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| Meta Description | 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 of the same name written by Jon Krakauer and tells the story of Christopher McCandless ("Alexander Supertramp"), a man who hiked... |
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| Boilerpipe Text | 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 of the same name
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,
Marcia Gay Harden
as his mother,
William Hurt
as his father,
Jena Malone
,
Catherine Keener
,
Brian H. Dierker
,
Vince Vaughn
,
Kristen Stewart
, and
Hal Holbrook
.
The film premiered during the 2007
Rome Film Fest
and opened outside
Fairbanks, Alaska
, on September 21, 2007. It received critical acclaim and grossed $56 million worldwide. It was nominated for two
Golden Globes
and won the award for Best Original Song: "
Guaranteed
" by
Eddie Vedder
. It was also nominated for two
Academy Awards
: Best Editing and Best Supporting Actor for Holbrook.
Plot
[
]
In April 1992,
Christopher McCandless
arrives in a remote area called Healy, just north of
Denali National Park and Preserve
in Alaska. Noting McCandless' unpreparedness, the man who drops him off gives him
gumboots
.
McCandless sets up camp in an
abandoned city bus
that he calls "The Magic Bus". He is content with the isolation, the beauty of nature, and the thrill of living off the land. He hunts with a .22, reads books, and keeps a journal as he prepares his new life in the wild.
In May 1990, McCandless graduates with high honors from
Emory University
. He is disenchanted with modern society after discovering he and his sister Carine were born out of wedlock.
McCandless destroys his credit cards and identification, donates his savings to
Oxfam
and sets out on a cross-country drive in his
Datsun 210
to experience life in the wilderness. He does not tell his parents nor Carine what he is doing or where he is going and does not contact them after his departure. This causes his parents to become increasingly anxious.
At
Lake Mead
, McCandless' car is caught in a flash flood; he abandons it and begins
hitchhiking
. Burning what remains of his cash, he assumes the name "Alexander Supertramp". In
Northern California
, McCandless encounters
hippie
couple Jan and Rainey. Rainey tells him his relationship with Jan is failing, which McCandless helps rekindle.
In September, McCandless arrives in
Carthage, South Dakota
, and works for a contract harvesting company owned by Wayne Westerberg. He leaves after Westerberg is arrested for
satellite piracy
.
McCandless kayaks down the
Colorado River
and, though told by park rangers he may not do so without a license, ignores their warnings and goes downriver to Mexico. His kayak is lost in a dust storm, and he crosses back into the United States on foot. Unable to hitch a ride, he jumps on freight trains to
Los Angeles
. Not long after arriving, however, he starts feeling "corrupted" by modern civilization and leaves. He is forced to resume hitchhiking when
railroad police
catch and beat him.
In December 1991, McCandless arrives at
Slab City
, in the
Imperial Valley
, and encounters Jan and Rainey again. He also meets Tracy Tatro, a teenage girl who shows interest in him, but he turns her down because she is a minor. After the holidays, McCandless continues heading for Alaska.
One month later, camping near
Salton City
, McCandless meets Ron Franz, a retired widower who lost his family in a car accident while he was serving in the
United States Army
. He leads a lonely life in a workshop as a leather worker. Franz teaches McCandless leatherwork, resulting in the making of a belt detailing his travels.
After two months with Franz, McCandless decides to leave for Alaska. Franz gives McCandless his old camping and travel gear, along with an offer to adopt him as his grandchild. McCandless tells him they should discuss it after he returns from Alaska.
Four months later, at the abandoned bus, life for McCandless becomes harder, and he makes several poor decisions. Trying to live off the land, he hunts down a large
moose
with his rifle, but cannot
preserve the meat
and it spoils within days. As his supplies dwindle, he realizes that nature can be harsh.
McCandless concludes that true happiness can be found only when shared with others, and he seeks to return from the wild to his friends and family. However, he finds that the
stream
he crossed during the winter has become wide, deep, and violent due to the thaw, and he is unable to cross. Defeated, he returns to the bus.
