Cast Away
At the edge of the world, his journey begins.
D.student, are in love and heading towards marriage.Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia crashes at sea during a terrible storm.He's the only survivor, and finds himself marooned on a desolate island.With no way to escape, Chuck must find ways to survive in his new home.
- Director
- Robert Zemeckis
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Action
- Worldwide
- $430M
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What It's About
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Chuck Noland, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia crashes at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and finds himself marooned on a desolate island. With no way to escape, Chuck must find ways to survive in his new home.
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The record
Awards
0 wins · 2 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 2 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Actor
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Sound
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Cast Away returned 4.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $90M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $430M
- Release date
- Dec 22, 2000
- Runtime
- 2h 23m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, Russian
- Country
- United States of America
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