Cast Away (Widescreen Double Disc Edition)

Cast Away (Widescreen Double Disc Edition)


Starring:Hanks, Hunt
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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Cast Away is a good movie that wants to be much better. While director Robert Zemeckis's earlier film Contact achieved a kind of mainstream spiritual significance, Cast Away falls just short of that goal. That may explain why the film's most emotionally powerful scene involves the loss of an inanimate object, even as it presents a heart-rending dilemma in its very human final act.

It's three movies in one, beginning when punctuality-obsessed Federal Express systems engineer Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) departs on Christmas Eve to escort an ill-fated flight of FedEx packages. Following a mid-Pacific plane crash, movie number two chronicles Chuck's four-year survival on a remote island, totally alone save for a Wilson volleyball (aptly named "Wilson") that becomes Chuck's closest "friend." Movie number three leads up to Chuck's rescue and an awkward encounter with his ex-girlfriend Kelly (Helen Hunt, in a thankless role), for whom Chuck has seemingly risen from the grave.

It's fascinating to witness Chuck's emerging survival skills, and Hanks's remarkable physical transformation is matched by his finely tuned performance. With slow, rhythmic camera moves and brilliant use of sound, Zemeckis wisely avoids the postcard prettiness of The Black Stallion and The Blue Lagoon to emphasize the harshness of Chuck's ascetic solitude, and this stylistic restraint allows Cast Away to resonate more than one might expect. Even the final scene--which feels like a crowd-pleasing compromise--offers hope without shoving it down our throats. You may not feel the emotional rush that you're meant to feel, but Cast Away remains a respectable effort. --Jeff Shannon
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    		Elvis - The Hollywood Collection (Charro / Girl Happy / Kissin' Cousins / Live a Little, Love a Little / Stay Away, Joe / Tickle Me)
    Starring: Elvis Presley , Ina Balin , Victor French , Barbara Werle , and Solomon Sturges
    Director: Charles Marquis Warren , Boris Sagal , and Gene Nelson
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    ASIN: B000QUUD6A
    Release Date: 2007-08-07
    Cast Away (Widescreen Edition)
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • 16 year old Expert Review
    • Take Nothing for Granted!
    • At the edge of the world, his journey begins.
    • An off-beat, thoughtful, and ultimately sad film
    • A moving portrayal of perseverance, hope, and acceptance
    		 Cast Away (Widescreen Edition)
    Starring: Paul Sanchez (II) , Lari White , Leonid Citer , David Allen Brooks , and Jelena Papovic
    Director: Robert Zemeckis
    Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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    ASIN: B00005V9IJ
    Release Date: 2002-03-05

    Amazon.com essential video

    Cast Away is a good movie that wants to be much better. While director Robert Zemeckis's earlier film Contact achieved a kind of mainstream spiritual significance, Cast Away falls just short of that goal. That may explain why the film's most emotionally powerful scene involves the loss of an inanimate object, even as it presents a heart-rending dilemma in its very human final act.

    It's three movies in one, beginning when punctuality-obsessed Federal Express systems engineer Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) departs on Christmas Eve to escort an ill-fated flight of FedEx packages. Following a mid-Pacific plane crash, movie number two chronicles Chuck's four-year survival on a remote island, totally alone save for a Wilson volleyball (aptly named "Wilson") that becomes Chuck's closest "friend." Movie number three leads up to Chuck's rescue and an awkward encounter with his ex-girlfriend Kelly (Helen Hunt, in a thankless role), for whom Chuck has seemingly risen from the grave.

    It's fascinating to witness Chuck's emerging survival skills, and Hanks's remarkable physical transformation is matched by his finely tuned performance. With slow, rhythmic camera moves and brilliant use of sound, Zemeckis wisely avoids the postcard prettiness of The Black Stallion and The Blue Lagoon to emphasize the harshness of Chuck's ascetic solitude, and this stylistic restraint allows Cast Away to resonate more than one might expect. Even the final scene--which feels like a crowd-pleasing compromise--offers hope without shoving it down our throats. You may not feel the emotional rush that you're meant to feel, but Cast Away remains a respectable effort. --Jeff Shannon

    Description

    Tom Hanks "gives one of the towering screen performances of all time" (New York Post) 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

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars 16 year old Expert Review.......2007-07-01

    This Reviewer found the movie to be One of the saddest movies he has ever watched. Tom Hanks one of the greats has Done his fair share saving private ryan, forest gump,... This one Has to be his best one yet. If you are a big fan of drama,and survival movies then I highly recommend it.
    If you don't want girlfriend to see you crying at the ending don't watch it.

    4 out of 5 stars Take Nothing for Granted!.......2007-06-19

    If you're a fan of Tom Hanks, than this movie is a must-see! A story of a man who loses everything important to him in his life, because on one fateful plane trip he is left stranded on a remote desert island...for FOUR YEARS!

    Much of the movie early on provides foreshadowing for events to arise later. There is the love story intertwined within Hanks struggle to survive (albeit they are a married couple). However, like the rest of the film, even that doesn't turn out the way you'd expect!

