The Canadian Mounted: A Trivia Guide to Planes, Trains and Automobiles by Mark Leslie
The Canadian Mounted: A Trivia Guide to Planes, Trains and Automobiles
by Mark Leslie
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My Ratings 4.4/5
Synopsis
The Prop Book That Keeps on Popping Up!
Yes, the cover of this book looks a lot like the one Del Griffith (John Candy) is reading at the New York airport in the 1987 movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles. A strikingly similar book also appears in 2018's Deadpool 2. It was long believed that this was a prop book. But it was a real book published in the 1980s and from a company that went out of business before the end of the decade.
This re-imagined incarnation of The Canadian Mounted explores the use of this prop book and many other intriguing, insightful and entertaining behind-the-scenes details as they relate to the classic 1987 John Hughes film.
Created for fans of the movie and of John Hughes, this book explores and shares stories related to the writing and making of the film, curious tales and collected trivia associated with it, including:
The incident that inspired Hughes to write the original script
Del-isms
The film's eclectic sound-track
Missing Oxford commas
Deleted scenes
Ryan Reynolds' adoration of fellow Canadian John Candy
General trivia
And more...
If you love and regularly re-watch Planes, Trains and Automobiles, then this is a book you must read.
My Thoughts
This “wickedly pacey page-turner” unfurls the interesting scenes story related to the writing and making of the film, curious tales and collected trivia associated with it.
The story of how Planes, Trains and Automobiles was made is as dramatic, operatic, and entertaining as the film itself. Over the years, many versions of various aspects of the movie’s fiery creation have been told—sometimes conflicting, but always compelling. This re-imagined incarnation of The Canadian Mounted explores the use of this prop book and other entertaining behind-the-scenes details as they relate to the classic 1987 John Hughes film. “the definitive look at the making of a classic.
Mark Leslie’s seductive book about the making of Planes, Trains and Automobiles – often with help of the men it was about – could be a movie itself. He couldn’t have gotten any closer and lived to type about it.
Highly Recommended for all the movie lovers.
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