Hollywood, over the years, has given the world some of the best travel movies. From Home Alone movie series, the biggest and the most exciting travel movie made, to the Scent of a Woman, Hollywood has a few both poignant as well awesomely ‘off da heezie’ travel-related scenes. Here is a compilation of a few Hollywood movies’ cut-scenes related to travel:
- National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Year of release: 1989
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeskbiJjCXI - Home Alone
Scene: In the van with the polka band
Year of release: 1991
Director: Chris Columbus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9wo1_xEuug - How the Grinch Stole Christmas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y60bLuV6J8
Year of release: 2000
Director: Ron Howard - The Nightmare Before Christmas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLvvkTbHjHI
Scene: Jack’s flaming sleigh ride
Year of release: 1993
Director: Henry Selick - Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2pu0m9iTo4
Scene: Two pillows
Year of release: 1987
Director: Henry Selick - The Polar Express
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cht63QybtiA
Scene: Train on ice
Year of release: 2004
Director: Robert Zemeckis - A Christmas Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwF4qieecEM
Scene: Flat tire
Year of release: 2004
Director: Robert Zemeckis - A Charlie Brown Christmas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=tvwybofO7UY
Scene: Flat tire
Year of release: 1965
Director: Bill Melendez - Scent of a Woman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Itr0jcR0S4s
Scene: Blind guy driving a Ferrari
Year of release: 1992
Director: Martin Brest - Elf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSx4r8Gayb4
Year of release: 2003
Director: Jon Favreau
Are we done with it? Definitely not. We may have missed out on quiet of lot of travel-related scenes from the world of Hollywood. Add more to these if you want. Holiday travel and movies go hand in hand. The above mentioned collection is a starter in this direction.
