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"..But even an ordinary secretary or a housewife or a teenager can, within their own small ways, turn on a small light in a dark room.." (Miep Gies - Freedom Writers)

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Cast Away (2000)


Director: Robert Zemeckis. 
Cast: Paul Sanchez, Lari White, Leonid Citer.


Cast Away is a 2000 drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks as a FedEx employee stranded on an uninhabited island after his plane crashes in the South Pacific. The film depicts his successful attempts to survive on the island using remnants of his plane's cargo, as well as his eventual escape and return to society



Download Link: Cast Away, English Subtitle



In 1995, Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) is a time-obsessed systems analyst, who travels worldwide resolving productivity problems at FedEx depots. He is in a long-term relationship with Kelly Frears (Helen Hunt), with whom he lives in Memphis, Tennessee. Although the couple wants to get married, Chuck's busy schedule interferes with their relationship. A Christmas with relatives is interrupted by Chuck being summoned to resolve a problem in Malaysia. Chuck was actually going to propose to Kelly on New Year's Eve, having given her the ring box as a Christmas present with instructions to not open it till he returned home from his trip.
Flying through a violent storm, his plane crashes into the Pacific Ocean. Chuck is able to escape the sinking plane and is saved by an inflatable raft, but in the process, the raft's emergency locator transmitter breaks off. He clings to the raft, loses consciousness and floats all night before being washed up on an island.
After he awakens, he explores the island and soon discovers that it is uninhabited. Several FedEx packages from the crashed plane wash up on the shore, as well as the corpse of one of the pilots, named Albert Miller (which he buries). He initially tries to signal for rescue and makes an escape attempt with the remnants of his raft, but he cannot pass the powerful surf. He searches for food, water, shelter and opens the packages, finding a number of potentially useful items. He leaves one package, with a pair of wings painted on it, unopened.
During a first attempt to make fire, Chuck receives a deep wound to his hand. In anger he throws several objects, including a Wilson volleyball from one of the packages. The stain of blood from Chuck's bloody hand has a subtle appearance of a face and Chuck fondly names it "Wilson" and begins talking to it.
Four years later, Chuck is dramatically thinner, bearded, his hair is longer and he is wearing a loincloth. He has become adept at spearing fish and making fires. He also has regular conversations and arguments with Wilson. It is revealed that he has, several times, contemplated suicide, going so far as to make a test dummy which he had tossed off a cliff in order to plan the act.

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