Miss Castaway and the Island Girls (2004)
"Miss Cast Away" (original title)

A spoof that combines Cast Away with Miss Congeniality, Planet of the Apes, Love Boat, Gilligan's Island, The Sixth Sense, Jurassic Park, and more

Director:

Bryan Michael Stoller

Writer:

Bryan Michael Stoller

Stars:

Eric Roberts, Charlie Schlatter, Joyce Giraud

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Eric Roberts	...	Maximus Powers
Charlie Schlatter	...	Mike Saunders
Joyce Giraud	...	Julie
Stuart Pankin	...	Noah
Evan Marriott	...	Joe Millionaire
Michael Jackson	...	Agent M.J.
Eugene Greytak	...	Your Holiness (as Gene Greytak)
Richard Halpern	...	Groovy Guy
Lyle J. Mortensen	...	Vice Persident
Douglas Dunning	...	Commander Harry
Patrick Mares	...	The President
Stuart Rigby	...	Ron Philips
Kamilla Bjorlin	...	Holly
Audra Wise	...	Tina
Juanita A. Romano	...	Alaska

Storyline

"Miss Cast Away" (aka "Island Girl") is a mix of "There's Something About Mary" and "Scary Movie" crosses "Cast Away" with "Miss Congeniality." What happens when a plane-load of beauty contestants, on it's way to the Miss Galaxy Pageant, crash-lands on a deserted island? Pilots, Mike Saunders and Maximus Power learn how to survive with a bevvie of beautiful women -- of which none have ever even gone camping. Soon the castaways discover the ancient Noah's ark on the island. The lost ark is being guarded by an oversized prehistoric pig (Jurassic Pork). Noah is boarding apes (a la Planet of the Apes) and our survivors have got to stop his plan and use the ark to get off the island.

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Plot Keywords:

parody | absurd humor

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Taglines:

There's trouble in paradise.

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 January 2008 (Australia)

Also Known As:

Miss Castaway and the Island Girls

Filming Locations:

Hawaii, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Island Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Michael Jackson's final movie as an actor.

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Connections

References Dead Man Walking (1995)

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Soundtracks

"Louder"
Performed by Bobby Bognar
Wheat from Chaff, ASCAP

User Reviews

Just a bunch of random subplots

Three questions arise in my mind when watching this movie, "What?", "Why?" and "How come this in not over yet?"

There are random things happening all through the movie that make you wonder what the heck is going on. One or two unexplained things, sure, but there are so many of these random events that it makes your head spin. When you finally figure out what is going on (is it joke, or actually part of the plot?) the next question is why, why is this nonsensical thing happening? It's completely ridiculous.

I figure it out at the end, all the weird stuff going on is part of some subplot or other, and they do actually tie all of them up in the end (in a haphazard and untidy fashion but still) but the problem is that there is no main plot, only subplot, the end result is a nearly unwatchable mess.

To top it all off there is a large amount of unfunny jokes thrown in here and there, much like in Epic Movie, which is not a good thing. The only reason I give this 2/10 instead of 1/10 is the laughable green screen effects, they are much funnier than the jokes.