On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on August 29, 2014 and was wild rice hotdish with hamburger theatrically in North America on December 5, 2014. Cheryl begins her trek in the Mojave Desert in Southern California. On the first night, she discovers she brought the wrong type of fuel for her stove and is therefore unable to cook.

After a few days of eating only cold food, she meets a farmer named Frank, who feeds her and takes her to get the correct fuel. Further along the trail, Cheryl meets a hiker named Greg, who agrees to help her plan the next section of her hike when they get to Kennedy Meadows. While she is there, a camper named Ed helps her strategically lighten her overweight backpack and arrange to replace her undersized hiking boots with a new pair, which will be delivered somewhere further along the trail. Cheryl takes Greg’s advice to avoid some upcoming deep snow in the Sierra Nevada by catching a bus to Reno and rejoining the PCT, deciding to extend her trip further into Oregon so she can walk the same distance as she had planned, but she still encounters quite a bit of snow. An empty water tank in the desert beyond the town leads Cheryl to go without water for a full day in extreme heat before, dehydrated and near exhaustion, she finds a muddy puddle from which she can get potable water using her portable water purifier.

While she waits for the water to disinfect, two hunters approach and make suggestive remarks, leaving Cheryl feeling threatened and vulnerable. Cheryl crosses into Oregon and goes to Ashland. She meets Jonathan, who invites her to a tribute concert to the recently-deceased Jerry Garcia, and they spend the night together. Sometime later, after visiting Crater Lake, Cheryl gets to Mount Hood National Forest, where she encounters a friendly group of young male hikers who recognize her from the brief quotes and poems that she frequently writes alongside her signature in the hiker’s record books along the PCT. One rainy day, Cheryl finds a llama that escaped from a young boy hiking with his grandmother. She returns it and chats with the boy, who asks about her parents. When she mentions her mother is dead, the boy sings her “Red River Valley”, which his mother used to sing to him.

The boy and his grandmother carry on down the trail, and Cheryl breaks down and cries. On September 15, after 94 days of travel, Cheryl reaches the Bridge of the Gods on the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington, ending her journey. At various points along the trail, including at the bridge, she has encountered a red fox, which she interprets as being the spirit of her mother watching over her. Cheryl Strayed makes a cameo appearance at the beginning of the film as the woman who drops off the character of Cheryl at the motel where she stays before beginning her hike.

Principal photography for the film 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. 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. The film’s soundtrack, supervised by Susan Jacobs, was released by Sony’s Legacy Recordings on November 10, 2014. Jacobs explained: “This isn’t about reality. This is about keeping the essence of the mother there.

The Bridge of the Gods, where Strayed’s journey ends, enjoyed increased popularity and traffic after the film came out, leading to an increase in its toll. Witherspoon was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance. 276 reviews, with an average rating of 7. Powerfully moving and emotionally resonant, Wild finds director Jean-Marc Vallée and star Reese Witherspoon working at the peak of their respective powers. Dern received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. 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.

Strayed stated that the film was snubbed from the Best Picture category at the Academy Awards due to “Hollywood sexism. Reese Witherspoon: ‘Wild’ success shows hunger for films with strong women”. It’ll be a ‘Wild’ night for Laura Dern”. Reese Witherspoon buys movie rights to Cheryl Strayed’s memoir”.

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