How Cast Away Was ACTUALLY Filmed

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What would happen if a FedEx plane full of cargo crashed into the sea?
This was a question that popped into the mind of actor Tom Hanks upon reading an article about FedEx and is how the initial idea for the movie Cast Away was born.
But we're not here to talk about the background history of this movie, we're here to show you the vast array of tricks, clever uses of CGI, slight of hand, camera moves, ingenious and mind bending sound design that the creators of this epic film used, in order to turn a disaster movie into a complete success.
Join us as we explore the FX, VFX, CGI, sound design and general behind the scenes of this movie.
Not only is this an epic story but the movie is packed full of mind blowing movie making tricks, just see for yourself!
P.S. If you happen to know if Tom Hanks actually made fire for real, please let us know in the comments!
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[@TriersTreasures]

This movie was one of the best I’ve seen. The complexity of emotion in the most seemingly simplistic of sceneries. One man carrying 95% of a movie with no music. Getting the world to cry for a ball. Superb acting and amazing directing. Will always be one of my favorites.

[@kerrijacobi]

I DID cry for that ball (Wilson)😢

[@tamusbaby]

i think we all did, i went out and bot a wilson soon after. Still have it

[@larsvonlennep6405]

jepp...this movie was a reminder what a great actor Tom Hanks actually is...this guy is so nice and scandal-free he may deserve much more attention.

[@slowpoke96Z28]

Try Soldier. The main Character never utters a single word. All emoting.

[@Zinnia-bs8tt]

The absence of music on the island was something I didn't notice but it had it's intended effect. There aren't many movies I'll watch over & over & over again but Cast Away is one of them.

[@robwilkins698]

'Castaway' is a perfect example of properly using CGI to tell a story, not replace a story.

[@billmccomb4629]

I couldn't agree more. Actually, watching the film years ago I had no idea CGI was being used. And isn't that the way it should be!

[@Myamirah]

This might be Tom Hanks best movie and maybe most challenging. A whole movie shot basically by himself with little dialogue and yet so incredibly interesting.

[@billgreen576]

95% him. Surely every movie actors dream. Even when you are Tom.

[@towmanac7056]

Have you seen woody in toy story?

[@apexerman1]

The tooth removal scene was brutal. I was cringing every moment he held that skate to his mouth. The excruciating anticipation, the whimpering, the reality of it all... brilliant filmmaking. It occurred to me afterwards how our ancestors had to deal with dental pain. Ever since then, going to the dentist isn't so bad.

[@TheLT704]

I'm curious to know what a dentist would make of that scene...

[@pass179]

Some of us without dental carry an ice skate with us.

[@Projacked1]

@@pass179 LOL

[@tylerfish2701]

Makes me wonder why Robert Zemeckis doesn't make movies like this anymo...... ......Oh yeah, Polar Express. Never mind.

[@mdrakic]

Jupp. Saw the movie aeons ago and that scene is stuck in my spine. That scene together with the "pavement scene" in American History X are two scenes that will never leave me be.

[@vanevans645]

One of the 3 great cinematic moments in history is the zoom in on Hanks weeping on the raft right after the loss of Wilson. Zemeckis captured a feeling of humility we all identify with in our lowest desperate hold of our sanity. The first time I watched it the whole theatre went quiet when this happened. We wept with Hanks, whose acting is unsurpassed in that moment. One gruff man told me it was the first and only time he cried in a movie.

[@billbally4419]

You wept?

[@williambilyeu9801]

I thought Wilson stole the whole movie. Wilson should have been nominated for an Oscar. 😊😅😂

[@clicheguevara5282]

@@billbally4419 I laughed.

[@calebpartenheimer7636]

I kept choked up and cry during certain parts every time I watch this movie. Certain scenes just absolutely hammer you with emotion.

[@morganjanelle4282]

@calebpartenheimer7636 The scene in Kelly's driveway at night while it was pouring rain...How Kelly told Chuck that she knew (had a feeling) that he was still alive but everyone was telling her that he had died & that she should 'move on', & the way she said "You're the love of my life" had me literally sobbing. That scene crushed me. 😭😭

[@RobGa66]

And the scene where Wilson is last at sea. ‘I’m sorry, Wilson!’ 😭

[@mbaxter22]

This movie was such an underrapreciated masterpiece. In terms of sheer immersion, pulling you into the world of the movie, and nailing every aspect of the emotional sprectrum, nothing surpasses it. Greatest movie of all time, IMO.

[@markozupanc6865]

To me it was a masterpiece movie. Absolutely amazing, from cast, screenplay, production...everything just works. Great movie in my opinion.