    My only gripe about the film is, I wish they would have shown a bit more of Hanks' on the island. He was there for FOUR years and the way it was filmed, it jumps from the beginning of his new life, to shortly before he is finally saved. I would have liked to have seen a bit more of the time in between. I can understand however because it was a lengthy movie as is and that would have only made it longer.

    Check this out if you can. After seeing this movie, it'll definetly make you appreciate things a bit more and maybe help you not take so much of your life for granted.

    4 out of 5 stars At the edge of the world, his journey begins........2007-06-12

    6 years after the masterpiece that was Forrest Gump, Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks reunite to bring another masterpiece to the big screen.

    Hanks plays Chuck Noland, a FedEx deliverer who after a plane crash, fines himself both lost and alone on a tropical island. With either no or very little hope of getting home, Chunk must learn how to survive on his own, including doing his own dental work yuck and somewhat having someone to talk to in the form of Wilson, a vollyball.

    The film is 143 minutes long and about 80 minutes of it are just spent with Hanks on the island. Helen Hunt was good as Hanks's girlfriend it's just too bad she wasn't on screen long enough but she gave a good performance none the less. But this film belongs to Hanks, who earned his fifth Oscar nomination with his very superb performance and I can't wait for what Hanks and Zemeckis come up with next.

    4 out of 5 stars An off-beat, thoughtful, and ultimately sad film.......2007-06-02

    Tom Hanks has to carry this film pretty much on his own and he does an admirable job. A FedEx employee used to an insanely, fast-paced life, he has to adjust to the danger and abject isolation of life alone on a desert island when his plane goes down in bad weather (an excellent sequence). Meanwhile his family have given him up for dead and moved on with their lives.

    "Cast Away" turns many of the romantic notions - of being stranded on a desert island and then being rescued and reunited with his family - on their head.

    It is ultimately a sad film that offers no easy resolution.

    The film-makers should be commended for making such an off-beat and thoughtful film.

    5 out of 5 stars A moving portrayal of perseverance, hope, and acceptance.......2007-06-01

    Something about this movie speaks to my soul. Something about the lack of dialogue in this movie refreshes me. Maybe because life is so hurried and harried, I just like how this movie slows you down, strips away the many layers of life, and exposes a bit of the seed within. There's no rush. No animals attacking him on the island. No pirates. No frenetic struggle. Just the quiet struggle of a man who decides to keep going, to keep breathing. The camera lingers on scenes of silence, and somehow, it just works for me. The movie's messages that resonate with me are the acceptance of life's losses, the resolution to keep going despite those losses, the perseverence to continue hoping, and the ingenuity and imagination to explore new possibilities. The movie's score nicely accompanies these themes.
    Cast Away (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • 16 year old Expert Review
    • Take Nothing for Granted!
    • At the edge of the world, his journey begins.
    • An off-beat, thoughtful, and ultimately sad film
    • A moving portrayal of perseverance, hope, and acceptance
    		 Cast Away (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    Starring: Viveka Davis , Michael Forest , Helen Hunt , Nick Searcy , and Tom Hanks
    Director: Robert Zemeckis
    Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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    ASIN: B00003CXRP
    Release Date: 2001-06-12

    Amazon.com essential video

    Cast Away is a good movie that wants to be much better. While director Robert Zemeckis's earlier film Contact achieved a kind of mainstream spiritual significance, Cast Away falls just short of that goal. That may explain why the film's most emotionally powerful scene involves the loss of an inanimate object, even as it presents a heart-rending dilemma in its very human final act.

    It's three movies in one, beginning when punctuality-obsessed Federal Express systems engineer Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) departs on Christmas Eve to escort an ill-fated flight of FedEx packages. Following a mid-Pacific plane crash, movie number two chronicles Chuck's four-year survival on a remote island, totally alone save for a Wilson volleyball (aptly named "Wilson") that becomes Chuck's closest "friend." Movie number three leads up to Chuck's rescue and an awkward encounter with his ex-girlfriend Kelly (Helen Hunt, in a thankless role), for whom Chuck has seemingly risen from the grave.

    It's fascinating to witness Chuck's emerging survival skills, and Hanks's remarkable physical transformation is matched by his finely tuned performance. With slow, rhythmic camera moves and brilliant use of sound, Zemeckis wisely avoids the postcard prettiness of The Black Stallion and The Blue Lagoon to emphasize the harshness of Chuck's ascetic solitude, and this stylistic restraint allows Cast Away to resonate more than one might expect. Even the final scene--which feels like a crowd-pleasing compromise--offers hope without shoving it down our throats. You may not feel the emotional rush that you're meant to feel, but Cast Away remains a respectable effort. --Jeff Shannon

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars 16 year old Expert Review.......2007-07-01

    This Reviewer found the movie to be One of the saddest movies he has ever watched. Tom Hanks one of the greats has Done his fair share saving private ryan, forest gump,... This one Has to be his best one yet. If you are a big fan of drama,and survival movies then I highly recommend it.
    If you don't want girlfriend to see you crying at the ending don't watch it.

    4 out of 5 stars Take Nothing for Granted!.......2007-06-19

    If you're a fan of Tom Hanks, than this movie is a must-see! A story of a man who loses everything important to him in his life, because on one fateful plane trip he is left stranded on a remote desert island...for FOUR YEARS!

