About Christopher
Christopher Johnson McCandless (12 February 1968 – 18 August 1992) was an american wanderer who died near Denali National Park after hiking alone into the Alaskan wilderness with little food or equipment. Jon Krakauer wrote a book about his life, Into the Wild, in 1996, which inspired a 2007 film of the same name directed by Sean Penn and starring Emile Hirsch as McCandless.
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Into the Wild
This movie tells the adventures of Christopher, a top student at Emory University and an athlete. After graduating, McCandless decides to give $24,000 of his savings account to Oxfam and later, to burn all the money in his wallet. He hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wild. During his adventure, he encounters several unique people that change his life before he faces the dangers of wilderness.
Into the Wild is a 2007 Golden Globe-winning, Academy Award-nominated film. It was premiered during the second edition of the Rome Film Feast and a limited release was given on September 21, 2007, and a wide release on October 19.
The cast:
- Emile Hirsch - Christopher McCandless
- Marcia Gay Harden - Billie McCandless
- William Hurt - Walt McCandless
- Jena Malone - Carine McCandless
- Catherine Keener - Jan Burres
- Vince Vaughn - Wayne Westerberg
- Zach Galifianakis - Kevin
- Kristen Stewart - Tracy
- Hal Holbrook - Ron Franz
- Steven Wiig - Ranger Steve Koehler
(source: wikipedia)