movie review:-Cast Away (2000)
Cast Away (2000)
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 Miller
Geoffrey Blake as Maynard Graham
Michael Forest as Jack
Jay Acovone as Pilot Pete
Plot
Chuck Noland is a FedEx manager who demands that everything must be on time and travels the
world to make sure punctuality is on top of everything else. He has a girlfriend, Kelly, with whom he
is deeply in love with and family he hardly sees. When work intrudes on Christmas Eve, Chuck has a
quick gift exchange in the car and kisses Kelly goodbye. He boards a delivery plane going overseas
which gets caught in a horrendous storm and crashes into the Pacific. The sole survivor Chuck
washes up on a remote island along with several FedEx packages that he must use for supplies. With
limited luxury, he adapts to the island over the course of 1,500 nights. When Chuck finally sees his
chance he rafts out on the ocean and fortunately is spotted. After a bittersweet welcome-back
reception, Chuck finds Kelly has married another man and has children. But he is missing more than
her. For all his life his objective was work. For four years, it was survival. Now Chuck is compelled to
live.
CHARACTERISATION
1. Protagonist: Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) Chuck Noland is an employee of the company FedEx,
who travels worldwide solving productivity problems at its depots. In fact, at the beginning,
we can see him working with Russian people, teaching them time’s importance. He shares
private life with his girlfriend Kelly who’s very fond of him. When he finds himself trapped on
the island his personality changes day after day.
2. Kelly Frears (Helen Hunt) She’s Chuck’s girlfriend: she’s a University student, because she will
take an exam soon in order to get her degree. She’s in love with Chuck too although
sometimes she f eels really alone because of his constant absence due to his job. When the
accident that happens she abandons her studies, too shocked for the loss of her boyfriend
and then she has a new life.
3. Wilson is a ball. The main fact that makes it important for Chuck is that it’s one of the
packages wrecked with him on the island. One day, while Chuck’s trying to light a fire, he
hurts himself and throws the ball away dirtying it with blood, but in doing that he suddenly
notices that the stain on the ball reminds him of a human face. So he starts to call it Wilson
(after the ball’s brand) and begins to talk with it.
BEST SCENE
The scene in which globe-trotting but stranded castaway FedEx delivery man Chuck Noland
(Tom Hanks) lost his "best friend" Wilson (a deflated volleyball with a painted face - his
bloody hand-print) when it fell off his raft and drifted away while he was attempting to escape
the deserted island - he sobbed at the loss ("I'm sorry Wilson, I'm sorry").
STRENGTH AND WEAKNESSES IN STORY
Castaway reminds me in a sense of the Three Stooges in that you either love it or hate it.
Those in the first group appreciate the drama, the strength of the main character, excellent
acting, impressive photography, well-done special effects, and some interesting subplots.
Those who hate it cite the near lack of dialogue, a simple and predictable main plot, and the
peculiar habit of talking to a volleyball which constitutes most of what we see onscreen. I like
the movie but understand the rationale of those that don't. We all know Chuck makes it back
to civilization after four years from the movie trailers shown on TV. This is where Director
Robert zemeckis could have emphasized Chuck's squeamish return to abundance. Instead
he focused on Chuck's girlfriend portrayed by Helen Hunt and her subsequent marriage to
someone else.
TECHNICAL FEATURES
Cast Away was filmed on Monuriki, one of the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji. It is in a subgroup of the
Mamanuca archipelago, which is sited off the coast of Viti Levu, Fiji's largest island. The island
became a tourist attraction following the film's release. After Chuck's return, it is identified by
Kelly as being "about 600 miles south of the Cook Islands," but there is actually no land between
the southernmost Cook Islands of Mangaia and Antarctica.
The film's minimal score was composed and conducted by Alan Silvestri for which he won
a Grammy Award in 2002. The film's soundtrack is most notable for its lack of score and creature
sound effects (such as bird song or insect sounds) while Chuck is on the island, which is
intended to reinforce the feeling of isolation.
