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Cast Away
Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, and Nick Searcy star in the 2000 American survival drama film Cast Away, which was written, produced, and directed by Robert Zemeckis. The plot of the movie centers on Hanks' character, a FedEx troubleshooter who becomes stuck on an uninhabited island after his plane crashes in the South Pacific. Filming began in January 1999 and ran through March 1999, then picked back up in April 2000 and ran through May 2000.

Cast Away was distributed by DreamWorks Pictures internationally and 20th Century Fox in North America. The movie made $429 million overall, with its first weekend takings coming to $28,883,4046. For his performance, Hanks won the 58th Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama.

Plot
Chuck Noland gets called to handle a job issue in Malaysia. He is on a FedEx cargo plane, but it crashes into the Pacific Ocean after being trapped in a storm. The crash's lone survivor, Chuck, makes his way to safety in an inflatable life raft. He washes up on a deserted island the following day.

The body of one of the FedEx pilots, Albert R. Miller, washes up on the coast over the course of the following few days, and Chuck buries him. Chuck opens the majority of the packages and discovers some helpful things. Chuck cuts his hand while attempting to light a fire He then names a ball Wilson after applying a bloody handprint to it. He talks to Wilson throughout the movie.

The film cuts to four years later where Chuck is still stranded on the island. He constructs a raft using the plastic from a portable toilet enclosure as a sail after a sizable portion of it washes ashore on the island. Wilson falls off the raft and floats away after Chuck and the raft make it through a storm. Soon after, a passing container ship saves him.

When Chuck eventually makes it back to civilization, he discovers that his loved ones have pronounced him dead. Later, he arrives at the FedEx Headquarters for a hero's welcome home celebration. He discovers that Kelly has since had a daughter and a marriage.

Cast

 * Tom Hanks as Chuck Noland


 * Helen Hunt as Kelly


 * Nick Searcy as Stan


 * Paul Sanches as Ramon


 * Lari White as Bettina Peterson

Director
Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks, Steve Starkey, Jack Rapke are credited with directing the film

Screenwriter
William Broyles Jr., Robert Zemeckis are credited with the screenwriting of the film

Composer
Alan Silvestri are credited composing the film

Cinematography
Don Burgess is credited with the cinematography