Into the Wild

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Into the Wild
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R,2hrs 27min
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September 21, 2007
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Paramount Vantage
Synopsis: Into the Wild is writer/director Sean Penn's adaptation of the popular book by Jon Krakauer, a nonfiction account of the post-collegiate wanderings of a young Virginia man, who divorces himself from his friends, family, and possessions in search of a greater spiritual knowledge and communion with nature. Upon his 1990 graduation from Emory University in Atlanta, Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch) walks away from a loving if dysfunctional family and sends his nearly 25,000-dollar life savings to ... Full Synopsis
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By Dennis Harvey, Variety.com
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"[Writer-director] Sean Penn delivers a compelling, ambitious work that will satisfy most admirers of the book." Full Review
Perry Seibert
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In Christopher McCandless, director Sean Penn has found a character that speaks to his own quest to find meaning in life. Instead of focusing on characters that are spiritually dead, as he did in his first ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Christopher McCandless
Billie McCandless
Walt McCandless
Jan Burres
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