That stare when he was told what was in his coffin was him realizing that after all his years that he lived, the legacy he left behind was a working man. They buried his working tools and his albums. It was probably a huge reality check, because he probably thought he’d live the rest of his life with his priorities straight now.
I dont think that would matter too much to me. Cause its like, what do I really expect people to put in an empty coffin....thats dumb lmao. A plaque or a bench at a park would be good enough for me.
Interesting way of looking at it but honestly what would someone who had their priorities right be buried with? Like someone who is successful in life or is happy, like I dunno what they’d bury with them. As long as you’re doing what makes you happy in life that’s all that matters, legacy doesn’t mean much
Well.....if you've become wiser as you get older than you've done something right. Also, this movie gets better with time. Offers some very powerful reminders.
Even after literally surviving a plane crash, and living on a remote island for several years, away from normal society, Chuck still feels guilty for missing the funeral of his friends’ wife. Makes you appreciate how truly good and decent human beings can be.
0:24 I don't know if it was Zemeckis' direction, Hanks' improv, or maybe just a coincidence, but the way he picks up that piece of ice that fell and puts it back in his cup is actually pretty profound. It shows he's never going to take anything, even a little chip of ice, he'll never take things like that for granted again.
I'd like to think Hanks was a smart enough actor to improv that (if he actually fumbled the ice and wasn't scripted), as it's something his character would likely do, after his experience, without even thinking twice about it - preserve water.
1:51 Can’t imagine what Stan is going through. Four years ago, he lost two most important people in his world, his wife and his best friend. And then four years later he finds out his best friend survived the plane crash and alive and was found in the middle of the sea. I think he’s just so happy that he at least got one of the most important people back into his life.
I remember feeling like this scene is the closest thing to describing being a veteran coming home. A whole world, even your family, has moved on. Lives developed, events took place, memories made... without you. They learned a fully functional life without your presence, completely independent (regardless the income being sent home) and you don't quite fit in. It takes as much for them to re-accept you as for you to re-accept them. And in some ways, you're the bad guy, the one who abandoned them - at least in their eyes. Personally I never figured out how to make it work. 13 years since I was discharged. You do get past the humanity of it. You learn to be alone. In a sad but irrational form of logic, its the only sane thing you can do.
Though I myself am not a veteran, nor have I served, I know quite a few that have so I understand what you’re talking about. For some it’s a reason why some vets keep going back too, to retain that familiarity that they’ve lost by going back home. If you’re the literary sort I’d recommend reading a Sci-Fi book called “The Forever War” by Joe Haldeman (a Vietnam Vet). It also encapsulates the “time moves on but I’m still there” kind of vibe as well, though focused on a more military understanding of the concept (like yourself perhaps). Or if nothing else find yourself some Legion Post in your area (or even make one if enough vets are in your area), it might help deal with the (long term) transition.
@@cgallegos2106 yes I agree. It is often why they go back. It’s the only place you feel accepted. I’ll check out the book, thanks for the recommendation. As to the legion post, I don’t really get along with people anymore. A very small portion of me will occasionally wish I had company, then it’s gone. 97% of the time, I’m at peace with solitude. And yes this feeling can be brought into anymore. The military is just a common streamlined method for achieving this scenario. But there are many ways this can happen to people these days, especially men.
@@steeldriver1776 I hope you enjoy it, otherwise I hope it helps. Understandable, I myself am introverted and I know someone who has social anxiety (which isn’t great for them). So I do get it. Not for you personally but I do understand.
Yet Kelly's husband said to Chuck on his return: "She had it rough." At least she had people to talk to everyday, try talking to a volleyball solely for four years.
When her husband walks in and introduces himself makes one wonder how would anyone feel or react in that moment. No one is to blame - both men facing a sense of loss, one already felt, the other thinking his is coming. Knowing lives can be torn apart only because of circumstances. powerful scene and very well acted and directed.
@@mainescapade It's pretty suspicious when your wife marries your dentist and has a kid about a year after he died. They definitely already had something going on before.