[@dvlopez1087]

Agreed, it was an excellent movie. I find it fascinating that people either loved it or hated it. At least around my circles.

[@SpettroFamily]

same here - a classic

[@M-H433]

Loved it

[@steiny3353]

markozupanc6865 . Yeah. I agree. who cares about the little mistakes here and there. It's all for entertainment, and this was certainly entertaining. It was the same when Forrest Gump came out, people were decrying the improbability of that chain of events happening. What the hell ? it's a movie for God's sake, just sit back and enjoy it.

[@jacktorrance3522]

I adore this movie and it's one of the movies that I can just think about and I can basically cry on cue. There is so much emotion in how Hanks plays Chuck's sadness at losing Wilson, such that it doesn't feel like a volleyball drifting away on the waves but a friend who is being taken away by the current, unable to swim back to the safety of the raft. But when he finally gets home, and sits with his friend in his house and tells of how it feels to be back again, with ice in his glass but that he's lost Kelly all over again is just soul crushing. And when that beautiful score from Alan Silvestri comes in as the credits roll and we see a more hopeful Chuck looking toward what the future might bring it's perfect. What a brilliant choice to hold back on adding music for the whole film. So yeah, when people praise actresses for being able to cry on cue I always say I can do it to (and I'm a bloke!), I just need to think about this movie.

[@toddw6716]

If he had been on a Amazon plane he would have had so much good stuff there would have been no reason to leave

[@c3N3q]

Who cares about hanks? Do you support people who rape children? 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@michaeltaylor8835]

There was no Amazon then

[@unkulwilly]

@@michaeltaylor8835 straight off of Google: "In 1998, Amazon extended beyond books and started selling music CDs, and by the following year it had added more product categories, such as toys, electronics and tools. By December 1999, Amazon had shipped 20 million items to 150 countries around the globe."

[@midastouch4323]

LMAO!!!!

[@user-ir6mk6me7t]

@@unkulwilly The FedEx plane crashed in the year 1995, it was only until 4 years later that he escaped and was rescued so it would probably still be the same if it were Amazon instead.

[@Stenbrotsgatan]

One of the most amazing films ever. How you get people to cry over a volleyball is amazing. Also another interesting fact not a lot of people know about is that they shot the first half of the film...then took a break so Tom Hanks could diet and slim down for 6 months...then go back again and film the 2nd half. During this 'break' Robert Zemeckis filmed an entire other film in between, 'What Lies Beneath', with Harrison Ford.

[@LAactor]

I knew this. But I was completely all about this film with insider company knowledge. They said it was extremely expensive to do this. As is when any production has to take this long of a hiatus and then come back to complete it and restart everything.

[@slcRN1971]

‘What Lies Beneath’ is a really good film too.

[@KevboKev]

The beauty in Wilson, as well, is that if Wilson had survived and made it back home with him, it would take a long time for Chuck to not associate it anymore with comfort and well-being. I believe a lot of therapy would be needed in order to "let Wilson go". However, there is nothing wrong with a comfort object. It would be no different than a kid and their favorite stuffy.

[@Rick-the-Swift]

I found it very intriguing when I learned that "Rescue Dawn", another amazing film, was shot in reverse, meaning they started filming the movie's ending then worked their way back to its beginning. The reason they did this, I believe, is because it was easier on Christian Bale, both psychologically and physiologically to come onto the set being very skinny, then gain weight towards the end, than it was to come in plump and have to lose all that weight during the production. It made good sense to me they would do it that way, and in retrospect, only amplifies my admiration for the actor and the crew, who obviously knew their art well enough to pull it off.

[@Rick-the-Swift]

@@KevboKev You give me a great idea for the sequel, "Cast Away 2- Wilson's Revenge", where Chuck is at a vacation resort, sunning on a beach blanket with his new fiancé when all of the sudden Wilson comes washed ashore and lands right between the two of them. And he's quick to remind Chuck of the many ways Chuck took his anger out on him during their stay together on that remote island. 🤬😈🏐

[@rovhalt6650]

Cast Away is what we used to know as a film. A lost artform that has been forgotten for about a whole decade now.

[@stevencramsie9172]

Huh?

[@trevormccarthy9019]

Indeed.. hollow woke virtue signaling is now the norm

[@clicheguevara5282]

@@stevencramsie9172 Not too long ago, we'd differentiate between a "movie" and a "film". A movie is just some dumb Marvel remake or something forgettable like that. It's just hollow entertainment. A film is a piece of cinematic art.

