Corrected entry: When the police officers ask Dixon if he wants to arrest Viktor, he says that the 5:00 pm flight from Tokyo has just arrived. It's New York during in the winter, but it is sunny outside at 5:00pm.
SexyIrishLeprechaun
16th Jul 2004
The Terminal (2004)
Correction: The airborne duration between Tokyo to JFK typically ranges from 12.5 to 13 hours, assuming it is a direct flight (otherwise Dixon's words wouldn't make sense). A 5:00 pm (GMT+9) departed flight would probably arrive in JFK (GMT-5, winter time) at from 3:30 to 4:00 pm. Moreover, It is a common knowledge that east-bound trans-pacific flights tend to be a few minutes earlier because of the wind. In reality, the Tokyo flight should have landed in JFK way before 5:00 pm (if it departed at 5:00 pm in Tokyo) or slightly before 5:00 pm (if it was scheduled to land at 5:00 pm). It is still daytime at 5:00 pm. When Viktor arrived in JFK and was brought to Dixon's office, green leaves out of the window, which suggests that Viktor arrived in JFK in late April or early May (NOTE: which I thought is actually a movie mistake, as the green leaves can be seen to have just started to turn yellow, which indicates September instead of suggested late Spring). We all know that Viktor stayed in the terminal for 9 months, which makes his walking out of the terminal sometime in late January to early February. The sunset (i.e. when you start to sense it is getting dark) time in New York during that period of the year starts earliest at right past 5:00 pm, with complete darkness arrives only at 6:30. The movie is actually particularly accurate on this point.
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Correction: The five pm flight from Tokyo would have LEFT Tokyo at 5pm. I don't know much about flight times and such, but it could really get there when its sunny.
SexyIrishLeprechaun
The airborne duration between Tokyo to JFK typically ranges from 12.5 to 13 hours, assuming it is a direct flight (otherwise Dixon's words wouldn't make sense). A 5:00 pm (GMT+9) departed flight would probably arrive in JFK (GMT-5, winter time) at from 3:30 to 4:00 pm. Moreover, It is a common knowledge that east-bound trans-pacific flights tend to be a few minutes earlier because of the wind. In reality, the Tokyo flight should have landed in JFK way before 5:00 pm (if it departed at 5:00 pm in Tokyo) or slightly before 5:00 pm (if it was scheduled to land at 5:00 pm). It is still daytime at 5:00 pm. When Viktor arrived in JFK and was brought to Dixon's office, green leaves out of the window, which suggests that Viktor arrived in JFK in late April or early May (NOTE: which I thought is actually a movie mistake, as the green leaves can be seen to have just started to turn yellow, which indicates September instead of suggested late Spring). We all know that Viktor stayed in the terminal for 9 months, which makes his walking out of the terminal sometime in late January to early February. The sunset (i.e. when you start to sense it is getting dark) time in New York during that period of the year starts earliest at right past 5:00 pm, with complete darkness arrives only at 6:30. The movie is actually particularly accurate on this point.