But Hanks’s long beard and survival scenarios generated an iconic character and film. Deemed an “existential blockbuster” for the 21 st century, not a whole lot of action occurs during Cast Away’s 143-minute running time.
Some platforms allow you to rent Cast Away for a limited time or purchase the movie and download it to your device.When FedEx employee Chuck Noland’s plane crashes, he ends up stranded on a deserted tropical island for four years, with an inanimate volleyball named Wilson as his only friend.
It has received mostly positive reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 7.8 and a MetaScore of 73.Ĭast Away is available to watch, stream, download and buy on demand at Apple TV and Google Play. He meets her at a crossroads and she tells him where each road leads.Ĭast Away is a 2000 adventure movie with a runtime of 2 hours and 23 minutes. With nothing left, Noland takes the one package he saved on a road trip to find its sender and leaves it at her door with a note saying that the package saved his life. A cargo ship picks him up and returns him to civilization where he learns that Kelly has moved on and married someone else. A storm nearly rips his raft to pieces and he loses his only friend, Wilson. Once he completes it he stocks it with supplies and, with the aid of a sail he put on it, gets past the surf and out into the ocean. Still intent on eventually escaping, Noland begins piecing together a raft from found items and things that wash up on shore. Four years pass during which he survives on the island, becoming a changed man adapted to his surroundings. He later puts a bloody hand print on the ball, starts calling it Wilson, and begins having conversations with it. Noland's first attempt at making fire is a failure that leaves him injured and angry and, rampaging, he throws around several of the items from the packages including a Wilson brand volleyball. He opens the packages that came ashore and finds several useful items though he leaves a single decorated package untouched. When the raft can't make it past the surf, he tries to find shelter and food and water on the island but fails initially. Noland buries the body and then tries to signal for a rescue and resolves to make an escape attempt on his raft. Packages from the downed cargo plane wash up on shore as well as one of the dead plane pilots. The only survivor, he takes a life raft and is washed up on a deserted island in the South Pacific. He leaves a family gathering on Christmas to an assignment in Malaysia only to find himself in a plane crash.
He wants to marry longtime girlfriend Kelly Frears, but his work schedule continually disrupts their plans. He meets her at a crossroads and she tells him where each road leads.įederal Express systems analyst Chuck Noland finds that he is so busy with his job traveling around the world that he rarely has time for his real life.
Federal Express systems analyst Chuck Noland finds that he is so busy with his job traveling around the world that he rarely has time for his real life.