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The producers made up a list of seemingly useless items that would be in the packages that Noland recovered: party dress, ice skates, divorce papers, video tapes, etc. They turned this over to a group of survival experts, who decided what the protagonist might be able to do with them: fish net, axe, rope, etc. |
The producers made up a list of seemingly useless items that would be in the packages that Noland recovered: party dress, ice skates, divorce papers, video tapes, etc. They turned this over to a group of survival experts, who decided what the protagonist might be able to do with them: fish net, axe, rope, etc. |
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In a panel discussing the movie, Director [[Robert Zemeckis]] joked that the final unopened package at the end contained a waterproof, solar-powered [[satellite phone]]. This led to a Super Bowl commercial that spoofed the movie, which shows Hanks' character (not played by Hanks in the commercial) making the final delivery of an unopened package to a suburban residence. As he delivers the FedEx box, he says to the recipient "by the way, what was in the box?" to which the female recipient says "nothing much, just a satellite phone, GPS locater, fishing rod, water purifier, and some seeds."<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvX7ovvf-LI YouTube - Fedex - Castaway |
In a panel discussing the movie, Director [[Robert Zemeckis]] joked that the final unopened package at the end contained a waterproof, solar-powered [[satellite phone]]. This led to a Super Bowl commercial that spoofed the movie, which shows Hanks' character (not played by Hanks in the commercial) making the final delivery of an unopened package to a suburban residence. As he delivers the FedEx box, he says to the recipient "by the way, what was in the box?" to which the female recipient says "nothing much, just a satellite phone, GPS locater, fishing rod, water purifier, and some seeds."<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvX7ovvf-LI YouTube - Fedex - Castaway--]</ref> |
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Production was on hiatus for about a year to allow Tom Hanks to lose some weight and grow his hair. During that period, Robert Zemeckis used the crew to produce and direct ''[[What Lies Beneath]].'' |
Production was on hiatus for about a year to allow Tom Hanks to lose some weight and grow his hair. During that period, Robert Zemeckis used the crew to produce and direct ''[[What Lies Beneath]].'' |
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Revision as of 18:01, 26 July 2008
