Joy Ride (2001)
Directed by John Dahl
A college student driving from California to Colorado to pick up a friend detours to Utah to bail out his brother, and a CB-radio prank on a trucker turns the drive across Wyoming into a hunt.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1College≈ 00:02:00CaliforniaStated on screen
Lewis buys an old car and sets out east to collect his friend Venna.
- 2Jail≈ 00:07:00Salt Lake City, UtahStated on screen
Lewis bails out his estranged brother Fuller, who joins the drive and buys a CB radio.
- 3Motel and gas station≈ 00:15:00Laramie, WyomingStated on screen
Their prank on the trucker 'Rusty Nail' ends with a man in the next motel room beaten, and later the trucker chases them down at a gas station.
- 4Venna's college≈ 00:47:00Boulder, ColoradoInferred
The brothers pick up Venna, but the trucker is still listening in.
- 5Cornfield and motel room 17≈ 01:05:00Rusty Nail's trap: cornfield and motel (fictional)InferredFictional
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 1,624 km
- Places
- 5
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 5
- Car: 1,624 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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