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Cast Away (2000)

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Reviews Counted: 135 Fresh: 118  Rotten:17 Average Rating: 7.3/10
 
Consensus: Critics say that by focusing on one man in one setting, Cast Away takes considerable risks, but ultimately it succeeds. Tom Hanks is excellent in the role, and the movie's themes make it larger than a simple physical survivor story.
 

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Runtime: 2 hrs 23 mins

Synopsis: Hanks stars as Chuck Noland, a FedEx systems engineer whose personal and professional life are ruled by the clock. His fast-paced career takes him, often at a moment's notice, to far-flung locales -- and away from his girlfriend Kelly, played by Helen Hunt. Chuck's manic existence... Hanks stars as Chuck Noland, a FedEx systems engineer whose personal and professional life are ruled by the clock. His fast-paced career takes him, often at a moment's notice, to far-flung locales -- and away from his girlfriend Kelly, played by Helen Hunt.

Chuck's manic existence abruptly ends when, after a plane crash, he becomes isolated on a remote island -- cast away into the most desolate environment imaginable. Stripped of the conveniences of everyday life, he first must meet the basic needs of survival, including water, food and shelter. Chuck, the consummate problem solver, eventually figures out how to sustain himself physically. But then what? Chuck begins his true personal journey.

After four years, fate gives Chuck a chance to fight his way back to civilization, only to find an unexpected emotional challenge greater than all the earlier physical ones. His ability to persevere and to hope are a product of his life-changing experience. Though the conclusion of Chuck's story may not be a conventional Hollywood ending, it is, like life, full of truth, pain and promise. -- © 2000 20th Century Fox [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Nick Searcy, Lari White, Chris Noth

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Screenwriter: William Broyles
Producer: Steve Starkey, Jack Rapke, Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks
Composer: Alan Silvestri

DVD Info

Release:

Apr 12, 2007

[DVD Details]

Blu-ray Features:

  • Widescreen 2.35

Audio:

  • English: DTS 5.1 HD Dolby Surround

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentaries - Robert Zemeckis and Crew
  • Trailers - Theatrical Trailer

Interactive Features:

  • Bookmarks

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Zemeckis' tranquil control never wavers.

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I wish that all of the film's 144 minutes were spent alone with Hanks.

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Thoroughly entertaining and skillfully rendered.

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Doris Toumarkine
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While his philosophical ventures seem stuck in the shallow end of the pool, Zemeckis takes an important step forward as a filmmaker.

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When I prayed to the film divinities that I wanted less Tom Hanks at the movies, I didn't just mean that I wanted him to be thinner.

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John R. McEwen
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Cast Away says what you (yes, you) would end up doing if you were on a deserted island.

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