Tom Hanks gives an unforgettable, Oscar-nominated performance as the ultimate lost survivor in Cast Away, a riveting "adventure movie of extraordinary simplicity and power" (Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune.
Following an explosive plane wreck at sea, Chuck Noland (Hanks) washes up on a deserted Pacific island exhausted, marooned and presumed dead. Refusing to give up hope, he embarks on a courageous journey of self-discovery and survival in this "breathtaking, uncompromising and uncommonly truthful film about the ways of the human heart and spirit" (Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle).