There are few writers to match Bill Bryson for a wry, self-effacing turn of phrase, but even he must have been momentarily wordless to hear who would be playing him in this adaptation of one of his best-loved books.
In A Walk in the Woods, the tale of his journey along the Appalachian Trail with feckless friend Stephen Katz, Bryson is played by the actor who optioned the book back in 1998, Robert Redford.
Ken Kwapis' film retains the writer's dry sense of humour and provides Nick Nolte with...
