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*Wild* is a 2014 American biographical drama and adventure film directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. The screenplay was written by Nick Hornby, and the film was produced by Reese Witherspoon through Searchlight Pictures. The cast includes Brian Van Holt, Charles Baker, Gaby Hoffmann, and Kevin Rankin. Based on the book *Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail*, the story follows a woman who hikes one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail to start a new life.
Filmed in California, the 115-minute English-language film was distributed by Searchlight Pictures, Netflix, and Disney+. It had a production budget of $15,000,000 and earned $52,501,541 at the box office. The film received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. It holds a 7.1 rating on IMDb and a 7.009 average on TMDb.
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7.0A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.
Cast
- Reese Witherspoon as Cheryl Strayed
- Laura Dern as Bobbi Grey
- Keene McRae as Leif
- Gaby Hoffmann as Aimee
- Michiel Huisman as Jonathan
- Kevin Rankin as Greg
Themes
- hiking
- wilderness
- biography
- based on true story
- memory
- based on memoir or autobiography
- divorcee
- 1990s
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Jean-Marc Vallée
- Screenplay by
- Nick Hornby
- Based on
- Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail , by Cheryl Strayed
- Produced by
- Reese Witherspoon Bruna Papandrea Bill Pohlad
- Starring
- Reese Witherspoon Laura Dern
- Cinematography
- Yves Bélanger
- Edited by
- John Mac McMurphy Martin Pensa
- Production companies
- Pacific Standard River Road Entertainment
- Distributed by
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Release dates
- August 29, 2014 ( 2014-08-29 ) ( Telluride ) December 5, 2014 ( 2014-12-05 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 115 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $15 million
- Box office
- $52.5 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Wild is a 2014 American biographical adventure drama film directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and written by Nick Hornby, based on the 2012 memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed. Starring Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Thomas Sadoski, Michiel Huisman, Gaby Hoffmann, Kevin Rankin, and W. Earl Brown, the film follows Strayed as she embarks on a solo hiking trip on the Pacific Crest Trail in 1995 after numerous personal problems had left her life in shambles.
The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on August 29, 2014, and was released theatrically in the United States on December 5, 2014. It received positive reviews from critics and was a box office success, grossing $52.5 million against its $15 million budget. Witherspoon and Dern received nominations at the 87th Academy Awards for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively.
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