the car.

After countless mishaps, they finally come to Chicago in a refrigerated truck and Neal is looking forward to his family. When he finally got rid of Del, his earlier statement suddenly made it clear to him that something was wrong with him. He turns back again. Now he learns that Del's wife died eight years ago, that he has been lonely and has been traveling across the States without a home. He decides to take Del home with him for Thanksgiving.

background

The main characters' route on a map of the USA

The film was shot in various locations in Illinois including Chicago and Woodstock , New York City , Madison , Ohio , and California . With a production budget of almost 30 million US dollars , it grossed 49,530,280 US dollars in American cinemas after twelve weeks.

Original version

After the first cut, the film was four and a half hours long. The film was later cut for the cinema.

Reviews

At Rotten Tomatoes , one ticket for two has a positive rating of 94% based on 51 reviews.

James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews that he laughed a lot during the screening. He described the portrayal of Steve Martin as "intense" as well as "restrained", and he highly praised the portrayal of John Candy. Berardinelli wrote that the film marked a turning point in the career of director and screenwriter John Hughes, who was previously best known for teen comedies.

Roger Ebert described the film in the Chicago Sun-Times on November 25, 1987 as a " screwball comedy with a heart" ("a screwball comedy with a heart"). He wrote that the film was as "amusing" as "warm-hearted".

"The attempt to deepen the gag comedy by describing a human approach remains stuck in well-intentioned approaches."

- Lexicon of international film

The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating "valuable".

Influence on other films

With the comedies Christmas Fever (1997) and Two Santa Clauses (2008), two films were made that take numerous motifs from One Ticket for Two . The story of the comedy Stichtag from 2010 is also similar to the film.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Filming locations for One Ticket for Two
  2. ↑ Box office / business for one ticket for two
  3. ↑ Interview with Steve Martin about the making of "Ein Ticket für Zwei" on YouTube
  4. ^ Planes, Trains and Automobiles at Rotten Tomatoes
  5. ↑ Film review by James Berardinelli on reelviews.net
  6. ^ A film review by Roger Ebert on rogerebert.suntimes.com
  7. ↑ A ticket for two. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 22, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  8. ↑ A ticket for two on fbw-filmbeval.com