    Much of the movie early on provides foreshadowing for events to arise later. There is the love story intertwined within Hanks struggle to survive (albeit they are a married couple). However, like the rest of the film, even that doesn't turn out the way you'd expect!

    My only gripe about the film is, I wish they would have shown a bit more of Hanks' on the island. He was there for FOUR years and the way it was filmed, it jumps from the beginning of his new life, to shortly before he is finally saved. I would have liked to have seen a bit more of the time in between. I can understand however because it was a lengthy movie as is and that would have only made it longer.

    Check this out if you can. After seeing this movie, it'll definetly make you appreciate things a bit more and maybe help you not take so much of your life for granted.

    4 out of 5 stars At the edge of the world, his journey begins........2007-06-12

    6 years after the masterpiece that was Forrest Gump, Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks reunite to bring another masterpiece to the big screen.

    Hanks plays Chuck Noland, a FedEx deliverer who after a plane crash, fines himself both lost and alone on a tropical island. With either no or very little hope of getting home, Chunk must learn how to survive on his own, including doing his own dental work yuck and somewhat having someone to talk to in the form of Wilson, a vollyball.

    The film is 143 minutes long and about 80 minutes of it are just spent with Hanks on the island. Helen Hunt was good as Hanks's girlfriend it's just too bad she wasn't on screen long enough but she gave a good performance none the less. But this film belongs to Hanks, who earned his fifth Oscar nomination with his very superb performance and I can't wait for what Hanks and Zemeckis come up with next.

    4 out of 5 stars An off-beat, thoughtful, and ultimately sad film.......2007-06-02

    Tom Hanks has to carry this film pretty much on his own and he does an admirable job. A FedEx employee used to an insanely, fast-paced life, he has to adjust to the danger and abject isolation of life alone on a desert island when his plane goes down in bad weather (an excellent sequence). Meanwhile his family have given him up for dead and moved on with their lives.

    "Cast Away" turns many of the romantic notions - of being stranded on a desert island and then being rescued and reunited with his family - on their head.

    It is ultimately a sad film that offers no easy resolution.

    The film-makers should be commended for making such an off-beat and thoughtful film.

    5 out of 5 stars A moving portrayal of perseverance, hope, and acceptance.......2007-06-01

    Something about this movie speaks to my soul. Something about the lack of dialogue in this movie refreshes me. Maybe because life is so hurried and harried, I just like how this movie slows you down, strips away the many layers of life, and exposes a bit of the seed within. There's no rush. No animals attacking him on the island. No pirates. No frenetic struggle. Just the quiet struggle of a man who decides to keep going, to keep breathing. The camera lingers on scenes of silence, and somehow, it just works for me. The movie's messages that resonate with me are the acceptance of life's losses, the resolution to keep going despite those losses, the perseverence to continue hoping, and the ingenuity and imagination to explore new possibilities. The movie's score nicely accompanies these themes.
    Cast Away (Full-Screen Edition)
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • 16 year old Expert Review
    • Take Nothing for Granted!
    • At the edge of the world, his journey begins.
    • An off-beat, thoughtful, and ultimately sad film
    • A moving portrayal of perseverance, hope, and acceptance
    		 Cast Away (Full-Screen Edition)
    Starring: Paul Sanchez (II) , Lari White , Leonid Citer , David Allen Brooks , and Jelena Papovic
    Director: Robert Zemeckis
    Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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    ASIN: B000062XGD
    Release Date: 2002-05-21

    Amazon.com essential video

    Cast Away is a good movie that wants to be much better. While director Robert Zemeckis's earlier film Contact achieved a kind of mainstream spiritual significance, Cast Away falls just short of that goal. That may explain why the film's most emotionally powerful scene involves the loss of an inanimate object, even as it presents a heart-rending dilemma in its very human final act.

    It's three movies in one, beginning when punctuality-obsessed Federal Express systems engineer Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) departs on Christmas Eve to escort an ill-fated flight of FedEx packages. Following a mid-Pacific plane crash, movie number two chronicles Chuck's four-year survival on a remote island, totally alone save for a Wilson volleyball (aptly named "Wilson") that becomes Chuck's closest "friend." Movie number three leads up to Chuck's rescue and an awkward encounter with his ex-girlfriend Kelly (Helen Hunt, in a thankless role), for whom Chuck has seemingly risen from the grave.

    It's fascinating to witness Chuck's emerging survival skills, and Hanks's remarkable physical transformation is matched by his finely tuned performance. With slow, rhythmic camera moves and brilliant use of sound, Zemeckis wisely avoids the postcard prettiness of The Black Stallion and The Blue Lagoon to emphasize the harshness of Chuck's ascetic solitude, and this stylistic restraint allows Cast Away to resonate more than one might expect. Even the final scene--which feels like a crowd-pleasing compromise--offers hope without shoving it down our throats. You may not feel the emotional rush that you're meant to feel, but Cast Away remains a respectable effort. --Jeff Shannon

    Description

    Tom Hanks "gives one of the towering screen performances of all time" (New York Post) 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

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars 16 year old Expert Review.......2007-07-01

    This Reviewer found the movie to be One of the saddest movies he has ever watched. Tom Hanks one of the greats has Done his fair share saving private ryan, forest gump,... This one Has to be his best one yet. If you are a big fan of drama,and survival movies then I highly recommend it.
    If you don't want girlfriend to see you crying at the ending don't watch it.

