In Northern California, McCandless encounters hippie couple Jan and Rainey. Burning what remains of his cash, he assumes the name "Alexander Supertramp". This causes his parents to become increasingly anxious.Īt Lake Mead, McCandless' car is caught in a flash flood he abandons it and begins hitchhiking. He does not tell his parents nor Carine what he is doing or where he is going and does not contact them after his departure. McCandless destroys his credit cards and identification, donates his savings to Oxfam and sets out on a cross-country drive in his Datsun 210 to experience life in the wilderness.
He is disenchanted with modern society after discovering he and his sister Carine were born out of wedlock. In May 1990, McCandless graduates with high honors from Emory University. 22, reads books, and keeps a journal as he prepares his new life in the wild. He is content with the isolation, the beauty of nature, and the thrill of living off the land. McCandless sets up camp in an abandoned city bus that he calls "The Magic Bus". Noting McCandless' unpreparedness, the man who drops him off gives him gumboots. In April 1992, Christopher McCandless arrives in a remote area called Healy, just north of Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. It was also nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Editing and Best Supporting Actor for Holbrook. It was nominated for two Golden Globes and won the award for Best Original Song: " Guaranteed" by Eddie Vedder. The film received critical acclaim and grossed $56 million worldwide. The film premiered during the 2007 Rome Film Fest and later opened outside Fairbanks, Alaska, on September 21, 2007. The film stars Emile Hirsch as McCandless and Marcia Gay Harden and William Hurt as his parents it also features Jena Malone, Catherine Keener, Brian Dierker, Vince Vaughn, Kristen Stewart, and Hal Holbrook. It is an adaptation of the 1996 non-fiction book of the same name written by Jon Krakauer and tells the story of Christopher McCandless ("Alexander Supertramp"), a man who hiked across North America into the Alaskan wilderness in the early 1990s. Into the Wild is a 2007 American biographical adventure drama film written, co-produced, and directed by Sean Penn.
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