Put simply, “A Walk in the Woods” mostly falls apart because of its attitude toward most everything Bryson and Katz encounter in their journey, most notably the women. That’s odd because this movie has been a passion project for Redford for several years.

Redford, meanwhile, ably delivers Bryson’s dry witticisms, though he occasionally comes across as a bit detached.

Nick Nolte’s performance as Katz is easily the most recommendable part of “A Walk in the Woods.” He’s a crude, vulgar old dude with a rasp so intense he could star in anti-smoking PSAs, and Nolte may as well have been born for the role.

The only person he can convince to go with him is Stephen Katz, a crotchety, recovering alcoholic Bryson backpacked around Europe with several decades prior. Instead of waiting for the next round of checkups and diagnoses, Bryson decides to hike the Appalachian Trail, which stretches more than 2,000 miles from Georgia to Maine. Robert Redford plays Bill Bryson, a popular travel writer who gets fed up with getting old and watching all of his acquaintances die. Having said all of that, the film version of “A Walk in the Woods” turns a pleasant, non-fiction travel memoir into a bumbling, bromantic buddy comedy that only works in fits and starts. A literal adaptation of any novel with no edits would probably be exceedingly long, as well. Something that works in text might not work onscreen. book.I firmly hold the opinion that it’s perfectly all right for movie adaptations of books to change some things around.īooks aren’t movies, after all. Internally firmly bound, pages are bright and clean. Inscription from the author to the title page. Dust wrapper is in excellent condition, with minor shelf wear only. In the publisher's original binding, with an unclipped dust wrapper. 1951) is a travel and non-fiction writer.This is a first edition of this work in an unclipped dust wrapper.Signed with a personal inscription from the author, 'To Tom, Merry Christmas! Bill Bryson'. It is a humourly written piece of work, with commentary on the trails history, wildlife and local inhabitants.Bill Bryson OBE (b. 'A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail' was first published in 1998, and is an autobiographical work describing the author's attempt to walk the trail situated in the Eastern United States with a friend. A first edition of this travel autobiography, with a personal inscription by the author, acclaimed and prolific writer Bill Bryson.

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