Into the Wild ( film ) - wikipedia Into the Wild ( film ) Not to be confused with Wild ( 2014 film ). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( August 2017 ) Into the Wild Theatrical poster Directed by Sean Penn Produced by Sean Penn Art Linson Bill Pohlad Screenplay by Sean Penn Based on Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer Starring Emile Hirsch Marcia Gay Harden William Hurt Jena Malone Catherine Keener Brian Dierker Vince Vaughn Zach Galifianakis Kristen Stewart Hal Holbrook Music by Michael Brook Kaki King Eddie Vedder Cinematography Eric Gautier Edited by Jay Cassidy Production company Paramount Vantage River Road Entertainment Square One C.I.H. Linson Film Distributed by Paramount Vantage Release date September 21, 2007 ( 2007 - 09 - 21 ) Running time 148 minutes Country United States Language English Box office $56.3 million Into the Wild is a 2007 American biographical survival film written, co-produced, and directed by Sean Penn. It is an adaptation of Jon Krakauer 's 1996 nonfiction book of the same name, based on the travels of Christopher McCandless across North America and his experiences in the Alaskan wilderness in the early 1990s. The film stars Emile Hirsch as McCandless, and Marcia Gay Harden and William Hurt as his parents, and features Jena Malone, Catherine Keener, Vince Vaughn, Kristen Stewart, and Hal Holbrook. The film premiered during the 2007 Rome Film Fest and later opened outside Fairbanks, Alaska on September 21, 2007. It was nominated for two Golden Globes and won the award for Best Original Song : `` Guaranteed '' by Eddie Vedder. It was also nominated for two Academy Awards, namely Best Editing and Best Supporting Actor : Hal Holbrook. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3.1 Filming 4 Release 4.1 Critical reception 4.1. 1 Top ten lists 4.2 Awards 4.2. 1 Winnings 4.2. 2 Nominations 4.3 Box office 4.4 Home media 5 Soundtrack 6 See also 7 References 8 External links Plot In April 1992, Christopher McCandless arrives in a remote area just north of the Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Noting Chris ' unpreparedness, the stranger who drops him off lends him a pair of boots. Chris travels into the wilderness and sets up a campsite in an abandoned city bus, which he calls `` The Magic Bus ''. At first, McCandless is content with the isolation, the beauty of nature around him, and the thrill of living off the land. He hunts with a. 22 caliber rifle, reads books, and keeps a diary of his thoughts as he prepares himself for a new life in the wild. Two years earlier, in May 1990, McCandless graduates with high honors from Emory University. Shortly afterwards, McCandless rejects his conventional life by destroying all of his credit cards and identification documents. He donates nearly all of his savings to Oxfam and sets out on a cross-country drive in his Datsun B210 to experience life in the wilderness. McCandless does not tell his parents, Walt and Billie McCandless, or his sister Carine what he is doing or where he is going. He refuses to keep in touch with them after his departure, causing his parents to become increasingly anxious and eventually desperate. At Lake Mead, McCandless ' car is caught in a flash flood, causing him to abandon it and begin hitchhiking. He burns what remains of his cash and assumes a new name : `` Alexander Supertramp. '' In Northern California, McCandless encounters a hippie couple named Jan Burres and Rainey. Rainey tells McCandless about his failing relationship with Jan, which McCandless helps rekindle. In September, McCandless arrives in Carthage, South Dakota and works for a contract harvesting company owned by Wayne Westerberg. He is forced to leave after Westerberg is arrested for satellite piracy. McCandless then travels on the Colorado River and, though told by park rangers that he may not kayak down the river without a license, ignores their warnings and paddles downriver until he eventually arrives in Mexico. There, his kayak is lost in a dust storm, and he crosses back into the United States on foot. Unable to hitch a ride, he travels on freight trains to Los Angeles. Not long after arriving, however, he starts feeling `` corrupted '' by modern civilization and decides to leave. Later, he is forced to resume hitchhiking, after being beaten by railroad police. In December 1991, McCandless arrives at Slab City, in the Imperial Valley, and encounters Jan and Rainey again. There, he also meets Tracy Tatro, a teenage girl who shows interest in McCandless, but he rejects her because she is underage. After the holidays, McCandless decides to continue heading for Alaska. One month later, camping near Salton City, McCandless encounters Ron Franz, a retired man who recounts the story of the loss of his family in a car accident while he was serving in the United States Army. He now occupies his time in a workshop as an amateur leather worker. Franz teaches McCandless the craft of leatherwork, resulting in the making of a belt that details McCandless ' travels. After spending two months with Franz, McCandless decides to leave for Alaska, despite this upsetting Franz, who has become quite close to McCandless. On a parting note, Franz gives McCandless his old camping and travel gear, along with the offer to adopt him as his grandchild, but McCandless simply tells him that they should discuss this after he returns from Alaska. Four months later, at the abandoned