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Cast Away

2000, Movie, PG-13, 143 mins

CAST AWAY
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It's hard to know what to make of a movie in which the hero ponders a metaphorical crossroads in his life while standing at a literal crossroads. Insipid or inspired? The problem with Robert Zemeckis's visually and viscerally eye-punching Robinson Crusoe tale is that you can't say for sure. Could the movie really be as thematically trite as an inspirational office poster? Or is it an admirably stripped-down examination of the ancestral essen... read more leave a comment
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Chuck (Tom Hanks) returns to the U.S. where he is trying to guide a relationship with his girlfriend Kelly Frears (Helen Hunt) toward marriage. It is obvious that Chuck's harried professional life with FedEx is making his relationship with Kelly difficult to sustain. Their Christmas together is interrupted by Chuck being called on a last minute business trip. He and Kelly exchange gifts in the SUV on the way to the FedEx hub, Kelly giving him a family heirloom pocket watch containing a photo of herself, and Chuck giving her a number of joke presents before solemnly offering her an engagement ring. She is too nervous to open it, and he walks off to the FedEx jet saying, "I'll be right back".
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Length: 02:26
Posted: 7/23/2009
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Cast Away movie trailer - starring Helen Hunt, Tom Hanks, Viveka Davis, Valerie Wildman. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Genre: Action-Adventure Rating: PG-13
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Length: 01:56
Posted: 3/12/2008
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Academy Award -winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis and two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks reunite to explore the blessings and heartache of fate and the survival of the human spirit. Tom Hanks gives one of the towering screen performances of all time as Chuck Noland, a FedEx systems engineer whose ruled-by-the-clock existence abruptly ends when a harrowing plane crash leaves him isolated on a remote island. As Chuck struggles to survive, he finds that his own personal journey has only just begun...
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Length: 02:23:46
Posted: 4/14/2009
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A FedEx executive must transform himself physically and emotionally to survive a crash landing on a deserted island.
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Length: 02:24:00
Posted: 4/16/2009
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Year: 2000
Rated PG-13

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Cast
Tom Hanks: Chuck Noland
Helen Hunt: Kelly Frears
Nick Searcy: Stan
Chris Noth: Jerry Lovett
Lari White: Bettina Peterson
Geoffrey Blake: Maynard Graham

 

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