Where They Went

Elizabethtown (2005)

Directed by Cameron Crowe

After a disastrous shoe launch in Oregon, a young designer flies to Kentucky to bring home his father's body, meets a chatty flight attendant, and drives back by a road trip she maps out for him.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Mercury Shoes
    Portland, Oregon
    ≈ 00:01:00
    Inferred

    Drew is fired over a billion-dollar shoe flop, then hears his father has died.

  2. 2Flight to Louisville
    Louisville, Kentucky
    ≈ 00:10:00
    Stated on screen

    On a nearly empty plane Claire befriends him.

  3. 3Family and hotel
    Elizabethtown, Kentucky
    ≈ 00:15:00
    Stated on screen

    He meets his father's Kentucky relatives, sorts out the funeral and spends the night talking to Claire by phone.

  4. 4Memorial service
    Louisville, Kentucky
    ≈ 01:35:00
    Inferred
  5. 5Lorraine Motel
    Memphis, Tennessee
    ≈ 01:45:00
    Inferred
  6. 6Oklahoma City National Memorial
    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
    ≈ 01:52:00
    Inferred
  7. 7"World's second largest farmers market"
    Nebraska
    ≈ 01:56:00
    Stated on screen

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
5,150 km
Places
6
Countries
1
Stops
7
  • Plane: 3,131 km
  • Car: 1,956 km
  • Not shown: 63 km

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

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