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Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip is a 2003 documentary film directed by Ken Burns and written by Dayton Duncan. Its subject is the first cross-country automobile journey in the United States, which occurred during the summer of 1903. The documentary focuses primarily on Horatio Nelson Jackson and his Winton car, The Vermont; along with his companions Sewall K. Crocker, his pet pitbull Bud and frequent correspondence with Jackson's wife Bertha Richardson Wells. The journey became a race among three teams, the winners being Jackson and Crocker.
Original Release
10/06/2003
US Release
10/06/2003
Cast
Name | Character |
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Keith David | Narrator |
Tom Hanks | Horatio Nelson Jackson (voice) / Horatio Nelson Jackson |
Adam Arkin | |
Tom Bodett | Other Voices |
Philip Bosco | |
Kevin Conway | Other Voices |
John Cullum | |
Murphy Guyer | Other Voices |
Amy Madigan | |
George Plimpton | Other Voices |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Keith David | Narrator |
Tom Hanks | Horatio Nelson Jackson (voice) / Horatio Nelson Jackson |
Adam Arkin | |
Tom Bodett | Other Voices |
Philip Bosco | |
Kevin Conway | Other Voices |
John Cullum | |
Murphy Guyer | Other Voices |
Amy Madigan | |
George Plimpton | Other Voices |
Eli Wallach | |
Roger Allison | Self |
Mary Louise Blanchard | Self |
William Least Heat-Moon | Self (writer) |
Drake Hokanson | Self |
Horatio Nelson Jackson | Self |
Ann Wall | Self |
Dayton Duncan | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Dayton Duncan | Producer |
Ken Burns | Producer |
Pam Tubridy Baucom | Producer |
Craig Mellish | Producer |
Susanna Steisel | Producer |