Planes, Trains and Automobiles was written and directed by John Hughes. The film was released November 25, 1987 and has its thirty year anniversary coming up in near future. There were two main actors in the film, Steve Martin (Neal Page) and John Candy (Del Griffith). Planes, Trains and Automobiles is about a guy, Neal Page, that is trying to get home to his family for Thanksgiving but his flight gets cancelled and is stuck with a shower curtain ring salesman, Del Griffith. The film starts out with Neal in meeting a work that is taking forever and he is worried that he might miss his flight. He gets out of the meeting only to have no luck getting a cab. When he finally gets a cab it is stolen by some guy, it is later revealed that it was Del. When …show more content…
The flight ended up getting rerouted to Wichita, Kansas where it later got cancelled. Unable to find a new flight or a hotel, Neal ends up sharing a hotel room with Del. The two of them have a massive fight where Neal goes on a long rant on how much he does not like Del. Still unable to get a flight out of Wichita, they hitch a ride to the train station. Of course, the train breaks down in the middle of nowhere. They then take a bus, but that only gets them so far. Neal attempts to get a rental car only to find the car not there. He angrily storms back to the rental car desk where he curses out the front desk lady. As he is leaving the rental car place Del almost runs him over with the rental car that he so easily gotten. On the highway Del ends up driving the wrong way and almost gets them both killed. The car also catches fire from a cigarette that Del never put out. They then make
Bill goes to trial for the death of Mary and they sentence him guilty. Mary’s mom cried after the verdict was announced. Ralph hears the news about Bill and he begins to break down and feels guilty, he keeps saying that he needs to see Jack. Ralph finally sees Jack and beats him up, which finally escalates till Mae to call the police. The drug raid was busted and all the people involved in the operation were arrested. Blanche tells the police what really happened, that Bill was framed by Ralph and it was all their faults. Bill got off of trail because there was new evidence that corroborated his innocence. Blanche then jumps out of the window right before she was going to either be prosecuted for accessory to murder or going to be used as a suspect against Ralph. Before she actually jumped she reminisced about how she affected and basically ruined Bill’s life since he cheated on her then got his girlfriend killed. Then Ralph is put through a mental institution because they believed he had to be crazy to act the way he did. Then the original guy at the beginning says his last few words about how marijuana could take over anyone’s
They end up at the parking lot of a store and they sleep in the minivan and the boat for the night and they accidently lock the keys in the van and their dad uses a fishing rod to try to grab the keys when that failed they lowered Manny into the van and he goes straight for Greg’s duffle bag where he had a pack of oreos and then he went to the driver seat turned the car and turned on his favorite radio station and then he puts the car in drive at first they did not realize that he had been trying to escape to go get his pig from the petting
A Comparison A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury and The Star by H.G. Wells
Comparing A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof In the game of life, a man is given the option to bluff, raise, or fold. He is dealt a hand created by the consequences of his choices or by outside forces beyond his control. It is a never ending cycle: choices made create more choices. Using diverse, complex characters simmering with passion and often a contradiction within themselves, Tennessee Williams examines the link between past and present created by man's choices in "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. "
Nothing really happens at the meetings other than the reading of poetry for inspiration in life. Neil, perhaps the most perplexing character in the movie, discovers his dream in life is to be an actor. His father, for a reason none other than...
The pilot remarks on some pain in his shoulder as Brian once again recalls the details of the divorce. Brian's father knows that his mother wants a divorce, but his father has no idea why nor does he favor the split. The court has decided that Brian will live with his mother during the school year and with his father during the summer. The plane jerks, awakening Brian from his thoughts. He notices the smell of body gas in the plane and assumes the pilot had a stomachache. He also seems to be experiencing increasing pains in his shoulder and arm. The divorce one month behind him, Brian is heading north to visit his father and to bring him some special equipment from New York. A mechanical engineer, his father has perfected a new drill bit for oil drilling. Brian recalls the long ride from the city to Hampton to meet the plane, during which Brian's mother had tried to convince him to tell her what was wrong, but he felt he could not tell her that he knew "the secret." When they had arrived in Hampton, his mother gave him a hatchet to use in the woods during the summer. Sensing that his mother felt particularly vulnerable, Brian had humored her by attaching the hatchet to his belt, where remained for the duration of the plane ride.
