PRINTMovie Travel Guide
March 13, 2008 | 12:00 a.m. CST
Major League
The Cleveland Indians, a.k.a. the crazy little team that could, has a wild shot at being a successful baseball club in Major League. Highlight: Rick “Wild Thing” Vaughn makes the trip around the diamond worth it, but the views of the Indians’ Municipal Stadium don’t hurt either. (1989)
Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
Queen - I Want To Break Free
Malajube - Montréal -40ºC
Tegan and Sara - Hop a Plane
John Denver - Rocky Mountain High
Roger Miller - King of the Road
The Beatles - The Long and Winding Road
Weezer - Surf Wax America
Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
The Jackson Five - I’m Going Back to Indiana
Indigo Girls - Three County Highway
Bob Dylan - Blowin’ in the Wind
Grateful Dead - Truckin’
Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn
Lucero - Last Night in Town
The Mountain Goats - Going to Tennessee
Johnny Cash - I’ve Been Everywhere
The Arcade Fire - Keep the Car Running
Fats Domino - Walkin’ to New Orleans
Beirut - Postcards from Italy
Tom Waits - Downtown Train
KISS - Detroit Rock City
- Packing to please
- Cross-continental cuisine
- Off the map
- Rounding the bases
- A day of big eats on the bayou
- Lights, camera, travel
- Building the skyline of a city
- Far-out festivals
- Race to the coast
- White-water rush
- Rocking across North America
- Around the world in 80 minutes
- Walkin' the line in Tennesse
- Art Mecca of the West
- Stephens College Faculty Show
- Brooklyn, where New York starts
- Colombia’s walled city
- Literary Travel Writing
- Montreal rendez-vous
- Social Networking
- Art break: Get out and walk around
- Couchsurfing
- Streetside Chatter
Greased Lightning
Greased Lightning (not to be confused with Grease) is a mixture of wit and drama. Richard Pryor gives his portrayal of the real-life Wendell Scott, the first African-American racecar driver to enter the auto-racing industry. Greased Lightning focuses on the drama in Scott’s life as well as the need for speed. Highlight: Pam Grier, three years after starring in Foxy Brown (1974), plays the female lead, Mary Jones. (1977)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Ferris said life goes by pretty fast, so if a trip to the Windy City is not an option, this movie could suffice. Ferris Bueller features the Art Institute of Chicago, the Sears Tower and Alexander Calder's “Flamingo.” Highlight: The parade sequence in which Ferris serenades the entire audience with “Twist and Shout.” (1986)
Do the Right Thing
The film depicts racial tensions between two communities in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. Spike Lee’s film examines deeper questions in his own distinct style.
Highlight: Character Radio Raheem, with boom box in tow, represents the underlying message to “fight the power” (1989).
