Into the Wild (2007)

Directed by

Sean Penn

Genre

drama film, docudrama, biographical film, road movie

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 28m

Rated

R

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 10,205 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man leaves his comfortable life to travel across North America and live in the Alaskan wilderness. The story follows his journey and the people he meets along the way.

contemplativelonelybittersweetadventurousvisually strikingpoignantgrounded

What happens

Into the Wild is a 2007 American biographical adventure drama film written, co-produced, and directed by Sean Penn. It is an adaptation of the 1996 non-fiction book written by Jon Krakauer and tells the story of Christopher McCandless ("Alexander Supertramp"), a man who hiked across North America into the Alaskan wilderness in the early 1990s. The film stars Emile Hirsch as McCandless, Hal Holbrook, and Catherine Keener. The film premiered during the 2007 Rome Film Fest and opened outside Fairbanks, Alaska, on September 21, 2007 by Paramount Vantage. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed $56.8 million against a $20 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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