Where was shaun?

Very excited to see this film, I’m a big fan of Sean Penn, both as an actor and a director. He has directed, produced and wrote the screenplay for this film

This film is about Christopher Candless who, at the age of 24 gave his $24,000 life savings to Oxfam and began traveling across the USA. Christopher made his way through Arizona, California, and South Dakota where he worked for a while. Christopher alternated between relatively settled periods, where he worked a job, and spent time living with no money and little or no human contact, sometimes foraging successfully for food in the wild. He survived several dangerous trials during these wilderness periods, such as losing his car in a flash flood and canoeing alone down remote stretches of river and along the Gulf of California. Christopher took pride in surviving with a minimum of gear and funds, and generally made little preparation for his expeditions.

Christopher had dreamed of an “Alaskan Odyssey” for years: he would live off the land, far away from civilization, and keep a journal describing his physical and spiritual progress as he faced the forces of nature. In April 1992 he successfully hitch-hiked to Fairbanks, Alaska. He was last seen alive by James Gallien, who gave him a ride from Fairbanks to the Stampede Trail. Gallien was concerned about him, he had little gear and no experience in the Alaskan bush and he tried to persuade him to defer his trip, he refused all assistance except a pair of rubber boots, two tuna melts, and a bag of corn chips.

The website for the film is very good and worth a look.

Update: Eddie Vedder of the brilliant Pearl Jam has done the soundtrack. You can hear one track, “Hard sun” here.