Into the Wild News

Nominees of the 34th Cesar Awards Unveiled

January 24, 2009 01:01:13

A day following the announcement of the 81st Academy Awards' nominees, the French Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have uncovered their official selections for the 34th Cesar Awards. On Friday, January 23, gangster movie "Mesrine" has been given ten nominations for the France's top awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Jean-Francois Richet.

Apart from the two mentioned gongs, "Mesrine", which is the third highest grossing French film in 2008, also garnered a Best Actor nod for leading actor Vincent Cassel. It also collected two more counts in the category of Adapted Screenplay for Abdel Raouf Dafri and Jean-Francois Richet, and of Cinematography for Robert Gantz.

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14th Annual SAG Awards Nominees Revealed

December 21, 2007 10:12:21

Completed the voting from its two randomly selected panels which each comprises of 2,100 members, Screen Actors Guild finally listed out nominations for the 14th edition of its SAG Awards on December 20, 2007 at the Pacific Design Center's Silver Screen Theater in West Hollywood.

Announced by actors Jeanne Tripplehorn and Terrence Howard, the substantial labor union made surprising decision by hailing road movie "Into the Wild" as the top contender with four nods in total. Trailing behind are "Michael Clayton" and "No Country for Old Men" which each score three mentions, including that in best supporting actor category.

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'Into the Wild' Nailed 7 Nominations at 2007 Critics' Choice Awards

December 12, 2007 09:12:31

"Into the Wild" scored big in the nominations of 2007 Critics' Choice Awards. On Tuesday, December 11, the adventure drama movie collected seven nominations as the nominees for the 13th annual Critics' Choice Awards were announced by Broadcast Film Critics Association in New York.

The movie that is based on a true story of Christopher McCandless received nominations for Best Picture, Best Song for Eddie Vedder's "Guaranteed", as well as Best Director and Best Writer for Sean Penn. Additionally, its actors and actress, Emile Hirsch, Hal Holbrook and Catherine Keener, picked up nominations for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress respectively.

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Winners of the 17th Annual Gotham Awards Unveiled

November 28, 2007 12:11:43

Holding the ceremony at Steiner Studios, the Brooklyn soundstages where a range of major pics and TV series have been shot, the Independent Feature Project (IFP) listed out winners for its 17th Gotham Awards Tuesday, November 27, 2007, giving the top honor Best Feature to road movie "Into the Wild."

Michael Moore-directed "Sicko" nabbed the Best Documentary title while comedic flick "Frownland" landed the cheekily named prize, Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You. Other titles of "Talk to Me" and "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" were reported to tie for the Best Ensemble Cast honor.

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The 17th Annual Gotham Awards Contenders Listed

October 23, 2007 04:10:35

Coming to its seventeenth anniversary in paying tribute to the innovative films and filmmakers, Independent Feature Project (IFP) came Monday morning (Oct 22) with the announcement of its 2007 Gotham Awards nominees, giving road movie "Into the Wild" and drama comedy "Margot at the Wedding" two nods each.

Both features delightfully land slot in Best Feature alongside the likes of Not "The Namesake", and "Great World of Sound", which leads the pack with three nominations, the other two being those of Breakthrough Director and Breakthrough Actor for Kene Holliday. It is the latter category that "Wild" also scores in for Emile Hirsch, who will be up against Ellen Page of "Juno", Jess Weixler of "Teeth", and Luisa Williams of "Day Night Day Night" besides Holliday.

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Stars Highlighting Into the Wild L.A. Premiere

September 19, 2007 05:09:43

Handfuls of Hollywood's notable figures from various generations gathered merrily yesterday, September 18, 2007 for one purpose only: attending the Los Angeles Premiere for "Into the Wild" at The Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles, California.

Representing young generation were the likes of Alana Curry, Ben Foster, Christina Ricci, Lyndsy Fonseca, Emile Hirsch, Jena Malone, and Kristen Stewart, the latter three being the cast members of the movie.

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Eight More Submitted as the 2007 TIFF Entries

July 30, 2007 03:07:15

The list of movies featured at this year's Toronto International Film Festival keeps growing larger as organizers of the event have smoothly added eight more titles to the lineup, all being placed in the Special Presentation slot.

The first four of these latest additions are learned to be "Into the Wild", "Battle in Seattle", "Margot at the Wedding", and Tom Kalin-directed drama picture "The Savages." Among the group, "Wild" and "Seattle" are learned to about encounter their world premiere at the festival.

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Into the Wild, Catherine Keener and Vince Vaughn

May 02, 2006 10:05:24

Catherine Keener and Vince Vaughn have both agreed to walk on "Into the Wild". The twosome has agreed to star in the upcoming action adventure flick, which Sean Penn is going to direct.

The story will portray Christopher McCandless, who graduated from college in 1992, abandoned his possessions and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness and return to nature. He died four months later in an abandoned bus at a remote campsite.

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The sadness just behind the eyes of the lead play to the agony of this young man. Alexander Supertramp needs to lose the world as known and find peace in the wilds of Alaska. We travel with him and find our own pains bubbling to the surface. this journey is one best taken with someone that loves you. I hope that when the time comes the Oscar will find the hands of many of those that brought this story to life!

posted by TroyTim on Aug 20, 2007

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posted by Qxcxvljq on Jul 15, 2009

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posted by rdog on Oct 15, 2009