Into the Wild: Book vs. Movie
Sean Penn's Into the Wild (2007) adapts Jon Krakauer's 1996 nonfiction book. Emile Hirsch plays Christopher McCandless, who leaves his family and possessions behind to travel across America with Alaska as his goal.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- Jon Krakauer
- Year
- 1996
- Pages
- 240Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 7 hr 5 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Philip Franklin
Jon Krakauer reconstructs the travels of Christopher McCandless, a young graduate who gives away his savings and cuts contact with his family before heading toward Alaska. Interviews, letters, and the traces he leaves behind help explain his search for a life outside ordinary expectations. Krakauer also examines his own attraction to dangerous journeys as he considers what drew McCandless into the wilderness.
- Director
- Sean Penn
- Writer
- Sean Penn
- Year
- 2007
- Runtime
- 2 hr 28 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Jena Malone
- Genre
- biographical, docudrama, Drama, drama fiction, road
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
After college, Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions and sets off under the name Alexander Supertramp, leaving his family without an explanation. Hitchhiking and taking temporary jobs, he forms connections with people who offer him a place in their lives. His determination to reach Alaska pulls him onward toward the solitude he believes will give him the freedom he wants.
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