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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 attempts to survive on the island using remnants of his plane’s cargo. Hanks was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 73rd Academy Awards for his performance.[1]

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), whom he lives with 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; before Chuck boards the plane, he exchanges gifts with Kelly, with her giving him her grandfather’s pocket watch with his favorite picture of her in it, while he gives her a small wrapped box that presumably is an engagement ring, which he tells her not to open until New Year’s Eve when he returns.

As they are flying through violent weather, an onboard explosion sends the plane crashing in the Pacific Ocean. Chuck is able to escape the sinking plane and is saved by an inflatable life-raft but in the process, loses the raft’s emergency locator transmitter. He clings to the life-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 (whom he buries). He initially tries to signal for rescue and makes an escape attempt with the remnants of his life-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 (sent at the start of the film by a woman rancher to her unfaithful husband, who was in Russia on business).

During a first attempt to make fire, Chuck receives a deep wound to his hand. In anger he throws several objects, including a Wilson Sporting Goods volleyball from one of the packages. A short time later he draws a face in the bloody hand print on the ball, names it Wilson and begins talking to it. He eventually succeeds in making fire and becoming more adapted to his new environment; and upon further explaining to his new imaginary companion about how far his plane had flown off-course because of the storm, he realizes he may never be found.

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.

After a large section from a portable toilet washes up on the island, Chuck uses it as a sail in the construction of a raft to escape the island. After spending some time building and stocking the raft and deciding when the weather conditions will be optimal (using an analemma he has created in his cave to monitor the time of year), he launches, using the sail to overcome the powerful surf and finally escape to sea. After some time on the ocean, a storm nearly tears his raft apart. The following day, “Wilson” falls from the raft and is lost, leaving Chuck overwhelmed by loneliness and losing the will to live. Later, on the verge of death from dehydration and starvation, he is finally found adrift by a passing cargo ship.

Upon returning to civilization, Chuck must come to terms with the fact that he has long been given up for dead; his family and friends held a funeral, and Kelly has since married Chuck’s dentist and has a daughter. During a clandestine reunion with Kelly, the pair impulsively profess their love for each other but soon realize a future together would be impossible. Kelly gives Chuck the keys to the car they once shared and he returns her grandfather’s watch, retaining her picture. Later Chuck confesses to a friend that despite losing her “all over again,” he’s grateful that Kelly was the one thing that motivated his survival and has a second chance at happiness.

Chuck then travels out into the country to return the unopened FedEx package to its sender. The ranch house is empty, so he leaves the package at the door with a note saying that the package saved his life. He then departs and stops at a remote crossroads; the woman rancher — now divorced — passes by in a pickup truck to explain where each road leads. As she drives away, Chuck notices the illustration on her truck is similar to the one on the parcel he just left. Chuck is left looking down each road, then toward the departing woman in the truck.

Directed by	Robert Zemeckis
Produced by	Jack Rapke Robert Zemeckis Steve Starkey Tom Hanks
Written by	William Broyles Jr.
Starring	Tom Hanks Helen Hunt
Music by	Alan Silvestri
Cinematography	Don Burgess
Editing by	Arthur Schmidt
Studio	ImageMovers Playtone
Distributed by	USA/Canada 20th Century Fox International DreamWorks
Release date(s)	December 7, 2000
Running time	143 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English