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Cast Away

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Cast Away
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Directed byRobert Zemeckis
Written byWilliam Broyles Jr.
Produced bySteve Starkey
Tom Hanks
Robert Zemeckis
Jack Rapke
StarringTom Hanks
Helen Hunt
Nick Searcy
CinematographyDon Burgess
Edited byArthur Schmidt
Music byAlan Silvestri
Production
companies
ImageMovers
Playtone
Distributed by20th Century Fox (United States and Canada)
DreamWorks Pictures (through United International Pictures; international)
Release date
  • December 22, 2000 (2000-12-22)
Running time
143 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$90 million[1]
Box office$429.6 million[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]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Cast Away (2000)". Box Office Mojo. January 1, 2001. Archived from the original on September 10, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
  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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