Cast Away Movie Review 2000

Hanks first gained, and then lost, 40 pounds for his role as FedEx employee Chuck Noland, who gets marooned on a South Pacific island for four years. He does an excellent job of showing Chuck's desperation, isolation, and finally, resignation, and for a good chunk of the movie, does it without saying a single word (although later he does get to "talk" to a volleyball named Wilson). Zemeckis does his part with amazing visuals and a restrained approach to the score, which he uses sparingly.

Distribution

Not Yet Released

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 143 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Island Fare, Christmas, Survival, Air Disasters, Top Grossing Films of 2000, Top Grossing Films of 2001, Reunited, Volleyball, Director/Star Teams: Zemeckis & Hanks

Screenplay

William Broyles

Cast

Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Nick Searcy, Michael Forest, Viveka Davis, Christopher Noth, Geoffrey Blake, Jenifer Lewis, David Allan Brooks, Nan Martin

Cinematography

Don Burgess

Director

Robert Zemeckis

Music

Alan Silvestri