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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: HD DVD
Brand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
EAN: 0097361321813
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
Label: Paramount Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Paramount Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount Home Entertainment
Release Date: March 04, 2008
Running Time: 148 minutes
Sales Rank: 7141
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: September 21, 2007
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
A superb cast and an even-handed treatment of a true story buoy Into the Wild, Sean Penn's screen adaptation of Jon Krakauer's bestselling book. Emile Hirsch stars as Christopher McCandless, scion of a prosperous but troubled family who, after graduating from Atlanta's Emory University in the early 1990s, decides to chuck it all and become a self-styled 'aesthetic voyager' in search of 'ultimate freedom.' He certainly doesn't do it halfway: after donating his substantial savings account to charity and literally torching the rest of his cash, McCandless changes his name (to 'Alexander Supertramp'), abandons his family (William Hurt and Marcia Gay Harden as his bickering, clueless parents and Jena Malone as his baffled but loving sister, who relates much of the backstory in voice-over), and hits the road, bound for the Alaskan bush and determined not to be found. For the next two years he lives the life of a vagabond, working a few odd jobs, kayaking through the Grand Canyon into Mexico, landing on L.A.'s Skid Row, and turning his back on everyone who tried to befriends him (including Catherine Keener and Brian Dierker as two kindly, middle-aged hippies and Hal Holbrook in a deeply affecting performance as an old widower who tries to take 'Alex' under his wing). Penn, who directed and wrote the screenplay, alternates these interludes with scenes depicting McCandless' Alaskan idyll--which soon turns out be not so idyllic after all. Settling into an abandoned school bus, he manages to sustain himself for a while, shooting small game (and one very large moose), reading, and recording his existential musings on paper. But when the harsh realities of life in the wilderness set in, our boy finds himself well out of his depth, not just ill-prepared for the rigors of day to day survival but realizing the importance of the very thing he wanted to escape--namely, human relationships. It'd be easy to either idealize McCandless as a genuinely free spirit, unencumbered by the societal strictures that tie the rest of us down, or else dismiss him as a hopelessly callow naïf, a fool whose disdain for practical realities ultimately doomed him. Into the Wild does neither, for the most part telling the tale with an admirable lack of cheap sentiment and leaving us to decide for ourselves. --Sam Graham
Product Description:
This is the true story of Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch). Freshly graduated from college with a promising future ahead McCandless instead walked 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 -- a fearless risk-taker who wrestled with the precarious balance between man and nature.System Requirements:Running Time: 148 Mins.Format: DVD HD Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/COMING OF AGE Rating: R UPC: 097361321813 Manufacturer No: 132181
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Independence taken to the extreme
I may have liked this movie for different reasons than some of the other reviewers. I didn't necessarily find it inspiring or particularly beautiful, but I did think it was very intelligent, thought provoking, consistent, and well directed/acted. It's basically a film about independence and freedom, and how those can be terrible, isolating things when taken to the extreme. For those who thought the minor characters were too distracting, try to think about them in that context.
It's ... Read More
Rating:  - Why are you so 'Into' Into the Wild?
Into the Wild has been in my friend's DVD player for about a month. She has been watching it constantly. I finally got a chance to see for myself, and found it to be a fascinating and compelling story, based on a real person, who may have been tilting at windmills like Don Quixote in his quest for freedom and survival in the extremes of wild nature, but nevertheless, touched the lives of all he encountered along the way.
Chris McCandless (Emile Hirsch) has just graduated from college, ... Read More
Rating: - The True Great Escape
This movie is a great look at the rebellion and confusion of a person out of college and tired of the pressures and conformity of society. It brings a beautiful and in-depth look into the mind of a young man not sure what he wants to do with is life, but pretty sure what he doesn't want. I thought it was phenomenal especially if you wonder if the grass is greener on this other side of untamed life. A young male's mind will relate with his stuggles and envy his passion for pursuing his "truth." ... Read More
Rating:  - Great movie, LAME DVD
This is a great movie and its merits as a film have been well covered by many posts here. But this special "collector's edition" of a "two-disc" DVD is inexcusable. A five star film in a two-star DVD. In fact I gave this special edition two stars ONLY because the film is great. But the DVD offerings here are infantile and quite frankly a rip off. There are no special features on the first disc along with the movie. And the second disc only has two brief documentaries on the making of and some of the ... Read More
Rating:  - Waste of time
Heard so much about this movie, not that's time spent I can never get back.
I know many people consider this a great spiritual journey, and I'll get blasted for "not getting it." But I found the main character naive unrealistic in his views. Unfortunately he paid the ultimate price for his lack of understanding.
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