Cast Away [Blu-ray] [Region Free]

One of the best films to ever come out in 2000. A modern adaptation of Robinson Crusoe. One of Tom Hank's best performances. A good majority of the film takes place on the island and it almost feels like a man show. Since Tom Hank's acting alone for a good majority of the film is not an easy task to do. It's also interesting to see an actor communicating with an inanimate object like a volleyball. However due to his isolation and loneliness on the island, he had to do it otherwise he would go crazy. I like the survival aspect of the movie because it's man against nature because you have this one man all alone on the island. He has to survive using his own wits and what he has to work with. He has very little fresh water to drink, lives on a diet of fish, crab, and coconut for four years, and has to learn to make fire from scratch which is never easy to do. He does get lucky when FedEx packages wash up on the shore from time to time and he is clever enough to use what he has to his advantage. He makes a net of a dress to catch fish, he uses skate blades to cut sticks for spear fishing, and to perform a tooth extraction on himself. The film will keep you on the edge of your seat and hoping that he is going to make it off the island alive, but thankfully he does. The ending is a downer, but life goes for everyone. Value your time and life because it can be taken easily if you ever end up in a life or death situation like Chuck did for the movie. I would recommend the movie to anyone out there interested.

I love this movie. Yes, it is sad, it shows what can happen one never expects, Tom Hanks is so believable in it. The whole story is very well done, connected as movies well made should be, and teaches tgeyviewer a lot of lessons on so many levels. I have watched it so many times, I decided to own it. On TV, they cut out parts I had never seen before. Get your own copy.

Very inspirational film. Without giving away any spoilers, the movie is about a FedEx manager who survives a crash landing and ends up alone on an isolated island in the south Pacific. He has to find a way to survive without any of the things that we take for granted. Lots of life lessons about the value of human ingenuity and perseverance in the face of great hardship. Great story and perfect casting (Tom Hanks is amazing, as always) make this a really excellent movie.

Oldie but goodie

The theme of people and their possessions and relationships being cast away through life is woven throughout this amazing tale. Tom Hanks transforms before your eyes as he first cast away his girl friend for another seemingly urgent business trip. A career that cast away, or he thinks he must cast away his personal life, or forever put it on hold for another delivery.The fate of life rips him from the seemingly urgency of everyday life and it's false priorities, and casts him away to a life where he must cast away first his worthless pager, then the things that are now worthless in his isolated deserted island life. The seemingly worthless items that wash a shore with him prove to be of great value, like ice skates and the volleyball. As he cast away his preconceived notions of what things are important in life, he so struggles to hang onto the hope of reconnecting with his girl friend.Days of early survival melt into over four years as he finds his only priority in life is to just be able to breath each day, one day at a time. Time is recorded as marks on a wall, not by the precision of watches, clocks and calendars. The physical and emotional transformation of Tom Hanks is beyond remarkable, it is stunning. Yet the best is saved for last.His reunion with his old friends as he steps back into his previous life confronts him with a personal reassessment of what in life is important, not urgent, nor just wasting your life on this earth. He first finds that his old girl friend has in one way cast him away to marry someone else, yet she has followed him as he was lost at sea and his eventual rescue in every detail. Her heart was in some way never letting go of the hope that he might live, yet her head cast away the relationship to allow her to continue on with her life, marry and have children. She almost wants to cast away her husband, children and her comfortable life to return to the love of her life, yet he knows in his heart that he must at last cast away his heart felt hope of someday returning and marrying her.His hope was his life line, yet his hope now must be cast away to free himself to live the rest of his life. He follows his heart in the closing scene to find himself faced with a decision that many of us never allow ourselves to face, that of in which new direction do I live my life. As he stares at the four roads that each lead to four or more irreversible paths with his life, we are left wondering as he is, what life changing choice to make, and which others to cast away. Knowing that the choice of one, casts aside all others.Helen Hunt again proves herself as one of our great dramatic actresses. From her look of heartfelt disappoint as he leaves for another urgent trip, to her uncomfortable feelings as she again reconnects with her lost love. Tom Hanks rises above and beyond acting as he becomes the man who must chose to live or to die with each of life's choices. He faces the pain of isolation by sharing himself with Wilson his imaginary friend.Technically the movie on DVD is spectacular, with the special effects adding the visual impact that the writers envisioned in their imagination.You do not leave the movie when it ends, you yourself begin to examine each time consuming part of your life. Things, jobs and relationships and wonder what should I keep and what should I cast away.

Quality movie and was packed well and shipped fast

I love this movie! I can watch this over and over again no matter where the movie is. I am a huge Tom Hanks fan, and this is definitely a movie that displays this unbelievable actors talent!!! I would give this 10 stars if I could.