[@JohnSmith-qg3jb]

Agree that standards and quality has dropped significantly, but there are still occasional gems. Saw “The holdovers” today - excellent film.

[@NeonVisual]

And if he had just turned around and walked 200 meters in the other direction along Monuriki island, there's a hotel and tourist resort on the next island he could have paddled to without getting his knees wet.

[@FameFocus]

Haha, if only he knew...

[@packyay8793]

Best reply ever

[@philgrindle2741]

Amazing how these remote locations aren't really so remote! Part of the production work no one thinks about. One shot looks like in the middle of nowhere, but turn 180 degrees and you're actually on a beach with the hotel right there!

[@AdamThoba2]

thats not true.

[@ronb6544]

Well now is a great time to let him know. Shesh.

[@TroyQwert]

That was quite informative. As someone who has experience in filming and was working in the TV industry, I have finally grasped the technique behind creating a nighttime scene. However, one thing that continues to puzzle me is the apparent fondness that directors or those in charge have for excessively dark screens. It becomes nearly impossible to discern anything in the initial version, not to mention the subsequent copies of the same darkened film. I implore those involved to reconsider incorporating pitch-black scenes. A skilled director understands how to depict the essence of nighttime without resorting to complete darkness on screen. If you enjoyed "Cast Away" with Tom Hanks, here are some movies that you might find interesting: 1. "The Martian" (2015) - A gripping science fiction film starring Matt Damon as an astronaut stranded on Mars, struggling to survive and find a way back home. 2. "Life of Pi" (2012) - A visually stunning adventure drama about a young man named Pi who survives a shipwreck and forms an unlikely bond with a Bengal tiger while adrift in the Pacific Ocean. 3. "127 Hours" (2010) - Based on a true story, this intense drama follows a mountaineer played by James Franco who becomes trapped alone in a canyon and must find the strength to survive. 4. "All Is Lost" (2013) - A gripping survival film starring Robert Redford as a sailor stranded at sea after his yacht is damaged, battling the elements and facing his own mortality. 5. "Into the Wild" (2007) - Based on a true story, this adventure drama tells the tale of Christopher McCandless, a young man who abandons his possessions and embarks on a journey into the Alaskan wilderness. These movies share themes of survival, resilience, and the human spirit in challenging situations. I hope you find them enjoyable!

[@greggv8]

"Open Water" (2003) Loosely based on the disappearance of Tom and Eileen Lonergan who went on a group SCUBA dive, got separated from the group and left behind. They were never found. The movie fictionalized everything except the couple getting left behind and never being found, even changed the location from the Pacific Ocean to the Caribbean. In that vein but not made into a movie was a woman who went diving with a group at the Galapagos Islands several years earlier. In 2003 some TV show found and interviewed her. She'd been underwater and when she surfaced the boat was gone. She had a video camera in a housing, attached to a tether tied to one of her ankles. So there's the camera, dangling at least ten feet under the surface yet her screams for help were so loud it easily recorded them. She quickly decided that wasn't getting her anywhere so she pulled up her camera and swam for shore. But between her and safety was a formation of jumbled rocks called the "washing machine". *Nobody* swims through the washing machine and survives. But somehow she made it and was sitting on the island when the dive crew realized she was missing and came back. They had to go around to a safer part of the shore where the boat could get close enough to retrieve her. She hadn't gone diving since but in 2003 decided it was time to get back in the water. She went back to Galapagos, with a new wetsuit but with her old, beat up fins and camera from her previous trip. Other people on the boat were giving her looks that pretty well revealed they were thinking "What's up with the new suit, old fins, and that beat up camera?". But despite part of the video recorded of the incident being released, and the association with the release of "Open Water", a couple of later deaths of female SCUBA divers at Galapagos have apparently obliterated this woman's misadventure from Google's searching abilities. It steers everything I've tried towards articles on those other two.

[@johnrowland3105]

One of the best movies ever made. Every aspect from the protagonists point of view the fact that there's no needless distractions really focuses your attention. Tough ask for one actor to carry 99% of a movie

[@canadude6401]

That is a good point. Tom had to really deliver with nobody else to assist. SPOILER ALERT..... His acting is especially good when he comes back to find his life prior to the plane crash has changed completely.

[@deeann424]

This movie I have watched several times. Tom was great in this role. You really get to feel what he was going through. And when rescued what he had to face.

[@jameshoran8]

What is amazing is that the ending scene has Lari White (R.I.P.) telling Hanks where the four directional routes go. She was factually correct in her description where each route would take you.

