Director(s): Sean Penn

Rating & Run Time: (R) 2 hours and 28 minutes

Release Year: 2007

See Emile Hirsch in the role of Chris McCandless, aka Alexander Supertramp, aka the real-life wanderer self-described as “the aesthetic voyager whose home is the road”. Sean Penn’s directorial triumph tells a tale of survival on solo terms, as well as a story of friends made across America on a voyage that takes the young traveller from Atlanta to Alaska, as he breaks away from society with characteristic immoderation. See life the lens of a young man who believes that “freedom and simple beauty is just too good to pass up”. Also featuring heartfelt performances by Jena Malone, Vince Vaughn, Kristin Stewart, Marcia Gay Harden, and Catherine Keener.