Tom Hanks Movie:

		List Price: $29.98		Label: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Salesrank: 7127 Released: December 4, 2007
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		MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Media: Blu-ray

Editorial Review:
Tom Hanks "gives one of the towering screen performances of all time" (New York Post) as Chuck Noland a FedEx systems engineer whose ruled-by-the-clock existence abruptly ends when a harrowing plane crash leaves him isolated on a remote island. As Chuck struggles to survive he finds that his own personal journey has only just begun... System Requirements:Run time: 143 minutesFormat: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: CHILDREN/ANIMATED Rating: PG-13 UPC: 024543444190 Manufacturer No: 2244419

Description of Cast Away [Blu-ray]:
Cast Away is a good movie that wants to be much better. While director Robert Zemeckis's earlier film Contact achieved a kind of mainstream spiritual significance, Cast Away falls just short of that goal. That may explain why the film's most emotionally powerful scene involves the loss of an inanimate object, even as it presents a heart-rending dilemma in its very human final act.

It's three movies in one, beginning when punctuality-obsessed Federal Express systems engineer Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) departs on Christmas Eve to escort an ill-fated flight of FedEx packages. Following a mid-Pacific plane crash, movie number two chronicles Chuck's four-year survival on a remote island, totally alone save for a Wilson volleyball (aptly named "Wilson") that becomes Chuck's closest "friend." Movie number three leads up to Chuck's rescue and an awkward encounter with his ex-girlfriend Kelly (Helen Hunt, in a thankless role), for whom Chuck has seemingly risen from the grave.

It's fascinating to witness Chuck's emerging survival skills, and Hanks's remarkable physical transformation is matched by his finely tuned performance. With slow, rhythmic camera moves and brilliant use of sound, Zemeckis wisely avoids the postcard prettiness of The Black Stallion and The Blue Lagoon to emphasize the harshness of Chuck's ascetic solitude, and this stylistic restraint allows Cast Away to resonate more than one might expect. Even the final scene--which feels like a crowd-pleasing compromise--offers hope without shoving it down our throats. You may not feel the emotional rush that you're meant to feel, but Cast Away remains a respectable effort. --Jeff Shannon

Cast Away [Blu-ray] Reviews:
SPECIAL FEATURES THAT AMAZON INSIST ON IGNORING
2008-08-08 - Disc One: CAST AWAY
Letterboxed - Anamorphic - 1.85:1
Audio:
DTS 6.1 ES - English
Dolby Digital 6.1 EX - English
Dolby Surround - English
Dolby Surround - French

Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Robert Zemeckis - Director, Don Burgess - Director of Photography, Ken Ralston - Visual Effects Supervisor, Carey Villegas - Co-Visual Effects Supervisor, Randy Thom - Sound Designer
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus

Disc Two: Bonus Features
Featurettes - 1. "The Making of CAST AWAY"
2. "S.T.O.P.: Surviving as a Castaway"
3. "The Island"
4. "Wilson: The Life & Death of a Hollywood Extra"

Special Effects Vignettes with Audio Commentary
Charlie Rose Interview with Tom Hanks
Trailers - 1. 2 Original Theatrical Trailers
2. 10 TV Spots
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus
Text/ Photo Galleries:
Stills Gallery
Storyboard Galleries
Concepual Art
Illustrations

Excellent
2008-08-07 - Excellent movie, it should have won best picture, and it should have won Hanks another Oscar.

Profound
2008-08-04 - This film is just about perfect, another successful Hanks/Zemeckis/Silvestri collaboration. Tom Hanks demonstrates again his renowned commitment and style. Robert Zemeckis is on top of his game here and deserves as much credit for what isn't in the film as for what is. And the music...oh God, the music. It's notable for not existing till almost the end, but by then you're ready for it. It says it all, carries it right over the top, speaks to a place inside beyond the movie. You will know what it means to be 'cast away', if you dare.
Fortunately, Zemeckis is not Tchaikovsky. See this movie and you'll know what I mean.

Wilson should have gotten best supporting actor
2008-06-28 - Anytime Robert Zemckis makes a movie I take notice. He more than even Speilberg is the stereotypical American Director(like Frank Capra).

So what about Cast Away. I think it's a pretty good movie, a little long but then a lot happens.

Watching Tom Hanks learn how to survive on the island was educational. I found myself asking, "Do I know how to make fire?" "Do I know how to find water?" Crazy questions I guess every should ask.

The setting of the island was beautiful yet with an ironic twist. By that I mean scenicly it is beautiful, but absent are all things that make life worth living, namely companionship(no offense Wilson)

The love story at the end was painful and when the two were looking at each other in the rain it was like they wanted to kiss more than breathe.


I really liked the movie and the extas are worth the cost of the movie by itself.

Blu-ray worthy
2008-06-26 - The movie is well known so I will just state I was very happy with the picture/sound on this disc as others have stated. Was nice to revisit the movie, not sure how many times one would want to replay it but it has some great demo scenes!