Cast Away [Blu-ray] | ![Cast Away [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51tUf2qsdQL._SL500_.jpg) | Director: Robert Zemeckis Actors: Viveka Davis, Michael Forest, Helen Hunt, Nick Searcy, Tom Hanks Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Category: DVD
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Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed) Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Media: Blu-ray Region: 1 Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 143 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 1 Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: 2244419 UPC: 024543444190 EAN: 0024543444190 ASIN: B000WQWPJQ
Theatrical Release Date: 2000 Release Date: December 4, 2007 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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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
Amazon.com 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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Worth it. March 20, 2010 Horror movie holic (St. Louis, MO) This is one I was goaded into seeing by someone shortly after it was released on DVD and I watched strictly for humoring them. I was pleasantly surprised and occasionally get the urge to watch it again about once a year or so. I make no comments whatsoever on which release is what or HD, different versions and tech specs. I speak strictly of the movie itself.
It was well done and very haunting with the psychology of loneliness and isolation. The silence and lack of soundtrack through most of the movie drives it home, though when you watch it for the first time, you usually can't put your finger on it. We're so trained to hear music scores and laugh tracks and they are effecting the feel of the story without us ever knowing it. Its almost subliminal. When you remove it, you can't help but know something is off and have a guttural reaction to the intense silence - something most of us rarely hear these days.
Considering how many times this movie has been spoofed with the line "Wilson!" You almost have to watch just for popularity purposes, but the reason it's popular is its so damn good. Hanks' character is so palpable and real, you feel his frustration, fear and sadness. To imagine being so close, yet so far and knowing for so long that everyone you ever loved is moving on without you. And how such a intelligent, grounded person is driven to making an imaginary friend out of a volleyball to keep his sanity.
Bottom line, its well done, well acted and a great story about resilience and loneliness and moving on. Definite must see, even if you only watch it once.
Great Movie March 11, 2010 Robert C. Hallden (rockford, ill.) Tom Hanks is brilliant in this movie about him who works for FedEx and while he is flying on a FedEx plane the plane has problem with its cargo and the plane crashes into the Pacific. Hanks lives and survives for four years on a island and after the four years makes his escape with Wilson who is a volleyball that he talks to. I remember seeing this in the theater and when he finally makes fire the audience clapped for him. You will actually cheer for him while he learns to survive on some remote island in the Pacific, I believe it was. The ending will have wondering which way he turns either North, South, East, or West, I believe that is how life is. This movie is a must see.
THIS IS NOT BLU-RAY! March 9, 2010 The Prog Infidel (Houston, Texas) 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Yeah, the box says "Blu-Ray" and it's in a Blu-Ray jewel case but it is not a blu-ray DVD. It is an AVC DVD. Why the manufacturers/studio chose to cheat the public with a blu-ray movie price is senseless. Great movie but a terrible product.
Intriguiging Isolation March 5, 2010 Galgar Castaway presents an interesting series of premises. The first, and most obvious, is a survival story: Chuck Noland is the sole survivor of the crash of a cargo plane, and finds himself stranded on a very small island in the South Pacific. He must learn to survive there, and we are treated a a painful series of scenes as he does so, salvaging what he can from the wreckage and from the body of a comrade. Tom Hanks does a fine job with the role, and despite the beauty of the island, it never is allowed to feel welcoming to us.
But what makes Castaway a step above is that is isn't about the island, or about Noland's survival. Rather, it is about what the experience does to him, how he deals with the loss of pretty much everything in his life. For his is a sort of death, a sort of purgatory, a liminal state. And then we see him leave his island and achieve rescue.
Here the movie could have ended, and many stories would have, giving in to the all too common desire to have a happy ending (see films like either version of The Flight of the Phoenix/Flight of the Phoenix). But what pushes Castaway into a class of its own is that we get to witness Noland's rebirth, his resurrection of sorts. Helen Hunt does a nice job as his old girlfriend, who was forced to grieve for him and move on, and Nick Searcy is excellent as his friend and colleague. And so the film poses the question of identity in the end: who are we, and how much of who we are depends on those around us? Castaway brings us closer to an answer without preaching by first stripping so much away from Noland, and then giving it back.
Thought provoking March 2, 2010 Golden Lion (North Ogden, Ut United States) I enjoyed the movie. Image surviving for four years on coconut milk, rain water, crab, a picture of Kelly, and imaginary talking companion called Wilson.
The story is about tragedy. Chuck survives on an Island for four years in complete isolation. At one point, Chuck decides to kill himself, but the plan does work. Instead, Chuck plans an escape from the island. Chuck builds a raft and sails 500 miles on the ocean after being rescued by a Chinese cargo ship. Chuck returns home, to find his wife, Kelly has remarried and has a child named Susan. Chuck socializes with his friend Stan. Chuck learns that Stan's wife has died while he was gone. He also, learns, Kelly had given Chuck a burial ceremony believing him dead. Kelly can not see Chuck because of the emotional drama. Chuck decides to visit Kelley and arrives by taxi, late at night. Chuck kisses Kelly and the chemistry ignites. However, both know circumstances have changed. Chuck says, "you should have more children". Kelly has a surprise for Chuck and he discovers Kelly has kept his Jeep handing him the keys. Chuck kisses Kelly and departs, but Kelly runs after Chuck and tells him, "you are the love of my life". Kelly wants to run off with Chuck. This is very sad part of the movie, Chuck tells Kelly, she has to return home to her family. Kelly is broken hearted, but understands; Kelly must be responsible. Chuck returns to his life of isolation.
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