Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 148 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
- parent child relationship
- self-discovery
- camping
- wilderness
- biography
- based on true story
- road trip
- alaska
- questioning
- starvation
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Emile Hirsch
Christopher McCandless / Alexander Supertramp
Marcia Gay Harden
Billie McCandless
William Hurt
Walt McCandless
Jena Malone
Carine McCandless / Additional Narration (voice)
- Brian H. Dierker — Rainey
- Catherine Keener — Jan Burres
- Vince Vaughn — Wayne Westerberg
- Kristen Stewart — Tracy Tatro
- Hal Holbrook — Ronald "Ron" Franz
- Thure Lindhardt — Mads
- Signe Egholm Olsen — Sonja
- Jim Gallien — Jim Gallien
- James J. O'Neill — Graduation Reader
- Malinda McCollum — Waitress
- Paul Knauls — Building Manager
Production
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 · 10,319 ratings
- Studio
- River Road Entertainment, Paramount Vantage, Linson Entertainment, Square One C.I.H., Into the Wild
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
