 CONT: The movie takes place over a "few days" while Chuck gets the  paperwork signed to get Deeds his money. When Chuck and Cecil pick  Deeds up from his hometown to take him to New York, the helicopter  lands on bright green turf and folks in town are wearing summer  clothes. By the time Deeds leaves New York a short time later, its  winter. Ponds are iced over and the snow is thick on the ground, as  if it has been winter for some time.