![]() ![]() Chuck tries to signal a passing ship and escape in the damaged life raft, but the incoming surf tosses him onto a coral reef, injuring his leg. Over the next few days, several FedEx packages wash ashore, as well as the corpse of one of the FedEx pilots, whom Chuck buries. The next day, he washes up on an uninhabited island. Chuck is the only survivor and escapes with an inflatable life raft. The FedEx cargo plane he is on gets caught in a storm and crashes into the Pacific Ocean. ![]() The couple want to get married, but Chuck's busy schedule prevents it.ĭuring a family Christmas dinner, Chuck is summoned to resolve a work problem in Malaysia. He lives with his girlfriend, Kelly Frears, in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1995, Chuck Noland, a systems analyst executive, travels the world resolving productivity problems at FedEx depots. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its screenplay and Hanks' performance, for which he won Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama at the 58th Golden Globe Awards and was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 73rd Academy Awards. ![]() It grossed $429 million worldwide, making it the third-highest-grossing film of 2000. Initial filming took place from January to March 1999 before resuming in April 2000 and concluding that May.Ĭast Away was released on December 22, 2000, by 20th Century Fox in North America and DreamWorks Pictures in its international markets. Hanks plays a FedEx troubleshooter stranded on an uninhabited island after his plane crashes in the South Pacific, and the plot focuses on his desperate attempts to survive and return home. VOLLEYBALL IN CAST AWAY MOVIEBut that Wilson isn't the only one - the volleyball gained so many fans that his namesake company, Wilson, offers a special edition volleyball that looks just like Wilson the Movie Star.īut what has the real Wilson from Cast Away been up to since? Let's find out on a (fictional) Photoshop journey.Cast Away is a 2000 American survival drama film directed and produced by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, and Nick Searcy. After the film was released, Wilson (one of many prop Wilsons, shh) was sold at auction to ex-FedEx Office CEO Ken May for $18,500. Wilson co-starred in Cast Away with Tom Hanks, who played workaholic FedEx engineer Chuck Noland, who gets stranded on a deserted island for years with a silent, but caring companion volleyball who won the hearts of audiences everywhere. He has his own IMDB page, won the 2001 Critrics Choice Award for Best Inanimate Object, and he even appeared on Saturday Night Live three times (according to his IMDB page). Wilson is probably the most famous volleyball on the planet. So what is Wilson the Volleyball from Cast Away up to today, 15 years after he originally rose to fame? I got the chance to catch up with good ol' Wilson and the little volleyball regaled me with tales and Photoshops, er, photos from his adventures in the years since his breakout role. Back when the film was release to critical acclaim in 2000, the bloody-hand printed friendly ball became an instant celebrity. There probably hasn't been a more beloved piece of sports equipment than Wilson the Volleyball from the Tom Hanks movie Cast Away. ![]()
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