Cast Away

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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]

Release dates[change | change source]

Country Premiere
 Canada 22 December 2000
 United States 22 December 2000
  Switzerland 11 January 2001 (German speaking region)
 Czech Republic 11 January 2001
 Germany 11 January 2001
 Puerto Rico 11 January 2001
 Austria 12 January 2001
 United Kingdom 12 January 2001
 Ireland 12 January 2001
 Italy 12 January 2001
 Sweden 12 January 2001
 Belgium 17 January 2001
  Switzerland 17 January 2001 (French speaking region)
 France 17 January 2001
 Australia 18 January 2001
 Israel 18 January 2001
 Netherlands 18 January 2001
 Slovenia 18 January 2001
 Denmark 19 January 2001
 Spain 19 January 2001
 Poland 19 January 2001
 Portugal 19 January 2001
 Hong Kong 24 January 2001
 Russia 24 January 2001
 Singapore 24 January 2001
 Taiwan 24 January 2001
 Argentina 25 January 2001
 Brazil 26 January 2001
 Finland 26 January 2001
 Iceland 26 January 2001
 Norway 26 January 2001
 Peru 1 February 2001
 Greece 2 February 2001
 Uruguay 2 February 2001
 South Korea 3 February 2001
 Egypt 7 February 2001
 Kuwait 7 February 2001
 Hungary 8 February 2001
 Lithuania 16 February 2001
 Turkey 23 February 2001
 Yugoslavia 23 February 2001
 Japan 24 February 2001
 Malaysia 1 March 2001
 Ukraine 1 March 2001
 Estonia 9 March 2001
 Romania 16 March 2001
 New Zealand 22 March 2001

Cast[change | change source]

References[change | change source]

  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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