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{{Infobox film
| name = Cast Away
| image = Cast away film poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Robert Zemeckis]]
| producer = [[Jack Rapke]]<br />Robert Zemeckis<br />[[Steve Starkey]]<br />[[Tom Hanks]]
| writer = [[William Broyles Jr.]]
| starring = Tom Hanks<br />[[Helen Hunt]]
| music = [[Alan Silvestri]]
| cinematography = [[Don Burgess (cinematographer)|Don Burgess]]
| editing = [[Arthur Schmidt (film editor)|Arthur Schmidt]]
| studio = [[ImageMovers]]<br />[[Playtone]]
| distributor = '''USA/Canada'''<br />[[20th Century Fox]]<br />'''International'''<br />[[DreamWorks]]
| released = {{Film date|2000|12|7}}
| runtime = 143 minutes
| country = {{Film US}}
| language = English
| budget = $90,000,000
| gross = $429,632,142
}}
'''''Cast Away''''' is a 2000 [[drama film]] directed by [[Robert Zemeckis]] and starring [[Tom Hanks]] as a [[FedEx]] employee stranded on an [[desert island|uninhabited island]] after his plane crashes in the South Pacific. The film depicts his unsuccessful attempts to survive on the island. Hanks was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor in a Leading Role]] at the [[73rd Academy Awards]] for his critically acclaimed performance.
'''''Cast Away''''' is a 2000 [[drama film]] directed by [[Robert Zemeckis]] and starring [[Tom Hanks]] as a [[FedEx]] employee stranded on an [[desert island|uninhabited island]] after his plane crashes in the South Pacific. The film depicts his unsuccessful attempts to survive on the island. Hanks was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor in a Leading Role]] at the [[73rd Academy Awards]] for his critically acclaimed performance.


==Plot==
In 1995, Chuck Noland ([[Tom Hanks]]) is a time-obsessed systems analyst, who travels worldwide resolving productivity problems at FedEx depots. He is in a long-term relationship with Kelly Frears ([[Helen Hunt]]), with whom he lives in Memphis, Tennessee. Although the couple wants to get married, Chuck's busy schedule interferes with their relationship. A Christmas with relatives is interrupted by Chuck being summoned to resolve a problem in Malaysia.
In 1995, Chuck Noland ([[Tom Hanks]]) is a time-obsessed systems analyst, who travels worldwide resolving productivity problems at FedEx depots. He is in a long-term relationship with Kelly Frears ([[Helen Hunt]]), with whom he lives in Memphis, Tennessee. Although the couple wants to get married, Chuck's busy schedule interferes with their relationship. A Christmas with relatives is interrupted by Chuck being summoned to resolve a problem in Malaysia.


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==Production==
==Production==
The film was not shot consecutively. Hanks gained fifty pounds during pre-production to make him look like a pudgy, middle-aged man. After a majority of the film was shot, production was halted for a year so that he could lose the weight and grow his hair and beard to look like he had been living on the island for years. During the year-long hiatus, Zemeckis used the same film crew to make another film, ''[[What Lies Beneath]]''.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010 }}
The film was not shot consecutively. Hanks gained fifty pounds during pre-production to make him look like a pudgy, middle-aged man. After a majority of the film was shot, production was halted for a year so that he could lose the weight and grow his hair and beard to look like he had been living on the island for years. During the year-long hiatus, Zemeckis used the same film crew to make another film, ''[[What Lies Beneath]]''.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010 }}

''Cast Away'' was filmed on [[Monuriki]], a member of the [[Mamanuca Islands]].<ref>{{cite book|others=Korina Miller, Robyn Jones, Leonardo Pinheiro |title=Fiji |year=2003 |publisher=[[Lonely Planet]] |isbn=1740591348 |page=54}}</ref> It is in a subgroup of the Mamanuca [[archipelago]], which is sited off the coast of [[Viti Levu]], [[Fiji]]'s largest island. The island became a tourist attraction following the film's release. Although it is identified by Kelly after Chuck's return as being "about 600 miles south of the [[Cook Islands]]," there is actually no land between the southern-most Cook Islands of [[Mangaia]] and [[Antarctica]].

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, and other sundries. They turned this over to a group of survival experts who decided how the protagonist might be able to use them.

