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Wild

Wild

Based on the inspirational best seller.

20147.01h 55m

Overview

A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.

Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée
Written by Cheryl Strayed, Nick Hornby
Produced by Reese Witherspoon, Bruna Papandrea, Bill Pohlad
Box OfficeBudget: $15.0MRevenue: $52.5M

Top Cast

Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon

Cheryl Strayed

Laura Dern

Laura Dern

Bobbi Grey

Keene McRae

Keene McRae

Leif

Gaby Hoffmann

Gaby Hoffmann

Aimee

Michiel Huisman

Michiel Huisman

Jonathan

Kevin Rankin

Kevin Rankin

Greg

Cliff DeYoung

Cliff DeYoung

Ed

Thomas Sadoski

Thomas Sadoski

Paul

Randy Schulman

Randy Schulman

Therapist

W. Earl Brown

W. Earl Brown

Frank

Themes & Keywords

hikingwildernessbiographybased on true storymemorybased on memoir or autobiographydivorcee1990s

About Wild

Wild is a drama film released in 2014 exploring themes of hiking, wilderness, biography, based on true story, memory, based on memoir or autobiography. Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, it stars Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Keene McRae. A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.

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