Cast Away

2000 143 min ★ 7.7 Adventure, Drama

Chuck Noland, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia crashes at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and finds himself marooned on a desolate island. With no way to escape, Chuck must find ways to survive in his new home.

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Cast

Tom Hanks

Chuck Noland

Helen Hunt

Kelly Frears

Chris Noth

Jerry Lovett

Paul Sanchez

Ramon

Lari White

Bettina Peterson

Leonid Citer

Fyodor

David Allen Brooks

Dick Peterson

Semion Sudarikov

Nicolai

Peter Von Berg

Yuri

Dmitri S. Boudrine

Lev

Details

Director

Robert Zemeckis

Tagline

"At the edge of the world, his journey begins."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$90,000,000

Revenue

$429,632,142

Production

20th Century Fox, DreamWorks Pictures, ImageMovers, Playtone

Reviews

J

John Chard

June 29, 2015

★ 7.5/10

We live and we die by time. And we must not commit the sin of losing our track on time. *** This review may contain spoilers *** Jetting off on yet another important task, FedEx whizzer Chuck Noland leaves his girlfriend Kelly Frears (Helen Hunt) behind just before Christmas. Disaster strikes during the flight and the plane crashes into the ocean. Managing to free himself from the sinking je...

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The Movie Mob

September 16, 2022

★ 5/10

**Cast Away is a brilliant movie in many ways, but some disappointing story and character decisions keep it from being a personal favorite.** It all began on Christmas Day. Many people forget that Cast Away is technically a Christmas movie. The fateful plane crash that strands Tom Hanks on an island alone with his volleyball best friend, Wilson, takes off and leaves his new fiance alone on Chri...

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CinemaSerf

May 18, 2023

★ 7/10

Tom Hanks excels in this well put together depiction of the archetypal, rather fastidious, business executive who finds himself stranded - after his plane crashes - on a remote tropical island. Completely ill-suited for life without any modern conveniences, but not without a brain cell or two, he has to adapt à la "Robinson Crusoe" to his new life of coconuts and whatever fish he can catch. The st...