Cast Away reunites Tom Hanks with Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis. Hanks won the Best Actor Oscar for Forrest Gump and another for Philadelphia. Hanks was also previously nominated for Big and Saving Private Ryan. Cast Away literally describes Tom Hanks' life as he becomes a deserted island castaway. Hanks plays a busy, globetrotting FedEx employee who finds himself with all the time in the world after a plane crash leaves him stranded in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. With only a volleyball for companionship, Hanks survives four lonely years on the island by he learning to use his wits.

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