    4 out of 5 stars Take Nothing for Granted!.......2007-06-19

    If you're a fan of Tom Hanks, than this movie is a must-see! A story of a man who loses everything important to him in his life, because on one fateful plane trip he is left stranded on a remote desert island...for FOUR YEARS!

    Much of the movie early on provides foreshadowing for events to arise later. There is the love story intertwined within Hanks struggle to survive (albeit they are a married couple). However, like the rest of the film, even that doesn't turn out the way you'd expect!

    My only gripe about the film is, I wish they would have shown a bit more of Hanks' on the island. He was there for FOUR years and the way it was filmed, it jumps from the beginning of his new life, to shortly before he is finally saved. I would have liked to have seen a bit more of the time in between. I can understand however because it was a lengthy movie as is and that would have only made it longer.

    Check this out if you can. After seeing this movie, it'll definetly make you appreciate things a bit more and maybe help you not take so much of your life for granted.

    4 out of 5 stars At the edge of the world, his journey begins........2007-06-12

    6 years after the masterpiece that was Forrest Gump, Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks reunite to bring another masterpiece to the big screen.

    Hanks plays Chuck Noland, a FedEx deliverer who after a plane crash, fines himself both lost and alone on a tropical island. With either no or very little hope of getting home, Chunk must learn how to survive on his own, including doing his own dental work yuck and somewhat having someone to talk to in the form of Wilson, a vollyball.

    The film is 143 minutes long and about 80 minutes of it are just spent with Hanks on the island. Helen Hunt was good as Hanks's girlfriend it's just too bad she wasn't on screen long enough but she gave a good performance none the less. But this film belongs to Hanks, who earned his fifth Oscar nomination with his very superb performance and I can't wait for what Hanks and Zemeckis come up with next.

    4 out of 5 stars An off-beat, thoughtful, and ultimately sad film.......2007-06-02

    Tom Hanks has to carry this film pretty much on his own and he does an admirable job. A FedEx employee used to an insanely, fast-paced life, he has to adjust to the danger and abject isolation of life alone on a desert island when his plane goes down in bad weather (an excellent sequence). Meanwhile his family have given him up for dead and moved on with their lives.

    "Cast Away" turns many of the romantic notions - of being stranded on a desert island and then being rescued and reunited with his family - on their head.

    It is ultimately a sad film that offers no easy resolution.

    The film-makers should be commended for making such an off-beat and thoughtful film.

    5 out of 5 stars A moving portrayal of perseverance, hope, and acceptance.......2007-06-01

    Something about this movie speaks to my soul. Something about the lack of dialogue in this movie refreshes me. Maybe because life is so hurried and harried, I just like how this movie slows you down, strips away the many layers of life, and exposes a bit of the seed within. There's no rush. No animals attacking him on the island. No pirates. No frenetic struggle. Just the quiet struggle of a man who decides to keep going, to keep breathing. The camera lingers on scenes of silence, and somehow, it just works for me. The movie's messages that resonate with me are the acceptance of life's losses, the resolution to keep going despite those losses, the perseverence to continue hoping, and the ingenuity and imagination to explore new possibilities. The movie's score nicely accompanies these themes.
    Stay Away Joe (Ws Rmst Rstr Sub)
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      		Stay Away Joe (Ws Rmst Rstr Sub)
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      Release Date: 2007-08-07

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      A half-Native American rodeo champ returns to the reservation to help his people prove they can be responsible cattlemen and finds that the bull sent to them for breeding has been slaughtered to celebrate his homecoming. Based on a novel by Dan Cushman.
      Cast Away (Special Edition Steelbook)
      Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
      • 16 year old Expert Review
      • Take Nothing for Granted!
      • At the edge of the world, his journey begins.
      • An off-beat, thoughtful, and ultimately sad film
      • A moving portrayal of perseverance, hope, and acceptance
      		 Cast Away (Special Edition Steelbook)
      Starring: Paul Sanchez (II) , Lari White , Leonid Citer , David Allen Brooks , and Jelena Papovic
      Director: Robert Zemeckis
      Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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      ASIN: B000O76TAE
      Release Date: 2007-06-05

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      Cast Away is a good movie that wants to be much better. While director Robert Zemeckis's earlier film Contact achieved a kind of mainstream spiritual significance, Cast Away falls just short of that goal. That may explain why the film's most emotionally powerful scene involves the loss of an inanimate object, even as it presents a heart-rending dilemma in its very human final act.

      It's three movies in one, beginning when punctuality-obsessed Federal Express systems engineer Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) departs on Christmas Eve to escort an ill-fated flight of FedEx packages. Following a mid-Pacific plane crash, movie number two chronicles Chuck's four-year survival on a remote island, totally alone save for a Wilson volleyball (aptly named "Wilson") that becomes Chuck's closest "friend." Movie number three leads up to Chuck's rescue and an awkward encounter with his ex-girlfriend Kelly (Helen Hunt, in a thankless role), for whom Chuck has seemingly risen from the grave.

