Into the Wild

Adventure Movie - Into the Wild (2007)

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There is a pleasure in the pathless woods;

There is a Rapture on the Lonely shore;
There is society, where none intrudes;
By the deep sea, and music in it's roar;
I love not man the less, but Nature more...
Lord Byron

Freshly Graduated from College, Cristopher McCandless (22 years old) is a young man with a very promising future ahead. Instead of taking this future, he wanders out into the wild seasrching for adventure in Life. the things that happen and the experiences he encounters on the way. Based on a true story, McCandless has become for some a symbol of the heroic adventurer, to others he is an altruistic, naive idealist and rebel, others see him as just another lost son of America. What is evident is that this boy underwent a series of incredible transformations on his journey. The movie is the genial creation of method actor and movie director Sean Penn - the screenplay is adapted from a Bestselling book of the same name by Jon Krakauer

Author's note on Christopher McCandless

In April 1992, a young man from a seemingly upperclass family decided to hitch hike to Alaska - walking alone throught the outback to the North of Mount Mckinley. His rotted corpse was discovered 4 months later by a party of Moose hunters. After his body had been discovered, the author of the book, Jon Krakauer, was requested to report on the baffling circumstances leading to the death of McCandless. The boy turned out to have been the son of a well off family with excellent colege grades and athletic aspirations.After his graduation, McCandless changed his name and disappeared - his 24 thousand dollar savings account was given to charity, his car abandoned, along with almost all his posessions. All the money in his wallet had been burned, and a new life was invented for himself. He lived on the edge of society, hourneying across North America seeking transcendence. His relatives were clueless as to his whereabouts until the discovery of his lifeless corpse in Alaska. He might not have died if it wasn't for a series of senseless accidents and blunders in the forest of alaska in 1992.

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Movie Cast

* Emile Hirsch (Lords of Dogtown) as Christopher McCandless / "Alexander Supertramp"
* Marcia Gay Harden as Billie McCandless
* William Hurt as Walt McCandless
* Jena Malone as Carine McCandless
* Brian H. Dierker as Rainey
* Catherine Keener as Jan Burres
* Vince Vaughn as Wayne Westerberg
* Kristen Stewart as Tracy Tatro
* Hal Holbrook as Ron Franz
* Zach Galifianakis as Kevin
* Jim Gallien as Himself

Top ten lists

The film appeared on many critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2007.

* 1st - Ben Lyons The Daily 10
* 2nd - Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post[10]
* 2nd - Tasha Robinson, The A.V. Club[10]
* 3rd - James Berardinelli, ReelViews[10]
* 3rd - Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times[10]
* 3rd - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone[12]
* 4th - Kyle Smith, New York Post[10]
* 5th - Claudia Puig, USA Today[10]
* 5th - David Germain, Associated Press[13]
* 5th - Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal[10]
* 6th - Carrie Rickey, The Philadelphia Inquirer[10]
* 6th - Steven Rea, The Philadelphia Inquirer[10]
* 7th - A.O. Scott, The New York Times (tied with The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)[10]
* 7th - Noel Murray, The A.V. Club[10]
* 9th - Christy Lemire, Associated Press[13]
* 10th - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times[10]


Awards

Wins

* 65th Golden Globe Awards[14]
o Best Original Song - Motion Picture ("Guaranteed")
* Gotham Awards
o Best Feature Film

* Mill Valley Film Festival
o Best Actor (Emile Hirsch)

* National Board of Review
o Breakthrough Performance - Male (Emile Hirsch)

* Palm Springs International Film Festival
o Director of the Year Award (Sean Penn)
o Rising Star Award Actor (Emile Hirsch)

* Rome Film Feast
o Jury Award (William Pohlad), (Art Linson), (Sean Penn)

* São Paulo International Film Festival
o Best Foreign Language Film (Sean Penn)

Nominations

* 80th Academy Awards[15]
o Best Supporting Actor (Hal Holbrook)
o Best Film Editing

* 65th Golden Globe Awards[16]
o Best Original Score - Motion Picture (Michael Brook, Kaki King, Eddie Vedder)

* American Cinema Editors
o Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic

* Broadcast Film Critics Association
o Best Film
o Best Actor (Emile Hirsch)
o Best Supporting Actor (Hal Holbrook)
o Best Supporting Actress (Catherine Keener)
o Best Director (Sean Penn)
o Best Writer (Sean Penn)
o Best Song ("Guaranteed")

* Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
o Best Picture
o Best Screenplay - Adapted (Sean Penn)
o Best Supporting Actor (Hal Holbrook)

* Directors Guild of America Awards
o Best Director - Film (Sean Penn)

* Cinema Audio Society
o Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures

* Costume Designers Guild Awards
o Excellence in Costume Design for Film - Contemporary

* Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
o Best Foreign Film - English Language (Sean Penn)

* Grammy Awards
o Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media ("Guaranteed")

* Gotham Awards
o Breakthrough Award (Emile Hirsch)

* Satellite Awards
o Best Original Song ("Rise")

* Screen Actors Guild Awards
o Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
o Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (Emile Hirsch)
o Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role (Hal Holbrook)
o Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Catherine Keener)

* USC Scripter Award
o USC Scripter Award (Sean Penn) (screenwriter), (Jon Krakauer) (author)

* Writers Guild of America Awards
o Best Adapted Screenplay (Sean Penn)

Reviews
Outside article | Esquire article | Ted Pigeon's review
Links;
www.intothewild.com | Wikipedia - Into the Wild | Rotten Tomatoes - Into the Wild