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It's Thanksgiving ! Perfect day to watch this film!


Today is thanksgiving ! For me "Dutch" is the equivalent of "A christmas story" for thanksgiving! I watch it every year!

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Agreed. I grew up watching this and always enjoyed it.

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Same here. I also watch Planes,Trains and Automobiles aswell for my go to thanksgiving movies

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I saw this movie for the first time on Thanksgiving this year as part of a double movie night with Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Dutch doesn't quite live up to PT&A for me, but I wouldn't mind watching it again for Thanksgiving in the future.







A recreation of my nightmares

http://youtu.be/_OOf6gdShdc

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Yeah, Dutch is like a less dynamic version of PTA. The grey, snowy Thanksgiving road trip fraught with difficulties is a cosy theme.

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I watched Planes, Trains, and Automobiles first, then this second. It's a yearly tradition for me, :) As others have said, Dutch is very PT&A-ish, with the whole mishaps-whilst-traveling-home theme going, but it's much wittier at parts.

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Wow! Random but I am so happy I found a site that basically saved all of the IMDB board to bring it back to life under a new name! It's so great that little films like this one still has a platform to discuss it.

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Agreed 100%

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Best Thanksgiving movie ever

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just now after checking around the "planes, trains and automobiles" (1987) board did i realise this was also a thanksgiving movie, and both is about a road trip, and both having the same movie maker i hear, how about that, i haven't seen this since i was a kid, people call both the movie and the movie's lead actor underrated, they do make fun of it in an episode of "marrried witch children" though, of course the sit com this actor is most known for, i also just learned he did a voice star guest role in another funny series with a long run on it, "family guy", and just now i realised this kid is rusty in "vegas vacation" (1997), man did he look different. of what i can recall of this is it wasn't just a fun trip alone but included a lot of heavy drama. nice flick, at least that's the memory i have by it, didn't seem to do very well, i have never heard it mentioned except in that married with children episode, and al bundy himself (played by this actor of course) gives it a jab. well, happy thanksgiving.



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waiting at the line,
for your train to come by,
ride from this silent town,
to your magic airport and fly,
rocket to space with you at side.

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Watching now. It's definitely one of the best!

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