Miss Cast Away (2004)

Director:

Bryan Michael Stoller

Writer:

Bryan Michael Stoller (writer)

Release Date:

28 January 2008 (Australia)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy

Tagline:

There's trouble in paradise.

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman

Cast

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
Thomas McKenna	...	Ron Philips (as Stuart Rigby)
Kamilla Bjorlin	...	Holly
Audra Wise	...	Tina
Juanita A. Romano	...	Alaska

Also Known As:

Miss Castaway and the Island Girls (USA) (new title)
Silly Movie 2 (Canada: English title) (DVD title)

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

Italy:T | Spain:18 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Hawaii, USA

Company:

Island Productions

Trivia:

Michael Jackson's final movie.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Pop culture time capsule

"Miss Cast Away" is an amusing trifle, which dispenses with serious plot or character development to pack in as many gags as possible. Best enjoyed with a large audience that is open to such entertainments and perhaps, has had a few drinks. Most of the jokes are current-event based so in future years this film may become a time-capsule of turn-of-the-21st-century pop culture references.

The 30i to 24p conversion of the footage does create a jerky appearance in some parts, most noticeably the opening aerial shots.

The appearance of Micheal Jackson is indeed a strange non-sequiter event. But I, for one, find it encouraging that Mr. Jackson has shown a helpful interest in one of his protégés even after he (the director) has passed from the cute-preteen-boy stage.

The effects work is not as bad as one review suggested. Most of it was done by a one-man crew in a brief span of time consisting of animator William Sutton, whose name seems to have been omitted from the IMDb credits. His work is an extraordinary achievement and really helps to fill in the gaps in this movie. I hope he's finally been paid!