      It's fascinating to witness Chuck's emerging survival skills, and Hanks's remarkable physical transformation is matched by his finely tuned performance. With slow, rhythmic camera moves and brilliant use of sound, Zemeckis wisely avoids the postcard prettiness of The Black Stallion and The Blue Lagoon to emphasize the harshness of Chuck's ascetic solitude, and this stylistic restraint allows Cast Away to resonate more than one might expect. Even the final scene--which feels like a crowd-pleasing compromise--offers hope without shoving it down our throats. You may not feel the emotional rush that you're meant to feel, but Cast Away remains a respectable effort. --Jeff Shannon

      Description

      Tom Hanks "gives one of the towering screen performances of all time" (New York Post) 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...

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars 16 year old Expert Review.......2007-07-01

      This Reviewer found the movie to be One of the saddest movies he has ever watched. Tom Hanks one of the greats has Done his fair share saving private ryan, forest gump,... This one Has to be his best one yet. If you are a big fan of drama,and survival movies then I highly recommend it.
      If you don't want girlfriend to see you crying at the ending don't watch it.

      4 out of 5 stars Take Nothing for Granted!.......2007-06-19

      If you're a fan of Tom Hanks, than this movie is a must-see! A story of a man who loses everything important to him in his life, because on one fateful plane trip he is left stranded on a remote desert island...for FOUR YEARS!

      Much of the movie early on provides foreshadowing for events to arise later. There is the love story intertwined within Hanks struggle to survive (albeit they are a married couple). However, like the rest of the film, even that doesn't turn out the way you'd expect!

      My only gripe about the film is, I wish they would have shown a bit more of Hanks' on the island. He was there for FOUR years and the way it was filmed, it jumps from the beginning of his new life, to shortly before he is finally saved. I would have liked to have seen a bit more of the time in between. I can understand however because it was a lengthy movie as is and that would have only made it longer.

      Check this out if you can. After seeing this movie, it'll definetly make you appreciate things a bit more and maybe help you not take so much of your life for granted.

      4 out of 5 stars At the edge of the world, his journey begins........2007-06-12

      6 years after the masterpiece that was Forrest Gump, Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks reunite to bring another masterpiece to the big screen.

      Hanks plays Chuck Noland, a FedEx deliverer who after a plane crash, fines himself both lost and alone on a tropical island. With either no or very little hope of getting home, Chunk must learn how to survive on his own, including doing his own dental work yuck and somewhat having someone to talk to in the form of Wilson, a vollyball.

      The film is 143 minutes long and about 80 minutes of it are just spent with Hanks on the island. Helen Hunt was good as Hanks's girlfriend it's just too bad she wasn't on screen long enough but she gave a good performance none the less. But this film belongs to Hanks, who earned his fifth Oscar nomination with his very superb performance and I can't wait for what Hanks and Zemeckis come up with next.

      4 out of 5 stars An off-beat, thoughtful, and ultimately sad film.......2007-06-02

      Tom Hanks has to carry this film pretty much on his own and he does an admirable job. A FedEx employee used to an insanely, fast-paced life, he has to adjust to the danger and abject isolation of life alone on a desert island when his plane goes down in bad weather (an excellent sequence). Meanwhile his family have given him up for dead and moved on with their lives.

      "Cast Away" turns many of the romantic notions - of being stranded on a desert island and then being rescued and reunited with his family - on their head.

      It is ultimately a sad film that offers no easy resolution.

      The film-makers should be commended for making such an off-beat and thoughtful film.

      5 out of 5 stars A moving portrayal of perseverance, hope, and acceptance.......2007-06-01

      Something about this movie speaks to my soul. Something about the lack of dialogue in this movie refreshes me. Maybe because life is so hurried and harried, I just like how this movie slows you down, strips away the many layers of life, and exposes a bit of the seed within. There's no rush. No animals attacking him on the island. No pirates. No frenetic struggle. Just the quiet struggle of a man who decides to keep going, to keep breathing. The camera lingers on scenes of silence, and somehow, it just works for me. The movie's messages that resonate with me are the acceptance of life's losses, the resolution to keep going despite those losses, the perseverence to continue hoping, and the ingenuity and imagination to explore new possibilities. The movie's score nicely accompanies these themes.
      Cast Away
      Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
      • 16 year old Expert Review
      • Take Nothing for Granted!
      • At the edge of the world, his journey begins.
      • An off-beat, thoughtful, and ultimately sad film
      • A moving portrayal of perseverance, hope, and acceptance
      		 Cast Away
      Starring: Paul Sanchez (II) , Lari White , Leonid Citer , David Allen Brooks , and Jelena Papovic
      Director: Robert Zemeckis
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      ASIN: B0007KIFGO
      Release Date: 2002-05-21

      Amazon.com essential video

      Cast Away is a good movie that wants to be much better. While director Robert Zemeckis's earlier film Contact achieved a kind of mainstream spiritual significance, Cast Away falls just short of that goal. That may explain why the film's most emotionally powerful scene involves the loss of an inanimate object, even as it presents a heart-rending dilemma in its very human final act.

