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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa121.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://headbutler.com/reviews/wild/\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://headbutler.com/reviews/wild/\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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But the story he tells in his book,\nInto the Wild\n, is even better inspiration for a film, especially when the writer-director is Sean Penn.\nThink what you will about Penn — the guy has guts to spare. He stands  up for what he believes and he doesn’t mumble when he offers unpopular  ideas. And he’s loyal to his ideas; it took him a decade to romance McCandless’s parents and get their blessing. The result is a film that’s never less than compelling.\nPenn’s movie didn’t knock us out because we love raw Nature in Alaska — this really isn’t a movie about a kid who stepped out of civilization with  just a bag of rice and a book about edible plants to get him through. Penn’s after bigger game. He’s asking questions about our own lives: freedom, identity, community. That is, the questions obsessing us just  below the surface of our most ordinary days. 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The words progress from leaving the known world  (“Society\/ You’re a crazy breed\/ I hope you’re not lonely\/ Without me”)  to motion (“Gonna rise up\/ Turning mistakes into gold”) to a message so  primal it’s really chanting (“I am…I AM”).\nYears later, I can’t get over this movie.","attrs_markdown":"- [Movies](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/review-categories\/movies\/)\n- [Music](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/review-categories\/music\/)\n- [Books](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/review-categories\/books\/)\n\n- [Products](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/review-categories\/products\/)\n- [Short Takes](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/short-takes\/)\n\nMenu\n\n- [Books](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/review-categories\/books\/)\n- [Music](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/review-categories\/music\/)\n- [Movies](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/review-categories\/movies\/)\n- [Products](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/review-categories\/products\/)\n- [Short Takes](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/short-takes\/)\n- [Newsletter Signup](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/newsletter-signup\/)\n\n- [Home](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/)\n- [What can I find on Head Butler?](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/what-can-i-find-on-head-butler\/)\n  - [Books,](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/review-categories\/books\/)\n  - [Movies,](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/review-categories\/movies\/)\n  - [Music,](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/review-categories\/music\/)\n  - [Products,](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/review-categories\/products\/)\n  - [& Short takes](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/short-takes\/)\n- [Head Butler Books](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/reviews\/headbutler-com-the-100-essentials\/ \"A Christmas Carol\")\n  - [HeadButler.com: The 100 Essentials,](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/reviews\/headbutler-com-the-100-essentials\/)\n- [What’s Head Butler? 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So did my stepson. So did everyone I urged to see “Into the Wild.”  \n   \n The film is the story of Christopher McCandless, who graduated from college (Emory, ’92), then left civilization behind to experience life without constraints. His death in Alaska few months later made him a worthy subject for Jon Krakauer. But the story he tells in his book, [Into the Wild](https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0385486804\/headbutlercom-20), is even better inspiration for a film, especially when the writer-director is Sean Penn.\n\nThink what you will about Penn — the guy has guts to spare. He stands up for what he believes and he doesn’t mumble when he offers unpopular ideas. And he’s loyal to his ideas; it took him a decade to romance McCandless’s parents and get their blessing. The result is a film that’s never less than compelling.\n\nPenn’s movie didn’t knock us out because we love raw Nature in Alaska — this really isn’t a movie about a kid who stepped out of civilization with just a bag of rice and a book about edible plants to get him through. Penn’s after bigger game. He’s asking questions about our own lives: freedom, identity, community. That is, the questions obsessing us just below the surface of our most ordinary days. \\[To rent the video stream from Amazon, [click here](https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Into-Wild-Emile-Hirsch\/dp\/B007W1BLN0?ie=UTF8&tag=headbutlercom-20).\\]\n\nWe watch this long movie that has an ending we already know with something like obsession because Chris McCandless carries our proxy. At one time or other, we all want to walk out of the familiar. And, far more often, we think of “freedom” nostalgically — as something we once had. But Chris McCandless….he’s going for it. And the film goes it for it with him — it’s about stepping through doors, moving through landscape, seeking an ever-widening sky. And then there’s the music, which is even more expansive and exuberant.\n\nThis is not “soundtrack” music, a grab bag of songs cobbled together to provide a revenue stream. This is Eddie Vedder, usually the leader of Pearl Jam, here solo, with stripped-down instrumentation and blunt lyrics:\n\n*I knew all the rules  But the rules did not know me  Guaranteed*\n\nImagine that in Vedder’s baritone — singing so truthful it merges with the quest of the movie. The words progress from leaving the known world (“Society\/ You’re a crazy breed\/ I hope you’re not lonely\/ Without me”) to motion (“Gonna rise up\/ Turning mistakes into gold”) to a message so primal it’s really chanting (“I am…I AM”).\n\nYears later, I can’t get over this movie.\n\n- [Books](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/review-categories\/books\/)\n- [Movies](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/review-categories\/movies\/)\n- [Music](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/review-categories\/music\/)\n- [Products](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/review-categories\/products\/)\n- [Short Takes](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/short-takes\/)\n- [Disclaimer](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/disclaimer\/)\n- [RSS](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/feed\/rss)\n\nRecently in Head Butler\n\n[History](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/review-categories\/history\/)    \n  [Sad News to Share: Jesse Kornbluth passed away peacefully on April 3, 2025](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/reviews\/sad-news-to-share-jesse-kornbluth-passed-away-peacefully-on-april-3-2025\/)\n\n[History](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/review-categories\/history\/)    \n  [“How Lucky I Am to Have Something That Makes Saying Goodbye So Hard” — A. 