Wild is a 2014 American biographical drama film directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, written by Nick Hornby, and based on Cheryl Strayed's 2012 memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail. The film stars Reese Witherspoon as Strayed, alongside Laura Dern (as Strayed's mother), with Thomas Sadoski, Michiel Huisman and Gaby Hoffmann among several others in supporting roles. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on August 29, 2014 and was released theatrically on December 3, 2014 in North America. Wild opened to positive critical reviews, with much praise going toward the performances of Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern. Both actresses received Academy Award nominations for their performances, in the categories of Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. Plot In 1995, Cheryl Strayed decides to hike more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail alone as a way to heal herself following her divorce, the death of her mother, and years of reckless, destructive behavior. The film presents a multi-linear narrative, presenting events from Cheryl's hike in chronological order, with frequent flashbacks to earlier points in her life, featuring her (as a child, teenager, and young adult), her mother and brother, her former husband, and other people she has known. Production On March 8, 2012, Reese Witherspoon revealed she would make a movie from Cheryl Strayed's memoir, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, through her new production company, Pacific Standard, as well as star as Strayed in the film. In July 2013, Fox Searchlight Pictures acquired the rights to the project, with Nick Hornby writing and Witherspoon, Bruna Papandrea and Bill Pohlad producing. In August 2013 Canadian Jean-Marc Vallée signed on to direct. Principal photography began on October 11, 2013, with shooting occurring on location in Oregon and California. Strayed was available to the production during their time in Oregon. On the rigors of shooting, Witherspoon stated: By far, this is the hardest movie I've ever made in my life. I didn't hike a thousand miles, of course, but it was a different kind of physical rigor. I'd run up a hill with a 45-pound backpack on, and they'd say, 'Wait, that backpack doesn't look heavy enough. Put this 65-pound backpack on and run up the hill nine or ten times." We literally didn't stop shooting in those remote locations—we wouldn't break for lunch, we'd just eat snacks. No bathroom breaks. It was crazy, but it was so wonderful. It was complete immersion, and I've never felt closer to a crew. We literally pulled each other up the mountains and carried each others' equipment. [imdb id="tt2305051" plot="full"] Music Wild: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released by Sony's Legacy Recordings on November 10, 2014. Release Wild premiered on August 29, 2014 at the Telluride Film Festival, and was also featured at the Toronto Film Festival on September 8 and the San Diego Film Festival on September 24.[14] It was released in North America on December 3, 2014. Reception The film garnered mostly positive reviews, with much acclaim going to Witherspoon's physical and mental performance and Vallée's direction. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 90% approval rating with an average rating of 7.5/10 based on 217 reviews. The site's consensus reads "Powerfully moving and emotionally resonant, Wild finds director Jean-Marc Vallée and star Reese Witherspoon working at the peak of their respective powers." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 76 out of 100 based on 47 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews." A.O. Scott of The New York Times wrote that Witherspoon, who appears in nearly every frame of the film, portrayed Strayed "with grit, wit and unblinking honesty." Scott added that the "most audacious" element of the film was its respect for the "free-associative, memory-driven narrative" in Strayed's written memoir, asserting that the film exhibits a "thrilling disregard" for conventions of commercial cinematic storytelling to demonstrate that images and emotions can carry meaning more effectively than "neatly packaged scenes or carefully scripted character arcs." Stephen Farber of The Hollywood Reporter praised Witherspoon and Dern's performances, as well as Vallée, saying he "has crafted a vivid wilderness adventure film that is also a powerful story of family anguish and survival" and Hornby for adapting "the book with finesse." Justin Chang of Variety said, "It's no surprise that the versatile Vallée, who recently directed two Oscar-winning performances in Dallas Buyers Club, has elicited from Witherspoon an intensely committed turn that, in its blend of grit, vulnerability, physical bravery and emotional immediacy, represents easily her most affecting and substantial work in the nine years since Walk the Line... Nor is it a surprise that Vallée, whose bracingly sharp editing on Dallas Buyers Club was one of that film's more unsung virtues, has applied similarly bold cutting-room strategies here." Pete Hammond of Deadline.com echoed these statements, feeling Witherspoon "nails it" and that she "delivers her best screen work since her Oscar-winning turn in Walk the Line, and this three-dimensional portrayal of a woman searching for herself... is certain to put her back in the thick of the Best Actress race". Strayed, the author of the novel, stated that the film was snubbed from the Best Picture category at the Academy Awards due to "Hollywood sexism". Seven of the eight nominees for the 2014 Best Picture revolve almost entirely around male characters. Directed by : Jean-Marc Vallée Produced by :
- Bruna Papandrea
- Bill Pohlad
- Reese Witherspoon
- Reese Witherspoon as Cheryl Strayed
- Bobbi Lindstrom as Young Cheryl (the real-life daughter of Cheryl Strayed)
- Laura Dern as Barbara "Bobbi" Grey, Cheryl's mother
- Thomas Sadoski as Paul, Cheryl's ex-husband (based on Marco Littig)
- Keene McRae as Leif, Cheryl's brother
- Michiel Huisman as Jonathan, a man Cheryl sleeps with after meeting him in Ashland, Oregon
- W. Earl Brown as Frank, a man Cheryl asks for food
- Gaby Hoffmann as Aimee, Cheryl's best friend in Minnesota
- Kevin Rankin as Greg, a hiker Cheryl meets on the trail who ends up quitting (based on Roger Carpenter)
- Brian Van Holt as the ranger that opens the store for Cheryl after it was closed
- Cliff DeYoung as Ed, a man at a trail stop who helps Cheryl
- Mo McRae as Jimmy Carter, a reporter that interviews Cheryl
- Jan Hoag as Annette, wife of Frank, a couple who she has dinner with
- Charles Baker as TJ, one of two threatening hunters Cheryl meets on the trail
- Jason Newell as Ronald Nylund, Cheryl's father
- Ray Buckley as Joe, Cheryl's boyfriend in Portland that got her pregnant resulting in an abortion
- Cathryn de Prume as Stacy, a female hiker Cheryl meets on the trail
- Evan O'Toole as Kyle, a young boy Cheryl meets on the trail
- Anne Gee Byrd as Vera, Kyle's grandmother
- Randy Schulman as Cheryl's therapist
- Anne Sorce as Bobbi's nurse in the hospital
- Matt Pascua as Wayne, Leif's friend
- Art Alexakis as the tattoo artist
- Cheryl Strayed herself makes an appearance at the beginning as the woman who drops off Reese at the motel.
- John Mac McMurphy
- Martin Pensa
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Pacific Standard
- River Road Entertainment
- August 29, 2014 (Telluride Film Festival)
- December 3, 2014 (United States)
Wild Official Trailer (2014) - Reese Witherspoon Movie HD
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