Cast Away

Cast Away
Cast Away
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Directed by	Robert Zemeckis
Written by	William Broyles Jr.
Produced by	Steve Starkey; Tom Hanks; Robert Zemeckis; Jack Rapke;
Starring	Tom Hanks; Helen Hunt; Nick Searcy;
Cinematography	Don Burgess
Edited by	Arthur Schmidt
Music by	Alan Silvestri
Production; companies	ImageMovers; Playtone;
Distributed by	20th Century Fox; DreamWorks Pictures
Release date	December 22, 2000;
Running time	143 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$90 million
Box office	$429.6 million

Cast Away is a 2000 American adventure drama movie directed and co-produced by Robert Zemeckis, written by William Broyles Jr. and starring Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, and Nick Searcy. Hanks plays a FedEx troubleshooter who is stranded on a deserted island after his plane crashes in the South Pacific, and the plot focuses on his desperate attempts to survive and return home. Filming took place from January to March 1999, and April to May 2000.

Cast Away was released on December 22, 2000, by 20th Century Fox in the United States and Canada and by DreamWorks Pictures in other territories.^[2] It grossed $429.6 million worldwide, making it the third-highest-grossing movie of 2000. The movie received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the screenplay and Hanks's performance. Hanks won Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama at the 58th Golden Globe Awards and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 73rd Academy Awards.^[3]^[4]

Cast

Tom Hanks as Chuck Noland
Helen Hunt as Kelly Frears
Nick Searcy as Stan
Jenifer Lewis as Becca Twig
Chris Noth as Jerry Lovett
Lari White as Bettina Peterson
Vince Martin as Albert "Al" Miller
Geoffrey Blake as Maynard Graham

Notes

↑ 20th Century Fox distributed the movie in the United States and Canada.
↑ DreamWorks Pictures distributed the movie internationally through United International Pictures.

References

1 2 3 "Cast Away (2000)". Box Office Mojo. January 1, 2001. Archived from the original on September 10, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
↑ "Cast Away". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
↑ Kehr, Dave (December 17, 2000). "'Cast Away' Director Defies Categorizing". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 22, 2018. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
↑ "The 73rd Academy Awards (2001) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2014-06-27.

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[1] 20th Century Fox distributed the movie in the United States and Canada.

[2] DreamWorks Pictures distributed the movie internationally through United International Pictures.

[mojo-3] 1 2 3 "Cast Away (2000)". Box Office Mojo. January 1, 2001. Archived from the original on September 10, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2015.

[4] "Cast Away". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2014-06-27.

[nytimes.com-5] Kehr, Dave (December 17, 2000). "'Cast Away' Director Defies Categorizing". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 22, 2018. Retrieved October 18, 2012.

[6] "The 73rd Academy Awards (2001) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2014-06-27.

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