bus, life for McCandless becomes harder, and he begins to make poor decisions. As his supplies begin to run out, he realizes that nature is also harsh and uncaring. McCandless concludes that true happiness can only be found when shared with others, and he seeks to return from the wild to his friends and family. However, he finds that the stream he had crossed during the winter has become wide, deep, and violent due to the snow thaw, and he is unable to cross. Saddened, he returns to the bus. In a desperate act, McCandless is forced to gather and eat roots and plants. He confuses similar plants and eats a poisonous one, falling sick as a result. Slowly dying, he continues to document his process of self - realization and imagines his family for one last time. He writes a farewell to the world and crawls into his sleeping bag to die. Two weeks later, his body is found by moose hunters. Shortly afterwards, Carine returns to Virginia with her brother 's ashes in her backpack. Cast Emile Hirsch as Chris McCandless Marcia Gay Harden as Billie McCandless William Hurt as Walt McCandless Jena Malone as Carine McCandless Catherine Keener as Jan Burres Hal Holbrook as Ron Franz Brian H. Dierker as Rainey Kristen Stewart as Tracy Tatro Vince Vaughn as Wayne Westerberg Zach Galifianakis as Kevin Thure Lindhardt as Mads Signe Egholm Olsen as Sonja Merritt Wever as Lori Jim Gallien as Himself Leonard Knight as Himself R.D. Call as Bull Cheryl Harrington as social worker Production This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. ( September 2017 ) Filming The scenes of graduation from Emory University in the film were shot in the fall of 2006 on the front lawn of Reed College. Some of the graduation scenes were also filmed during the actual Emory University graduation on May 15, 2006. The Alaska scenes depicting the area around the abandoned bus on the Stampede Trail were filmed 50 miles ( 80 km ) south of where McCandless actually died, in the tiny town of Cantwell. Filming at the actual bus would have been too remote for the technical demands of a movie shoot. A replica bus used in the movie is now a tourist attraction at a restaurant in Healy, Alaska. Release Critical reception This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. ( September 2017 ) The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 82 % of 194 reviews of the film were positive, resulting in a `` Certified Fresh '' rating. Its consensus read : `` With his sturdy cast and confident direction, Sean Penn has turned a complex work of nonfiction like Into the Wild into an accessible and poignant character study. '' Metacritic assigned the film an average score of 73 out of 100 based on 38 reviews from mainstream critics. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun - Times gave the film four stars out of four and described it as `` spellbinding. '' Ebert wrote that Emile Hirsch gives a `` hypnotic performance, '' commenting : `` It is great acting, and more than acting. '' Ebert added, `` The movie is so good partly because it means so much, I think, to its writer - director, Sean Penn. '' The American Film Institute listed the film as one of ten AFI Movies of the Year for 2007. National Board of Review named it one of the Top Ten Films of the Year. Into the Wild also ranks 473rd in Empire magazine 's 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time. Top Ten Lists The film appeared on many critics ' top ten lists of the best films of 2007. 1st : Ben Lyons, The Daily 10 2nd : Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post 2nd : Tasha Robinson, The A.V. Club 3rd : James Berardinelli, ReelViews 3rd : Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times 3rd : Peter Travers, Rolling Stone 4th : Kyle Smith, New York Post 5th : Claudia Puig, USA Today 5th : David Germain, Associated Press 5th : Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal 6th : Carrie Rickey, The Philadelphia Inquirer 6th : Steven Rea, The Philadelphia Inquirer 7th : A.O. Scott, The New York Times ( tied with The Diving Bell and the Butterfly ) 7th : Noel Murray, The A.V. Club 9th : Christy Lemire, Associated Press 10th : Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun - Times Awards Winnings 65th Golden Globe Awards Best Original Song -- Motion Picture ( `` Guaranteed '' ) Gotham Awards Best Feature Film Mill Valley Film Festival Best Actor ( Emile Hirsch ) Palm Springs International Film Festival Director of the Year Award ( Sean Penn ) Rising Star Award Actor ( Emile Hirsch ) National Board of Review Breakthrough Performance -- Male ( Emile Hirsch ) Rome Film Festival Jury Award ( William Pohlad ), ( Art Linson ), ( Sean Penn ) São Paulo International Film Festival Best Foreign Language Film ( Sean Penn ) Italian Online Movie Awards Best Motion Picture Of The Year Best Motion Picture soundtrack Nominations 80th Academy Awards Best Supporting Actor ( Hal Holbrook ) Best Film Editing ( Jay Cassidy ) 65th Golden Globe Awards Best Original Score -- Motion Picture ( Michael Brook, Kaki King, Eddie Vedder ) American Cinema Editors Best Edited Feature Film -- Dramatic ( Jay Cassidy ) Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Film Best Actor ( Emile Hirsch ) Best Supporting Actor ( Hal Holbrook ) Best Supporting Actress ( Catherine Keener ) Best Director ( Sean Penn ) Best Writer ( Sean Penn ) Best Song ( `` Guaranteed '' ) 34th César Awards Best Foreign Film Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best