"Extras will include 3 featurettes ("Getting There is Half the Fun: The Story of Planes Trains and Automobiles", "John Hughes for Adults", "John Candy"), and a deleted scene ("Airplane Food")."

Considering the legendary longer version(imdb trivia)and no commentary, this is a pass for me til its way down in price.  It's a great movie though.  


How many of us have wanted to get as mad as Steve's character does with the car rental lady and say what's really bothering us????

I was really hoping studios would get away from the bad edition titles thing. "Those Aren't Pillows Edition." Bleck.

Blu-ray or no go.

And what is up with the edition title? I mean, I know what it's a reference to, but still.

I think the transfer on my original disc (the triple feature with Summer Rental and Foul Play) is decent, so I'll probably skip this.

Those Aren't Pillows Edition? More Corny then the Don't Call Me Shirley Edition of Airplane. I wish they would make this a Blu-Ray film.

Come onnnnnn, Warners!...Seriously, a catalog reissue but no BLU-RAY?! That's criminally unacceptable at this stage of the format's life!....this announcement is particularly irksome as it is one of my all-time favorite comedies - right there behind Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Pink Panther Strikes Again (of which the Fassbender interrogation scene is one of the funniest damn 10 minutes of any movie EVER!)....

I guess there's still time for a simultaneous blu-ray release, but I'm not holding my breath....and as for the daft special edition title, man I thought it couldn't get any worse than "Bueller...Bueller...Edition". Clearly, Paramount has outdone themselves here.

BTW, what's with the Christmas packages? I know it's more or less considered a holiday film, but it's Thanksgiving that they are trying to get home for, not Christmas. Ahhh, whatever.

andto think someone got paid to come up with that slogan to re-release this movie..."Those arn't pillows edition"................

I love how you mentioned starring Kevin Bacon...  

ScottRay67 wrote: Considering the legendary longer version(imdb trivia)and no commentary, this is a pass for me til its way down in price.  It's a great movie though.The IMDb trivia, which is no doubt at least a decade old, has Hughes mentioning how much work and expense it would take for Paramount to restore the deleted scenes to any sort of order. This doesn't really excuse their non-inclusion, and I am disappointed, but it's not really surprising that they aren't included.

As for the commentary, however, don't expect to see any John Hughes commentaries. He recorded one for Ferris Bueller's Day Off, which appeared on the original release (and the I Love the 80's edition which used the old discs), but he told Paramount to remove it from the "Bueller...Bueller..." edition of the DVD, and wouldn't allow them to include material he owned. He's a reclusive, introverted guy, and it's not likely he'll ever record another commentary for any of his films.

I will probably pick this up when it comes out, but what I am wondering is where the theatrical/teaser trailer and tv spots are? Also towards the end of this movie when Steve Martin gets on the train and that song starts up, it made me just tear up a little bit.

Nevunder wrote:
Yeah, I figured as much ("rhetorical question, Woodcock!" ), I just think it's really unnecessary for this film. Pretty much EVERYONE and their grandma has seen this film at least once, especially considering how often it's on TV, and particularly around the holidays. Adding something to the cover that really has nothing to do with the film, just to try and shift a few more units? I dunno. It's not heinous or anything, obviously, just seems a little, I dunno...weasely, I guess.

I don't mind the artwork, but you make some good points. Lots of people know the lines in this film by heart and it shouldn't be so obviously marketed as a Christmas film, people know it like a book, which we all know it's a Thanksgiving holiday film. Oh well, what can you do, studios are out to make money and not do the perfect coverart for fans and those who love the film.

Neil wrote: I was really hoping studios would get away from the bad edition titles thing. "Those Aren't Pillows Edition." Bleck.

I'm still waiting for the Requiem For A Dream Ass to Ass edition.

"As for the commentary, however, don't expect to see any John Hughes commentaries. He recorded one for Ferris Bueller's Day Off, which appeared on the original release (and the I Love the 80's edition which used the old discs), but he told Paramount to remove it from the "Bueller...Bueller..." edition of the DVD, and wouldn't allow them to include material he owned. He's a reclusive, introverted guy, and it's not likely he'll ever record another commentary for any of his films."

I didn't know that.  I own that edition(with an Alan Ruck autograph).  
That will never leave my collection then.

I have no idea why people like this movie so much! I really suffered through it.

I'm getting this stupidly-named EDITION since I don't own the film yet. But the cover's pretty awful. I hate the light green at the top.