He confuses similar plants and eats a poisonous one. In a desperate act, McCandless gathers and eats roots and plants. However, he finds that the stream he crossed during the winter has become wide, deep, and violent due to the thaw, and he is unable to cross. McCandless concludes that true happiness can be found only when shared with others, and he seeks to return from the wild to his friends and family.
As his supplies dwindle, he realizes that nature can be harsh. Trying to live off the land, he hunts down a large moose with his rifle, but cannot preserve the meat and it spoils within days. McCandless tells him they should discuss it after he returns from Alaska.įour months later, at the abandoned bus, life for McCandless becomes harder, and he makes several poor decisions. Franz gives McCandless his old camping and travel gear, along with an offer to adopt him as his grandchild.
Franz teaches McCandless leatherwork, resulting in the making of a belt detailing his travels.Īfter two months with Franz, McCandless decides to leave for Alaska. He leads a lonely life in a workshop as a leather worker. One month later, camping near Salton City, McCandless meets Ron Franz, a retired widower who lost his family in a car accident while he was serving in the United States Army. After the holidays, McCandless continues heading for Alaska. He also meets Tracy Tatro, a teenage girl who shows interest in him, but he turns her down because she is a minor.
In December 1991, McCandless arrives at Slab City, in the Imperial Valley, and encounters Jan and Rainey again. He is forced to resume hitchhiking when railroad police catch and beat him. Not long after arriving, however, he starts feeling "corrupted" by modern civilization and leaves. Unable to hitch a ride, he jumps on freight trains to Los Angeles. His kayak is lost in a dust storm, and he crosses back into the United States on foot. McCandless kayaks down the Colorado River and, though told by park rangers he may not do so without a license, ignores their warnings and goes downriver to Mexico. He leaves after Westerberg is arrested for satellite piracy. In September, McCandless arrives in Carthage, South Dakota, and works for a contract harvesting company owned by Wayne Westerberg. Rainey tells him his relationship with Jan is failing, which McCandless helps rekindle. 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's 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 caliber rifle, 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".
#INTO THE WILD BOOK AND MOVIE DRIVER#
Noting his unpreparedness, his driver 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. It received critical acclaim and grossed $56 million worldwide.
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The film premiered during the 2007 Rome Film Fest and opened outside Fairbanks, Alaska, on September 21, 2007. The film stars Emile Hirsch as McCandless, Marcia Gay Harden as his mother, William Hurt as his father, 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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