Into the Wild
USA
adventure - biography - drama

Runtime: 140 minutes
Production Year: 2007

Director: Sean Penn

Starring:

Emile Hirsch (Christopher McCandless)

Freshly graduated from college with a promising future ahead, 22 year-old Christopher McCandless (EMILE HIRSCH) 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?

Each strand of his journey is woven into Sean Penn’s screen adaptation of Jon Krakauer’s acclaimed bestseller, INTO THE WILD, which is as much about the insatiable yearning for family, home and connection as it is the search for truth and happiness.

Cast: Marcia Gay Harden (Billie McCandless), William Hurt (Walt McCandless), Jena Malone (Carine McCandless), Brian H. Dierker (Rainey), Catherine Keener (Jan Burres), Vince Vaughn (Wayne Westerberg), Kristen Stewart (Tracy), Hal Holbrook (Ron Franz), more...

Crew: Screenplay: Sean Penn, Writer: Jon Krakauer, Producer: Art Linson, Producer: Sean Penn, Producer: William Pohlad, Executive producer: David Blocker, Executive producer: Frank Hildebrand, Executive producer: John J. Kelly, Music: Michael Brook, Music: Kaki King, more...

Release Date: September 21, 2007  (USA)