Eddie the Eagle (2016)
Directed by Dexter Fletcher
A clumsy plasterer's son from Cheltenham drives his dad's van to a German ski-jumping resort to teach himself the sport and, with a burnt-out American coach, makes it to the 1988 Calgary Olympics.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Family home≈ 00:01:00Cheltenham, EnglandStated on screen
Determined since childhood to be an Olympian, Eddie is dropped by the British ski team and decides to try ski jumping.
- 2Ski-jump training centre≈ 00:17:00Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanyStated on screen
He teaches himself on the jumps, crashes repeatedly and persuades the snowplough driver Bronson Peary to coach him.
- 3Olympic village≈ 01:10:00Calgary, AlbertaStated on screen
- 4Olympic ski jumps≈ 01:15:00Canada Olympic Park, CalgaryStated on screen
- 5Welcome home≈ 01:40:00Cheltenham, EnglandInferred
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 15,868 km
- Places
- 4
- Countries
- 3
- Stops
- 5
- Plane: 14,792 km
- Car: 1,065 km
- Not shown: 11 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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