Redkora
10-14-2007, 10:42 PM
This movie is based on the true story compiled in Ron Krakauer's Into the Wild.
From Barnes & Noble.com:
In April 1992, a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. He had given $25,000 in savings to a charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet and invented a life for himself. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. 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.
More about the movie here. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758758/)
I really enjoyed the book when I read it back in high school. I hope the film delivers as well.
From Barnes & Noble.com:
In April 1992, a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. He had given $25,000 in savings to a charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet and invented a life for himself. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. 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.
More about the movie here. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758758/)
I really enjoyed the book when I read it back in high school. I hope the film delivers as well.