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Director: |
Sean Penn
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Starring: |
Emile Hirsch, Catherine Keener, Marcia Gay Harden, Vince Vaughn, William Hurt, Craig Mutsch, Zach Galifianakis, Paul Knauls, Malinda McCollum, James Joseph O'Neil, Jim Gallien, Kristen Stewart, Brian H. Dierker, Jena Malone, Hal Holbrook
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Genres: |
Action-Adventure, Biography, Drama
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Origin: |
USA
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Certificate: |
M
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Languages: |
English,
Danish
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Aspect ratios: |
2.35 : 1
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Running Time: |
148 min
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A young man leaves his middle class existence in pursuit of freedom from relationships and obligation. Giving up his home, family, all possessions but the few he carried on his back and donating all his savings to charity Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch) embarks on a journey throughout America. His eventual aim is to travel into Alaska, into the wild, to spend time with nature, with 'real' existence, away from the trappings of the modern world. In the 20 months leading up to his Great Alaskan Adventure his travels lead him on a path of self-discovery, to examine and appreciate the world around him and to reflect on and heal from his troubled childhood and parents' sordid and abusive relationship.
When he reaches Alaska he finds he has been insufficiently prepared for the hardships to come. Despite making it through the winter his plan is ill-judged and he prepares to return home in spring, only to find the stream he crossed in the snow has become an impassable raging torrent and that he is trapped.
Throughout his epic journey the people he meets both influence and are influenced by the person he is and bring him to the eventual and tragic realisation that "Happiness is only real when shared".
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