Into the Wild

    Genre
    Adventure, Biography, Drama
  • |
    • Runtime
    148 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    R
  • |
    • Release Date
    2007
  • |
    • Countries
    United States
  • |
    • Languages
    English, Danish
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Sean Penn
WRITTEN BY:
Sean Penn, Jon Krakauer
CAST INCLUDES:
Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Keener

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

"Sean Penn sings a powerful and poetic hymn to America with INTO THE WILD, his sweeping, sensitive and deeply affecting adaptation of Jon Krakauer's best-selling book" (Washington Post). This Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe winning film is a deeply personal and affecting tale of a college scholar who graduates and leaves behind his career opportunities to journey into the Alaskan wilderness.

SYNOPSIS

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.

Into the Wild

    Genre
    Adventure, Biography, Drama
  • |
    • Runtime
    148 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    R
  • |
    • Release Date
    2007
  • |
    • Countries
    United States
  • |
    • Languages
    English, Danish
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Sean Penn
WRITTEN BY
Sean Penn, Jon Krakauer
CAST INCLUDES
Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Keener
"Sean Penn sings a powerful and poetic hymn to America with INTO THE WILD, his sweeping, sensitive and deeply affecting adaptation of Jon Krakauer's best-selling book" (Washington Post). This Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe winning film is a deeply personal and affecting tale of a college scholar who graduates and leaves behind his career opportunities to journey into the Alaskan wilderness.

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.

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