Where They Went

Badlands (1973)

Directed by Terrence Malick

A drifting garbageman and a fifteen-year-old girl leave her small South Dakota town in flames and head across the northern plains toward Montana and the Canadian border.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Holly's house
    Fort Dupree, South Dakota
    ≈ 00:02:00
    Stated on screenFictional
  2. 2Treehouse hideout in the woods
    South Dakota
    ≈ 00:24:00
    Inferred
  3. 3Cato's shack
    South Dakota
    ≈ 00:42:00
    Inferred
  4. 4Rich man's mansion
    South Dakota
    ≈ 00:58:00
    Inferred
  5. 5Badlands of Montana
    Montana
    ≈ 01:08:00
    Stated on screen

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
909 km
Places
3
Countries
1
Stops
5
  • Car: 909 km
  • Not shown: 0.0 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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