Film Screening: Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

Schedule

Sat Nov 07 2026 at 01:00 pm to 03:00 pm

UTC-05:00
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Roosevelt Island Library | New York, NY

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About this Event

A Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower-curtain-ring salesman as his only companion.

Rated: R, 93 minutes

Starring: Steve Martin, John Candy, William Windom, Michael McKean, Edie McClurg

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Roosevelt Island Library, 504 Main Street, New York, United States

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