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' filmed his cameo in his library at Neverland Ranch (which was digitally replaced with special effects).

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Connections

References Forrest Gump (1994)

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Soundtracks

"No More Searching"
Performed by Dick Maloney
SOCAN

User Reviews

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As an indie filmmaker, I try to at least make a decent film . This piece of ____ was beyond low budget. It was shot on video and not 24P mini-DV at least. The look and feel of this was just baaaad. I met the director a few years ago at ShowBiz Expo in LA and he was talking about that book, Film-making for dummies that he was putting together. I thought this little video was going to be something but I guess I was wrong. He could have brought the value up a little by shooting 16mm film instead of that awful video. The plot was stupid as well as the acting and all the fake green screen and sound and the whole nine yards. I had a choice tonight to rent any movie and made the wrong choice. Damn!!!!! I did buy JoyRide which was a hell of a movie. Maybe the director should read real motion picture books on film-making and not try to cut corners when trying to make a low budget flick. Maybe he should learn from the masters who made, Night of the living dead and The Evil Dead and Chain saw massacre. just to name a few of the all time low budget great hits. This is one video that should have stayed dead. I cannot call it a film because he did not use film.