![]() Strayed herself had never seriously hiked before but she decided that walking through the PCT would help her find her way back to the woman her mother thought she was. The Pacific Crest Trail Association estimates that it takes an average hiker anywhere between six to eight months to plan for the trip, and four to six months to hike through it all. The Pacific Crest Trail ("PCT") is a 2,660-mile National Scenic Trail running from Mexico to Canada through California, Oregon, and Washington. There was always this attitude that Oregon has it and we will find it and we will film there! Period!” “No stone was left unturned to get the right location by me and my terrific peers, but also the whole Fox Searchlight team. “ gives our film community a sense of great pride in not only their individual skills but the pride when some important film folks come here and completely ‘get’ your home,” says Faires. Having Wild filmed nearly 100% in Oregon (except a one-day shoot in California’s Mojave Desert - on the last day of production) has a huge impact on Oregon and the state’s location team. “I found that they knew the material well-meaning both the book and the screenplay-and that they set about with me in an almost childlike and optimistic search for these very specific locations and location areas that would fit the key elements of the story.” We shot as early in the morning as we could to capture that morning light and we shot as late as we could to grab the sunsets." Some of the filming locations were so remote that the production needed the help of donkeys and horses to carry the filming equipment.Īlong with Nancy Haecker, Roger Fairies, assistant location manager for Wild, also scouted for locations used in Wild. “It was an absolute joy to work with ,” says Fairies. "We shot on the PCT as much as we could and in some other locations nearby, but we were always searching for that kind of beauty Cheryl writes about. I wanted to honor the trail, and I also thought the quality of the desert light was important.”ĭirector Jean-Marc Vallee firmly believes that the movie must be shot entirely on location. "This film is about a woman in the wilderness and that's where it had to be shot," says Vallee. “I very much wanted to actually shoot in the Mojave. ![]() “I was excited to scout for the movie because I know how well landscapes can evoke human emotion,” shares Nancy Haecker in an article for the Winter 2015 issue of Compass Magazine. But these stumbling blocks didn’t deter the location manager because she also had multiple options in place should Plan A not work out. ![]() To complicate matters, just before principal photography about to start, the federal government had its shutdown resulting in the closing of all national parks. ![]() From Mojave Desert to Portland, Oregon, they went in search of the perfect locations for Wild. Since 100% of the movie was to be filmed on location and 60% of those locations in wilderness, park or national park areas, Haecker and her team of dedicated location scouts spent two months on wilderness trails. Shot in less than 30 days in October and November of 2013, Wild involved close to 55 film locations. In addition to Witherspoon and Dern, Wild’s gorgeous Pacific Northwest filming locations collectively is the next big star of the movie. It was a journey to self-healing after experiencing the death of her mother. Strayed shares with us the story behind her solo 1,100-mile hike across the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon. 1 and 2, 8 Mile, The Mexican, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Lucky You, Into The Wild) also won the Managers Guild of America Award for best locations in a contemporary film earlier this year in March. In addition to receiving many award nominations (including the Academy Awards for Best Actress for both Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern), the movie’s location manager Nancy Haecker ( The Judge, Kill Bill: Vol. Released just before the Christmas holidays last year on December 3, Wild is a biographical drama film directed by Jean-Marc Vallee based on the 2012 bestselling memoir of Cheryl Strayed, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail. The film has received rave reviews from both critics and audiences, including a 90% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
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