===FedEx===
FedEx paid nothing for product placement in the film.<ref>{{cite news|title=Stranded: Behind-the-Scenes of Cast Away, A comprehensive behind-the-scenes look at Cast Away |url=http://stumpedmagazine.com/Articles/stranded.html |work=Stumped Magazine |year=2004 |accessdate=December 27, 2009}}</ref> FedEx CEO [[Frederick W. Smith|Fred Smith]] did make an appearance as himself for the scene where Chuck is welcomed back, which was filmed on location at FedEx's home facilities in [[Memphis, Tennessee]]. Although the idea of a story based on a FedEx plane crashing gave the company "a heart attack at first", the overall story was seen as positive and the company saw an increase in brand awareness in Asia and Europe following the film's release.<ref>{{cite news|title=A look at some of the biggest hits in film and TV product placement |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000901395 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=April 28, 2005 |accessdate=November 25, 2007 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071011140335/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000901395 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = October 11, 2007}}</ref>


===Wilson the volleyball===
===Wilson the volleyball===
[[Image:Wilson The Volleyball.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Wilson the volleyball]]
[[Image:Wilson The Volleyball.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Wilson the volleyball]]
In the film, Wilson the [[volleyball]] serves as Chuck Noland's [[personification|personified]] [[imaginary friend|friend]] and only companion during the four years that Noland spends alone on a deserted [[island]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DTNB&s_site=detnews&f_site=detnews&f_sitename=Detroit+News%2C+The+%28MI%29&p_multi=DTNB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F7502916F603973&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=''Cast Away'' lets Hanks fend for himself |accessdate=November 26, 2008 |publisher=[[Detroit News]] |date=December 22, 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SDGB&p_theme=sdgb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1110F27098BA70F3&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=''Cast Away'' proves great films still exist |accessdate=November 26, 2008 |publisher=[[Daily Gazette]] |date=January 7, 2001 | first1=Nate | last1=Smith}}</ref><ref name="BLFJ">{{cite web|url=http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/62/62castaway.html |title=The Volleyball in the Void |accessdate=November 26, 2008 |work=Alan Vanneman |publisher=Bright Lights Film Journal}}</ref> The character was created by screenwriter [[William Broyles Jr.]] While researching for the film ''Cast Away'', he consulted with professional survival experts, and then chose to deliberately strand himself for one week on an isolated beach in the [[Sea of Cortes]], to force himself to search for water and food, and obtain his own shelter. During this time, a volleyball washed up on shore. This was the inspiration for the film's inanimate companion. From a theatrical view, Wilson also serves to realistically imply dialogue in a one-person-only situation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/services/motion-pictures/4846110-1.html |title=William Boyles, Jr. |author=Beverly Gray |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |work=All Business |date=March 7, 2001 |accessdate=June 2, 2009}}</ref>
In the film, Wilson the [[volleyball]] serves as Chuck Noland's [[personification|personified]] [[imaginary friend|friend]] and only companion during the four years that Noland spends alone on a deserted [[island]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DTNB&s_site=detnews&f_site=detnews&f_sitename=Detroit+News%2C+The+%28MI%29&p_multi=DTNB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F7502916F603973&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=''Cast Away'' lets Hanks fend for himself |accessdate=November 26, 2008 |publisher=[[Detroit News]] |date=December 22, 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SDGB&p_theme=sdgb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1110F27098BA70F3&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=''Cast Away'' proves great films still exist |accessdate=November 26, 2008 |publisher=[[Daily Gazette]] |date=January 7, 2001 | first1=Nate | last1=Smith}}</ref><ref name="BLFJ">{{cite web|url=http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/62/62castaway.html |title=The Volleyball in the Void |accessdate=November 26, 2008 |work=Alan Vanneman |publisher=Bright Lights Film Journal}}</ref> The character was created by screenwriter [[William Broyles Jr.]] While researching for the film ''Cast Away'', he consulted with professional survival experts, and then chose to deliberately strand himself for one week on an isolated beach in the [[Sea of Cortes]], to force himself to search for water and food, and obtain his own shelter. During this time, a volleyball washed up on shore. This was the inspiration for the film's inanimate companion.

