Contemporary movie audiences are programmed to expect certain points of action in a particular order, otherwise they can get lost in the mire. Any screenplay would have a more defined structure. The book itself isn't what one might call "tightly plotted." The structure is loose rambling conversation and wry observations take precedence over twists and turns to the story. So, how accurate is A Walk In The Woodsin representing the memoir? Call it the "anti- Wild." Now 17 years old, A Walk In The Woods is still sitting comfortably in Amazon's Top 100 bestsellers, and it's the reigning work in several categories, including "Biographies & Memoirs - Travel & Explorers." Clearly, this book is beloved by its fans, who pay it forward to their friends. Bryson's book, about his experience attempting to hike the Appalachian Trail with his overweight and alcoholic buddy Stephen Katz, is a meandering and witty travel tail. Newman passed away in 2008, so the film that opens this weekend has been in some stage of development for several years. When Robert Redford first set himself about adapting Bill Bryson's 1998 memoir A Walk In The Woods, he fully intended that his friend Paul Newman would star alongside him.
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