The Journey
Documentary (90 min.)

After college, Eric Saperston bought a 1971 Volkswagen Bus, took his Golden Retriever Jack, and set out to follow the Grateful Dead and work a ski season in Aspen. While out on the road, he decided to call up some of the most powerful and influential people in the world and asked them out for a cup of coffee.

What started out as a personal journey to find the answers to life's biggest questions - Why am I here? How can I find happiness? What is success? - quickly turned into something much bigger than he ever had imagined. As the journey unfolded, it attracted the attention of three others: Dave, Paige and Kathleen. They too felt disconnected and were searching for purpose and meaning in their lives. So they quit their jobs, risked it all and jumped in the bus. One man's summer vacation quickly became four people's vocation. This team of eager travelers meandered across the country, from Atlanta, Ga., to Seattle, Wash., shot 500 hours of footage and interviewed more than 200 people in search of wisdom and inspiration from the famous and not so famous.

Together, the four of them and their dog Jack covered thousands of miles, endured three rebuilt engines and crossed countless state lines. They scheduled their interviews from payphones, funded their trip by selling cheese sandwiches made with love for $1 and found their way into the homes and hearts of people most of us only dream of meeting.
"To know the road ahead, ask those coming back." -- Chinese proverb