In a desperate act, McCandless gathers and eats roots and plants. He confuses similar plants and eats a
poisonous one
, falling sick as a result. Slowly dying, he continues to document his process of self-realization, and imagines what it might have been like if he had managed to return to his family. He writes a farewell note to the world and crawls into his sleeping bag to die.
Two weeks later, moose
hunters
find his body. Shortly afterwards, Carine returns to Virginia with her brother's ashes in her backpack.
Cast
[
]
Emile Hirsch
as
Chris McCandless
a.k.a. Alexander Supertramp
Marcia Gay Harden
as Billie McCandless
William Hurt
as Walt McCandless
Jena Malone
as Carine McCandless
Catherine Keener
as Jan Burres
Brian H. Dierker
as Rainey
Hal Holbrook
as Ron Franz
Kristen Stewart
as Tracy Tatro
Vince Vaughn
as Wayne Westerberg
Zach Galifianakis
as Kevin
Thure Lindhardt
as Mads
Signe Egholm Olsen as Sonja
Merritt Wever
as Lori
Jim Gallien as Himself
Leonard Knight
as Himself
R. D. Call
as
Bull
Cheryl Harrington
as social worker
Bart the Bear 2
as The Bea |
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## Into the Wild
[](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/filmguide/images/6/65/Into_the_Wild_film.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20231012050630 "Into the Wild film")
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### **Directed by**
[Sean Penn](https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Sean_Penn "Sean Penn")
### **Produced by**
- Sean Penn
- Art Linson
- Bill Pohlad
### **Screenplay by**
Sean Penn
### **Starring**
- [Emile Hirsch](https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Emile_Hirsch "Emile Hirsch")
- [Marcia Gay Harden](https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Marcia_Gay_Harden "Marcia Gay Harden")
- [William Hurt](https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/William_Hurt "William Hurt")
- [Jena Malone](https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Jena_Malone "Jena Malone")
- [Catherine Keener](https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Catherine_Keener "Catherine Keener")
- Brian H. Dierker
- [Vince Vaughn](https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Vince_Vaughn "Vince Vaughn")
- [Zach Galifianakis](https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Zach_Galifianakis "Zach Galifianakis")
- [Kristen Stewart](https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Kristen_Stewart "Kristen Stewart")
- [Hal Holbrook](https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Hal_Holbrook "Hal Holbrook")
### **Music by**
- Michael Brook
- Kaki King
- Eddie Vedder
### **Cinematography**
Eric Gautier
### **Edited by**
[Jay Cassidy](https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Jay_Cassidy "Jay Cassidy")
### **Studio**
[Paramount Vantage](https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Paramount_Vantage "Paramount Vantage")
[River Road Entertainment](https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/River_Road_Entertainment "River Road Entertainment")
Square One C.I.H.
Linson Film
### **Distributed by**
[Paramount Vantage](https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Paramount_Vantage "Paramount Vantage")
### **Running time**
148 minutes
### **Country**
United States
### **Language**
English
### **Rating**

### **Budget**
\$20 million
### **Box office**
\$56.8 million
Transcript • Trailer transcripts • Gallery • Videos • Trivia • Quotes • Credits • Awards • [Home media](https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Into_the_Wild/Home_media "Into the Wild/Home media") • Supplements • International supplements • Production • Cinema reel
***Into the Wild*** is a 2007 American [biographical](https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Biographical_film "Biographical film") adventure drama film written, co-produced, and directed by [Sean Penn](https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Sean_Penn "Sean Penn"). It is an adaptation of the 1996 non-fiction book of the same name 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](https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Emile_Hirsch "Emile Hirsch") as McCandless, [Marcia Gay Harden](https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Marcia_Gay_Harden "Marcia Gay Harden") as his mother, [William Hurt](https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/William_Hurt "William Hurt") as his father, [Jena Malone](https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Jena_Malone "Jena Malone"), [Catherine Keener](https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Catherine_Keener "Catherine Keener"), Brian H. Dierker, [Vince Vaughn](https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Vince_Vaughn "Vince Vaughn"), [Kristen Stewart](https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Kristen_Stewart "Kristen Stewart"), and [Hal Holbrook](https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Hal_Holbrook "Hal Holbrook").