      It's three movies in one, beginning when punctuality-obsessed Federal Express systems engineer Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) departs on Christmas Eve to escort an ill-fated flight of FedEx packages. Following a mid-Pacific plane crash, movie number two chronicles Chuck's four-year survival on a remote island, totally alone save for a Wilson volleyball (aptly named "Wilson") that becomes Chuck's closest "friend." Movie number three leads up to Chuck's rescue and an awkward encounter with his ex-girlfriend Kelly (Helen Hunt, in a thankless role), for whom Chuck has seemingly risen from the grave.

      It's fascinating to witness Chuck's emerging survival skills, and Hanks's remarkable physical transformation is matched by his finely tuned performance. With slow, rhythmic camera moves and brilliant use of sound, Zemeckis wisely avoids the postcard prettiness of The Black Stallion and The Blue Lagoon to emphasize the harshness of Chuck's ascetic solitude, and this stylistic restraint allows Cast Away to resonate more than one might expect. Even the final scene--which feels like a crowd-pleasing compromise--offers hope without shoving it down our throats. You may not feel the emotional rush that you're meant to feel, but Cast Away remains a respectable effort. --Jeff Shannon

      Description

      Tom Hanks "gives one of the towering screen performances of all time" (New York Post) 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...

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars 16 year old Expert Review.......2007-07-01

      This Reviewer found the movie to be One of the saddest movies he has ever watched. Tom Hanks one of the greats has Done his fair share saving private ryan, forest gump,... This one Has to be his best one yet. If you are a big fan of drama,and survival movies then I highly recommend it.
      If you don't want girlfriend to see you crying at the ending don't watch it.

      4 out of 5 stars Take Nothing for Granted!.......2007-06-19

      If you're a fan of Tom Hanks, than this movie is a must-see! A story of a man who loses everything important to him in his life, because on one fateful plane trip he is left stranded on a remote desert island...for FOUR YEARS!

      Much of the movie early on provides foreshadowing for events to arise later. There is the love story intertwined within Hanks struggle to survive (albeit they are a married couple). However, like the rest of the film, even that doesn't turn out the way you'd expect!

      My only gripe about the film is, I wish they would have shown a bit more of Hanks' on the island. He was there for FOUR years and the way it was filmed, it jumps from the beginning of his new life, to shortly before he is finally saved. I would have liked to have seen a bit more of the time in between. I can understand however because it was a lengthy movie as is and that would have only made it longer.

      Check this out if you can. After seeing this movie, it'll definetly make you appreciate things a bit more and maybe help you not take so much of your life for granted.

      4 out of 5 stars At the edge of the world, his journey begins........2007-06-12

      6 years after the masterpiece that was Forrest Gump, Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks reunite to bring another masterpiece to the big screen.

      Hanks plays Chuck Noland, a FedEx deliverer who after a plane crash, fines himself both lost and alone on a tropical island. With either no or very little hope of getting home, Chunk must learn how to survive on his own, including doing his own dental work yuck and somewhat having someone to talk to in the form of Wilson, a vollyball.

      The film is 143 minutes long and about 80 minutes of it are just spent with Hanks on the island. Helen Hunt was good as Hanks's girlfriend it's just too bad she wasn't on screen long enough but she gave a good performance none the less. But this film belongs to Hanks, who earned his fifth Oscar nomination with his very superb performance and I can't wait for what Hanks and Zemeckis come up with next.

      4 out of 5 stars An off-beat, thoughtful, and ultimately sad film.......2007-06-02

      Tom Hanks has to carry this film pretty much on his own and he does an admirable job. A FedEx employee used to an insanely, fast-paced life, he has to adjust to the danger and abject isolation of life alone on a desert island when his plane goes down in bad weather (an excellent sequence). Meanwhile his family have given him up for dead and moved on with their lives.

      "Cast Away" turns many of the romantic notions - of being stranded on a desert island and then being rescued and reunited with his family - on their head.

      It is ultimately a sad film that offers no easy resolution.

      The film-makers should be commended for making such an off-beat and thoughtful film.

      5 out of 5 stars A moving portrayal of perseverance, hope, and acceptance.......2007-06-01

      Something about this movie speaks to my soul. Something about the lack of dialogue in this movie refreshes me. Maybe because life is so hurried and harried, I just like how this movie slows you down, strips away the many layers of life, and exposes a bit of the seed within. There's no rush. No animals attacking him on the island. No pirates. No frenetic struggle. Just the quiet struggle of a man who decides to keep going, to keep breathing. The camera lingers on scenes of silence, and somehow, it just works for me. The movie's messages that resonate with me are the acceptance of life's losses, the resolution to keep going despite those losses, the perseverence to continue hoping, and the ingenuity and imagination to explore new possibilities. The movie's score nicely accompanies these themes.
      Cast Away (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
      Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
      • 16 year old Expert Review
      • Take Nothing for Granted!
      • At the edge of the world, his journey begins.
      • An off-beat, thoughtful, and ultimately sad film
      • A moving portrayal of perseverance, hope, and acceptance
      		 Cast Away (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
      Starring: Paul Sanchez (II) , Lari White , Leonid Citer , David Allen Brooks , and Jelena Papovic
      Director: Robert Zemeckis
      Manufacturer: Fox Home Entertainment
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      ASIN: B00009V7ON
      Release Date: 2003-10-14

      Amazon.com essential video

      Cast Away is a good movie that wants to be much better. While director Robert Zemeckis's earlier film Contact achieved a kind of mainstream spiritual significance, Cast Away falls just short of that goal. That may explain why the film's most emotionally powerful scene involves the loss of an inanimate object, even as it presents a heart-rending dilemma in its very human final act.

