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Into the Wild
After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
2007 · Directed by Sean Penn · 148 min · Adventure · Drama · Screenplay in the scene database · 27 frames
Tagline
Into the heart. Into the soul.
Plot
In April 1992, Chris McCandless arrives in a remote area called Healy, just north of Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Noting McCandless's unpreparedness, the man who drops him off gives him gumboots.
McCandless sets up camp in an abandoned city bus that he calls "The Magic Bus". He is content with the isolation, the beauty of nature, and the thrill of living off the land. He hunts with a .22 rifle, reads books, and keeps a journal as he prepares his new life in the wild.
In May 1990, McCandless graduates with high honors from Emory University. He is disenchanted with modern society after discovering he and his sister Carine were born out of wedlock.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Sean Penn
- Cinematography: Éric Gautier
- Edited by: Jay Cassidy
- Music: Michael Brook
- Production design: Derek R. Hill
- Produced by: Sean Penn, Art Linson, Bill Pohlad
Cast
- Emile Hirsch as Christopher McCandless / Alexander Supertramp
- Marcia Gay Harden as Billie McCandless
- William Hurt as Walt McCandless
- Jena Malone as Carine McCandless / Additional Narration (voice)
- Brian H. Dierker as Rainey
- Catherine Keener as Jan Burres
- Vince Vaughn as Wayne Westerberg
- Kristen Stewart as Tracy Tatro
- Hal Holbrook as Ronald "Ron" Franz
- Thure Lindhardt as Mads
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: Danish, English
- Studios: River Road Entertainment, Paramount Vantage, Linson Entertainment, Square One C.I.H.
- Budget: $15,000,000
- Box office: $56,255,142
- Themes: parent child relationship, self-discovery, camping, wilderness, biography, based on true story, road trip, alaska, questioning, starvation
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