2012 (2009)
Directed by Roland Emmerich
As the Earth's crust begins to shift, a Los Angeles writer races his family out of the collapsing city by small plane via Yellowstone and Las Vegas to the arks secretly built in the Himalayas.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Copper mine≈ 00:01:00Jharkhand, IndiaStated on screen
A colleague shows Adrian that the planet's core is heating up (2009).
- 2Washington, D.C.≈ 00:08:00Stated on screen
He takes the warning to the White House.
- 3Kate's house≈ 00:15:00Los Angeles, CaliforniaStated on screen
Jackson picks up his kids from his ex-wife Kate for a camping trip.
- 4Yellowstone National Park≈ 00:20:00Stated on screen
The lake has dried up; Jackson meets a conspiracy broadcaster and runs into Adrian's soldiers.
- 5Santa Monica Airport≈ 00:45:00Stated on screen
As LA falls into the sea, they take off from Santa Monica in a small plane through collapsing buildings.
- 6Yellowstone National Park≈ 01:00:00Stated on screen
- 7McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas≈ 01:08:00Stated on screen
- 8The arks, Cho Ming valley≈ 01:35:00Stated on screenFictional
- 9Cape of Good Hope≈ 02:25:00Stated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 54,940 km
- Places
- 8
- Countries
- 4
- Stops
- 9
- Plane: 26,594 km
- Not shown: 15,657 km
- Boat: 10,002 km
- Car: 2,687 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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