Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Directed by Bob Rafelson
A former piano prodigy working the California oil fields drives north to his estranged family's island home in Puget Sound when he hears his father is ill, dragging along his waitress girlfriend.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Oil field, Kern County, California≈ 00:01:00Inferred
Bobby works an oil rig, bowls and drinks with Elton, and goes home to Rayette.
- 2Los Angeles, California≈ 00:27:00Stated on screen
Bobby visits his sister Partita at a recording session and learns their father has had strokes.
- 3Roadside diner≈ 00:40:00OregonInferred
With two hitchhikers bound for Alaska aboard, Bobby's fight with a waitress over a chicken salad sandwich gets them all thrown out of a roadside diner.
- 4Motel≈ 00:48:00Puget Sound, WashingtonInferred
Bobby parks Rayette at a motel in Washington so he can face his family alone.
- 5Dupea family home, Puget Sound island (fictional)≈ 00:51:00Stated on screenFictional
- 6Gas station≈ 01:30:00Puget Sound, WashingtonInferred
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 2,794 km
- Places
- 5
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 6
- Car: 2,723 km
- Boat: 35 km
- Not shown: 35 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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