[@NutmegThumper]

Really thought they could have made a bit more of that with a potential relationship start between them.

[@Musemistress]

@@NutmegThumper I did an assignment on symbolic codes on this movie back in highschool when it first came to VHS. The symbolism of him turning to look at all those directions in turn, before stopping at the one she went down, is symbolic of choice. He had lived a life of all choices being stripped from him for 4 years. The choice of how to live, the choice of how to die, the choice of where to go or what to eat, or dress, or even the choice of basic human connection. All gone. No choice in anything until he was GIVEN a sail by the ocean that had taken the choice from him in the first place. He stood at that crossroad and was able to properly be free to make a full and self appointed choice. We don't need to know what choice he eventually made, all that was important was that he was ABLE to make one. It was hard hitting when we revealed that part in our group assignment to the class.

[@uselessjoe]

because it really was filmed ... about 20 miles NE of Amarillo...a heavily visited intersection in the middle of jack squat no where Texas...

[@m42666]

@@Musemistress I sincerely thank you for that analysis. I always wondered about that last scene.

[@3dsmaxrocks699]

You mean the road signs were correct? FASCINATING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@raysmetaltracks6782]

No background music - huh, never realized that. Tom Hanks does such a great job of showing his emotions, you really got the feeling he was experiencing. Of course that along with some great film making and amazing crew.

[@BolsaChicaRadio]

Elvis Presley??? BCRadio

[@albertbatfinder5240]

I’ll tend to believe artistic and technical explanations, but if someone added background music and I watched it again, I wonder if I would have found it in any way distracting? I doubt it.

[@vanevans645]

The first music starts when he finally passes the reef and the island disappears in the distance

[@XoddamCXVII]

I commented this on another thread, but I'll share it here as well: When you watch it knowing that fact, it's even more satisfying when the music finally comes in. Beautiful soundtrack used very elegantly.

[@r5t6y7u8]

SO GLAD there was no music on the island. From the plane crash on, the first time we hear music is when Tom/Chuck finally paddles past the waves on his raft. And even then I thought music was unnecessary.

[@keysburntgucci9016]

We already loved this movie with the amazing direction and Tom's one of the best acting and now you're telling me it has some splendid effects- both visual and audio that many failed to notice? Man, Can I be anymore impressed with this movie?

[@andreasdesigns]

I never noticed there wasn't music on the island, but that's what's suppose to happen with audio. It blends in so well you don't notice. I'm going to have to watch the movie again.

[@nhopkins8266]

That’s true. You shouldn’t notice. If a soundtrack is done well, it blends and doesn’t take you outta the movie. Unlike Tenet for example.

[@carlosponchio1869]

and again, and again..

[@XoddamCXVII]

When you watch it knowing that fact, it's even more satisfying when the music finally comes in. Beautiful soundtrack used very elegantly.

[@SteveHigginsWriterBloggerPoet]

I remember first watching this film with zero expectations and now it has become one of my all time favourites. Loved this video too 😊

[@rubengabrielleonvilla2338]

Wilson i'm sorry 😭😭😭💓💔

[@epicchants]

When you have Robert Zemeckis behind the camera, you know you will get wonders on screen. He's a true master and a genius when it comes to special FX.

[@c3N3q]

Who cares about hanks? Do you support people who rape children? 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@manuelcaycedo561]

he barely uses special fx tho..

[@epicchants]

Actually he does. He's known to integrate special effects with real life figures such Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Forrest Gump and my fav, Contact.

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

Agreed. And Contact is an incredible film!

[@paramaniacwolverine843]

Cast Away and Shawshank Redemption, two of only a handful of movies I can watch over and over again.

[@NikoBellic04]

Man this film is so moving.

[@c3N3q]

Who cares about hanks? Do you support people who rape children? 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@marcvslicinivscrassvs7536]

I can't imagine how UPS execs reacted when they wind this movie was coming out and FedEx was gonna be the ad.

[@c3N3q]

Who cares about hanks? Do you support people who rape children? 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@festerbestertester1658]

In the movie Up in the Air, with George Clooney playing a businessman who does A LOT of flying, his preferred airline was American, and there were a lot of references to that airline. Before United Airlines could show this movie on their flights, they had to edit out all references to American. Needless to say, it was a much shorter movie.

[@tabby73]

Love this movie! Seen it several times and never noticed the things you describe here so immersed I was in the story and Tom Hank's acting. One of his lines towards the end when he talks to his friend has stuck with me throughout the years - "I've got to keep breathing because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring."

