Vince Martin as Pilot Albert 'Al' Miller, who is buried by Chuck on the island.Lari White as Bettina Peterson, the woman who sent the unopened FedEx package.Chris Noth as Jerry Lovett, Kelly's husband.Nick Searcy as Stan, Chuck's best friend and co-worker.In the end, Chuck then stares down the road the woman took and smiles. He looks down each road, trying to decide which way to go. As she drives away, Chuck notices an angel wing painted on the tailgate of her truck, identical to the one on the parcel. A woman in a pickup truck stops and gives information about where each road leads. He departs in his truck (where he has bought another Wilson volleyball and put it in the passenger seat) and stops at a remote crossroads.
Finding no one home, he leaves the package at the door with a note saying that the package saved his life. Chuck drives to Texas to return the unopened FedEx package to its sender. On a rainy night, she gives Chuck his old Jeep, and they sadly part ways. They are both still in love with each other, but both know that Kelly cannot abandon her family. Chuck goes to Kelly's house and reunites with her. Kelly has since married and has a daughter. Later, a spruced-up and a clean-shaven Chuck returned to a hero’s welcome home party at the FedEx Headquarters in Memphis. Upon returning to civilization, Chuck learns that he was declared dead by his family and friends. Soon after, he is rescued by a passing container ship. Chuck awakens and futilely attempts to rescue Wilson but is left to grieve over his loss. Chuck and the raft survive a storm, but afterward, Wilson falls off the raft and floats away. Chuck successfully launches the raft that he has stocked with water and the unopened FedEx package.
#Cast away ball portable#
After a large section from a portable toilet enclosure washes up on the island, he builds a raft, using the plastic as a sail. He continues to talk to it regularly during the rest of his time on the island.įour years later in 1999, a long-haired and a bearded Chuck has moved into a cave. After calming down, Chuck draws a face into the smeared blood, names the ball Wilson, and begins talking to it. He furiously throws several objects from the packages, including a Wilson Sporting Goods volleyball, leaving a bloodstained handprint. While attempting to start a fire, Chuck cuts his hand. Chuck opens most of the FedEx packages, finding several useful items, but does not open a package with a pair of golden angel wings painted on it. He is able to find sufficient food, water, and shelter. Chuck tries to signal a passing ship and escape in the damaged life raft, but the incoming surf tosses him onto a coral reef, injuring his leg. Over the next few days, several FedEx packages wash ashore, as well as the corpse of one of the FedEx pilots, whom Chuck buries. The next day, he washes up on an uninhabited island. Chuck is the only survivor and escapes with an inflatable life raft. The FedEx cargo plane he is on gets caught in a storm and crashes into the Pacific Ocean. The couple want to get married, but Chuck's busy schedule prevents it.ĭuring a family Christmas dinner, Chuck is summoned to resolve a work problem in Malaysia. He lives with his girlfriend, Kelly Frears, in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1995, Chuck Noland, a systems analyst executive, travels the world resolving productivity problems at FedEx depots. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its screenplay and Hanks' performance, for which he won Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama at the 58th Golden Globe Awards and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 73rd Academy Awards. It grossed $429 million worldwide, making it the third-highest-grossing film of 2000. Initial filming took place from January to March 1999 before resuming in April 2000 and concluding that May.Ĭast Away was released on December 22, 2000, by 20th Century Fox in North America and DreamWorks Pictures in its international markets. Hanks plays a FedEx troubleshooter stranded on an uninhabited island after his plane crashes in the South Pacific, and the plot focuses on his desperate attempts to survive and return home. Cast Away is a 2000 American survival drama film directed and produced by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, and Nick Searcy.
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