Into the Wild (2007)

Genres : Adventure | Biography | Drama

After graduating from Emory University, 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. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.

Director:Sean Penn
Writers:Sean Penn (screenplay), Jon Krakauer (book)
Stars:Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn and Catherine Keener

Storyline

Based on a true story. After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandoned 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 who shape his life.

Plot Synopsis

A young man leaves his middle class existence in pursuit of freedom from relationships and obligation. Giving up his home, family, all possessions but the few he carried on his back and donating all his savings to charity Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch) embarks on a journey throughout America. His eventual aim is to travel into Alaska, into the wild, to spend time with nature, with 'real' existence, away from the trappings of the modern world. In the 20 months leading up to his Great Alaskan Adventure his travels lead him on a path of self-discovery, to examine and appreciate the world around him and to reflect on and heal from his troubled childhood and parents' sordid and abusive relationship. When he reaches Alaska he finds he has been insufficiently prepared for the hardships to come. Despite making it through the winter his plan is ill-judged and prepares to return home in spring, only to find the stream he crossed in the snow has become an impassable raging torrent and that he is trapped. With no means of sustaining himself adequately he takes to eating berries and fauna, that he identifies using a book. Unfortunately, he awakes one morning to find that the berries he consumed the night before were in fact poisonous, and causes him to starve in his so sought after isolation. Throughout his epic journey the people he meets both influence and are influenced by the person he is and bring him to the eventual and tragic realisation that "Happiness is only real when shared".

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Details

Country:USA
Language:English | Danish
Release Date:21 September 2007 (USA)
Filming Locations:Anchorage, Alaska, USA

Box Office

Budget:$15,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend:$212,440 (USA) (23 September 2007) (4 Screens)
Gross:$18,352,454 (USA) (23 March 2008)

Technical Specs

Runtime:148 min
Sound Mix:DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Color:Color
Aspect Ratio:2.35 : 1

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