profundity isn’t the pursuit of Bryson, Katz and “A Walk in the Woods.” Director Ken Kwapis (“Big Miracle”), working from the script by Rick Kerb and Bill Holderman, steers it on well ...

The best-seller, published in 1998, tells the story of Bryson's trek with old friend Stephen Katz (a pseudonym). Writer Bill Bryson says it was "surreal" to see himself being played by Robert ...

But nobody, including Nolte, ever called him to ask more about the Katz character. Unfortunately, mixed reviews indicate that the spirit of Bill Bryson's travel tale didn't survive the transition.

Bill Bryson is a travel writer ... As played by Nick Nolte, Stephen Katz is the kind of guy you tend to lose touch with, who has accomplished little but adding lots of notches to his bedpost ...

Writer Bill Bryson (Redford) decides to rediscover America by walking the 2,100 mile Appalachian Trail with old school friend Katz (Nolte). Two 70-plus boys trekking the length of the American ...