Chuck Nolan, 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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Film Cast:

• Chuck Noland: Tom Hanks
• Kelly Frears: Helen Hunt
• Jerry Lovett: Chris Noth
• Ramon: Paul Sanchez
• Bettina Peterson: Lari White
• Fyodor: Leonid Citer
• Dick Peterson: David Allen Brooks
• Nicolai: Semion Sudarikov
• Yuri: Peter Von Berg
• Lev: Dmitri S. Boudrine
• Stan: Nick Searcy
• French FedEx Loader: François Duhamel
• Pilot Jack: Michael Forest
• Lauren Madden: Lauren Birkell
• Beautiful Russian Woman: Yelena Popovic
• Pilot Gwen: Viveka Davis
• Memphis State Student: Jennifer Choe
• Kelly’s Mother: Nan Martin
• Anne Larson: Anne Bellamy
• Dennis Larson: Dennis Letts
• Wendy Larson: Wendy Worthington
• Virginia Larson: Valerie Wildman
• John Larson: John Duerler
• Steve Larson: Steve Monroe
• Lisa Madden: Lisa Long
• Elden Madden: Elden Henson
• Morgan Stockton: Timothy Stack
• Alice Stockton: Alice Vaughn
• Joe Wally: Joe Conley
• Pilot Blaine: Garret Davis
• Pilot Peter: Jay Acovone
• Pilot Kevin: Christopher Kriesa
• Taxi Driver: Derick Alexander
• …: Vsevolod Boldin
• Becca Twig: Jenifer Lewis
• Albert Miller: Vince Martin

Film Crew:

• Conductor: Alan Silvestri
• Writer: Robert Zemeckis
• Second Unit Director: Steve Starkey
• Producer: Tom Hanks
• Director of Photography: Don Burgess
• Editor: Arthur Schmidt
• Visual Effects Producer: Crys Forsyth-Smith
• Screenplay: William Broyles Jr.
• Production Design: Rick Carter
• Costume Design: Joanna Johnston
• Casting: Victoria Burrows
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Tom Johnson
• Assistant Art Director: Andrew Menzies
• Special Effects Supervisor: John Frazier
• Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara
• Associate Producer: Cherylanne Martin
• Foley Artist: Dennie Thorpe
• Foley Mixer: Tony Eckert
• Art Direction: William James Teegarden
• Supervising Sound Editor: Dennis Leonard
• Executive Producer: Joan Bradshaw
• Color Timer: Jim Passon
• Set Decoration: Rosemary Brandenburg
• Key Makeup Artist: Daniel C. Striepeke
• Property Master: Robin L. Miller
• Producer: Jack Rapke
• Associate Editor: Jeremiah O’Driscoll
• Makeup Artist: Deborah La Mia Denaver
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Randy Thom
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Ken Ralston
• Special Effects: Larz Anderson
• Associate Producer: Steven J. Boyd
• First Assistant Editor: R. Orlando Duenas
• Casting Associate: Scot Boland
• Production Sound Mixer: William B. Kaplan
• ADR Recordist: David Lucarelli
• ADR Mixer: Charleen Richards
• Post-Production Manager: Patrick Esposito
• Graphic Designer: Jason Sweers
• Boom Operator: Robert Jackson
• Construction Coordinator: Neil Kirkland
• Stunt Coordinator: Doug Coleman
• Art Department Production Assistant: Chris Johnson
• Art Direction: Stefan Dechant
• Digital Effects Supervisor: Richard Kidd
• Additional Camera: Moshe Levin
• Still Photographer: François Duhamel
• Script Supervisor: Luca Kouimelis
• Unit Publicist: Jane E. Russell
• Best Boy Grip: Steve Graves
• Additional Casting: Judith Bouley
• Art Direction: Elizabeth Lapp
• Assistant Costume Designer: Robert Wojewodski
• Travel Coordinator: Colleen Gibbons
• Set Designer: Pamela Klamer
• Production Secretary: Scott Puckett
• Visual Effects Editor: Guy T. Wiedmann
• Music Editor: Kenneth Karman
• Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects: Walt Conti
• Sculptor: Val Drake
• Transportation Coordinator: Joel Marrow
• Dialogue Editor: Ewa Sztompke
• Sound Effects Editor: Ken Fischer
• Hairstylist: Kathryn Blondell
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Dominic Sidoli
• Camera Operator: Gregory Lundsgaard
• VFX Artist: Marzette Bonar
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Dennis S. Sands
• Foley Editor: Sue Fox
• Key Set Costumer: Patricia Bercsi
• ADR Supervisor: Marilyn McCoppen
• CG Supervisor: David Burton
• Digital Color Timer: John Nicolard
• Set Costumer: Tom Macdonald
• ADR Engineer: Derek Casari
• Sound Design Assistant: Stuart McCowan
• Storyboard Artist: Philip Keller
• Production Executive: Steven R. Molen
• Carpenter: Jeff Khachadoorian
• First Assistant Camera: Tommy Klines
• Art Department Coordinator: Chris Cummings
• Visual Effects Production Assistant: Timothy Michael Cairns
• Music Consultant: Joel Sill
• Transportation Captain: Randy Cantor
• Production Controller: Jim Turner
• Production Coordinator: Dhana Gilbert
• Additional Script Supervisor: Nila Neukum
• Assistant Camera: Richard Mosier
• Digital Compositor: Patrick Zentis
• Additional Visual Effects: Amy Garback
• Costume Illustrator: Robin Richesson
• Painter: Leslie Ross
• Standby Painter: Tony Leonardi
• Additional Photography: Dan Moore
• Craft Service: Orlando Chongo
• Camera Loader: Steven Cueva
• Location Scout: Audrey Brooks
• Greensman: Carlo Basail
• Foley Recordist: Frank ‘Pepe’ Merel
• Key Grip: Steve Smith
• Libra Head Technician: Kelly Diehl
• Production Assistant: Charlie Bolwell
• Negative Cutter: Gary Burritt
• Set Medic: Tim Werle
• Musician: Tom Boyd
• Textile Artist: Mary Etta Lang
• First Assistant Director: Carla Corwin
• Set Dressing Artist: William Acedo
• Additional Second Assistant Director: Anna E. Hayward
• Editorial Production Assistant: Peter Ciardelli
• Rigging Gaffer: Brad Emmons
• Production Accountant: Ken Ryan
• Assistant Sound Editor: Colin O’Neill
• Production Illustrator: Warren Manser
• Visual Effects Production Manager: Lauren A. Littleton
• Rigging Grip: Danny Barfield
• Electrician: Craig Campbell
• Rotoscoping Artist: Lea Lambert
• Production Supervisor: Martin Krauka
• Costume Supervisor: Diana Wilson
• Seamstress: Carmen Mazarow
• Driver: Johnny Bartlet
• Executive In Charge Of Production: James W. Kristoff
• Dolly Grip: Sean Devine
• Assistant Location Manager: Martin Lane
• Visual Effects Technical Director: Steven Blakey
• Key Costumer: Nigel Boyd
• Software Engineer: Brian Hall
• Construction Foreman: Dean Kraft
• Props: Maureen McGuire
• Camera Technician: Roger Wall
• Grip: Jeff Andrus
• Creative Consultant: Steven Kunes
• Dialect Coach: Allyn Partin
• Digital Producer: Audrea Topps Harjo
• Marine Coordinator: Steve ‘Mac’ MacIntyre
• Propmaker: Len Borggrebe
• Stand In: Ray Zielinski
• Stunts: Steven Baker
• Transportation Co-Captain: Dennis W. Milliken
• Gaffer: Dean Andolsek
• Location Manager: Tim Hillman
• Post Production Accountant: Maria DeVane
• Technical Advisor: John Williams
• Payroll Accountant: Lori Ikeda
• Assistant Editor: Katie Hedrich
• Colorist: Jeff Chaves
• Head of Production: John Follmer
• Second Second Assistant Director: Basti Van Der Woude
• First Assistant Accountant: Mayda Renizzi-Holt
• Special Effects Assistant: Taylor Ball
• Second Assistant Camera: Cash Cockerill
• Costumer: Linda Redmon
• Assistant Property Master: Graham Aston
• Set Painter: Kurt Blondis
• Special Effects Technician: Martin Montoya
• Stunt Double: Jon Roseman
• Casting Assistant: Jenne Herbst
• Location Assistant: Anthony Cross
• Assistant Production Coordinator: Shannon Petska
• Matte Painter: David Bleich
• Production Manager: Sergey Gurevich