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Who is Jesse Kornbluth?](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/whats-head-butler-who-is-jesse-kornbluth\/)\n\n[How do I use Head Butler?](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/how-do-i-use-head-butler\/)\n\n- [Disclaimer](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/disclaimer\/)\n- [RSS](http:\/\/clients.facadeinteractive.com\/HeadButler\/feed\/rss)\n\n[![](https:\/\/eadn-wc03-8211272.nxedge.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/facebook-188x188.png) Facebook](https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/head.butler.5)  [![](https:\/\/eadn-wc03-8211272.nxedge.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/twitter.png) Twitter](https:\/\/twitter.com\/headbutler)","attrs_readable_markdown":"### Eddie Vedder\n![](https:\/\/eadn-wc03-8211272.nxedge.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/01\/into-the-wild.jpg)  [![](https:\/\/eadn-wc03-8211272.nxedge.io\/wp-content\/themes\/HeadButler\/images\/icon-amazon.png)](https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B007W1BLN0\/?tag=headbutlercom-20)\n\nBy    \n Published: Jan 01, 2007   \n Category: [Drama](https:\/\/headbutler.com\/review-categories\/movies\/drama-movies\/)\n\nMy wife and I stumbled out of a Manhattan theater in stunned silence. So did my stepson. So did everyone I urged to see “Into the Wild.”\n\nThe film is the story of Christopher McCandless, who graduated from college (Emory, ’92), then left civilization behind to experience life without constraints. His death in Alaska few months later made him a worthy subject for Jon Krakauer. But the story he tells in his book, [Into the Wild](https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0385486804\/headbutlercom-20), is even better inspiration for a film, especially when the writer-director is Sean Penn.\n\nThink what you will about Penn — the guy has guts to spare. He stands up for what he believes and he doesn’t mumble when he offers unpopular ideas. And he’s loyal to his ideas; it took him a decade to romance McCandless’s parents and get their blessing. The result is a film that’s never less than compelling.\n\nPenn’s movie didn’t knock us out because we love raw Nature in Alaska — this really isn’t a movie about a kid who stepped out of civilization with just a bag of rice and a book about edible plants to get him through. Penn’s after bigger game. He’s asking questions about our own lives: freedom, identity, community. That is, the questions obsessing us just below the surface of our most ordinary days. \\[To rent the video stream from Amazon, [click here](https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Into-Wild-Emile-Hirsch\/dp\/B007W1BLN0?ie=UTF8&tag=headbutlercom-20).\\]\n\nWe watch this long movie that has an ending we already know with something like obsession because Chris McCandless carries our proxy. At one time or other, we all want to walk out of the familiar. And, far more often, we think of “freedom” nostalgically — as something we once had. But Chris McCandless….he’s going for it. And the film goes it for it with him — it’s about stepping through doors, moving through landscape, seeking an ever-widening sky. And then there’s the music, which is even more expansive and exuberant.\n\nThis is not “soundtrack” music, a grab bag of songs cobbled together to provide a revenue stream. This is Eddie Vedder, usually the leader of Pearl Jam, here solo, with stripped-down instrumentation and blunt lyrics:\n\n*I knew all the rules  But the rules did not know me  Guaranteed*\n\nImagine that in Vedder’s baritone — singing so truthful it merges with the quest of the movie. The words progress from leaving the known world (“Society\/ You’re a crazy breed\/ I hope you’re not lonely\/ Without me”) to motion (“Gonna rise up\/ Turning mistakes into gold”) to a message so primal it’s really chanting (“I am…I AM”).\n\nYears later, I can’t get over this movie.","meta_canonical":null}

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Boilerpipe Text	Eddie Vedder By Published: Jan 01, 2007 Category: Drama My wife and I stumbled out of a Manhattan theater in stunned silence. So did my stepson. So did everyone I urged to see “Into the Wild.” The film is the story of Christopher McCandless, who graduated from college (Emory, ’92), then left civilization behind to experience life without constraints. His death in Alaska few months later made him a worthy subject for Jon Krakauer. But the story he tells in his book, Into the Wild , is even better inspiration for a film, especially when the writer-director is Sean Penn. Think what you will about Penn — the guy has guts to spare. He stands up for what he believes and he doesn’t mumble when he offers unpopular ideas. And he’s loyal to his ideas; it took him a decade to romance McCandless’s parents and get their blessing. The result is a film that’s never less than compelling. Penn’s movie didn’t knock us out because we love raw Nature in Alaska — this really isn’t a movie about a kid who stepped out of civilization with just a bag of rice and a book about edible plants to get him through. Penn’s after bigger game. He’s asking questions about our own lives: freedom, identity, community. That is, the questions obsessing us just below the surface of our most ordinary days. [To rent the video stream from Amazon, click here .] We watch this long movie that has an ending we already know with something like obsession because Chris McCandless carries our proxy. At one time or other, we all want to walk out of the familiar. And, far more often, we think of “freedom” nostalgically — as something we once had. But Chris McCandless….he’s going for it. And the film goes it for it with him — it’s about stepping through doors, moving through landscape, seeking an ever-widening sky. And then there’s the music, which is even more expansive and exuberant. This is not “soundtrack” music, a grab bag of songs cobbled together to provide a revenue stream. This is Eddie Vedder, usually the leader of Pearl Jam, here solo, with stripped-down instrumentation and blunt lyrics: I knew all the rules But the rules did not know me Guaranteed Imagine that in Vedder’s baritone — singing so truthful it merges with the quest of the movie. The words progress from leaving the known world (“Society/ You’re a crazy breed/ I hope you’re not lonely/ Without me”) to motion (“Gonna rise up/ Turning mistakes into gold”) to a message so primal it’s really chanting (“I am…I AM”). Years later, I can’t get over this movie.
