Into The Wild (2007)


Emile Hirsch            Christopher McCandless
Marcia Gay Harden       Billie McCandless
William Hurt            Walt McCandless
Hal Holbrook            Ron Franz
Catherine Keener        Jan Burres
Jena Malone             Carine McCandless/ Carine McCandless
Kristen Stewart         Tracy Tatro
Brian H. Dierker        Rainey
Vince Vaughn            Wayne Westerberg
Dan Burch               Passerby
Zach Galifianakis       Kevin
Cheryl Francis Harrington       Social Worker
John Jabaley            Announcer
Thure Lindhardt         Mads
Kathleen Mattice        College Student
Signe Egholm Olsen      Sonja
Haley Ramm              Carine - 11 years old

Directed by:            Sean Penn
Produced by:            John J. Kelly (II), Frank Hildebrand, David Blocker


Freshly graduated from college with a promising future, 22 year-old Christopher McCandless 
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? 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.

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"Into the Wild" is based on a true story and the bestselling book by Jon Krakauer. After graduating 
from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless (Hirsch) abandons 
his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to 
live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape 
his life.