[79] Into The Wild

Director: Sean Penn

Cast: Emile Hirsch, Jena Malone, Vince Vaughn, William Hurt, Kristen Stewart, Catherine Keener, Marcia Gay Harden, Hal Holbrook

Thoughts: 

Now this is my kind of drama film.  It has everything to do with living, giving it a go, living the dream etc etc.  Christpher McCandless ran away, after graduating college.  He roamed America, on his feet, meeting eccentric, yet kind, people along the way.  The story of Christopher a.k.a Alexander Supertramp, is an amazing, inspirational one.  In the two years that he roamed America, he lived more than some people live in their lifetimes.  

Emile Hirsch plays the role of Christopher McCandless perfectly.  He's an amazing actor of whom I hope great things come to in the future.  You may also know him from such films as Speed Racer, Milk, Lords of Dogtown and several others.  At the moment, I would regard this role as his most notable though. Well, at least until Milk takes off.  It has a January release here, in Australia, so I won't be able to see it until then.  

Into the Wild was nominated for two Academy Awards, Best Editing, and Best Actor in a Supporting Role, for Hal Holbrook, who plays Ron, an old man who becomes inspired to live, by Christopher. 

The film also won 11 awards, and had a further 34 nominations, making it a noteworthy film, across the awards circuit.  

This is one of the most recent additions to the list, and I hope it stays on updated editions of the list. All in all a great film, and well worth a spin in the DVD player.  Not a free download though, because they are not legal, and I do not condone such practises.  

Score: 9/10