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    CAST AWAY celebrates the idea that no matter how many obstacles are thrown in our paths‚ we will find ways to accept them. The story is not so much about the survival of a human being‚ but rather the survival of the human spirit and an illustration of the idea that surviving is easy‚ Hanks stars as Chuck Noland‚ a FedEx systems engineer whose personal and professional life are ruled by the clock. His fast-paced career takes him‚ often at a moment’s notice‚ to far-flung locales and away from his girlfriend

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    Cast Away (12) Synopsis When FedEx time-obsessed engineer Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) is paged to make an emergency trip to Malaysia‚ he doesn’t know he won’t see civilization for another four years. Noland endures the harrowing agony of a terrifying plane crash‚ and finds himself washed ashore on a tiny‚ deserted speck of an island in the Pacific Ocean. Review After an unremarkable let’s-meet-the-characters introduction‚ Zemeckis creates a terrifying plane crash that leave Hanks washed up

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    something moves from one place to another. The film‚ Cast Away‚ directed by Robert Zemeckis‚ shows concepts of physical journey by using the character Chuck Noland who trapped in an isolated and uninhabited island as a result of a plane crash. Through the film‚ Robert Zemeckis shows that physical journeys are often arduous by nature‚ a person can feel isolated during the journey‚ and a physical journey can be repeated in the reverse order. The film Cast Away reflects the idea that physical journeys are

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    An Anaylysis of Cast Away

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    An Analysis of Cast Away Gina M. Orlando ENG225: Introduction to Film (GSJ1115D) Instructor: Sharon Hanscom April 29‚ 2011 An Analysis of Cast Away In the 2000 film‚ Cast Away starring Tom Hanks as Chuck Noland‚ as a “FedEx systems engineer whose ruled-by-the-clock existence abruptly ends when a harrowing plane crash leaves him isolated on a remote island” (Washington Post‚ 2000). Through analysis of this film‚ we explore how Chucks’ consistent existence in everyday life is dramatically

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    and deadly. An example of this is Cast away. Director Robert Zameckis developed the idea of nature being cruel and harsh. He managed to develop this though the use of strong conflict‚ Tom Hanks’ incredible acting and special effects. In the movie Cast away‚ the conflict enhanced the idea created by the director of nature being unpredictable‚ dangerous and deadly. One example of nature’s unpredictability is the plane crash that left Tom Hanks’ character cast away. The crash was caused by a lightning

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    Cast Away Movie Critique

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    Cast Away was a very interesting survival experience. Put a man that runs his life by time and lives a controlled and planned life to the second and put him on a remote‚ lifeless island which causes him to live his life completely opposite from the way he would if he were home. It was man vs. nature as Chuck Noland (played by Tom Hanks) on an island alone for the majority of the movie. Chuck Noland is a Fed-Ex systems engineer. The night after proposing to his girlfriend Kelly (played by Helen Hunt)

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    Cast Away In the film Cast Away‚ I was interested in Chuck’s transition between his communication process from before he was stranded on the island and his communication skills when he got back. Being stranded on an island for four years‚ having no one but a volleyball to talk to would of course have some effects on how anyone would present themselves when they returned. I noticed that in the beginning of the film‚ Chuck had sufficient communication competence and was able to connect well with

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    Cast Away Report Abraham Maslow believed that all human beings need certain things in their lives. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs include fundamental needs‚ psychological needs‚ and self-actualization needs. His hierarchy of needs is composed of five stages. There are two stages to fundamental needs. All people need water to satisfy their thirst‚ and food to satisfy their hunger. If you can’t find food or water‚ you will die. People also need shelter to feel safe and secure. Everyone wants to buy

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    Date 2/2/11 How CASTAWAY Is Related To Our Society. Castaway symbolize that someone or something thrown away from some kind of attachment like love of some one‚ from society‚ family ‚and so on. This movie is directed by Robert Zemeckis based on William Broyles Jr. knowledge where Tom Hanks and Helen Hunt are main character. The movie is simple and meaningful

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    Desert Island

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    to tie some sticks together to make a roof to keep warm. A final thing I would need on the island is lighter. I could use the lighter to light the fire to cook my food. Fire comes in handy to stay warm. I could use the fire to keep animals away. In conclusion‚ I think that having these three things would help me to survive. There are other things I would miss of course‚ such as a hot shower‚ television and my cell phone‚ but I think

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