Cast Away

Cast Away is a movie that tells the story of the survival story of a FedEx employee who after surviving from a plane crash at the pacific marooned in an isolated island. Released in the year 2000 by 21st Century Fox and DreamWorks, cast Away is directed by famous director Robert Zemeckis. The lead role of the film is played by Academy award winning actor Tom Hanks.

The storyline of Cast Away is loosely based on the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The story revolves around Chuck Noland, a FedEx employee who was trying to settle down with his girlfriend Kelly Frears, played by Helen Hunt. During the Christmas Chuck had to go for a business trip and on the way to the trip he gives the engagement ring to Kelly and says “I’ll be right back”. But the destiny had other plans for Chuck. His plane was caught amidst of a disastrous sea storm and got crashed at the South Pacific Ocean. Chuck however could save himself with the help of a raft and was trapped in a deserted tropical island where he has to live all by himself. After he was certain that no one lives in the island he searches for the basic needs of life, food, drink and shelter and after a painful and tiresome quest he was able to satisfy his needs.
He satisfied his thirst with the coconut water, starts fishing for foods and slowly becomes efficient in fishing. For the shelter he at first has to depend on the raft that brought him to the island and later found small caves to live in and he also learnt how to start a fire with all his hard work. Chuck was lucky that a few of the package and the dead body of a pilot from the wrecked plane and he gets some appliances for survival from the packages and from the body of the pilot. All these greatly helped him during his 1500day stay in that island. During that time he and no one to speak with, except Wilson, the volleyball. After nearly four years he started from the island in a raft and was on the verge of death when he was rescued by a cargo freighter passing by. Returning home Chuck faced a different scenario than that he expected, Kelly was married to another man and has a child. He felt cast away from everyone else but not from life and tells one of his friend, “I got to keep breathing. Because tomorrow, the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?”The film Cast Away was a huge hit around the globe and actor Tom Hanks received many awards for his role in Cast Away including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe award. The film won another Academy award for best sound.Wikipedia

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