[@dollarjilt1]

classic line that has also struck with me especially during a 5 month lock down in communist Vietnam last year with all the horrrors of a one party police state going insane

[@tabby73]

@@dollarjilt1 omg that must have been tough!

[@user-ss6wq5ly1c]

Still one of my favorite movies till this day! (2023) I can’t imagine any other actor playing this part either. It was definitely 100% made for Mr. Tom Hanks!

[@maplejames6992]

An interview with Alan Silvestri (the composer), he said that he was watching the movie with director Bob looking for musical cues to write. As the movie went on and on, Bob started getting worred that Alan wasn't saying anything or making suggestions, until the ending when he loses Wilson. That's when Alan felt it best to begin the music cues.

[@abdenourbat4023]

in the entire history of cinema One of the best movies ever made and I could watch it over and over again without getting tired of it

[@SkipSpotter]

What a great sneak-peak behind the scenes. Such a simple movie, and yet so much appears to have gone into it's creation. Listening to your sound design explanations gave me a chuckle... because out of everything i learned from obtaining a degree in digital media (avec film studies), was the word "DIEGETIC" and off course "NON-DIEGETIC" This word is the only true constant which comes to mind when I look back. Sorry for rambling.

[@Umski]

I only recently watched this again - it's strange how many details you pick up on the second time round - I think it's mind blowing that the speech would have been re-dubbed like that!

[@MiniGolfOnehungaAuckland]

Apparently Tom spent hours trying to make fire so it would have real emotion when it happened, some of the dialogue at that point was ad-libbed as it was real joy at making fire.

[@deanlindholm1957]

While I realized the CGI and other aspects, the constant sound of the waves was something I hadn't thought of

[@beverlygiroux2824]

Another GREAT movie, with Tom Hanks!! Oh my goodness, I have so many of all his films. The most moving moment in this film, was him working on his tooth....Terrific acting. TOM, you should have gotten yet another OSCAR!! Bev in Maine

[@maxdugan211]

I loved the part where he threw Wilson away and then the look on his face when he realized what he had done.

[@b-man1232]

AWESOME movie!! One of those rare movies that you can watch over and over again!

[@Jordanmilo]

The most amazing trick in this film is making the audience believe that someone could fall in love with and pine away for Helen Hunt.

[@howard5992]

LOL ... she really hams it up at the end too " cowboy "

[@damonr4136]

That's hilarious 😂

[@FatboyDLR]

Not only that, he was on the island for four years, when he found her she had a three-year-old daughter. You are pregnant for nine months. Do the math, three months after he was gone she was banging some other dude.

[@greenbeagle13]

One of the best movies I have seen. Gotta' watch this one again... Thank you for this video. Love your channel.

[@c3N3q]

Who cares about hanks? Do you support people who rape children? 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@greenbeagle13]

@@c3N3q - No, but I support Tom Hanks.

[@c3N3q]

@@greenbeagle13 I know. If Tom Hangs was a child rapist that would be as crazy as if a number of employees of Disney have been arrested on child porn charges, mainly in the last 5 - 6 years. And also few lawyers, teachers, professors, priests, doctors, politicians, judges, policemen.... Child porn is thriving, at least that is easy to verify. John of God, best bud of Oprah, Jimmy Savile, best but of the British royal family, Jeffrey Epstein, best bud of the American celebs,, Search for Ricky Gervais' speech @Oscars , and look at their reactions... Tom is there.. 🤞

[@greenbeagle13]

@@c3N3q - I will . I love Ricky Gervais, but I simply don't believe Tom Hanks is a "child rapist". Not arguing with you, just disagreeing. And I will always watch his movies. By the way, not that it matters, but I was sexually assaulted by my drunken step-father when I was 7 (not just one time either). ✌🏾

[@c3N3q]

@@greenbeagle13 I'm sorry to hear about and I don't envy you your experience with your step father. And I don't blame you for not believing. Still,, Oprah didn't know?, the queen and her sons and the British secret service didn't know?, all the actors, politicians and other celebs didn't know? Epstein committed suicide in the prison cell ? You can find many interviews with (young) actors who claim they were abused by many in the show business, as in standard practice if you want in the game... Look at hanx during Ricky's speech...

[@WIGGYMEISTER76]

Great video! I can’t get enough of all the behind the scenes info, very enlightening. Loving your channel, good work! (new subscriber)👌🏼

[@FameFocus]

Thank you so much!

[@c3N3q]

Who cares about hanks? Do you support people who rape children? 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@slcRN1971]

I really enjoy the ‘behind the scenes’ section of a film!! That’s one reason I wanted DVDs - - soon after they came out, rather than the VCH tapes.

