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Synopsis

Freshly graduated from college and with a promising future ahead, 22-year-old Christopher McCandless chose instead to walk out of his privileged life and into the wild in search of adventure. What happened to him on the way transformed this young wanderer into an enduring symbol for countless people. Was Christopher McCandless a heroic adventurer or a naive idealist, a rebellious 1990s Thoreau or another lost American son, a fearless risk-taker or a tragic figure who wrestled with the precarious balance between man and nature?

Film Information

• Genre: Adventure / Drama
• Director: Sean Penn
• Written By: Jon Krakauer (book), Sean Penn
• Starring: Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, and Catherine Keener
• Running Time: 140 minutes, approx.
• MPAA Rating: R for language and some nudity
• Language: English
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Reviews

"Spellbinding."

   - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

"Penn's direction is amazingly sharp and intuitive, full of masterful touches that give an epic dimension and scope to the parable."

   - William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"A genuine odyssey: a journey to self-knowledge."

   - Michael Sragow, Baltimore Sun

"The beauty of Into the Wild, which Penn has written and directed with magnificent precision and imaginative grace, is that what Christopher is running from is never as important as what he's running TO."

   - Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

"There's a bittersweet quality to McCandless' story that Penn captures intuitively."

   - Scott Tobias, The Onion (A.V. Club)

Showtimes

• Wednesday, November 14th
  6:30 pm
• Thursday, November 15th
  9:30 pm
• Friday, November 16th
  4:15 pm
• Saturday, November 17th
  1:45 pm, 9:30 pm
• Sunday, November 18th
  4:30 pm
• Monday, November 19th
  4:15 pm, 7:00 pm
• Tuesday, November 20th
  9:30 pm