Cast Away Movie Explained / True Story

CREDITS
Distributed by
20th Century Fox
(North America)
DreamWorks Pictures
(International)
Directed by
Robert Zemeckis
Written by
William Broyles Jr.
Produced by
Steve Starkey
Tom Hanks
Robert Zemeckis
Jack Rapke
Starring
Tom Hanks
Helen Hunt
Nick Searcy
Cinematography
Don Burgess
Edited by
Arthur Schmidt
Music by
Alan Silvestri
Production companies ImageMovers Playtone
Cast Away is a 2000 American survival drama film directed and produced by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, and Nick Searcy. 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. Initial filming took place from January to March 1999 before resuming in April 2000 and concluding that May.