Cast Away

Cast Away
Directed byRobert Zemeckis
Screenplay byWilliam Broyles Jr. (writer)
Produced byTom Hanks
Jack Rapke
Steve Starkey
Robert Zemeckis
StarringTom Hanks
Helen Hunt
CinematographyDon Burgess
Edited byArthur Schmidt
Music byAlan Silvestri
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox (North America)
DreamWorks (International)
Release date
December 22, 2000
Running time
143 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$90 million
Box office$429,632,142[1]

Cast Away is a 2000 American adventure drama movie about a FedEx employee (Tom Hanks) surviving in an uninhabited island after the plane crashed in the Pacific Ocean. It was directed by Robert Zemeckis. It gained positive reviews from critics and holds a 90% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[2] At the 73rd Academy Awards, Hanks was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role, but lost to Russell Crowe for Gladiator.[3]

  1. "Cast Away - Total Lifetime Grosses: $429,632,142". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  2. "Cast Away". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  3. "The 73rd Academy Awards (2001) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2014-06-27.

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