Where They Went

Nebraska (2013)

Directed by Alexander Payne

An elderly man convinced he has won a million dollars insists on going from Billings, Montana to Lincoln, Nebraska to claim it, and his son drives him there by way of his home town.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Billings, Montana
    ≈ 00:01:00
    Stated on screen

    Woody keeps trying to walk to Nebraska, so David agrees to drive him.

  2. 2Motel and hospital
    Rapid City, South Dakota
    ≈ 00:16:00
    Stated on screen

    Woody falls in the motel and needs stitches.

  3. 3Mount Rushmore, South Dakota
    ≈ 00:22:00
    Stated on screen

    Woody is unimpressed by the monument.

  4. 4Hawthorne, Nebraska (fictional)
    ≈ 00:28:00
    Stated on screenFictional

    A stay with relatives turns into a town-wide fuss over Woody's 'winnings'.

  5. 5Sweepstakes office
    Lincoln, Nebraska
    ≈ 01:35:00
    Stated on screen
  6. 6Main street
    Hawthorne, Nebraska (fictional)
    ≈ 01:45:00
    Stated on screenFictional

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
2,264 km
Places
5
Countries
1
Stops
6
  • Car: 2,264 km

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

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