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Honestly, back then Tom Hanks was a very successful actor and he gave great performances but this time, he was really on fire!
"I have made fire"
No, your performance is ON fire! Big difference!
Chuck Noland (Hanks) is a FedEx employee who is the only survivor in a plane crash, he ends up on an island with some cargo which helps him survive! Now that sounds very interesting but it was just really well written how he had to talk to a volleyball Wilson by wounding his hand, throwing a volleyball and giving it features!
Now in 95% of the movie, Tom Hanks has all the dialogue and the rest of the cast haven't many scenes at all! Wilson hasn't any dialogue but is on screen more than anyone (except Hanks of course) and I thought Tom Hanks and Wilson made arguably the best screen couple of the year!
So how does Chuck survive? Well he finds in the cargo; a party dress, ice skates, video tapes and a volleyball. The party dress comes in handy as a tent, the ice skates give Chuck the ability to split coconuts open (and later his tooth, ugh!), the video tapes come in handy at the end of his time on the island holding parts of the raft together! The volleyball becomes his best friend and becomes the second main character Wilson!
So 'Cast Away' has some gorgeous cinematography and is much more impressive than 'The Beach' for sure! But Robert Zemeckis provides some great directing!
So let's look at the supporting cast; Helen Hunt plays Chuck's girlfriend who is about to propose marriage before Chuck goes on his plane. But when Chuck returns four years later, everyone thought Chuck was dead and held a funeral!
When Chuck delivers a package, no one answers so he leaves a note saying it saved his life. He then leaves and stops at a crossroad. A woman passing by stops to explain where the roads lead. She drives away when Chuck notices the illustration on her truck is identical to the one on the parcel. Chuck is left looking down each road and then toward the departing woman in the truck. He's probably thinking that this is a fresh start! And that's a very clever idea! But overall 'Cast Away' is a masterpiece and Tom Hanks' best performance!
9/10