The film premiered during the 2007 Rome Film Fest and opened outside Fairbanks, Alaska, on September 21, 2007. It received critical acclaim and grossed \$56 million worldwide. It was nominated for two Golden Globes and won the award for Best Original Song: "Guaranteed" by Eddie Vedder. It was also nominated for two [Academy Awards](https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Academy_Awards "Academy Awards"): Best Editing and Best Supporting Actor for Holbrook.
## Plot\[ \]
In April 1992, Christopher McCandless arrives in a remote area called Healy, just north of Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Noting McCandless' unpreparedness, the man who drops him off gives him gumboots.
McCandless sets up camp in an abandoned city bus that he calls "The Magic Bus". He is content with the isolation, the beauty of nature, and the thrill of living off the land. He hunts with a .22, reads books, and keeps a journal as he prepares his new life in the wild.
In May 1990, McCandless graduates with high honors from Emory University. He is disenchanted with modern society after discovering he and his sister Carine were born out of wedlock.
McCandless destroys his credit cards and identification, donates his savings to Oxfam and sets out on a cross-country drive in his Datsun 210 to experience life in the wilderness. He does not tell his parents nor Carine what he is doing or where he is going and does not contact them after his departure. This causes his parents to become increasingly anxious.
At Lake Mead, McCandless' car is caught in a flash flood; he abandons it and begins hitchhiking. Burning what remains of his cash, he assumes the name "Alexander Supertramp". In Northern California, McCandless encounters hippie couple Jan and Rainey. Rainey tells him his relationship with Jan is failing, which McCandless helps rekindle.
In September, McCandless arrives in Carthage, South Dakota, and works for a contract harvesting company owned by Wayne Westerberg. He leaves after Westerberg is arrested for satellite piracy.
McCandless kayaks down the Colorado River and, though told by park rangers he may not do so without a license, ignores their warnings and goes downriver to Mexico. His kayak is lost in a dust storm, and he crosses back into the United States on foot. Unable to hitch a ride, he jumps on freight trains to [Los Angeles](https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Los_Angeles "Los Angeles"). Not long after arriving, however, he starts feeling "corrupted" by modern civilization and leaves. He is forced to resume hitchhiking when railroad police catch and beat him.
In December 1991, McCandless arrives at Slab City, in the Imperial Valley, and encounters Jan and Rainey again. He also meets Tracy Tatro, a teenage girl who shows interest in him, but he turns her down because she is a minor. After the holidays, McCandless continues heading for Alaska.
One month later, camping near Salton City, McCandless meets Ron Franz, a retired widower who lost his family in a car accident while he was serving in the United States Army. He leads a lonely life in a workshop as a leather worker. Franz teaches McCandless leatherwork, resulting in the making of a belt detailing his travels.
After two months with Franz, McCandless decides to leave for Alaska. Franz gives McCandless his old camping and travel gear, along with an offer to adopt him as his grandchild. McCandless tells him they should discuss it after he returns from Alaska.
Four months later, at the abandoned bus, life for McCandless becomes harder, and he makes several poor decisions. Trying to live off the land, he hunts down a large moose with his rifle, but cannot preserve the meat and it spoils within days. As his supplies dwindle, he realizes that nature can be harsh.
McCandless concludes that true happiness can be found only when shared with others, and he seeks to return from the wild to his friends and family. However, he finds that the stream he crossed during the winter has become wide, deep, and violent due to the thaw, and he is unable to cross. Defeated, he returns to the bus.
In a desperate act, McCandless gathers and eats roots and plants. He confuses similar plants and eats a poisonous one, falling sick as a result. Slowly dying, he continues to document his process of self-realization, and imagines what it might have been like if he had managed to return to his family. He writes a farewell note to the world and crawls into his sleeping bag to die.
Two weeks later, moose hunters find his body. Shortly afterwards, Carine returns to Virginia with her brother's ashes in her backpack.
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