The books, A Wrinkle in Time and And Then There Were None, both have many differences in the movie versions. The directors of both movies change the plot to make the movie see fit to what they may have imaged the book to be, while still keeping the story line the same.
There are many differences and similarities in the short story of “A Sound of Thunder” and the movie.
As they were walking to the plane an old man on a snowmobile showed up. Jacob thought their cover was blown and he tries distracting the old man and ends up knocking the man out. Hank came back and was freaking out at what Jacob did and Hank thought he was dead. When Jacob leaves the old man wakes up saying,”call the police.” Hank then suffocates the old man then drives to the bridge and uses the snowmobile to drive his body off of the bridge, making Hank 's Murder look like an accidental death. The next night Jacob calls Hank saying he wants some of the money now because he has been spending it all without really thinking about it and he really needs some money. Sarah said she thinks Hank and Jacob should team up and plot against Jacob’s best friend
The stories of Nick Cassavetes The Notebook (2004) and Richard Curtis About Time (2013) are both similar yet different in their own ways. The Notebook is an American romance drama film starring Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling that was extremely successful not only in American box office but also shared great worldwide success. This film exemplifies the struggle between love and social class. Two young lovers have to face social class boundaries and put their loves on the line. The approach that this movie trying to make is a relevant topic in the world we inhabit today and undoubtedly contributed to this film’s success. The film is kind of slow, leaving some empty spaces along the way in order for the audience to fill in and fully engage with
The movie begins with self-centered, materialistic Charlie Babbitt (Tom Cruise), learning the death of his father. To settle his dad’s estate, he and his business partner/girlfriend, Susanna (Valeria Golino) travel to his home town Cincinnati. While he was hoping to inherit all of his dad’s estate, all he got was a car and a collection of rosebushes that he simply has no use for. The remaining $3 million fortune was put into a trust for an unnamed beneficiary. Charlie demands to know the identity of the beneficiary and finds out that it is a mental hospital where his long-lost autistic brother, Raymond (Dustin Hoffman) resides with a caretaker, Dr. Bruner (Gerald R. Molen).
Then Danny saw a dead women decaying in the bathtub. After a short while Tony leaves just as Jack shows up and and Danny is thrilled to see him. He and Jack go into town so Jack can call Al Shockley in Vermont and thank him for getting him this job. Al is Jack's old drinking buddy. They both stopped drinking after they crashed into a kid's bike, but never found the dead
The book, "Being There," is about a man named Chance, who is forced to move out of the house he lived in his whole life and his experience in the outside world. Based on the success of the book, the movie, "Being There," was made. The author of the book, Jerzy Kosinski, also wrote the screenplay for the movie. I think the major difference between the book and the movie is that in the book, we get to read what Chance is feeling and thinking, but in the movie, we only get to see his actions.
The widely popular film Shrek, produced and distributed by DreamWorks in 2001, grossed a total of $484,409,218 in worldwide sales (Box Office Mojo). The success of the film has led DreamWorks to create several shorts, companion films, and sequels. From its memorable characters to its whimsical, edgy humor, Shrek was an amazing, highly successful animation that would pave the way for DreamWorks to make billions off the franchise. Shrek’s success can be attributed to three main factors: the range of ages it appeals to, its creative use of intertextuality, and its ability to cover a wide range of the fairy tale functions proposed by Vladimir Propp.
Gullivers Travels Comparison Between Book and Movie It is common in today's media-driven society to reach into the past for inspiration and ideas. A trend has developed where original works are transformed into other mediums. For example: books are turned into movies and/or plays, movies are turned into weekly sitcoms, and cartoons will spawn empires (Disney). These things happen so often that an audience rarely stops to question the level of authenticity that remains after these conversions. Perhaps it is only when a project is not well received that people begin to think of the difficulties involved with changing a work's genre.