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Into the Wild
2007
· Movie
· 148 min
A
MEANRANK
80/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #604
- IMDb #304
- Google retired #587
- Rotten Tomatoes #974
- Metacritic #859
- Letterboxd #944
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1736
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #624
- Metacritic Critics #1171
- Metacritic Audience #495
- Criticker #539
- Kinopoisk #438
- AlloCiné #82
- Trakt #323
Every rating
63–92
out of 100
After graduating from university, a top student and athlete abandons his possessions, gives his savings to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. His journey across North America brings him into contact with a series of people who are affected by his intense idealism and yearning for raw, unfiltered experience.
Details
- Director
- Sean Penn
- Writer
- Sean Penn
- Released
- 21 September 2007
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Danish
- Runtime
- 148 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $15.0M
- Box office
- $56.3M
- Awards
- 8 wins, 27 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 35 →1 major award won · 8 wins from 35 nominations across 20 ceremonies
| Golden Globe Awards 2008 | Best Original Song – Motion Picture | " Guaranteed " | Winner |
| César Awards 2009 | Best Foreign Film | Into the Wild | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2008 | Best Film Editing | Jay Cassidy | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2008 | Best Supporting Actor | Hal Holbrook | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2008 | Best Supporting Actor | Hal Holbrook | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2008 | Best Supporting Actress | Catherine Keener | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2008 | Best Director | Sean Penn | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2008 | Best Song | " Guaranteed " | Nominee |
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Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Original Song – Motion Picture | " Guaranteed " | Winner |
| Best Original Score – Motion Picture | Michael Brook, Kaki King, Eddie Vedder | Nominee |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
7 nominations
| Best Actor | Emile Hirsch | Nominee |
| Best Director | Sean Penn | Nominee |
| Best Film | Into the Wild | Nominee |
| Best Song | " Guaranteed " | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Hal Holbrook | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Catherine Keener | Nominee |
| Best Writer | Sean Penn | Nominee |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
4 nominations
| Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | The cast of Into the Wild | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Catherine Keener | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role | Emile Hirsch | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Hal Holbrook | Nominee |
Academy Awards
2 nominations
| Best Film Editing | Jay Cassidy | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Hal Holbrook | Nominee |
César Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film | Into the Wild | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Director – Film | Sean Penn | Nominee |
Grammy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | " Guaranteed " | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Sean Penn | Nominee |
Palm Springs International Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Director of the Year Award | Sean Penn | Winner |
| Rising Star Award Actor | Emile Hirsch | Winner |
Gotham Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Feature Film | Into the Wild | Winner |
| Breakthrough Actor | Emile Hirsch | Nominee |
Mill Valley Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Emile Hirsch | Winner |
National Board of Review
1 nomination, 1 won
| Breakthrough Performance – Male | Emile Hirsch | Winner |
Rome Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Jury Award | William Pohlad, Art Linson and Sean Penn | Winner |
São Paulo International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Sean Penn | Winner |
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
3 nominations
| Best Picture | Into the Wild | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay – Adapted | Sean Penn | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Hal Holbrook | Nominee |
American Cinema Editors
1 nomination
| Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic | Jay Cassidy | Nominee |
Cinema Audio Society
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures | Nominee |
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Film – English Language | Sean Penn | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Original Song | "Rise" | Nominee |
USC Scripter Award
1 nomination
| USC Scripter Award | Sean Penn (screenwriter), Jon Krakauer (author) | Nominee |