One of the original volleyball props was sold at auction after release of the film for $18,500 to the ex-[[CEO]] of [[FedEx|FedEx Office's]] Ken May. At the time of the film's release, Wilson Sporting Goods launched its own joint promotion centered around the fact that one of its products was "co-starring" with Tom Hanks. Wilson manufactured a volleyball with a parody of the hand print face on one side. It was sold for a limited time during the film's initial release and continues to be offered on the company's website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wilson.com/en-us/volleyball/balls/cast-away-volleyball/ |title=Wilson Cast Away Volleyball |accessdate=July 7, 2011 |work=Wilson Sporting Goods Company's |publisher=Wilson Sporting Goods Company website}}</ref> Additionally, many near identical replicas of Wilson are available for sale.<ref name="LAT">{{cite news|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/66310967.html?dids=66310967:66310967&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jan+08%2C+2001&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&esc='Cast+Away's'+'Wilson'+Scores+for+Parent%3B+Retail%3A+Volleyball+in+Tom+Hanks'+film+has+bounced+the+spotlight+onto+recovering+sporting+goods+firm.&pqatl=google |title=''Cast Away's'' "Wilson" Scores for Parent; Retail: Volleyball in Tom Hanks' film has bounced the spotlight onto recovering sporting goods firm |accessdate=November 26, 2008 |publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=January 8, 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indyprops.com/pp-wilson.htm |title=''Cast Away'' Wilson Volleyball |accessdate=November 26, 2008 |publisher=Indyprops}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsunlimitedinc.com/wilson-mr-wilson-volleyball.html |title=The Wilson ''Cast Away'' "Mr. Wilson" Outdoor Volleyball |accessdate=November 26, 2008 |publisher=Sports Unlimited Inc}}</ref>

==Reception==
''Cast Away'' was acclaimed by critics. The film holds a score of 90% on [[Rotten Tomatoes]].<ref>[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cast_away Cast Away Movie Reviews, Pictures]. ''[[Rotten Tomatoes]]''. Retrieved 2010-11-18.</ref> The film was a success at the [[box office]], earning over $429,632,142 worldwide in ticket receipts.<ref>(2001-01-03). [http://articles.latimes.com/2001/jan/03/entertainment/ca-7516 Cast Away Leads an All-Star Holiday]. ''[[The Los Angeles Times]]''. Retrieved 2010-11-13.</ref>

===Awards===
[[58th Golden Globe Awards]]
* Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama (Tom Hanks)

===Nominations===
[[73rd Academy Awards]]<ref name="Oscars2001">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/73rd-winners.html |title=The 73rd Academy Awards (2001) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=2011-11-19|work=oscars.org}}</ref>
* [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor in a Leading Role]] ([[Tom Hanks]])
* [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound Mixing]] ([[Randy Thom]], [[Tom Johnson (sound engineer)|Tom Johnson]], [[Dennis S. Sands]] and [[William B. Kaplan]])
[[BAFTA Awards]]
* Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Tom Hanks)
[[Screen Actors Guild Awards]]
* Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (Tom Hanks)
[[2001 MTV Movie Awards]]
* Best On-Screen Team (Tom Hanks and Wilson)

==Soundtrack==
The film's minimal score was composed by [[Alan Silvestri]] for which he won a [[Grammy Award]] in 2002. The film's soundtrack is most notable for its lack of score and creature sound effects (such as bird song or insect sounds) while Chuck is on the island, which is intended to reinforce the feeling of isolation.<ref>''Cast Away'' DVD director's commentary</ref> ''Cast Away'' contains no original musical score until Chuck escapes the island. However, there is a Russian choral piece heard near the start of the film that was not composed or even recorded by Silvestri, so it does not appear on the film's soundtrack list. It is a traditional Russian song written by Lev Knipper called "Oh, My Field" [[Polyushko Pole|("Polyushko, Polye")]] and it is available on various collections of Red Army hymns. The tracks in Silvestri's score are as follows:

# "Cast Away" – 3:44
# "Wilson, I'm Sorry" – 1:39
# "Drive to Kelly's" – 3:54
# "Love of My Life" – 1:47
# "What the Tide Could Bring" – 3:39
# "Crossroads" – 2:08
# "End Credits" – 7:29

The official soundtrack CD contains an anthology of musical pieces from all films directed by Zemeckis and scored by Silvestri. The only track from ''Cast Away'' itself is the theme from the end credits.<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r514838|pure_url=yes}} |title=Cast Away: The Films of Robert Zemeckis and the Music of Alan Silvestri |publisher=allmusic |accessdate=June 2, 2009}}</ref>

==Popular culture==
===''Lost''===
Media executive [[Lloyd Braun (media executive)|Lloyd Braun]] of [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC Studios]] first suggested the idea of a ''Cast Away''–type television series at a dinner party in 2003.<ref name="chicagomag.com">{{cite news|title=Cast Away |url=http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/August-2007/Cast-Away/index.php?cp=2&si=1 |work=[[Chicago (magazine)|Chicago]] |date=August 2007 |accessdate=December 27, 2008}}</ref> Thom Sherman later pitched the idea for Cast Away – The Series but never developed the idea.<ref name="chicagomag.com" /> The basic concept was later developed and pitched with the title ''Nowhere''; which later turned into the ABC show ''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]''.<ref name="chicagomag.com" />

==References==
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==External links==
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Revision as of 18:58, 29 November 2011

Cast Away is a 2000 drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks as a FedEx employee stranded on an uninhabited island after his plane crashes in the South Pacific. The film depicts his unsuccessful attempts to survive on the island. Hanks was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 73rd Academy Awards for his critically acclaimed performance.

