Into the Wild (2007)
Directed by Sean Penn
After graduating in Atlanta, Christopher McCandless gives away his savings and drifts across the American West and down into Mexico before heading north to live alone in the Alaskan wilderness.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Emory University graduation≈ 00:05:00Atlanta, GeorgiaStated on screen
Chris graduates, then donates his savings and leaves without telling his family.
- 2Lake Mead≈ 00:18:00Stated on screen
A flash flood strands his car, which he abandons, burning his remaining cash.
- 3Rainey and Jan's camp≈ 00:25:00Northern California coastInferred
He travels with a hippie couple living out of a camper.
- 4Grain elevator≈ 00:40:00Carthage, South DakotaStated on screen
He works at a grain elevator for Wayne Westerberg.
- 5Colorado River delta, Mexico≈ 00:55:00Inferred
He kayaks down the Colorado into Mexico and loses his way in the delta.
- 6Los Angeles, California≈ 01:03:00Stated on screen
After riding freight trains he is beaten by a railroad guard.
- 7Slab City, California≈ 01:15:00Stated on screen
- 8Salton City, California≈ 01:25:00Stated on screen
- 9Healy, Alaska≈ 01:42:00Stated on screen
- 10The Magic Bus≈ 01:45:00Bus 142, Stampede Trail, AlaskaStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 12,782 km
- Places
- 10
- Countries
- 2
- Stops
- 10
- Not shown: 6,569 km
- Car: 3,758 km
- Boat: 2,027 km
- Train: 389 km
- On foot: 39 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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