Into the Wild (2007)
Runtime: 2 hrs 28 mins
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Jena Malone, Catherine Keener
Screenwriter: Sean Penn
Producer: Sean Penn, Art Linson, Bill Pohlad
Composer: Michael Brook, Kaki King, Eddie Vedder
DVD Info
Release:
Mar 4, 2008
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround - English, French, Spanish
- Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English, French, Spanish
- Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional
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Reviews
Thoroughly entertaining Hollywood fare which holds up a dope as a person deserving of admiration.
Encaixa-se perfeitamente na filmografia de Sean Penn, que, como diretor, parece se especializar em histórias tristes e desesperançosas que buscam investigar a natureza humana através do que ela tem de mais angustiante.
Chris' relationship with the machine of expectations and responsibilities is tried by Keener and Holbrook in particular, but he sticks to his guns and leaves a wake of bittersweet gaps behind him."
It is an excellent, first-rate account of a story that, depending on your perspective, did or didn't end so well for Christopher Johnson McCandless (a terrific Emile Hirsch).
The engrossing true-life drama of an idealistic young man who yearns to live alone in the Alaskan wilderness and to reap the soulful benefits of solitude in the spirit of Thoreau.
Powerful study of a young man who killed himself in search of spiritual purity.
The role of the rebellious adventurer intent on doing things his own way is the kind of role Sean Penn might have taken on himself twenty five years ago, but Penn makes his mark this time as screenwriter and director
While the viewer may sympathise with McCandless's saintly rejection of materialism and his pursuit of eternal truths in a mapped-out world, there's little irony in the film, and the deluded Chris never actually helps anyone else.
No wonder the book on which this is based is a best-seller. "Into the Wild" takes a riveting docu-drama approach to the life of real-life Chris McCandless (Emile Hirsch, "Alpha Dog") and his doomed trek away from all the comforts and safety of society.
One of the best American films of the year, even if you do feel more impatient with McCandless than Penn seems to.
A young man with plenty of advantages renounces the modern world, wounds his family deeply and is acclaimed a sort of saint.
Sean Penn's majestic travelogue about a young drop-out on an idealistic quest in the great American outback is the best film the writer-director has ever made.
There is food for thought and food for every kind of feeling in Sean Penn's outstanding film.
Although McCandless’s story is undoubtedly fascinating, and Penn’s film contains moments of magic, it is a lesser piece of work because it prefers to accept its subject at face value rather than ask a few crucial questions.
Thoughtful without being particularly thought-provoking, heartfelt but not always emotionally engaging, it gets my thumbs up due to some beautiful, haunting shots of America at its wildest.
Penn's best movie to date rests on a brilliant performance by Hirsch, who gets under the skin of the fascinating character at the centre of the piece.
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