Back in August, it was announced that a reboot of John Hughes's Planes, Trains And Automobiles is in the works. The original starred the late John Candy and Steve Martin. The reboot is scheduled to star Will Smith and Kevin Hart. This is not a movie that really needs to be rebooted. The original is a Thanksgiving classic and one of the greatest holiday motion pictures of all time. There is a movie that probably should get released, and it's a version of Planes, Trains And Automobiles that we never got a chance to see.
The YouTube channel
Hats Off Entertainment recently did a mini documentary showing this
movie in a new light. Some people may have heard that the original
script that John Hughes wrote would have made it a three-hour movie.
What they may not be aware of is that much of that movie was actually
shot and then edited at the studio's request. After Hughes edited it the
first time, the studio requested he edit it one more time. He removed
another 30 minutes from the run time, and the result was the movie we've
all come to know and love.
However, there were
whole scenes cut out of the movie, and some scenes that we did see were
seriously edited. What Hats Off Entertainment showed us in their mini
documentary were the little hints left in the movie that pointed to the
movie we could have seen. For example, there was a side story regarding
the Neal Page character, played by Martin. His wife believes he's having
an affair. When we see the look of relief on her face in the movie, it
gives us more context. She was relieved because she realizes her husband
was telling her the truth the whole time
Several
scenes played out longer than what we witnessed, including the airplane
scene, the motel scene and when Paige and Del Griffith, played by
Candy, are driving back to Chicago. In that scene, it's actually pointed
out by the state trooper that they drove past Illinois and into
Wisconsin. There's quite a bit to that scene that ended up on the
cutting room floor. There's also the heart to heart talk between Page
and Griffith near the end of the movie that was cut. It would be a
slightly different movie than what we saw, but it would be interesting
to movie buffs and fans of Martin and Candy.
Hats
Off Entertainment suggested starting the social media hashtag
#releasethehughescut. This would surely be a very popular director's
cut. Hughes, who passed away in 2009, suggested that the film footage
might have been lost or ruined. Is that the case? If anything could be
cobbled together, it would certainly prove to be a hit with fans of the
movie. The studio would probably make some money off of that DVD as
well. That version of the movie would be far more interesting and
entertaining than any reboot could be.
