Where They Went

Fandango (1985)

Directed by Kevin Reynolds

In 1971, a group of University of Texas graduates facing the Vietnam draft set out from Austin on a last road trip across West Texas to dig up a buried treasure on a bluff over the Rio Grande.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Fraternity party
    Austin, Texas
    ≈ 00:01:00
    Stated on screen

    At a graduation party the Groovers learn Kenneth has been drafted and has called off his wedding.

  2. 2Town and the Giant set
    Marfa, Texas
    ≈ 00:20:00
    Inferred

    Out of gas, their car loses its front end to a train; they meet local girls and sleep in the ruins of the old Giant film set.

  3. 3Parachute school
    West Texas
    ≈ 00:45:00
    Inferred

    Phil takes a disastrous skydiving lesson from the eccentric instructor Truman Sparks.

  4. 4Rio Grande, Big Bend country, Texas
    ≈ 01:05:00
    Stated on screen
  5. 5Border town on the Rio Grande (fictional)
    ≈ 01:12:00
    InferredFictional

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
994 km
Places
5
Countries
1
Stops
5
  • Car: 994 km

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

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