      It's three movies in one, beginning when punctuality-obsessed Federal Express systems engineer Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) departs on Christmas Eve to escort an ill-fated flight of FedEx packages. Following a mid-Pacific plane crash, movie number two chronicles Chuck's four-year survival on a remote island, totally alone save for a Wilson volleyball (aptly named "Wilson") that becomes Chuck's closest "friend." Movie number three leads up to Chuck's rescue and an awkward encounter with his ex-girlfriend Kelly (Helen Hunt, in a thankless role), for whom Chuck has seemingly risen from the grave.

      It's fascinating to witness Chuck's emerging survival skills, and Hanks's remarkable physical transformation is matched by his finely tuned performance. With slow, rhythmic camera moves and brilliant use of sound, Zemeckis wisely avoids the postcard prettiness of The Black Stallion and The Blue Lagoon to emphasize the harshness of Chuck's ascetic solitude, and this stylistic restraint allows Cast Away to resonate more than one might expect. Even the final scene--which feels like a crowd-pleasing compromise--offers hope without shoving it down our throats. You may not feel the emotional rush that you're meant to feel, but Cast Away remains a respectable effort. --Jeff Shannon

      Description

      Tom Hanks "gives one of the towering screen performances of all time" (New York Post) 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...

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars 16 year old Expert Review.......2007-07-01

      This Reviewer found the movie to be One of the saddest movies he has ever watched. Tom Hanks one of the greats has Done his fair share saving private ryan, forest gump,... This one Has to be his best one yet. If you are a big fan of drama,and survival movies then I highly recommend it.
      If you don't want girlfriend to see you crying at the ending don't watch it.

      4 out of 5 stars Take Nothing for Granted!.......2007-06-19

      If you're a fan of Tom Hanks, than this movie is a must-see! A story of a man who loses everything important to him in his life, because on one fateful plane trip he is left stranded on a remote desert island...for FOUR YEARS!

      Much of the movie early on provides foreshadowing for events to arise later. There is the love story intertwined within Hanks struggle to survive (albeit they are a married couple). However, like the rest of the film, even that doesn't turn out the way you'd expect!

      My only gripe about the film is, I wish they would have shown a bit more of Hanks' on the island. He was there for FOUR years and the way it was filmed, it jumps from the beginning of his new life, to shortly before he is finally saved. I would have liked to have seen a bit more of the time in between. I can understand however because it was a lengthy movie as is and that would have only made it longer.

      Check this out if you can. After seeing this movie, it'll definetly make you appreciate things a bit more and maybe help you not take so much of your life for granted.

      4 out of 5 stars At the edge of the world, his journey begins........2007-06-12

      6 years after the masterpiece that was Forrest Gump, Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks reunite to bring another masterpiece to the big screen.

      Hanks plays Chuck Noland, a FedEx deliverer who after a plane crash, fines himself both lost and alone on a tropical island. With either no or very little hope of getting home, Chunk must learn how to survive on his own, including doing his own dental work yuck and somewhat having someone to talk to in the form of Wilson, a vollyball.

      The film is 143 minutes long and about 80 minutes of it are just spent with Hanks on the island. Helen Hunt was good as Hanks's girlfriend it's just too bad she wasn't on screen long enough but she gave a good performance none the less. But this film belongs to Hanks, who earned his fifth Oscar nomination with his very superb performance and I can't wait for what Hanks and Zemeckis come up with next.

      4 out of 5 stars An off-beat, thoughtful, and ultimately sad film.......2007-06-02

      Tom Hanks has to carry this film pretty much on his own and he does an admirable job. A FedEx employee used to an insanely, fast-paced life, he has to adjust to the danger and abject isolation of life alone on a desert island when his plane goes down in bad weather (an excellent sequence). Meanwhile his family have given him up for dead and moved on with their lives.

      "Cast Away" turns many of the romantic notions - of being stranded on a desert island and then being rescued and reunited with his family - on their head.

      It is ultimately a sad film that offers no easy resolution.

      The film-makers should be commended for making such an off-beat and thoughtful film.

