into the wild
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. [1]
View company contact information for Into the Wild on IMDbPro. [2]
Freshly graduated from college with a promising future, 22 year-old Christopher McCandless instead walked out of his privileged life and into the wild in search of adventure. [3]
Into the Wild is a 2007 film based on the 1996 non-fiction book of the same name by Jon Krakauer about the adventures of Christopher McCandless. [4]
Jon Krakauer is the author of Under the Banner of Heaven, Eiger Dreams, Into the Wild, and Into Thin Air and is editor of the Modern Library Exploration series. [5]
As the author of Into the Wild, Krakauer makes himself a character by comparing his own youth to that of McCandless. [...] The purpose of Jon Krakauer’s book is to address the matter of young Christopher McCandless and his odd seclusion from society and a lifestyle that was all most people could ask for. [6]
Into the Wild (1996) by Jon Krakauer is a bestselling non-fiction book about the adventures of Christopher McCandless. [7]
Citing classic hermits and renouncers of society such as Henry David Thoreau and John Muir, McCandless decides to live in the wild, without the advents of human society. [6]
In April 1992, a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. [5]
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. [2]
This article is about the Jon Krakauer book. [7]
There is the matter of the parent-child conundrum, and in it Krakauer manages to maneuver enough perspective into McCandless’s story to make it more about the general condition of youth than about McCandless’s individual situation and decisions. [6]
“Just Alex,” the young man replied, pointedly rejecting the bait. [...] Jon Krakauer brings Chris McCandless’s uncompromising pilgrimage out of the shadows and illuminates it with meaning in this mesmerizing and heartbreaking tour de force. [5]
Sources:
[1] Into the Wild on MSN Movies
[2] Into the Wild (2007)
[3] Into the Wild - Yahoo! Movies
[4] Into the Wild (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[5] Into the Wild - Books - Biography & Autobiography
[6] Into the Wild Summary at WikiSummaries: Free Book Summaries
[7] Into the Wild - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia