Into The Wild

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Sean Penn directs this adaptation of Jon Krakauer's bestselling book about a young man (Emile Hirsch) who gives up everything to hitchhike to Alaska and live in the wilderness accompanied only by a rifle, a camera and a small collection of books. Powerful, soul-searching film from a formidable directoral talent.

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Review by Pasquale Iannone on 4th February 2008

Sean Penn’s fourth feature as director is a mature drama based on the life of Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch), a gifted student who, upon graduation, donates all of his savings to charity, confounding all societal (and parental) expectations by hitch-hiking to Alaska to live in the wild accompanied only by a rifle, a camera and a small collection of books.

Penn’s film, unlike the John Kracauer book upon which it is based, charts McCandless’ odyssey – deeply informed by the spirits of Jack London and Henry David Thoreau – through the eyes of his sister Carine (Jena Malone). As with Penn’s earlier films as director, at the core of Into the Wild is an independent sensibility harking back to the days of the New American cinema. The film features an excellent supporting cast including William Hurt and Marcia Gay Harden as Chris’s parents but the true revelation is the (Oscar-nominated) performance by 82 year-old veteran Hal Holbrook. Pearl Jam singer/songwriter Eddie Vedder and prodigious Atlanta-born guitarist Kaki King provide the music for one of the outstanding films of 2007.

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