Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story
About Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story
Twenty years ago, a young American hiker named Chris McCandless, the accomplished son of successful middle class parents, was found dead in an abandoned bus in the Alaskan wilderness and became the subject of the best-selling book and movie “Into the Wild.” Now, PBS retraces Chris McCandless’ steps to try to piece together why he severed all ties with his past, burnt or gave away all his money, ch…
Ann Johnson Prum and Jeanmarie Condon directed Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story, a 2014 documentary tv movie film. Released in November 2014, it runs 60 minutes.
Its themes are dysfunctional family, nature, wilderness, and alaska.
Carine McCandless stars as Self, Walt McCandless as Self, Billie McCandless as Self, and Sean Penn as Self. The screenplay is by Ann Johnson Prum and Jeanmarie Condon. Produced by Lincoln Square Productions. In the United States it streams on PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel and WETA+.
The Revenant, Into the Wild, and Wildlike make useful companions to Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story, all filed under starvation. It carries a PG rating.