[@TheInvisibleCactusYT]

I absolutely love this movie I got my own Wilson because of it

[@jackandblaze5956]

IRL, didn't Hanks marry someone named Wilson?

[@yanni2112]

@@jackandblaze5956 Rita

[@yanni2112]

I live on Wilson Commons

[@c3N3q]

Who cares about hanks? Do you support people who rape children? 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@BKNb77]

Tom Hanks really did light that fire. The Director wanted him to successfully do it on his own so he would capture his real reaction to it.

[@mensaconservative7887]

Once in a motel room I tuned to this movie and watched over an hour of it before I realized I was on a Spanish only channel. I laughed so hard at myself.

[@Oldfartstuff2.0]

One of the best moments in the history of mankind and filming is when Tom Hanks discovers fire in castaway.

[@madiantin]

I did indeed notice the lack of soundtrack and so appreciated it. Absolutely fantastic film.

[@wildman2012]

I seem to recall that Hanks actually was successful in making fire with that primitive technique. (But he may have had help for the actual scene that made it to film.)

[@predater5017]

he 100% didnt do it in that scene thats for sure.

[@andersonvideomaker]

Não foi o Hanks! A fumaça começou na parte de cima da isca de fogo.

[@c3N3q]

Who cares about hanks? Do you support people who rape children? 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@cynthianaylor9514]

I just went through hurricane Ian( literally unscathed but the people a couple blocks away not so lucky ).I told my sister on the east coast that once I got my power back I was going to run out and yell power. She said she would not acknowledge my existence.

[@c3N3q]

Who cares about hanks? Do you support people who rape children? 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@user-vu4of5cc1x]

This is a great video. It demonstrate the art of storytelling and its difficulties clearly. Basically, with all that input (sounda and visuals), the filmmaker had to make difficult choices on which ones to be included and combine them beautifully not just to tell the story, but to make it easier for the audience to relate to the protagonist.

[@EricaGamet]

I've seen a few comments how there was a hotel on that island. It's only become a tourist spot since the film. Hanks just recently talked about how it was one of his favorite movie experiences because he had to take an hour's boat ride to that island every morning from where he was staying. There wasn't any power on the island, so they could only film in the daylight. So, no, we wouldn't have seen a hotel if they swung the camera around.

[@seaoftranquility7228]

I always thought it would have made a funny ending if, when he delivered the package that he had held on to without opening, the guy had opened it and said, “oh wow, a satellite phone”

[@easternyellowjacket276]

Yep. And then saying.....and it still has a charge after all this time.

[@moosewhizzerdave2066]

Very funny! Maybe some dental pliers and novacane.

[@canadude6401]

Or a 3 pack of Spalding tennis balls. SPALDING!!!!!!!!

[@JDistheone]

In an interview, when asked what was inside that box Director Z said "solar powered GPS satellite phone".

[@seaoftranquility7228]

@@JDistheone Ha. That’s awesome.

[@TheLondonForever00]

Mind blowing info! Although when making the fire the forward motion and pressure wave would have caused the smoke to push away quite fast... We see it as the smoke starts away crim the bottom of the stick abs the bark.

[@TheLondonForever00]

I've a prize you can claim... 🖕

[@c3N3q]

Who cares about hanks? Do you support people who rape children? 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@Pyrolonn]

Very interesting seeing how Hollywood magic is done. I loved the air crash scene in the theater had my heart rate up and breathing up as well. I was sitting in the direct center and the surround sound really brought it in. I was curious if watching it at home with a sound bar and subwoofer would come close, and sadly it did not.

[@cymro6537]

Such a great film.

[@RareVBlue]

They use 2 thin strands of metal that looks like grass and pass a weak electric current through the metal strands and that then ignites the real grass around it? That would be the way I'd do it.

[@FameFocus]

Nice!

[@terrenceoday9493]

When I saw Castaway, I was thinking how funny it would be if the unopened package Hanks saved contained a satellite phone with charged battery and instructions.

[@c3N3q]

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[@keysburntgucci9016]

The creator had said It did have that along with other useful survival kit.

[@johndardi1334]

Bro that’s GOLD!!!

[@Kevinb1821]

No music on the island is perfect. It makes you feel isolated. Every time I watch this movie I feel the dread of being alone on an island

[@squiggymcsquig6170]

I thought he and Wilson were alone! Those green guys were never shown in the film. Changes the whole story, man.

