Into the Wild

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Coming-of-Age Docudrama Road Trip Survival Tragedy Adventure Biography Drama

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 ... Read allAfter 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.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.

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IMDb RATING

8.1/10

676K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

630

See production info at IMDbPro

Top rated movie #243

Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 23 wins & 106 nominations total

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Trivia
Jim Gallien, the Alaskan who gave Chris the rubber boots in the opening scene, plays himself.

Goofs
At one point, Chris burns his Social Security card, just like he burned paper money previously.

In real life, Chris didn't burn his Social Security Card. When his sister Carine flew to Alaska to pick up his remains and some of the possessions that were found with him, she did not receive his backpack. Years later, when she returned to Alaska to finally see the bus where Chris died, she met a man who had removed Chris's backpack from the bus shortly after he had died. The man kept the backpack at his home for years, and when he finally gave it back to Carine, she found that it still contained many of Chris's possessions, including his wallet and Social Security card.

Quotes
Christopher McCandless: [written into book] Happiness only real when shared.

Crazy credits
The opening title is shown as part of Chris's journal's writings.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford/King of California/Good Luck Chuck/Into the Wild/Sydney White (2007)

Soundtracks
Hard Sun
Written by Gordon Peterson
Performed by Eddie Vedder & Corin Tucker
Courtesy of Monkeywrench, Inc./J Records

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Featured review

10/10

Justice done.

The sensitivity with which Krakauer captured the essence of McCandless and his adventure is extended aptly to the movie format by Sean Penn. Even if one might not be able to appreciate the purpose for Alex's journey, I don't think anyone would be able to deny that Into the Wild is a sensitive and poignant cinematic experience. There are scenes in this movie that one will never be able to forget, particularly the ending sequence. This movie will easily pull its audience into a philosophical debate for the truth about who was right and wrong isn't easy to distinguish. Sean Penn certainly doesn't try to answer those questions, questions that McCandless' life left for his family and the rest of us. Penn does well to tread a delicate objective but not indifferent line. Certainly the best movie of this year and one of the best ever made. The story, the story itself is great.