About Schmidt (2002)
Directed by Alexander Payne
Newly retired and widowed, an Omaha insurance actuary drives his motor home across Nebraska and Kansas toward Denver to stop his daughter's wedding.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Woodmen of the World and home≈ 00:01:00Omaha, NebraskaStated on screen
Warren retires, loses his wife and discovers her old affair with his best friend.
- 2Childhood home, now a tire shop≈ 00:55:00Holdrege, NebraskaStated on screen
He finds the house where he was born replaced by a tire store.
- 3University of Kansas≈ 01:00:00Lawrence, KansasStated on screen
He revisits his old fraternity at the University of Kansas.
- 5Roberta's house≈ 01:15:00Denver, ColoradoStated on screen
- 6Great Platte River Road Archway≈ 01:58:00Stated on screen
- 7Home≈ 02:01:00Omaha, NebraskaStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 2,319 km
- Places
- 5
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 6
- Car: 2,319 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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