Movie Reviews:

• John Chard: 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 jet, Noland is washed up on an uninhabited island. Without basic modern comforts and fighting solitude daily, Noland must live in hope that one day he might be saved before he loses his mind or the will to live.

  Tom Hanks (Noland) re-teams with director Robert Zemeckis after their hugely successful collaboration on 1994 awards stealer, Forrest Gump. Though Cast Away didn’t win any awards (the usual cry of it being Oscar bait had preceded it) it can be argued to be Hanks’ best performance. Few actors in the modern era could carry the film the way that Hanks does. Beguiling and drawing us into his loneliness, Hanks, with minimal dialogue (his only company being a volleyball that washed up with a few other FedEx parcels) excels with facial and bodily acting. Zemeckis, who should be applauded for the middle section and the terrifying plane crash that precedes it, puts Hanks’ Noland through the mangler. The convenience of said parcels washing ashore aside, Noland is bumped bruised and dentally challenged, the Robinson Crusoe clichés exist of course, but Zemeckis and a heartfelt Hanks put us there on the island as well, with a pat on the back due for the excellent work by the sound department I might add.

  Sadly Cast Away is bookended by not so great work. The opening character introductions are unremarkable but just about good enough for the plot set up, but the ending lacks emotional punch and defies what has been built up. Things aren’t helped by Helen Hunt’s lack of chemistry with Hanks, but that in turn is not helped by the writing from William Broyles Jr. since it’s only really now that it’s Noland that we care about. It’s a bit churlish to complain too much though, because Zemeckis kept us on the island with Chuck, there was no cutting back to grieving family or fruitless rescue attempts. With that it was a truly fine one man show, even if that is something that ultimately renders the ending something of a let down. 7.5/10