Thank You To The Very Observant Richard Poemape For Telling Me About Where The Bus Station Used To Be Located
- (0:04) Neal Page Goes For A Run And Trips To Miss The Taxi / E. 54th Street And Park Avenue, New York, NY (Note: He Falls Into The Street From The Northwest Corner. Then Del Griffith Takes The Other Taxi While Neal Is On The The Southwest Corner Of The Same Intersection)
- (0:16) The Braidwood Inn Where They Stay For The First Night / Sun Motel; 140 S. Hickory Street, Braidwood
- (0:30) The Page Residence / 230 Oxford Road, Kenilworth
- (0:36) The Train Station / 112 E. Railroad Street, South Dayton, NY
- (0:38) Spot Where The Train Breaks Down / 7276 N. Main Street, Cherry Creek, NY (Note: This Is An Estimated Address On The Exact Spot)
- (0:42) The St. Louis Bus Station / 20 E. Randolph Street, Chicago (Note: This Has Since Been Torn Down Since The Movie Was Made)
- (0:46) Neal Page In The Car Rental Lot Realizing His Rental Car Is Not There / I Believe The Airport Property Has Changed Too Much To Identify, St. Louis
- (0:50) The Taxi Man Punching Neal Right Before Del Griffith Almost Runs Him Over / Lambert St. Louis International Airport; 10701 Lambert International Blvd, St. Louis
- (1:07) The El Rancho Motel / 36355 N. Skokie Highway, Gurnee
- (1:19) The Courthouse Shown As The Car Is Being Towed Into Town / Old Courthouse Arts Center; 101 N. Johnson Street, Woodstock
- (1:19) Neal Page Being Picked Up By The Semi Driver / Main Street And Cass Street, Woodstock (Note: The Truck Is Going South On Main Street As He Drives Up To Him)
- (1:21) Neal And Del Saying Their Goodbyes Again This Time On An Elevated Train Platform / LaSalle/Van Buren Station; 121 W. Van Buren Street, Chicago
Neal in the rental car lot:
ReplyDeleteLook up the Renaissance Hotel in St Louis on Google Earth. This is the hotel in the background in the movie behind Neal and if you look along Air Cargo Rd, you will see the metal towers that you see in the movie. I would say there have been some new roads since then but you can get very close to the area.
Renaissance St. Louis Airport Hotel
9801 Natural Bridge Rd, St Louis, MO 63134
(In the movie it is the "Stauffer Concourse Hotel)
Awesome! Thank you very much for this info! That will have to be one of my stops next time I'm in St. Louis.
ReplyDeleteThe Page residence - I pass it every day going to work - the town is Kenilworth. You're missing the "l".
ReplyDeleteThank you. I have corrected it.
Deletepretty sure the cafe scene where Neal tells Del they should go their separate ways is Lou Mitchell’s on Jackson St in downtown Chicago
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ReplyDeleteThe 1987 parody Planes, Trains and Automobiles is appropriated by Paramount Pictures. It stars Steve Martin as Neal Page, John Candy as Del Griffith, Laila Robins as Susan Page, Michael McKean as the state trooper, and Kevin Bacon as the taxi racer. The maker, author, and executive is John Hughes (Home Alone).
ReplyDeleteNeal Page needs to return home in time for Thanksgiving supper. Be that as it may, he meets a man named Del Griffith, who is disturbing yet pleasant. Together, they pursue into accident another attempting to return home.
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ReplyDeleteThe scene where they get onto the semi on the street corner is directly across the street where Bill Murry steps into the puddle in Groundhog Day. They where both shot in Woodstock, Ill. You can also see the gazebo and the hotel in the background briefly. John Hughes had a farm nearby and liked the look of Woodstock. So many films shot around here and in Union,Ill.
ReplyDeleteThe car scene locations where there is snow was located was done on route 219. This was between springville, Boston by and buffalo. Near rice road and Boston rd.
ReplyDeleteThey were pulled over by a Wisconsin state patrol. Where was that?
ReplyDeleteI don't know where they were pulled over. Could have been in WI. It was a WI State police car. Furthermore, when they are riding in the semi, that looks to be on WI state highway 26. At least that's what the route sign looks like as the semi drives by going the other way.
DeleteI’ve been told that Illinois was subbing for Wisconsin & that they were pulled over on U.S. Route 14 northwest of Woodstock, Illinois. The scenes for the cheese truck rolling along were in the same area.
DeleteI believe I have found the train breakdown scene. It was filmed about 3 miles south of South Dayton, NY. The address of the farm in the background is 7292 N Rd Cherry Creek, NY. The train tracks mat up perfectly
ReplyDeleteThank you. After much thinking I agree and will put it up. Thanks again.
DeleteI finally watched the movie last night. I've driven by the train breakdown scene hundreds of times. Also Rt. 219. Definitely a few shots that looked familiar.
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ReplyDeleteFrom IMDB: The train used in the movie sits dormant at a small rural station in the western New York town of Gowanda. The “Contrack” logos are still present on the engine and cars. It’s remained unused since the making of the film.
ReplyDeleteNear the end of the film, when Neal returns to the LaSalle/Van Buren L station, he finds Del inside what looks to be a train station. What station is this because the LaSalle/Van Buren stop is only a platform and obviously that wouldn't work for movie.
ReplyDeleteThe scene where Del is sitting alone looks to be inside a Metra station somewhere, given the "Rapid Transit" map on the wall resembling Chicago (i.e. Lake Michigan on the right side).
“Rapid Transit” is a CTA ( the ‘L’ ) name. This train station is somewhere on the CTA system & not suburban Metra. It’s ancient in the movie & doubtful that it still exists. Hopefully someone knows for certain!
DeleteIt looks a lot like Evanston Davis station but the benches are a bit different. Could be Evanston Central St. station. Def a Metra station and not a CTA stop.
DeleteIt appears to be the wilmette metro station which is one town over from kenilworth
ReplyDeleteIt's not Wilmette. Inside Wilmette, the walls are brick. The walls in the movie are plaster or drywall.
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