- Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language: English
- Subtitles: English
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 2
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- Studio: Fox Video
- Release Date: Nov 6 2001
- Run Time: 143 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (440 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00003CXRP
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Tom hanks stars as a fed-ex troubleshooter whose by-the-clock existence abruptly ends when he survives a horrific plane crash and finds himself stranded on a remote island. Four years later fate gives him a chance to rejoin civilization only to find an unexpected emotional challenge greater than what he has endured. Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 06/12/2001 Starring: Tom Hanks Helen Hunt Run time: 143 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Robert Zemeckis
Special Features
The Charlie Rose Show interview with Tom Hanks
Wilson: The Life and Death of a Hollywood Extra featurette
The Island featurette
HBO First Look Documentary
Surviving as a Castaway Survivalists Docmentary
Special Effects Vignettes
Concept Art Gallery
Storyboard-To-Film Comparison
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Hanks is superb
Feb 29 2012
Format:Blu-ray
Cast Away (2000)
Drama, 143 minutes
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Starring Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks was probably the biggest box office draw for around 10 years, starting with Philadelphia in 1993. Like Meryl Streep, his performances haven't always won the awards they deserved. We expect excellence from Hanks and Streep, and it's never easy to add an Oscar after you have already won twice. Cast Away sees Hanks give one of his best performances, and that's saying a lot.
The opening part of the film introduces us to the life of Chuck Noland (Hanks). He works for FedEx and is obsessed with time. Everything has to happen according to schedule or he considers himself a failure. Noland is in love with Kelly Frears (Helen Hunt), but his life is too busy for him to make her his main priority. They have to exchange Christmas gifts in the car on their way to the airport because he doesn't make time for anything more significant. This is a common theme in the lives of too many people. We rush around, earning as much money as we can, barely slowing down long enough to spend time with the people we love. You don't miss it until it's gone.
Noland's plane crashes and he's the sole survivor. He manages to swim ashore and finds himself alone on an island. This isn't a new idea, but the execution is excellent. Noland is used to a comfortable life and has to learn how to survive in his new surroundings. Where will he live? What will he eat? Will he need to protect himself? What if he's ill or in pain? How will he remain sane? How will he escape and make his way back to civilization?
I enjoy Cast Away because it's such a peaceful movie. All we hear are natural sounds while Noland is trapped on the island. There isn't even any musical score during this extended sequence. It helps us realize what it is like to be completely alone. How would we adapt and survive? Would we have the mental strength to seek escape? It's an examination of how human beings think, and that always appeals to me.
Drama, 143 minutes
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Starring Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks was probably the biggest box office draw for around 10 years, starting with Philadelphia in 1993. Like Meryl Streep, his performances haven't always won the awards they deserved. We expect excellence from Hanks and Streep, and it's never easy to add an Oscar after you have already won twice. Cast Away sees Hanks give one of his best performances, and that's saying a lot.
The opening part of the film introduces us to the life of Chuck Noland (Hanks). He works for FedEx and is obsessed with time. Everything has to happen according to schedule or he considers himself a failure. Noland is in love with Kelly Frears (Helen Hunt), but his life is too busy for him to make her his main priority. They have to exchange Christmas gifts in the car on their way to the airport because he doesn't make time for anything more significant. This is a common theme in the lives of too many people. We rush around, earning as much money as we can, barely slowing down long enough to spend time with the people we love. You don't miss it until it's gone.
Noland's plane crashes and he's the sole survivor. He manages to swim ashore and finds himself alone on an island. This isn't a new idea, but the execution is excellent. Noland is used to a comfortable life and has to learn how to survive in his new surroundings. Where will he live? What will he eat? Will he need to protect himself? What if he's ill or in pain? How will he remain sane? How will he escape and make his way back to civilization?
I enjoy Cast Away because it's such a peaceful movie. All we hear are natural sounds while Noland is trapped on the island. There isn't even any musical score during this extended sequence. It helps us realize what it is like to be completely alone. How would we adapt and survive? Would we have the mental strength to seek escape? It's an examination of how human beings think, and that always appeals to me.
One Of Tom Hanks' Best Performances
Feb 17 2012
Format:DVD
I love Sole Survivor type movies and have watched Cast Away many times. Tom Hanks is great in this role. As the only charactor for a large portion of the film, he manages to keep you interested and focussed as well as wondering how you would fare in a similar situation. One cannot help but empathize with his charactor as he struggles to survive and feel elated when he is finally rescued many years later. His returning home a changed man with a new outlook on life is not surprising.
One of the best stories ever told
Jan 2 2012
Format:DVD
How can a modern human live without modern technology? Are we even capable of surviving on this Earth without a phone or (let's get basic) without iron or flint or domestic plants? And what would a man do without a companion, as if stranded on an island alone in the middle of the enormous ocean?
These are timeless questions and it is a very human story. Tom Hanks and crew have told this story beautifully. I have watched it many times and I will happily watch it many more.
These are timeless questions and it is a very human story. Tom Hanks and crew have told this story beautifully. I have watched it many times and I will happily watch it many more.
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Cast Away ... excellent, but bent DVD editing
A haunting film that says much about the human need for companionship, heartfelt loss and loneliness; and the triumph of the human spirit. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Nodes
Superb acting by Tom Hanks! Powerful, gripping movie!
I started watching this movie during dinner, a time when I usually don't watch the ending of many movies. I generally turn off the TV and dash back to my beloved computer. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Betty L. Dravis
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Published on May 24 2010 by Celine Duval
Destiny...
Cast Away stars Tom Hanks as a modern-day Robinson Crusoe. After the plane in which he is travelling crashes into the ocean during a fierce gale (a sequence more heart-racing than... Read more
Published on Dec 12 2008 by Greg Curtis
Way overhyped. It was good, just not THAT good.
Quckly: Not bad, but not that good. Was way too popular when it came out, and I'm not sure why.
Summary: big fex-ex add where one of the bosses gets stranded on an... Read more
Summary: big fex-ex add where one of the bosses gets stranded on an... Read more
Published on Feb 11 2007 by Maurice G. Tousignant
unwooden Hollywood
Greeting comrads. Whats all can be said. read Yugijouohs' stunning review here in this Amazon customer review section, and you can believe me, he be harsher than I would have been... Read more
Published on Jun 22 2004 by Eddu Peppini
A Good movie in its on light...
(For personally changes in life, my former review has been deleted by me, if you didn't get to read it, tuff luck I suppose :))
Tom Hanks again brings in a great... Read more
Tom Hanks again brings in a great... Read more
Published on Jun 20 2004 by Garrett Yarbrough
Tom Tanks
Castaway was gravely lacking whether it was a true story or not. I hope it was true because that would at least validate the reason why somebody would put an anti-climactic and... Read more
Published on May 13 2004 by Boz Hubris
First of all I would like to warn you
I thought that this movie was terrible. Why? Well, the movie went nowhere, told us nothing, and was nothing but one guy talking to a volleyball. Sound exciting? Read more
Published on April 26 2004 by M. Miller
a testament to the strength of the human spirit
The key to understanding (and enjoying) this film lies in understanding one's self; sound a bit too new-agey? Read more
Published on April 16 2004 by "yankeeoregon"
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