Christopher McCandless

Click here to know more Posted via Zlio.com Into the Wild Author: Jon Krakauer In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. How... Read Full Story

Sean Penn sings a powerful and poetic hymn to America with "Into the Wild," his sweeping, sensitive and deeply affecting adaptation of Jon Krakauer's best-selling book. When the book was published in 1996, it became an instant classic of American literary nonfiction, at once heir to the adventure writing of Jack London and Rockwell Kent and such generational touchstones as "On the Road" and "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance." Penn, who wrote and directed the screen version of "Into... Read Full Story

In April 1992 a young man named Christopher Johnson McCandless decided to invent a new life for himself. McCandless gave his life saving of 25,000 dollars to charity abandoned his car and walked alone into the Alaskan Wilderness. Four months latter his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. McCandless was not a fool he graduated with honors from Emory University. He read Jack London, Wallace Stegner and Leo Tolstoy and was deeply moved by their stories of solitude and closeness to... Read Full Story

In the spring of 1992, a 24-year-old dreamer named Christopher McCandless hitchhiked to Alaska, north of Mt. McKinley, and walked alone into the wilderness to live off the land. His decomposed body was discovered in an abandoned bus four months later. The young man's death marked the end of an odyssey that began two years earlier when McCandless, after graduating with honours from Atlanta's Emory University, slammed the door on a life of privilege. He donated his entire $25,000 in savings to... Read Full Story

Movies based on true stories are usually good movies, though I do tend to ruin the story when I look it up on the Internet beforehand or while I'm watching the movie. Into the Wild, not to be confused with The Wild cartoon of a couple years ago, is about a young man named Christopher McCandless played by Emile Hirsch (who will be staring as Speed Racer in the new Speed Racer movie) who graduates from college, but has a disdain for societal life. His parents are all about the money and the... Read Full Story

Film delights and excels in taking viewers to places they might otherwise never see. (In the Shadow of the Moon, for instance, is merely the latest and one of the more extreme examples.) Less frequently do movies succeed in presenting a lucid telling of an inner journey, a travelogue of the mind. Into the Wild does both, dramatizing the true story of the flight of one Christopher McCandless, away from what he saw as the stifling comfort of good grades and a decent family, across the American... Read Full Story

In April 1992 a young man named Christopher Johnson McCandless decided to invent a new life for himself. McCandless gave his life saving of 25,000 dollars to charity abandoned his car and walked alone into the Alaskan Wilderness. Four months latter his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. McCandless was not a fool he graduated with honors from Emory University. He read Jack London, Wallace Stegner and Leo Tolstoy and was deeply moved by their stories of solitude and closeness to... Read Full Story

In April 1992 a young man named Christopher Johnson McCandless decided to invent a new life for himself. McCandless gave his life saving of 25,000 dollars to charity abandoned his car and walked alone into the Alaskan Wilderness. Four months latter his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. McCandless was not a fool he graduated with honors from Emory University. He read Jack London, Wallace Stegner and Leo Tolstoy and was deeply moved by their stories of solitude and... Read Full Story

On one level, Into the Wild is the tale of a rich kid who decides to escape the tedium and shortcomings of society by assuming a new identity and traipsing off into the Alaskan wilderness. On another level, the movie has a lot to say about the way we live now, about how our own beliefs and dependencies trap us in vicious cycles, keeping us from doing what we really want to do in life. The movie was inspired by the real life story of Chris McCandless, a college graduate from a wealthy family... Read Full Story

Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "Christopher McCandless". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own... Read Full Story