The Fabelmans (2022)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
A boy who falls for the movies in 1950s New Jersey follows his family to Phoenix and then northern California, filming everything along the way, before heading to Hollywood to try his luck.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Movie theater≈ 00:01:00Haddon Township, New JerseyInferred
His parents take young Sammy to his first film, a train crash he cannot forget.
- 2Fabelman home≈ 00:06:00Haddon Township, New JerseyStated on screen
Sammy restages the crash with his toy train and films it.
- 3Fabelman home≈ 00:20:00Phoenix, ArizonaStated on screen
In Arizona Sammy makes ever more ambitious films with his scout troop.
- 4Camping trip≈ 00:35:00ArizonaInferred
Sammy films the family camping trip.
- 5Fabelman home≈ 00:45:00Phoenix, ArizonaStated on screen
- 6New home and high school≈ 01:20:00Saratoga, CaliforniaStated on screen
- 7Studio backlot≈ 02:18:00Hollywood, Los AngelesStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 5,036 km
- Places
- 5
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 7
- Not shown: 4,834 km
- Car: 202 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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