Wild

Wild

2014 film by Jean-Marc Vallée
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Adapted from Cheryl Strayed's best-selling memoir of the same name, director Jean-Marc Vallée's Wild stars Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon as a self-destructive divorcée who seeks to conquer her demons by hiking 1100 miles across the Pacific Crest Trail. Cheryl was just 22 years old when her mother Bobbi (Laura Dern) died of cancer in 1991. As children, Cheryl and her brother watched their mother endure intense suffering at the hands of their mentally and physically abusive father, and Bobbi was just getting her life together when she fell gravely ill. The loss was too much for Cheryl to take, and before long she sank so deeply into heroin addiction that it destroyed her marriage. Four years later, Cheryl has hit rock bottom. She knows that unless she makes a change, the future she had once hoped for will slip permanently out of reach. Later, as Cheryl begins her arduous journey through the wilderness, those painful memories come flooding back as she encounters numerous dangers and disheartening setbacks. However, the kindness of strangers helps her summon the courage and endurance she'll need to stay the path.

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115 minutes
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$15 million
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Cheryl: (Cheryl's first inscription on the trail guestbook) "If your Nerve, deny you - Go above your Nerve" - EMILY DICKINSON and Cheryl Strayed
  • Laura Dern, who plays Witherspoon's mother in the film, is only nine years older in real life.
  • The woman who drops Witherspoon's character off in the beginning of the film makes a cameo as the real Cheryl Strayed.
  • Swedish sibling duo First Aid Kit made a contribution to the soundtrack covering the R.E.M. song Walking Unafraid.
  • There are multiple news reports saying this was Reese Witherspoon's first film performing nude scenes; however, she appeared topless in Twilight (1998).
  • The young Cheryl is portrayed by the actual Cheryl Strayed's daughter.

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