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Where in the Hell Are They Going?

posted 11 years ago by sbaker777
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The only backroads they would have used would have been in New York and Ohio... NORTHERN Ohio.(see map) http://oi42.tinypic.com/11lmsef.jpg

Where in the hell would they have come across a cop with a rather bad Nawthern Georgia and Suthern South Carolina accent? I've been all across this country, and have yet to find anyone in NY or Ohio that spoke like that cop. Indiana MIGHT have a few Southern sounding people, but they tend to be farther South, near Kentucky, but here again, they should have been on the interstate(not that that has anything to do with accents). The man in the pickup truck SAID he'd been traveling all day, so I will give him a pass. He could have been from South of the Mason-Dixon line, but that doesn't guarantee a Southern accent either. I've lived in the South all my life, and I don't have one. Both my parents are Yankees, yes, I forgive them, so none of us have accents.

No, where they SHOULD have been traveling, they should have been on interstates and away from people from the South. I understand they needed to be on a "backroad", to be able to have those scenes, but the accents?... no. That made NO sense.

The South HAS Risen, again.

[–] sonofbeach-sheet 11 years ago

Good point; if they were traveling from New England to California, the midwest is much more plausible, but a lot of midwesterners in the rural areas sound a little southern.

The whole movie outside of Cornell University and UCLA was actually shot in and around Stockton, which pretty much has an anonymous USA look to it.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

I've heard people from Ohio who had somewhat Southern accents.

[–] KDinCT 10 years ago

If you look carefully at the ad on the ride board, it said Tim Robbins car was taking a southern route.

[–] sbaker777 10 years ago

You are correct!
But I still don't see "Poor" college students driving at least 400 miles farther than necessary? Nope...

I'm downloading the movie again... I'll bet you that the "southern route" part, was done in either post production, or after they figured out they were using some hokey sounding "Southern" cop. LOL

http://oi60.tinypic.com/20zbeww.jpg

I'm telling you... people don't talk like that anymore, except in the movies. Most of those "General Beauregard" types, are LONG gone. There MIGHT be some older people talking like that still, but like I said... they're probably in Upper Georgia and South Carolina. That's a real stretch to dip down into those states, from New England, going to Los Angelos.

It's 2464 miles from Cornell Univ. to L.A. taking a more direct route, and 2871 dipping down into South Carolina

IF they dip down into South Carolina, it's 400 miles farther. Oh well. Thanks for responding.

Shoot him, cut out his tongue, then shoot his tongue.

[–] TonyAtRest 10 years ago

The point is, the couple driving, who they were paying for the ride wanted to take the southern route, who knows for what reason, maybe they wanted to see the Grand Canyon.

Gib and Allison had no choice in the matter.

[–] bccct 9 years ago

If I recall correctly, they were traveling during Christmas break. At that time of the year it's not unusual for people driving from the northeast to LA to get to the south as soon as possible in order to avoid the delays that might result from hitting a big snowstorm, which are less likely in the south.

[–] jjparish 9 years ago

Always wanted to drive across america. It was interesting that they did it here without ever once consulting a map. I wish it were really that easy.

[–] maixiu (2862) 2 years ago

Because all the dirt people in flyover country are nothing more than ignorant hayseeds. Hollywood knows nothing else.

[–] cbsteven (234) 2 years ago

There's an announcement at the bus station, with all the stops en-route to LA. Pittsburgh and St Louis get mentioned, I think. Guess they must've been somewhere still northeast, only early on the second day.

[–] xanthas (3215) a year ago

If it was supposed to be winter break, why did every scene of them driving in the car look like it was filmed in September, with full leaves on all of the trees?