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Christopher Johnson McCandless (/ m ə ˈ k æ n d l ɪ s /; February 12, 1968 [1] – c. August 1992), also known by his pseudonym "Alexander Supertramp", [2] was an American adventurer who sought an increasingly nomadic lifestyle as he grew up.
Into the Wild is a 2007 American biographical adventure drama film written, co-produced, and directed by Sean Penn.It is an adaptation of the 1996 non-fiction book of the same name written by Jon Krakauer and tells the story of Christopher McCandless ("Alexander Supertramp"), a man who hiked across North America into the Alaskan wilderness in the early 1990s.
Since McCandless lived on a diet of rice, lean meat, and wild plants and had less than 10% body fat when he died, Krakauer hypothesized that McCandless was likely unable to fend off the toxins. However, when the Eskimo potatoes from the area around the bus were later tested in a laboratory of the University of Alaska Fairbanks by Dr. Thomas ...
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) -- Authorities rescued three men making a pilgrimage to an abandoned bus in the Alaska wilderness made famous by the book and film "Into the Wild." Three hikers, two from ...
Christopher McCandless, a young man from a family of money, donates all of his savings to charity and abandons his possessions before hitchhiking into the Alaskan wilderness to reinvent himself.
The premise details the odyssey of Christopher McCandless as Lamothe takes a road trip across North America to the places McCandless visited. [1] Within the film, Lamothe reaches conclusions about McCandless' death which contradict both Sean Penn's film Into the Wild (2007) and Jon Krakauer's book Into the Wild (1996), on which Penn's film was ...
She then legally changed her name to Ezra McCandless. She chose McCandless after Chris McCandless, whose life is the subject of the book and film Into The Wild. [27] After she dropped out of college she moved to the city of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. [28] [17] Towards the end of summer 2017, she met Jason Mengel, a 33-year-old National Guard medic.
Emile Davenport Hirsch (born March 13, 1985) [1] is an American actor.His portrayal of Chris McCandless in Into the Wild (2007) earned him widespread acclaim and multiple nominations.