Cast Away (2000)

A FedEx executive undergoes a physical and emotional transformation after crash landing on a deserted island.

Director:

Robert Zemeckis

Writer:

William Broyles Jr.

Stars:

Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Paul Sanchez

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 36 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Paul Sanchez	...	Ramon
Lari White	...	Bettina Peterson
Leonid Citer	...	Fyodor
David Allen Brooks	...	Dick Peterson
Yelena Popovic	...	Beautiful Russian Woman (as Yelena Papovic)
Valentina Ananina	...	Russian Babushka
Semion Sudarikov	...	Nicolai
Tom Hanks	...	Chuck Noland
Peter Von Berg	...	Yuri
Dmitri S. Boudrine	...	Lev
François Duhamel	...	French FedEx Loader
Michael Forest	...	Pilot Jack
Viveka Davis	...	Lady from Dick Bettina farm
Nick Searcy	...	Stan
Jennifer Choe	...	Memphis State Student

Storyline

Memphis-based FedEx operations executive Chuck Noland and grad student Kelly Frears have long dated and lived together, and despite each being the love of the other's life, have not gotten married because of their respective busy schedules, especially Chuck's as he is more often on business trips than he is at home. That marital status changes when on Christmas Day 1995 as Chuck is rushing off to catch yet another FedEx plane for a business trip, he gives Kelly a ring. That flight experiences technical difficulties, and goes down somewhere in the south Pacific. In a life raft, a relatively unharmed Chuck washes up on shore what he will learn is a deserted island, he unaware what has happened to any of his fellow flight mates, or the plane. However several of the packages on board for delivery do wash up on shore with him, those packages which he initially treats with respect. Chuck realizes that his priority is survival - which primarily means food, water, shelter and fire - and ...

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Plot Keywords:

survival | one man film | crash survivor | remote island | plane crash | 

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Taglines:

At the edge of the world, his journey begins.

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense action sequences and some disturbing images

Did You Know?

Trivia

Chuck Noland was Tom Hanks's last Oscar-nominated performance until his portrayal of Fred Rogers in "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)."

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Goofs

The thunder on the island occurs at the same exact instant as the lightning, even though we can see the lightning is off in the distance.

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Quotes

Chuck Noland: We live and we die by the clock, that's all we have.

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Crazy Credits

As the end credits finish, the sound of waves crashing the beach shore can be heard.

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Connections

Referenced in The Island (2001)

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Soundtracks

Merry Christmas Baby
Written by Johnny Moore and Lou Baxter
Performed by Charles Brown
Courtesy of The Verve Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Group

User Reviews

Underrated, excellent movie

Its such a shame that this movie would receive such bad press. The idea of just a man by himself on an island may seem boring and long-winded yet this movie isn't. It touches so many emotions, laughter, sadness, fear, tension. When released it was said to be one long advertisement for FedEx however this movie proves to be so much more than this. With a fantastic soundtrack, great storyline, great acting from Tom Hanks, this movie truly is something fantastic. Maybe a bit of a cliché, other than that the movie appears to be faultless and to find that it didn't make it onto the top 250 saddened me as the movie truly is something to be perhaps even considered a masterpiece.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English Russian

Release Date:

22 December 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cast Away

Filming Locations:

Red Square, Kitai-gorod, Tverskoy District, Moscow, Russia

Box Office

Budget:

$90,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$28,883,406, 24 December 2000

Gross USA:

$233,632,142

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$429,632,142

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox, Dreamworks Pictures, ImageMovers

Technical Specs

Runtime:

143 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1