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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Chris McCandless walked into the deep woods of Alaska in April 1992 and was never again seen alive. Through diaries, interviews with family and acquaintances, and accounts of witnesses, John Krakauer traces the young man's fatal adventure and the life journey that led him to his death in an abandoned bus.
Publisher
Terra Incognita Films
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Director Ron Lamothe visits important locations in the life of Chris "Alex" McCandless, a young man who was an "aesthetic voyager." McCandless was found dead at the age of 24 in an abandoned bus on a remote Alaska trail. Lamothe finds himself meeting Sean Penn over and over again as he is also making a movie about McCandless. The film touches on themes relevant to the director: Generation X, wilderness and the American imagination, rites of passage,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The spellbinding story of Chris McCandless, who gave away his savings, hitchhiked to Alaska, walked into the wilderness alone, and starved to death in 1992, fascinated not just New York Times bestselling author Jon Krakauer, but also the rest of the nation. Krakauer's book, Into the Wild, became an international bestseller, translated into thirty-one languages, and Sean Penn's inspirational film by the same name further skyrocketed Chris McCandless...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (148 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Freshly graduated from college with a promising future ahead, Christopher 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. Based on a true story.
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