Cast Away | |
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Directed by | Robert Zemeckis |
Screenplay by | William Broyles Jr. (writer) |
Produced by | Tom Hanks Jack Rapke Steve Starkey Robert Zemeckis |
Starring | Tom Hanks Helen Hunt |
Cinematography | Don Burgess |
Edited by | Arthur Schmidt |
Music by | Alan Silvestri |
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox (North America) DreamWorks (International) |
Release date | December 22, 2000 |
Running time | 143 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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]