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Plot:
Based on a true story and the best-selling book by Jon Krakauer.
Freshly graduated from college with a promising future ahead,
22 year-old Christopher McCandless (EMILE HIRSCH) instead
walked out of his privileged life and into the wild in search
of adventure. What happened to him on the way transformed
this young wanderer into an enduring symbol for countless
people.
Was Christopher McCandless a heroic adventurer or a naive
idealist, a rebellious 1990s Thoreau or another lost American
son, a fearless risk-taker or a tragic figure who wrestled
with the precarious balance between man and nature?
Each strand of his journey is woven into Sean Penn's screen
adaptation of Jon Krakauer's acclaimed bestseller, INTO THE
WILD, which is as much about the insatiable yearning for family,
home and connection as it is the search for truth and happiness.
McCandless' quest took him from the wheat fields of South
Dakota to a renegade trip down the Colorado River to the non-conformists'
refuge of Slab City, California, and beyond.
Along the way, he encountered a series of colorful characters
at the very edges of American society who shaped his understanding
of life and whose lives he, in turn, changed. In the end,
he tested himself by heading alone into the wilds of the great
North, where everything he had seen and learned and felt came
to a head in ways he never could have expected.
DETAILS__________
Studio:
Paramount Vantage
Production Co:
River Road Entertainment
Square One C.I.H.
Linson Film
Release Date:
September 21, 2007
RELATED LINKS__________
Wikipedia - Movie Info
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Wikipedia - Sean Penn
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Wikipedia - Book
en.wikipedia.org
Wikipedia - Christopher McCandless
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MySpace Page
www.myspace.com/intothewildmovie
Imeem Page
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