DVD SPECIAL FEATURES:

  • The Story, The Characters - How Sean Penn became involved with the story, casting, working with the actors and the film’s visual style
  • The Experience - An overview of the production and its difficulties (many locations, Hirsch’s weight loss, etc.)

Into The Wild is inspired by the true story of Christopher McCandless (Emile Hirsch), a young man who abandons his life of comfort to pursue the freedom of life on the road, a quest that leads him to the Alaskan wilderness and the ultimate challenge of his life. Screenplay and directed by Sean Penn and featuring an all-star cast including William Hurt, Marcia Gay Harden, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Keener and Hal Halbrook, Into The Wild is “as stirring, entertaining and steadfastly thrilling as it is beautiful.” (Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal).

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

Writers:
 • Sean Penn

Producers:
 • Sean Penn
 • Art Linson
 • William Pohlad

Directors:
 • Sean Penn