Deleted subplot had Neil wife disbelieve Del existence; Wichita suspicion survives.
Editor reportedly restored Del offer to reimburse Neil, changing screening audiences from seeing exploitation; host skeptical of impact.
Deleted pizza scene explains low tip and later returning thief.
Deleted beer explosion better omitted but pizza-tip/theft explanation preferred restored; robbery otherwise seems random.
Exterior plane reportedly same as Airplane; Blue Room cover because Paul Young approval unavailable.
Transport companies avoided inept depiction, fictional companies used; Neil house reportedly built seven months100000dollars angering Paramount.
Candy brought exercise equipment never used according to Martin; Baker spit-hand adlib at Hughes direction around take11 elicited real disgust.
Candy reportedly generous, invited film workers for1000dollars pizza during Oscars.

Del’s home may be emotional rather than literal; whether a bus qualifies as an automobile remains unsettled.

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Del may have a physical home but avoid it because of his dead wife; literal homelessness considered less likely, destination Chicago raises ambiguity.
Why title omits Buses? Bus qualifies as automobile asserted then uncertainty/search leads semantics, unresolved.

Reported Hanks and Travolta alternatives prompt disagreement about age and role suitability.

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Tom Hanks considered plausible later but too youthful then; hard-ass performance not familiar until League of Their Own aside from Turner and Hooch.
Hughes reportedly wanted Hanks as Neil,Travolta as Del; Hanks filming Big, could work with younger children; different suggestion Travolta could nail Neil.
Paramount reportedly vetoed Travolta as box-office poison after Perfect/Staying Alive; later Look Who’s Talking rebound noted.

Rating not yet verified

Positive Ebert review discussed; rating is garbled as “3 and F stars” and remains numerically unresolved.

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Siskel and Ebert loved film; Siskel called Candy best role; Ebert rating machine text garbled three and F stars.
Ebert review praises casting,construction and heartfelt road/buddy genres.

Clooney, Affleck and several all-Black pairings considered; remaking the film is opposed despite hypothetical casting.

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Clooney2000s ideal Neil,Affleck proposed but perhaps too old now.
British casting joke leads Daniel Kaluuya as Neil; Kevin Hart suggested then Tracy Morgan as Del preferred.
Reported Will Smith/Kevin Hart remake opposed; ask for new material.
Uptown Saturday Night remake had appealed, but this remains rewatchable so no remake; Total Recall remake anger comparison.
Chappelle as weird Del proposed; Half Baked praised and Ben Simmons dislike reported.
Idris Elba too attractive to face obstacles rejected; Sterling K Brown with Chappelle preferred conditional on Chappelle commitment.

Money and shared room, bathroom timing, driving duration, burnt-car safety, black eye and short overall ordeal.

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Why spend75dollars on cab not own hotel room? Only-one-room and Neil pays correction debated; Craig correction acknowledged.
Neil money unresolved,extra50dollars room argued despite no vacancies; one traveler should sleep on floor.
Dirty bathroom timing explained by deleted Del havoc after Neil enters shower.
StLouis–Chicago drive only4–4.5hours questioned against apparent12hours.
Burnt car drivability/hot upholstery and freezing open vehicle/truck exposure implausible.
Burglar explained earlier; black eye reportedly Neil punches Del in unshown deleted scene, removal appropriate to character.
Craig invited nitpick:Tuesday–Thursday ordeal exaggerated,underwear since Tuesday is only day/36hours; leaving Monday would help.

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Vacation first then this, or this leading into Uncle Buck offered.
Christmas Vacation after this preferred holiday sequence, acknowledged better; Christmas Vacation best Vacation film asserted and Home Alone not-Christmas-movie stance mentioned.