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(out of 5)
Tom Hanks‘ amazing performance is the best reason to watch this excellent drama. The second of two films Robert Zemeckis made in the year 2000 (the other being What Lies Beneath) this is a worthwhile tale of a Federal Express supervisor stranded on a deserted island for four years after his company’s plane crashes into the Pacific Ocean. Helen Hunt plays the devoted girlfriend who doesn’t know to wait for him back home. The film is painfully missing a middle, so once the scenes of isolation are (quickly) over, one is led to believe that Hanks’ readjustment to the so-called normal society back home is really the heart of the story. Sadly, this aspect of the plot is also underdeveloped, leaving a good movie that doesn’t quite know what it’s about, yet the whole thing is very entertaining to watch.
USA, 2000
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Screenplay by William Broyles Jr.
Cinematography by Don Burgess
Produced by Tom Hanks, Jack Rapke, Steve Starkey, Robert Zemeckis
Music by Alan Silvestri
Production Design by Rick Carter
Costume Design by Joanna Johnston
Film Editing by Arthur Schmidt
Cast Tags: Aaron Rapke, Albert Pugliese, Alice Vaughn, Alyssa Gainer, Amanda Cagney, Andrea Cagney,Anne Bellamy, Ashley Trefger, Brandon Reinhardt, Chase MacKenzie Bebak, Chris Noth,Christopher Kriesa, David Allen Brooks, Dennis Letts, Derick Alexander, Dmitri S. Boudrine, Elden Henson, François Duhamel, Fred Semmer, Fred Smith, Gage Bebak, Garret Davis, Geoffrey Blake, Gregory Pugliese, Helen Hunt, Jay Acovone, Jenifer Lewis, Jennifer Choe, Joe Conley, John Duerler, Kaitlyn Gainer, Lari White, Lauren Birkell, Lauren Gainer, Leonid Citer, Lindsey Trefger, Lisa Long, Matthew Reinhardt, Michael Forest, Michelle Robinson, Nan Martin, Nick Searcy, Paul Sanchez, Peter Semmer, Peter Von Berg, Rich Sickler, Semion Sudarikov, Skye McKenzie, Steve Monroe, Timothy Stack, Tom Hanks, Tommy Cresswell, Valentina Ananina, Valerie Wildman, Vince Martin, Viveka Davis,Wendy Worthington, Yelena Popovic
Academy Award Nominations
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Tom Hanks as “Chuck Noland”)
Best Sound (Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands, William B. Kaplan)
Golden Globe Award
Best Performance By An Actor in a Motion Picture-Drama (Tom Hanks)
New York Film Critics Award
Best Actor (Tom Hanks)
National Society of Film Critics Award Nomination
Best Actor (Tom Hanks)
Screen Actors Guild Award Nomination
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (Tom Hanks)
British Academy Award Nomination
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Tom Hanks)
Boston Film Critics Award Nomination
Best Actor (Tom Hanks)
Chicago Film Critics Award
Best Actor (Tom Hanks)
Nominations
Best Director (Robert Zemeckis)
Best Cinematography
