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For anyone interested, here is the original, full script from the station scene in Planes, Trains & Automobiles.

John Candy, as Dell, sharing his tragic story.

Beautifully written and, Steve Martin says, beautifully acted.

Hopefully, one day, someone will find the deleted footage.
DEL She was sick when we got married. Her bones. She just never got better. Once she was gone, I sold the place. I didn't much feel like being there. My life was empty enough as it was. The thought of rambling around the place without Marie there...I just closed it up, took a few things and I've been on the road since. The trunk? NEAL Del reaches in his pocket and comes up with a key. He unlocks the trunk and opens it. C.U. TRUNK The remnants of Del's domestic life. A lamp, some sheets, towels, pictures, a couple pans, fragile things wrapped in newspaper. INT. STATION Neal leans back from the trunk. He closes the lid. DEL I didn't have much family. A brother in Montana, some cousins, Marie's folks died back-to-back the year after we married. They were pretty old. She was a late child. We didn't have kids. We had plans. He smiles sadly. DEL She wanted three kids. Two boys and a girl. She couldn't have any, though. So we didn't and I guess it's just as well. I number about 300 motels as my home. I sort of attach myself to people from time to time. Like with you. Especially around the holidays. I can take it in March, July, October. I don't mind it. But it gets hard about this time of year. I've never had much of a chance to be a family man but it gets really hard. And you know what it is? Neal shakes his head. He's about to cry. DEL I don't get to give any of myself to anybody. It's not the getting I miss, it's the giving. I sat on that plane with you and I thought about you heading home to be with your people. And Tuesday night when you were in the shower and I looked at the picture of your kids, man, I thought you gotta be the luckiest man on Earth to go home and put those little guys on your knee and hug 'em and kiss 'em. I'm thirty- nine years old and I never had that and...I never will. I'm sorry about all this. I just kinds lost control this time. Every year since Marie's been gone, I've gotten closer and closer to losing it. Usually, I head for a church. I can feel like I'm part of something when I'm in a church. This time...I guess I didn't get to the church fast enough. I just couldn't let go. He looks at his watch. DEL I vowed I'd never burden anybody with this. And I broke my vow, held you away from your family. Caused you a hell of a lot of trouble. You better run. Neal stares at the floor, devastated by Del's story. DEL He I'm gonna head back downtown. stands up. I know the firm you work for. I read your business card. I've kept a sort of tab on what I owe you and I'll get it all back to you. And I just want to say, in fifteen years on the road, I never met a nicer guy than you.
November 28, 2024 at 3:15 PM
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uh yah
November 19, 2024 at 5:55 PM