Cast Away
Cast Away is a 2000 American survival drama film directed and produced by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, and Nick Searcy. Hanks plays a FedEx employee stranded on an uninhabited island after his plane crashes in the South Pacific, and the film depicts his desperate attempts to survive and return home. The film was released on December 22, 2000. It grossed $429 million worldwide, with Hanks nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 73rd Academy Awards.
Plot
In 1995, Chuck Noland, a time-obsessed systems analyst, travels the world resolving productivity problems at FedEx depots. He is in a long-term relationship with Kelly Frears, with whom he lives in Memphis, Tennessee. Chuck's busy schedule often interferes with their relationship.
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| author | William Broyles, Jr. |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Moscow Tennessee Texas |
| director | Robert Zemeckis |
| editor | Arthur Schmidt |
| events | solitude |
| genre | adventure drama |
| keywords | cargo ship christmas christmas dinner chuck d coral reef emergency locator transmitter fedex fly inflatable life raft life raft malaysia married pacific ocean pass pickup truck plane crash portable toilet portable toilet enclosure summon truck stop uncharted violent storm wilson sporting goods young woman |
| musicBy | Alan Silvestri |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing |
| producer | Jack Rapke Robert Zemeckis Steve Starkey Tom Hanks |
| productionCompany | ImageMovers Playtone |
| recordedAt | Los Angeles Malibu Monuriki Moscow Philippines Russia |
| theme | solitude survival |