Into the Wild (2007)

Freshly graduated from college with a promising future, 22 year-old ChristopherMcCandless 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 naïve 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.

Production Status: Released

Logline: Based on a true story of top student and athlete Christopher McCandless, an Emory graduate, who abandons his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness where he met his untimely fate.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama and Adaptation
Running Time: 2 hrs. 20 min.
Release Date: September 21st, 2007 (limited)
MPAA Rating: R for language and some nudity.
Distributors: Paramount Vantage
Production Co.: River Road Entertainment, Linson Films, Clyde Is Hungry Productions
Studios: Paramount Vantage
Financiers: Co-Financier: River Road Entertainment
U.S. Box Office: $8,963,944
Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Alaska USA
Alaska, USA
Produced in: United States

Starring: Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Hal Holbrook, Catherine Keener
Directed by: Sean Penn
Produced by: John J. Kelly (II), Frank Hildebrand, David Blocker

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