[@Flamethatburns]

The fire came when two small wires from steel wool, connected to a switch and battery on the bottom of the board, were short circuited.

[@c3N3q]

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[@TheRgregor455]

One of the best films with barely and speaking, and I feel that with Tom Hanks as the great actor he is could pull it off.

[@justinewright2964]

I’ve always said this! A film with barely any speaking,Tom hanks could only pull it off! X x

[@Itsnotapet]

You havent seen Willy's Wonderland

[@JPGenergy]

Literally googled where this was filmed yesterday after watching it again, now this popped up and answered all my questions lol

[@ritamarie4453]

Academy Award winning performance, and movie.

[@pamflowers8364]

Great movie but I always wondered about the claimed origin of the idea for the film. The time spent on the island is remarkably similar to what is described in the book Journal of A Voyage To Nowhere by Charles Fern published 1971.

[@MontyMars]

I had not noticed (4:51) that Wilson was on top of a body made from driftwood with arms and hands!

[@c3N3q]

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[@MontyMars]

@@c3N3q Wow that was random. Troll

[@57thorns]

The sound by the beach is so true. Went for a dog walk along the beach on windy (but not stormy) day and we turned inland for the return,. the relief from the noise was immense. Beaches are not calm places in the least, the one thing that best compares is a pedestrian bridge crossing a six lane motorway.

[@paulidevoss7249]

In the fire-lighting scene the first wisps would be added digitally. Then you’ll notice they cut to a new angle where the real fire springs to life. Another subtle but interesting indication of the planning and forethought in this movie

[@compraunacasa6389]

I was looking forward to the moment he saw humans again and how he would interact with them and explain how he ended up on a raft. But the jumped from him seeing the boat, to being back in society.

[@SunnyMoonProductions]

Such a great video. The editing is outstanding. The thumbnail is hilarious too.

[@nomenestomen3452]

Just the thumbnail made me laugh hysterically.

[@rstash1]

Hanks is an actor in the highest sense of the word. There are a few others, but none have a better range. He's made classics that will play well a hundred years from now. My wife still goes back to the 1930s classics - except for "The Shop Around the Corner" with Jimmy Stewart vs. "You've got mail". Both are classics despite being almost almost 100 difference in age.

[@onitaijeoma1450]

I loved this movie so much that I cried

[@invoxicated]

I'm glad the movie didn't have a background music score until Chuck left the island. Todays movies are ruined by the background music being too loud. Too many movies I have watched with background music scores I can't hear what the actors are saying. Its ridiculous.

[@markw208]

2 of my favorite movies, Castaway & No Country For Old Men, are BETTER for having no musical score.

[@ArchanDelon12]

In an interview with Don Burgess, the film’s cinematographer, he stated that Tom Hanks was required to actually make the fire himself using the friction technique. The surprise reaction and comments when it finally worked were genuine because it took him over 90 minutes to start the fire.

[@Abdullahs_World]

Extra ordinary.. best movie

[@soupbone7345]

I thought that green dude was just a figment of Tom's Hanks character, was I the only one who could see him during the movie ?? Wow !

[@c3N3q]

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[@seldoon_nemar]

i'm just guessing here but i always assumed the fire was lit electrically. that berm the wood is sitting on is a little convenient. If it were me trying to make that shot i would just have 2 leads pokeing up into the wood and then when the fire is needed, you hook up a battery and the connection heats up and ignights the tinder

[@c3N3q]

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[@vjaygopi]

Watched the movie today, what a beautiful masterpiece even after watching after 23yrs

[@scootaloo118]

5:00 just like a broadcasting crew. Emotional vibrational frequency from the news folks. It creates the mood for the ....story.... The world is stage and you are a consumer.

[@fusspot57]

Despite not having a music soundtrack in the traditional sense, Alan Silvestri's haunting title theme is simply beautiful and perfectly describes the desolation as a tone poem.

[@pantherplatform]

How anyone survives a nose dive into the ocean in a jumbo jet is beyond me. The film could've ended right there and made sense.

[@dogwalker666]

The engine that kept running without fuel was dumb too.

[@paulya1269]

In reality, only would have been survivable if Sully was in the captain’s seat.

[@nightfox4648]

Dude your spot on ...again lol... Great vid 🤘😎💥

[@hranicarzpanelaku1203]

i discovered u today and i need to say good job man,interesting and nice content,thx and subscribed

[@FameFocus]

Thank you so much!

[@dogloverjb6873]

this was a classic of a movie... one of my favorites

[@RaoneG34]

3:44 i laughed so much, oh that's why they mute tha audio

[@mortuus4601]

whats so funny ?

