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Cast Away is a 2000 American survival drama film directed and produced by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, and Nick Searcy. It was released on December 22, 2000 by 20th Century Fox in North America and DreamWorks Pictures in its international markets.

Plot
Obsessively punctual FedEx executive Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) is en route to an assignment in Malaysia when his plane crashes over the Pacific Ocean during a storm. The sole survivor of the flight, Chuck washes ashore on a deserted island. When his efforts to sail away and contact help fail, Chuck learns how to survive on the island, where he remains for years, accompanied by only his handmade volleyball friend, Wilson. Will Chuck ever return to civilization and reunite with his loved ones?

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The idea of the story about executive people being survived the deserted island for years after the plane crash into the ocean is original.
 * 2) The loss of Wilson during Chuck's escape from the island. It says a lot about Robert Zemeckis' directing skill and Tom Hanks' acting skill that this movie can make you cry over the loss of a volleyball.
 * 3) Chuck's escape scene. After four years of learning how to survive, observing ocean currents, planning, hacking away at his plan, fine-tuning, bouncing ideas off his volleyball, and finally making a go of it, Chuck braves rough seas on a bashed-together raft in order to finally get the hell off that island.
 * 1) The loss of Wilson during Chuck's escape from the island. It says a lot about Robert Zemeckis' directing skill and Tom Hanks' acting skill that this movie can make you cry over the loss of a volleyball.
 * 2) Chuck's escape scene. After four years of learning how to survive, observing ocean currents, planning, hacking away at his plan, fine-tuning, bouncing ideas off his volleyball, and finally making a go of it, Chuck braves rough seas on a bashed-together raft in order to finally get the hell off that island.

Reception
Cast Away received praise. On Rotten Tomatoes, Cast Away holds an approval rating of 89% based on 157 reviews, with an average rating of 7.40/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Flawed but fascinating, Cast Away offers an intelligent script, some of Robert Zemeckis' most mature directing, and a showcase performance from Tom Hanks.". On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 73 out of 100 based on reviews from 32 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews." Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.