Into the Wild (film)

Into the Wild is a 2007 American biographical drama film directed by Sean Penn. It is an adaptation of the 1996 non-fiction book of the same name by Jon Krakauer based on the travels of Christopher McCandless across North America and his life spent in the Alaskan wilderness in the early 1990s. The film stars Emile Hirsch as McCandless with Marcia Gay Harden and William Hurt as his parents and also features Catherine Keener, Vince Vaughn, Kristen Stewart, and Hal Holbrook.
The film premiered during the 2007 Rome Film Fest and later opened outside of Fairbanks, Alaska on September 21, 2007. It was later 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 including Holbrook for Best Supporting Actor.^[4]

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Directed by	Sean Penn
Produced by	Sean Penn Art Linson William Pohlad
Written by	Sean Penn
Based on	Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Narrated by	Jena Malone
Starring	Emile Hirsch Marcia Gay Harden William Hurt Jena Malone Catherine Keener Vince Vaughn Kristen Stewart Hal Holbrook
Music by	Michael Brook Kaki King Eddie Vedder Canned Heat
Cinematography	Eric Gautier
Editing by	Jay Cassidy
Studio	Square One C.I.H. Linson Film River Road Entertainment[1]
Distributed by	Paramount Vantage
Release date(s)	September 21, 2007
Running time	148 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$15 million[2]
Box office	$56,255,142[3]