Planes, Trains and Automobiles vs. Caddyshack


1980s Movie Tournament: Tiebreaker
Planes, Trains and Automobiles		Caddyshack
After his business concluded in NYC, poor Neal Page (Steve Martin) wanted nothing more than to return home to Chicago in order to spend Thanksgiving with his family. Instead his trip home becomes a long drawn out nightmare. His original flight from New York's La Guardia airport ends up getting rerouted to Wichita. Once arriving in Wichita, he and his other passengers learn they are stranded. With no other options, Neal decides to share a room in a fleabag motel with Del Griffith (John Candy). Del, a shower-curtain-ring salesman and fellow stranded traveler, is a lovable oaf who is the polar opposite of Neal. Although Neal originally finds Del to be an idiot, they become friends thanks to their misadventures. Their trip home is riddled with crazy cabbies, broken trains, rental cars catching on fire, redneck truck drivers, oversexed bus passengers and a budding friendship. Planes, Trains and Automobiles was John Hughes first attempt at a film not starring teenagers. John Hughes was able to create yet another amazing film to add to his repertoire. The pairing of John Candy and Steve Martin was magical. If only they could have starred in more movies together… Memorable dialogue: Del Griffith: You wanna hurt me? Go right ahead if it makes you feel any better. I'm an easy target. Yeah, you're right, I talk too much. I also listen too much. I could be a cold-hearted cynic like you... but I don't like to hurt people's feelings. Well, you think what you want about me; I'm not changing. I like... I like me. My wife likes me. My customers like me. 'Cause I'm the real article. What you see is what you get.		At the exclusive WASPy Bushwood Country Club, a young caddy named Danny (Michael O'Keefe) sets out to win the caddy scholarship. Winning that scholarship would be his ticket out of permanently working in a lumberyard. In order to secure his chances, Danny must get in the good graces of the snobby Judge Smails (Ted Knight) and win the caddy golf tournament which the judge sponsors. Danny also finds himself in a love triangle and faces many foes during his stint at Bushwood. Aside from the stiff WASPs, the club also has a few peculiar regulars. Chief among them is Al Czervik (Rodney Dangerfield), a nouveau riche land developer who want to turn the club into a condo complex, Ty Webb (Chevy Chase), the Zen quoting playboy son of the co-founder of the club and the gopher-fixated groundskeeper Carl Spackler (Bill Murray). Al goes out of his way to get under the Judge's skin. After a lot of shenanigans, the two decide to take it to the course in a winner-take-all match. All's well that ends in a Kenny Loggins' song. Harold Ramis really set the bar high with this classic. Simply, this is one of the funniest movies of all time. Who doesn't love Caddyshack? Memorable dialogue: Ty: I like you, Betty. Danny: It's Danny, sir. Ty: Danny. Danny, I'm going to give you a little advice. There's a force in the universe that makes things happen; all you have to do is get in touch with it. Stop thinking...let things happen...and be...the ball. Czervik: Judge, give someone else a chance! You lucky devil! Come here, honey! And loosen up! You're a lot of woman, you know? You wanna make 14 dollars the hard way? Mrs. Smails: You...you...you're no gentleman! Czervik: I'm no doorknob, either. Carl Spacler: Cinderella story, out of nowhere, former greenskeeper, now about to become the Masters champion. [swings, pulverizes yet another flower] It looks like a mirac- it's in the hole! It's in the hole!