{"product_id":"planes-trains-and-automobiles-大災難-original-japanese-movie-poster-1988-b2-size-51-73-cm-e278","title":"“Planes, Trains and Automobiles” \/ 「大災難」, Original Japanese Movie Poster 1988, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) E278","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"110\" data-end=\"327\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-start=\"121\" data-end=\"163\"\u003eoriginal Japanese B2 theatrical poster\u003c\/strong\u003e printed for the 1988 Japanese release of \u003cstrong data-start=\"205\" data-end=\"247\"\u003ePlanes, Trains and Automobiles \/ 「大災難」\u003c\/strong\u003e, John Hughes’s celebrated road comedy starring \u003cstrong data-start=\"295\" data-end=\"326\"\u003eSteve Martin and John Candy\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"329\" data-end=\"572\"\u003eThe Japanese title, \u003cstrong data-start=\"349\" data-end=\"371\"\u003eDai Sainan \/ 「大災難」\u003c\/strong\u003e, translates as \u003cstrong data-start=\"387\" data-end=\"408\"\u003e“Great Disaster.”\u003c\/strong\u003e Created specifically for the Japanese market, this distinctive poster uses lively caricature artwork to depict the film’s escalating series of travel catastrophes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"593\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"593\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"595\" data-end=\"754\"\u003eThe film follows \u003cstrong data-start=\"612\" data-end=\"625\"\u003eNeal Page\u003c\/strong\u003e, an impatient advertising executive attempting to travel from New York to Chicago in time to spend Thanksgiving with his family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"756\" data-end=\"923\"\u003eAfter severe weather diverts his flight, Neal becomes reluctantly attached to \u003cstrong data-start=\"834\" data-end=\"850\"\u003eDel Griffith\u003c\/strong\u003e, a warm-hearted but relentlessly talkative shower-curtain-ring salesman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"925\" data-end=\"1225\"\u003eThe mismatched pair attempt to complete the journey by aeroplane, train, rental car, bus, and any other transport available. Each new arrangement ends in further disaster, including cancelled flights, damaged vehicles, stolen money, hotel confusion, and prolonged detours across the American Midwest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1227\" data-end=\"1494\"\u003eBeneath its succession of physical-comedy set pieces, the film gradually develops into an affecting study of loneliness, generosity, and friendship. 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Del, dressed in blue and clutching his luggage, remains cheerfully oblivious to the destruction surrounding them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2443\" data-end=\"2543\"\u003eBeneath the two figures, the film’s three principal modes of transportation are shown in comic ruin:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"2545\" data-end=\"2667\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"pi5c0n\" data-start=\"2545\" data-end=\"2577\"\u003ean aircraft burns in mid-air\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1h02v81\" data-start=\"2578\" data-end=\"2618\"\u003ea train derails across broken tracks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"h8d20z\" data-start=\"2619\" data-end=\"2667\"\u003ea blue rental car buckles beneath their feet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2669\" data-end=\"2695\"\u003eThe enormous maroon title:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2697\" data-end=\"2706\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2697\" data-end=\"2706\"\u003e「大災難」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2708\" data-end=\"2736\"\u003edominates the upper section.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2738\" data-end=\"2761\"\u003eDirectly below appears:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2763\" data-end=\"2772\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2763\" data-end=\"2772\"\u003e“PTA”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2774\" data-end=\"2887\"\u003erepresenting \u003cstrong data-start=\"2787\" data-end=\"2821\"\u003ePlanes, Trains and Automobiles\u003c\/strong\u003e, with small illustrated vehicles incorporated into the lettering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2889\" data-end=\"2926\"\u003eThe red vertical text at right reads:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2928\" data-end=\"2984\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2928\" data-end=\"2984\"\u003e「NYからシカゴまで\u003cbr data-start=\"2940\" data-end=\"2943\"\u003eジェットに乗れば2時間半\u003cbr data-start=\"2955\" data-end=\"2958\"\u003e汽車で行くなら7時間\u003cbr data-start=\"2968\" data-end=\"2971\"\u003e車を飛ばして15時間」\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2986\" data-end=\"2997\"\u003eTranslated:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2999\" data-end=\"3115\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2999\" data-end=\"3115\"\u003e“From New York to Chicago: two and a half hours by jet, seven hours by train, or fifteen hours by speeding car.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3117\" data-end=\"3310\"\u003eThe humorous copy at lower left describes a journey in which two incompatible travelling companions endure snow, theft, accidents, and a succession of disasters over three nights and four days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3312\" data-end=\"3538\"\u003eThe colourful cartoon style differs considerably from the photographic imagery used for many international campaigns. 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