AT THE END I WILL SURELY RECOMMEND YOU TO WATCH THIS MOVIE, THOUGH
SIMPLE, THIS PROVIDES A GREAT INSIGHT TO A MAN’S COMPLEX IN ISOLATION
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 Miller
Geoffrey Blake as Maynard Graham
Michael Forest as Jack
Jay Acovone as Pilot Pete
Plot
Chuck Noland is a FedEx manager who demands that everything must be on time and travels the
world to make sure punctuality is on top of everything else. He has a girlfriend, Kelly, with whom he
is deeply in love with and family he hardly sees. When work intrudes on Christmas Eve, Chuck has a
quick gift exchange in the car and kisses Kelly goodbye. He boards a delivery plane going overseas
which gets caught in a horrendous storm and crashes into the Pacific. The sole survivor Chuck
washes up on a remote island along with several FedEx packages that he must use for supplies. With
limited luxury, he adapts to the island over the course of 1,500 nights. When Chuck finally sees his
chance he rafts out on the ocean and fortunately is spotted. After a bittersweet welcome-back
reception, Chuck finds Kelly has married another man and has children. But he is missing more than
her. For all his life his objective was work. For four years, it was survival. Now Chuck is compelled to
live.
CHARACTERISATION
1. Protagonist: Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) Chuck Noland is an employee of the company FedEx,
who travels worldwide solving productivity problems at its depots. In fact, at the beginning,
we can see him working with Russian people, teaching them time’s importance. He shares
private life with his girlfriend Kelly who’s very fond of him. When he finds himself trapped on
the island his personality changes day after day.
2. Kelly Frears (Helen Hunt) She’s Chuck’s girlfriend: she’s a University student, because she will
take an exam soon in order to get her degree. She’s in love with Chuck too although
sometimes she f eels really alone because of his constant absence due to his job. When the
accident that happens she abandons her studies, too shocked for the loss of her boyfriend
and then she has a new life.
3. Wilson is a ball. The main fact that makes it important for Chuck is that it’s one of the
packages wrecked with him on the island. One day, while Chuck’s trying to light a fire, he
hurts himself and throws the ball away dirtying it with blood, but in doing that he suddenly
notices that the stain on the ball reminds him of a human face. So he starts to call it Wilson
(after the ball’s brand) and begins to talk with it.
BEST SCENE
The scene in which globe-trotting but stranded castaway FedEx delivery man Chuck Noland
(Tom Hanks) lost his "best friend" Wilson (a deflated volleyball with a painted face - his
bloody hand-print) when it fell off his raft and drifted away while he was attempting to escape
the deserted island - he sobbed at the loss ("I'm sorry Wilson, I'm sorry").
STRENGTH AND WEAKNESSES IN STORY
Castaway reminds me in a sense of the Three Stooges in that you either love it or hate it.
Those in the first group appreciate the drama, the strength of the main character, excellent
acting, impressive photography, well-done special effects, and some interesting subplots.
Those who hate it cite the near lack of dialogue, a simple and predictable main plot, and the
peculiar habit of talking to a volleyball which constitutes most of what we see onscreen. I like
the movie but understand the rationale of those that don't. We all know Chuck makes it back
to civilization after four years from the movie trailers shown on TV. This is where Director
Robert zemeckis could have emphasized Chuck's squeamish return to abundance. Instead
he focused on Chuck's girlfriend portrayed by Helen Hunt and her subsequent marriage to
someone else.
TECHNICAL FEATURES
Cast Away was filmed on Monuriki, one of the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji. It is in a subgroup of the
Mamanuca archipelago, which is sited off the coast of Viti Levu, Fiji's largest island. The island
became a tourist attraction following the film's release. After Chuck's return, it is identified by
Kelly as being "about 600 miles south of the Cook Islands," but there is actually no land between
the southernmost Cook Islands of Mangaia and Antarctica.
The film's minimal score was composed and conducted by Alan Silvestri for which he won
a Grammy Award in 2002. The film's soundtrack is most notable for its lack of score and creature
sound effects (such as bird song or insect sounds) while Chuck is on the island, which is
intended to reinforce the feeling of isolation.
AT THE END I WILL SURELY RECOMMEND YOU TO WATCH THIS MOVIE, THOUGH
SIMPLE, THIS PROVIDES A GREAT INSIGHT TO A MAN’S COMPLEX IN ISOLATION
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