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25 Years Later, I Still Can't Believe Tom Hanks' Oscar-Nominated Classic Gave Away Its Ending In The Trailer

Any doubts audiences had about the survival of Tom Hanks' character in Cast Away vanished after watching the movie's trailer. Hanks leads the film as Chuck Noland, a FedEx employee who winds up ...
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‘Cast Away’ Screenwriter Stranded Himself in Mexico’s Sea of Cortez and More Fun Facts About the Film

In the film directed by Robert Zemeckis, Hanks plays FedEx exec Chuck Noland, who is the only survivor of a plane crash landing on a deserted island. Helen Hunt plays his girlfriend, Kelly. After the ...
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How a Military Veteran's Experience in Vietnam Inspired Him to Write 'Cast Away'

During the Vietnam War, William Broyles Jr. was deployed as an infantry platoon commander in the Marine Corps and visited a Navy hospital there full of severely injured troops. Peering through a ...
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10 Movies To Watch if You Love 'Cast Away'

The 2000 survival classic Cast Away stars Tom Hanks as Chuck Noland, a FedEx systems analyst who is out on a routine trip to Malaysia when his plane crashes over the Pacific. He is the sole survivor ...
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‘Cast Away’ Screenwriter Stranded Himself in Mexico’s Sea of Cortez and More Fun Facts About the Film

Cast Away completely describes the making of this thrilling 2000 survival adventure movie — the cast was away while star Tom Hanks underwent incredible body transformations … and suffered serious ...