      5 out of 5 stars A moving portrayal of perseverance, hope, and acceptance.......2007-06-01

      Something about this movie speaks to my soul. Something about the lack of dialogue in this movie refreshes me. Maybe because life is so hurried and harried, I just like how this movie slows you down, strips away the many layers of life, and exposes a bit of the seed within. There's no rush. No animals attacking him on the island. No pirates. No frenetic struggle. Just the quiet struggle of a man who decides to keep going, to keep breathing. The camera lingers on scenes of silence, and somehow, it just works for me. The movie's messages that resonate with me are the acceptance of life's losses, the resolution to keep going despite those losses, the perseverence to continue hoping, and the ingenuity and imagination to explore new possibilities. The movie's score nicely accompanies these themes.
      Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World / Cast Away
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Great movies
      		 Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World / Cast Away
      Starring: Russell Crowe , Paul Bettany , James D'Arcy , Edward Woodall , and Chris Larkin
      Director: Peter Weir , and Robert Zemeckis
      Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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      Release Date: 2004-10-12

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      5 out of 5 stars Great movies.......2007-02-03

      These are 2 great movies and I tend to watch them over and over again...high quality DVD's.
      Miss Cast Away & The Island Girls
      Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
      • Couldn't hate it more
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      • Funnier than Airplane!
      • LOL- so funny
      		 Miss Cast Away & The Island Girls
      Starring: Jennifer Amy , Holly Beavon , Kamilla Bjorlin , Kate Clarke , and Scott Fortes
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      ASIN: B0009F43W2
      Release Date: 2005-07-28

      Customer Reviews:

      1 out of 5 stars Couldn't hate it more.......2006-08-14

      While this was an incredibly bad movie, it's not the kind where you will say "it's so bad, it's good." More likely you'd say "I'm really angry I wasted ninety minutes of my life watching that." Personally I hated it so much I trampled the dvd box cover, wishing the whole time that it was the director's head. A plane containing beauty contestants crashes, and the babes must survive on a desert island inhabited by a giant prehistoric pig and failed extras from Planet of the Apes. There's also a thin love story and there's Michael Jackson, a hologram secret agent who decrees the castaways must destroy Noah's Ark to save the Earth. There are a couple mysteries about this film. Why did a talented actor like Eric Roberts agree to join the cast? Did he have gambling debts? Was he blackmailed? And then there's Michael Jackson. Why did they want him for this movie? And with the horrendous jokes and largely incompetent acting, why would he want to be in it? Supremely bad career move. You'll be really mad at yourself if you spend the time or, God forbid, money to watch it.

      5 out of 5 stars Effects Budget.......2006-02-25

      I am responsible for the cheesy effects--which WERE, in fact, done on my home computer! The effects budget was low...really low--$8,000. Plus the director promised another $8,000 deferrment (I have found that this means that you will probably never see it, LOL).
      But it was a lot of fun to work on, and I got to learn a lot too.

      1 out of 5 stars Three Minutes of Michael Jackson, and Painfully Long and Terribly Bad Spoof.......2005-09-05

      The most famous person included in this terribly unfunny comedy is Michael Jackson, whose face you can see on DVD cover. But remember, Michael Jackson is in the film for about 3 minutes (or maybe more) and you have to wait more than one hour to see him as 'Agent M.J.'

      As the title suggests, the film is a spoof of many of recent hit films ranging from 'Cast Away' 'Miss Congeniality' 'The Sixth Sense' 'Catch Me If You Can' etc. The comedy is in the vein of 'Airplane!' so Eric Roberts plays the caddish pilot of an airplane flying to Japan, carrying beauty pagents. But my point is not its story, nor low-budget origin.

      The problem is, 'Miss Cast Away and the Island Girls' needs much, much, much more jokes and gags, clever or gross or whatever funny to sustain its 90 minutes. You need to think of jokes better than saying 'I can see dead people' and show the lookalike of Elvis and Chaplin. The film has no hilarious mood that Abrams/Zucker/Zucker had imbued their classic comedy with.

      Films like 'Naked Gun' 'Hot Shots!' and 'Austin Power' in fact spend so much energy to create tons of silly gags, and that's how they work. They are made with one minute one gag (or more) basis, and we keep watching, enjoying the show. 'Miss Cast Away' only repeats the same pattern of jokes over and over again. In 'The Island' you can see one fierce creature, actually a big bad pig named 'Jurassic Pork' with a subtitle 'Jurassic Pork' and ... there's nothing more, well, except it attacks the poor passangers on the beach. And one of them is eaten by the animal. If you think it's funny, it's your film.

      I know no one watches this kind of film to see great CGIs, but the cheesy special effects of this film make me wonder whether it is meant as serious or joke. 'Jurassic Pork' is one example, of which effects are worse than the animations in the pop-ups. I think it is intentional, but even so, the slack timing and editing makes it look like otherwise.

      Anyway, this is not my cup of tea as one old lady (perhaps the director's own mother) at the end credit says. Believe me or not, she is much funnier than most of the jokes in the film.

      5 out of 5 stars Funnier than Airplane!.......2005-07-30

      If you like the Austin Powers movies and Airplane, you'll laugh hysterically at this movie! It's so off the wall. It's a no brainer and is just pure fun like going to an amusement park to have a good time!

      5 out of 5 stars LOL- so funny.......2005-06-23

      I really love this movie!! I think it was soo funny !!!
      I don't know what to say-it depends what makes you laugh. This is my type of comedy!

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