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Synopsis: Based on a true story. After graduating from Emory University, Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire savings account to charity, and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters who shape his life.

Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama

Director(s): Sean Penn

Actors: Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Jena Malone

Production: Paramount Vantage

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 23 wins & 99 nominations.


IMDB:: 8.1
Metacritic:: 73
Rotten Tomatoes:: 82%

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: R
Year:: 2007
: 148 min
: $18,173,360
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"Rather than love, than money,
than faith,
"than fame, than fairness,
"give me truth."
From as long ago
as Chris and I could remember,
there have been
daily bouts of rage in our house.
Violence that we were forced
to witness. It was very real.
But it was also like theater.
They cast us as both judges
and the accused.
And I got you this token,
this expensive token.
Dad had been the young genius
that NASA enlisted to do crucial designs
for the American satellite radar systems
that would be our answer
to the Russian Sputnik.
And Mom and he later started up
a consulting firm
combining her
get-up-and-go resourcefulness
with his wealth of knowledge.
Look at this.
But by the time the company
actually made its first million,
the careerism and money seemed
only to embolden their blindness.
Thank you very, very much.
I remember the first family meeting
to let us in on their plans
for getting a divorce.
They wanted us to choose
which of them we'd live with.
We cried our eyes out.
The divorce never happened,
but the battles and the meetings
never stopped.
It wasn't very long
before Chris and I shut off.
We'd say "Go ahead.
"Get the divorce."
Jeez. If I struck a match to you I'd have
dinner and warmth at the same time.
Where's Jan going?
Well, my friend,
all is not well on the hippie front.
You're an industrious little f***er,
aren't you?
Little bit.
It's funny how things happen
at particular times.
I've loved that woman
for a lot of years, bro.
But, you know, she's got a story.
We've been going through this thing,
real quiet.
So when we ran into you yesterday,
this thing that we've been going
through real quiet,
she's talking about it.
You know what I mean?
- I think I do.
- You think what?
Well...
Some people feel like
they don't deserve love.
They walk away quietly
into empty spaces,
trying to close the gaps to the past.
That's a hell of an insight. Jesus!
- You're not Jesus, are you?
- Look who's talking.
You gonna walk across the water
and get her back for me, pal?
No. I'm afraid of water.
Always have been.
Something I've gotta get over sometime
though, huh? So I will swim in it
if you'll carry the firewood back to camp.
- Sh*t, yeah.
- Yeah?
- Call it carried.
- All right.
"The sea's only gifts are harsh blows,
"and, occasionally,
the chance to feel strong.
"Now, I don't know much about the sea,
"but I do know that
that's the way it is here.
"And I also know
how important it is in life
"not necessarily to be strong,
but to feel strong,
"to measure yourself at least once,
"to find yourself at least once in
the most ancient of human conditions,

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Sean Penn

Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has won two Academy Awards, for his roles in the mystery drama Mystic River (2003) and the biopic Milk (2008). Penn began his acting career in television with a brief appearance in episode 112 of Little House on the Prairie (December 4, 1974), directed by his father Leo Penn. Following his film debut in the drama Taps (1981) and a diverse range of film roles in the 1980s, including Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Penn garnered critical attention for his roles in the crime dramas At Close Range (1986), State of Grace (1990), and Carlito's Way (1993). He became known as a prominent leading actor with the drama Dead Man Walking (1995), for which he earned his first Academy Award nomination and the Best Actor Award at the Berlin Film Festival. Penn received another two Oscar nominations for Woody Allen's comedy-drama Sweet and Lowdown (1999) and the drama I Am Sam (2001), before winning his first Academy Award for Best Actor in 2003 for Mystic River and a second one in 2008 for Milk. He has also won a Best Actor Award of the Cannes Film Festival for the Nick Cassavetes-directed She's So Lovely (1997), and two Best Actor Awards at the Venice Film Festival for the indie film Hurlyburly (1998) and the drama 21 Grams (2003). Penn made his feature film directorial debut with The Indian Runner (1991), followed by the drama film The Crossing Guard (1995) and the mystery film The Pledge (2001). Penn directed one of the 11 segments of 11'09"01 September 11 (2002), a compilation film made in response to the September 11 attacks. His fourth feature film, the biographical drama survival movie Into the Wild (2007), garnered critical acclaim and two Academy Award nominations. In addition to his film work, Penn engages in political and social activism, including his criticism of the George W. Bush administration, his contact with the Presidents of Cuba and Venezuela, and his humanitarian work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (2005) and the 2010 Haiti earthquake. more…

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