[@RaoneG34]

@@mortuus4601 when he change the voice 😂

[@laffi]

I think I read that Tom Hanks made the fire for real, and how happy he looks, is real too!

[@jordonrodrigues960]

His content is so awesome. Love watching his work

[@brendacather5648]

Cast Away is one of my go to comfort movie to watch.

[@koowilliam]

Isn't Day For Night stands for DFN and not DNF?

[@FameFocus]

Yes, you are absolutely right. Apologies, this is an error. It is in fact meant to say DFN.

[@soutarm]

Did Not Finish 🤣

[@g_pazzini]

I saw DNF in F1 racing or MotoGP 😂😂

[@FameFocus]

lol

[@Nicksonian]

I have never seen DFN in a movie that wasn’t obvious.

[@cyberwomble7524]

Well done, you've done what millions of dollars of marketing couldn't - make me want to watch the movie!

[@TheLT704]

It didn't nose dive it landed the same way Sully landed in the Hudson...part of the roof had blown off..hence that's how Chuck escaped from the sinking plane...

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

I like when CG is used "invisibly" like this, much as Zemeckis did for "Forrest Gump". I never knew that they used green/blue screen for the scene on top of the cliff on the island! That is some good CG!

[@ceojr1963]

That soft plank and hard stick rubbing method does make embers and the close up scene is about what it'd be like to make fire happen. once he got it going there is enough to keep it going, yet he could run out of wood/fuel sources if he wasn't careful.

[@adferhinori]

CAN WE JUST TALK ABOUT HOW NY MAN JUST EDITS HIM SELF SO WELL THAT I THOUGHT THAT HE WAS IN THE MOVIE LIKE FR THOUGHT HE WAS IN THE MOVIE 💀

[@c3N3q]

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[@robertholtz]

2:02 - DFN not DNF. Acronym wrong, definition correct. Was this perhaps a typo that you then ended up narrating?

[@FameFocus]

Yes, this was a typo in the script that went unnoticed in the narration, once again in the video editing and finally slipped through yet again in the proofing! Apologies for this mistake, it is quite annoying for us too.

[@robertholtz]

@@FameFocus I feel your frustration. Well, these things happen. Looking on the bright side, you'll probably never ever make that typo again.All the best.

[@FameFocus]

Thanks!

[@wendybabendy]

I used to use this film to bring Maslow's Hierarchy to 'life' - the kids would be riveted! Worked really well... good film!

[@estelle4389]

Brilliant 🤔 I love Tom Hanks. I saw Big years ago and I was hooked.

[@c3N3q]

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[@estelle4389]

@@c3N3q yes I'm so sure

[@c3N3q]

@@estelle4389 all you need to do is a bit of research. Have you seen Out of the shadows?

[@NawazAlamgir]

Correction - ADR stands for Additional Dialogue Recording

[@robertholtz]

Technically, you’re both right. ADR has had multiple variations in official use including Automated Dialogue Replacement, Additional Dialogue Recording and variations of both. It’s also known as Dubbing or After-Dubbing.

[@NawazAlamgir]

@@robertholtz I've worked in the film industry for 15 years never heard it been called anything else!

[@NawazAlamgir]

@@robertholtz sometimes I've heard additional dialogue read.

[@FameFocus]

According to Randy Thom (Cast Away's sound designer) it stands for Automated Dialogue Replacement, but @Robert J. Holtz is correct, there are other variations.

[@KalikoTrapp]

@@FameFocus I, too, have heard "Automated Dialogue Replacement", but wonder what on earth is "automated" about it? It also seems that "Additional Dialogue Recording" might also be problematic because it begs the question what is "additional" about the dialogue when it's just replacing the ambient dialogue they already have in the can? Any ideas Fame Focus, or anyone? I am genuinely very interested in this topic.

[@gg349]

It's not a desert island, there is no desert on the island. It's a 'deserted' island

[@ballboff]

Tom Hanks puts 101% into his movies, of course he made his own fire!

[@mks9469]

I loved this movie. And I love Tom Hanks! WIILLLLLLSSSONNNNN!!!!

[@Longshot_NYC]

No birds and no seagulls cause that made it seem lonelier

[@FameFocus]

I don't think there were actually any there in real life (from what I can find online)

[@stereokid]

Or because there is no McDonald's parking lot.

[@countyguy3506]

I really felt this film

[@aguythatworkstoomuch4624]

Great video and great movie! Thanks

[@RSTI191]

Brilliant video..Excellent work.. thnx for the post