Picture Best Screenplay -- Adapted ( Sean Penn ) Best Supporting Actor ( Hal Holbrook ) Directors Guild of America Awards Best Director -- Film ( Sean Penn ) Cinema Audio Society Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures Costume Designers Guild Awards Excellence in Costume Design for Film -- Contemporary Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards Best Foreign Film -- English Language ( Sean Penn ) Grammy Awards Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media ( `` Guaranteed '' ) Gotham Awards Breakthrough Award ( Emile Hirsch ) Satellite Awards Best Original Song ( `` Rise '' ) Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role ( Emile Hirsch ) Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role ( Hal Holbrook ) Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role ( Catherine Keener ) USC Scripter Award USC Scripter Award ( Sean Penn ) ( screenwriter ), ( Jon Krakauer ) ( author ) Writers Guild of America Awards Best Adapted Screenplay ( Sean Penn ) Box Office In North America, Into the Wild initially opened in limited release, in four theaters and grossed $212,440, posting a per - theater average of $53,110. For the next several weeks, the film remained in limited release until it expanded to over 600 theaters on October 19, 2007 ; in its first weekend of wide release, the film grossed just $2.1 million for a per - theater average of $3,249. As of December 25, 2008, the film grossed $18,354,356 domestically and $37,281,398 internationally. In total, the film has grossed $55,635,754 worldwide. Home media Into the Wild was released on March 4, 2008 on standard DVD, Two - Disc Special Collector 's Edition DVD, and standard HD DVD. The special edition DVD and HD DVD contain two special features entitled The Story, The Characters and The Experience. The Blu - ray Disc edition was released in France on July 16, 2008. The Blu - ray edition for the US was released on December 16, 2008. Soundtrack Main article : Into the Wild ( soundtrack ) The songs on the soundtrack were performed by Eddie Vedder, lead singer of Pearl Jam, and Jerry Hannan. Vedder won a Golden Globe for Best Original Song for the song `` Guaranteed ''. The score was written and performed by Michael Brook and Kaki King. The music at the end of the theatrical trailer is `` Acts of Courage '' by X-Ray Dog, a company that supplies music for many movie trailers. Eddie Vedder said whilst writing the songs on the album `` I spent three days giving him ( Sean Penn ) colors that I could paint with. Different sounds. It would be pump organ and vocal, or it would be an uptempo song. I just gave him 25 minutes of music, stuff I felt that were colors on the palette. And I really did n't think anything was gon na come out of it. Maybe a little piece or something ''. `` Hard Sun '' ( Eddie Vedder and Corin Tucker ) `` Society '' ( Eddie Vedder and Jerry Hannan ) `` No Ceiling '' ( Eddie Vedder ) `` Rise '' ( Eddie Vedder ) `` Long Nights '' ( Eddie Vedder ) `` The Wolf '' ( Eddie Vedder ) `` Guaranteed '' ( Eddie Vedder ) `` Going Up The Country '' ( Canned Heat ) `` King of the Road '' ( Roger Miller ) `` Emory and Old St. Andrews March '' ( The Atlanta Pipe Band ) `` U Ca n't Touch This '' ( M.C. Hammer ) `` The Water Ran This Way Back and Forth '' ( Pedro ) `` I Thought I Was You '' ( Kelly Peterson ) `` Kaa '' ( Claude Chaloub ) `` Fork And File '' ( The Crooked Jades ) `` Dakota Themes '' ( Peter Ostroushko ) Slab Song ( Everett ' Insane Wayne ' Smith ) `` Tracy 's Song '' ( Kristen Stewart ) `` Angel from Montgomery '' ( Kristen Stewart and Emile Hirsch ) `` Picking Berries '' ( Gustavo Santaolalla ) `` Porterville '' ( Creedence Clearwater Revival ) See also Survival film, about the film genre, with a list of related films The Call of the Wild, a 2007 documentary about McCandless made by Ron Lamothe. Vagabond ( film ) References ^ Jump up to : `` Into the Wild ''. AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 27, 2017. Jump up ^ `` View Title ''. classification.gov.au. Jump up ^ Worldwide Total Gross data from Box Office Mojo Jump up ^ `` ' Into the Wild ' premieres in Fairbanks ''. Anchorage Daily News. September 4, 2007. Archived from the original on September 14, 2008. Retrieved July 17, 2008. The debut of `` Into the Wild '', a movie directed by Sean Penn about a 24 - year - old man who starved to death in the Alaska wilderness, drew a packed house Monday night. Jump up ^ `` Remake of `` Nerds '' Film Scrapped ``. The Emory Wheel. Archived from the original on 2008 - 12 - 18. Retrieved 2008 - 01 - 29. Jump up ^ `` The Cult of Chris McCandless ''. Men 's Journal. Archived from the original on June 8, 2008. Retrieved August 2, 2008. Jump up ^ `` See the `` Into the Wild '' replica bus from the movie ``. Trip Advisor. Retrieved 2015 - 07 - 15. Jump up ^ `` Into the Wild ( Rotten Tomatoes ) ''. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 9, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Into the Wild ( 2007 ) : Reviews ''. Metacritic. Retrieved December 31, 2007. Jump up ^ Roger Ebert ( September 29, 2007 ). `` Into the Wild ( xhtml ) ''. Chicago Sun - Times. Retrieved December 31, 2007. Jump up ^ `` No Country for Old Men, Juno named to AFI 's Top 10 of year ''. CBC. December 17, 2007. 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Question: who does kristen stewart play in into the wild
Answer: Tracy Tatro