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Key moments include him turning a volleyball into a “friend” he calls Wilson, which becomes the only thing Hanks’ character can talk to. In the creation of the film, screenwriter William Broyles Jr spent a few days alone on an isolated beach near Mexico’s Sea of Cortez, to get an idea of what it was like.

Wilson Cast Away Volleyball". Wilson Sporting Goods. Archived from the original on April 28, 2014 . Retrieved April 27, 2014. Media executive Lloyd Braun of ABC Studios first suggested the idea of a Cast Away–type television series at a dinner party in 2003. [42] Thom Sherman later pitched the idea for Cast Away – The Series, but never developed the idea. [42] The concept was later developed and pitched with the title Nowhere, which later turned into the ABC show Lost. [42] Other people who experienced life as castaways in various ways and may have provided some inspiration for the film, include Tom Neale, a New Zealand bushcraft and survival enthusiast who spent much of his life in the Cook Islands, and a total of 16 years – in three sessions – living alone on the island of Anchorage in the Suwarrow atoll, which was the basis of his popular autobiography An Island To Oneself; Leendert Hasenbosch who was an employee of the Dutch East India Company marooned on Ascension Island in the South Atlantic Ocean as a punishment for sodomy and Narcisse Pelletier, born in Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie in the Vendée who was a French sailor. Pelletier was abandoned in 1858 at the age of 14 on the Cape York Peninsula, in Australia, during the dry season. a b Kehr, Dave (December 17, 2000). " 'Cast Away' Director Defies Categorizing". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 22, 2018 . Retrieved October 18, 2012. Cast Away (2000)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on December 24, 2020 . Retrieved January 8, 2021.

Germain, David (December 27, 2000). " 'Cast Away' sails to top of debut list". The Associated Press. The Daily Journal. p.10. Archived from the original on September 26, 2023 . Retrieved September 26, 2023– via Newspapers.com. While there, he made himself find his own food, water, which included breaking open coconuts and eating speared stingrays, and building shelter made of bamboo and palm leaves.

Perhaps you’ve heard that a Wilson brand volleyball was selected for the movie in honor of Tom Hanks’ wife, Rita Wilson. The story goes that Hanks knew he would be away from home filming with a small crew for an extended period of time, so he wanted to have some connection to the product that would play his co-star. That’s why he chose a ball with his wife’s name. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three stars out of four. In his review, he praised Hanks for doing "a superb job of carrying Cast Away all by himself for about two-thirds of its running time" by "never straining for effect, always persuasive even in this unlikely situation, winning our sympathy with his eyes and his body language when there's no one else on the screen." However, he also mentioned how he felt that the film is "a strong and simple story surrounded by needless complications, and flawed by a last act that disappoints us and then ends on a note of forced whimsy." [30] Accolades [ edit ] Organizations Accounts of Selkirk’s experiences were later published in newspaper articles of the times and in books by his former shipmate Edward Cooke and the leader of the expedition on the ship that had rescued him, Woodes Rogers. What other real life castaways were there? The story goes, that he was forced from the shores of the island further inland after masses of sea lions came to the beaches for mating season. Another castaway was a French woman Marguerite de La Rocque, who in 1542 was made to stay on an island near Quebec, Île des Démons, after her uncle caught her sleeping with a man aboard their ship and left them both on the uninhabited land.According to The Mirror,their time on the island was not a happy one, as while there, the young woman became pregnant but both her child and her partner died.

Carlson, Paul (August 2007). "Cast Away and the Texas Panhandle" (PDF). The Cyclone. Vol.XIV, no.2. West Texas Historical Association. pp.1–2. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 19, 2015 . Retrieved January 2, 2015. From a sheer exposure standpoint, nothing we’ve ever done can match ‘Cast Away.’” - Chris Considine He later spent more time at sea, continuing his privateering voyages and returned to London for some time, where his story became well known. I keep saying it, but this is unbelievable,” said Considine, accepting the award. “All the attention we are receiving is incredible – so many phone calls from retailers, consumers, family and friends who have seen the movie and want to show their support. We appreciate the opportunity 20th Century Fox has given us and we’re honored to be receiving the first award for Best Inanimate Object.” Rice, Nicholas (April 16, 2022). "Tom Hanks Brings Out Cast Away Costar Wilson for First Pitch at Cleveland Guardians Game". people.com . Retrieved April 16, 2022.Natale, Richard (December 20, 2000). "Casting About". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 18, 2015 . Retrieved April 9, 2015. Weekend Box Office Results for December 22-24, 2000". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 20, 2019 . Retrieved April 9, 2015.