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Without the smudgy fingers
Daily Variety
Without the smudgy fingers
| Country: | United States | Genre: | Adaptation, Adventure |
| Studio: | Paramount Vantage | ||
| Distributor: | Paramount Vantage, Focus Features, Tobis Film GMBH & Co. KG, Style Jam | ||
| Release Date: | 09/21/2007 | ||
| Logline:Based on a true story of top student and athlete Christopher McCandless, an Emory graduate, who abandons his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness where he met his untimely fate. | |||
| Synopsis: | |||
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| Based on a true story of one young man's tragic 'return to nature'. After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life. | |||
| Director: | Sean Penn |
| Producer: | Art Linson, William M Pohlad, Sean Penn |
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Emile Hirsch | Christopher McCandless |
| Catherine Keener | Jan Burres |
| Vince Vaughn | Wayne Westerberg |
| William Hurt | Walt McCandless |
| Marcia Gay Harden | Billie McCandless |
| Dan Burch | |
| Zach Galifianakis | Kevin |
| Cheryl Francis Harrington | |
| John Jabaley | |
| Kyle Kwon | Ted Turner |
| Thure Lindhardt | Thomas |
| Kathleen Mattice | |
| Signe Egholm Olsen | Thomas' Girlfriend |
| Haley Ramm | |
| J. Nathan Simmons | |
| Susan Spencer | |
| Kristen Stewart | Tracy |
| Steve Wiig | Ranger Koehler |
| Robin Mathews | Gail Borah |
| Company | Role |
|---|---|
| Clyde Is Hungry Productions | Production Company |
| Focus Features | Distribution Sales |
| Focus Features | Foreign Distribution Rights |
| Linson Films | Production Company |
| Paramount Vantage | Domestic Theatrical Distributor |
| Paramount Vantage | Studio |
| River Road Entertainment | Co-Financier |
| River Road Entertainment | Production Company |
| Style Jam | Foreign Distribution Rights |
| Tobis Film GMBH & Co. KG | Foreign Distribution Rights |
| Release Notes: |
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| Release scheduled in USA September 21, 2007. |
| Los Angeles, California USA |
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