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Penn’s movie didn’t knock us out because we love raw Nature in Alaska — this really isn’t a movie about a kid who stepped out of civilization with just a bag of rice and a book about edible plants to get him through. Penn’s after bigger game. He’s asking questions about our own lives: freedom, identity, community. That is, the questions obsessing us just below the surface of our most ordinary days. \[To rent the video stream from Amazon, [click here](https://www.amazon.com/Into-Wild-Emile-Hirsch/dp/B007W1BLN0?ie=UTF8&tag=headbutlercom-20).\] We watch this long movie that has an ending we already know with something like obsession because Chris McCandless carries our proxy. At one time or other, we all want to walk out of the familiar. And, far more often, we think of “freedom” nostalgically — as something we once had. But Chris McCandless….he’s going for it. 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Readable Markdown	### Eddie Vedder ![](https://eadn-wc03-8211272.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/into-the-wild.jpg) [![](https://eadn-wc03-8211272.nxedge.io/wp-content/themes/HeadButler/images/icon-amazon.png)](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007W1BLN0/?tag=headbutlercom-20) By Published: Jan 01, 2007 Category: [Drama](https://headbutler.com/review-categories/movies/drama-movies/) My wife and I stumbled out of a Manhattan theater in stunned silence. So did my stepson. So did everyone I urged to see “Into the Wild.” The film is the story of Christopher McCandless, who graduated from college (Emory, ’92), then left civilization behind to experience life without constraints. His death in Alaska few months later made him a worthy subject for Jon Krakauer. But the story he tells in his book, [Into the Wild](https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385486804/headbutlercom-20), is even better inspiration for a film, especially when the writer-director is Sean Penn. Think what you will about Penn — the guy has guts to spare. He stands up for what he believes and he doesn’t mumble when he offers unpopular ideas. And he’s loyal to his ideas; it took him a decade to romance McCandless’s parents and get their blessing. The result is a film that’s never less than compelling. Penn’s movie didn’t knock us out because we love raw Nature in Alaska — this really isn’t a movie about a kid who stepped out of civilization with just a bag of rice and a book about edible plants to get him through. Penn’s after bigger game. He’s asking questions about our own lives: freedom, identity, community. That is, the questions obsessing us just below the surface of our most ordinary days. \[To rent the video stream from Amazon, [click here](https://www.amazon.com/Into-Wild-Emile-Hirsch/dp/B007W1BLN0?ie=UTF8&tag=headbutlercom-20).\] We watch this long movie that has an ending we already know with something like obsession because Chris McCandless carries our proxy. At one time or other, we all want to walk out of the familiar. And, far more often, we think of “freedom” nostalgically — as something we once had. But Chris McCandless….he’s going for it. And the film goes it for it with him — it’s about stepping through doors, moving through landscape, seeking an ever-widening sky. And then there’s the music, which is even more expansive and exuberant. This is not “soundtrack” music, a grab bag of songs cobbled together to provide a revenue stream. This is Eddie Vedder, usually the leader of Pearl Jam, here solo, with stripped-down instrumentation and blunt lyrics: I knew all the rules But the rules did not know me Guaranteed Imagine that in Vedder’s baritone — singing so truthful it merges with the quest of the movie. The words progress from leaving the known world (“Society/ You’re a crazy breed/ I hope you’re not lonely/ Without me”) to motion (“Gonna rise up/ Turning mistakes into gold”) to a message so primal it’s really chanting (“I am…I AM”). Years later, I can’t get over this movie.
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