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Where was Into the Wild filmed?

2007 film, directed by Sean Penn.

  • Arizona

The story is set in California, about 504 miles (812 km) from where it was filmed.

Red pins: where it was filmed. Amber pins: where the story is set. Select a pin to see its name.

Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
California; South Dakota; Los Angeles, Arizona
Filmed in
Arizona
Distance
About 504 miles (812 km) between California and the nearest filming location.
Distance
About 939 miles (1,511 km) between South Dakota and the nearest filming location.
Distance
About 377 miles (606 km) between Los Angeles, Arizona and the nearest filming location.

About Into the Wild

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Released
2007
Director
Sean Penn
Cast
Emile HirschMarcia Gay HardenWilliam HurtJena MaloneCatherine KeenerVince VaughnKristen StewartHal HolbrookBrian H. DierkerSteven Wiig
Genre
DocudramaDramaBiographicalRoadDrama Fiction
Based on
Into the Wild
Awards
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films; American Film Institute Awards 2007

The story

In April 1992, Chris McCandless arrives in a remote area called Healy, just north of Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska.

Noting McCandless's unpreparedness, the man who drops him off gives him gumboots.

McCandless sets up camp in an abandoned city bus that he calls "The Magic Bus".

Famous lines from Into the Wild

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • Thank you.Chris
  • What junker?Chris
  • That's right.Billie
  • Who wrote that?Carine
  • So you're a leather now.Rainey

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