In 1995, Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) is a time-obsessed systems analyst, who travels worldwide resolving productivity problems at FedEx depots. He is in a long-term relationship with Kelly Frears (Helen Hunt), with whom he lives in Memphis, Tennessee. Although the couple wants to get married, Chuck's busy schedule interferes with their relationship. A Christmas with relatives is interrupted by Chuck being summoned to resolve a problem in Malaysia.

Flying through a violent storm, his airplane crashes into the Pacific Ocean. Chuck is able to escape the sinking plane and is saved by an inflatable life-raft but in the process, loses the raft's emergency locator transmitter. He clings to the life-raft, loses consciousness, and floats all night before being washed up on an island.

After he awakens, he explores the island and soon discovers that it is uninhabited. Several FedEx packages from the crashed plane wash up on the shore, as well as the corpse of one of the pilots (whom he buries). He initially tries to signal for rescue and makes an escape attempt with the remnants of his life-raft, but he cannot pass the powerful surf. He searches for food, water, shelter, and opens the packages, finding a number of potentially useful items. He leaves one package, with a pair of wings painted on it, unopened.

During a first attempt to make fire, Chuck receives a deep wound to his hand. In anger he throws several objects, including a Wilson Sporting Goods volleyball from one of the packages. A short time later he draws a face in the bloody hand print on the ball, names it Wilson and begins talking to it.

Four years later Chuck is dramatically thinner, bearded, his hair is longer, and he is wearing a loincloth. He has become adept at spearing fish and making fires. He also has regular conversations and arguments with Wilson.

After a large section from a portable toilet washes up on the island, Chuck uses it as a sail in the construction of a raft. After spending some time building and stocking the raft and deciding when the weather conditions will be optimal (using an analemma he has created in his cave to monitor the time of year), he launches, using the sail to overcome the powerful surf. After some time on the ocean, a storm nearly tears his raft apart. The following day, "Wilson" falls from the raft and is lost, leaving Chuck overwhelmed by grief and loss. Later, he is found drifting by a passing cargo ship.

Upon returning to civilization, Chuck learns that he has long been given up for dead; his family and friends held a funeral, and Kelly has since married Chuck's dentist and has a daughter. After reuniting with Kelly, the pair profess their love for each other but, realizing a future together would be impossible due to her commitment to her family, they part. Kelly gives Chuck the keys to the car they once shared.

Chuck then travels out into the country to return the unopened FedEx package to its sender. The house at the address is empty, so he leaves the package at the door with a note saying that the package saved his life. He then departs and stops at a remote crossroads. A woman passing by in a pickup truck stops to explain where each road leads. As she drives away, Chuck notices the illustration on her truck is similar to the one on the parcel. Chuck is left looking down each road. The camera focuses on his face, as he looks toward the departing woman in the truck.

Cast

Production

The film was not shot consecutively. Hanks gained fifty pounds during pre-production to make him look like a pudgy, middle-aged man. After a majority of the film was shot, production was halted for a year so that he could lose the weight and grow his hair and beard to look like he had been living on the island for years. During the year-long hiatus, Zemeckis used the same film crew to make another film, What Lies Beneath.[citation needed]

Wilson the volleyball

Wilson the volleyball

In the film, Wilson the volleyball serves as Chuck Noland's personified friend and only companion during the four years that Noland spends alone on a deserted island.[1][2][3] The character was created by screenwriter William Broyles Jr. While researching for the film Cast Away, he consulted with professional survival experts, and then chose to deliberately strand himself for one week on an isolated beach in the Sea of Cortes, to force himself to search for water and food, and obtain his own shelter. During this time, a volleyball washed up on shore. This was the inspiration for the film's inanimate companion.

  1. ^ "Cast Away lets Hanks fend for himself". Detroit News. December 22, 2000. Retrieved November 26, 2008.
  2. ^ Smith, Nate (January 7, 2001). "Cast Away proves great films still exist". Daily Gazette. Retrieved November 26, 2008.
  3. ^ "The Volleyball in the Void". Alan Vanneman. Bright Lights Film Journal. Retrieved November 26, 2008.