One of the most devastating sequences in Robert Zemeckis' Cast Away comes when Tom Hanks' skinny, bearded, stranded FedEx executive finally makes a break for it, escaping his isolated life on the island by heading out to sea on a handcrafted raft and hoping for the best. Eventually he makes it, but not before losing the one thing that truly kept him alive long enough to make it to that point: his best friend, a volleyball named Wilson. It's a hard moment for him and for us, and Hanks sells it so well he wound up winning a Best Actor Golden Globe for the performance. And while the film does its best to give us closure on the character's life -- to the point where he buys a new volleyball for himself -- it's not the epic reunion we were hoping for deep...
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- 2/6/2015
- by Erik Davis
- Movies.com
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