Bryson's acute eye is a wise witness to this beautiful but fragile trail, and as he tells its fascinating history, he makes a moving plea for the conservation of America's last great wilderness.

But A Walk in the Woods is more than just a laugh-out-loud hike. Despite Katz's overwhelming desire to find cozy restaurants, he and Bryson eventually settle into their stride, and while on the trail they meet a bizarre assortment of hilarious characters. The AT offers an astonishing landscape of silent forests and sparkling lakes-and to a writer with the comic genius of Bill Bryson, it also provides endless opportunities to witness the majestic silliness of his fellow human beings.For a start there's the gloriously out-of-shape Stephen Katz, a buddy from Iowa along for the walk. 2.A CLASSIC FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ONE SUMMER Back in America after twenty years in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to reacquaint himself with his native country by walking the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail, which stretches from Georgia to Maine. 'A Walk in the Woods' is rated 'R.' It opens on Sept. 'It was an under-served audience, the older people, and that this was the perfect project for older people to get back into the theater. 'But I felt that this was serving an audience that wasn't being served,' he said. In this age of so many movies aimed at teenagers and young adults, Redford is proud that this project sees beyond that. He plays a friend from the past who agrees to join Redford's character on the hike. So he was the one that said, 'I think it'd be too much to get out here and do this.' So the moment that happened, it went right to Nick,' Redford said. 'By the time this thing came about, the age difference was a factor - 14 years between Paul and I - and also the fact that his physical health was in decline.

Together, they'd had big hits, first with 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' in 1969, and then 'The Sting' four years later. Originally, Redford wanted to make 'A Walk in the Woods' with his good friend Paul Newman. 'It was a passion that I had to see this story brought to the screen, I thought, would be a wonderful thing,' he said. LOS ANGELES (KABC) - The new movie 'A Walk in the Woods' is based on the true story of travel writer Bill Bryson, who decided he wanted to hike the Appalachian Trail - all 2,200 miles of it.Īctor and producer Robert Redford has wanted to make this story a movie for a long time. Robert Redford hits the trail with Nick Nolte in the new film 'A Walk in the Woods.'

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