One of the more subtle things about his character is that in the beginning he was much more vocal, louder, faster. But here he’s so much more reserved, quiet even nervous. What a shift, yet an understandable one
The way the sound of the turbines outside starts to build up after the guy says "I'm Kelly's husband" and it cuts back to a shocked Tom Hanks is such an incredible touch. Zemeckis is awesome with details.
The thing is - people have calculated that he was only gone for a couple years, and within that time his girl got married and had a kid, who was old enough to be his own child as well. She was either pregnant when he left and crashed, or she moved on real quick while possibly bearing his child.
It was four years. And people were urging her...pushing her to move on. So. She could have married a year later and had a baby immediately. Her child looked maybe about one...I'm not a hundred percent. Plus the character would be in a very vulnerable state and might rush into something for emotional security perhaps. Sorry...I saw this movie way too many times🙄@@Varth_Dader.Twitch
I like how even after he went home, with all those people talking to him and a large crowd welcoming him back, everything is still quiet. It's as if he still hasn't left that island yet.
It's become apart of him now.. it'll take years for him to adjust back into his old lifestyle. It's like a person coming out of prison from doing time, you're free but for some reason you still feel like you're inside
@@fennec13 nah I disagree. IMO he came back to his senses when he finally delivered the last parcel he was supposed to deliver, and realized he was literally standing on a crossroads, signifying he could start all over again. It's a happy ending.
His forehead is sunburnt where he was exposed to sun for four years. But his lower face is pale where the beard covered. Nice attention to makeup detail.
On " Gilligan Island," people have unlimited shampoo and sunscreen and unlimited clothes and barber shop for over 12 years on t.v. shows if there was no electricity and no batteries to the only working radio 📻 .
Skipper on Gilligan Island should have lost 60 pounds of fat and water because of coconut 🥥 is a diarrhea laxative food and eating fruit and some veggies without any cows and chickens and only meat is fish and seagulls ? Birds can't fly that far away from America States California and Hawaii Islands.
I like the little gesture at the end of the speech to Chuck, the new husband thinks to say something, anything, to make the situation better. They both know that no words would make the situation better so he physically swats the thought away and turns to leave.
What amazes me is at the movie theater where I saw this, the volume was so loud that I had ringing in my ears for months after. Yet, the video clip uploaded here, the volume is so low I had to crank everything up. The irony.
This is a movie about hope. “Who knows what the tides could bring? I just had to keep breathing.” It is Zemekis’ masterpiece. Movies like this (and Shawshank) get me, every time. HOPE
"I hope the pacific is as blue as it is in my dreams. I hope to see my friend and shake his hand." Shawshank's ending was amazing, and the movie's ending is better imo than the book, because in the book, we're left with uncertainty as to whether Red will actually find Andy or not, and Red even mentions that he's not sure whether he can get over the border or not, because he's a felon, and his story ends with "I hope" because he hopes he can find Andy, but he doesn't know. The movie's ending they actually get reunited, and it's just a truly beautiful ending.
May 7, 2000. 1500 FedEx employees were used to film the 'welcome home' scene for Hanks' character, Chuck Noland. We filmed our 'scenes' the the hub on Tchulahoma Road here in Memphis. Great times.
Great times back in 2000 I was only 2 years old when this happened I know this was after The Matrix 1 2000 The very first 2000 year ever happened very made
@@Big73Bang, the screenwriter for Cast Away was a Marine and served with FedEx CEO, Fred Smith in Vietnam. That is how FedEx ended up being prominently used in this film. William Broyles was the screenwriter for this movie
I sort of disagree. Being on the island taught him how to survive without anything but it ultimately sucked. Going back to the world with a newfound appreciation for the smallest things will lead to a fulfilling life.
Another commenter said it reminded him of being a veteran in the military and your comment shows that too. Most veterans feel better in the military than civilian life.
no way that isn't it. he was hoping and praying to get back to his real life the whole time. the sadness and confusion is that the life he had is gone, his own self from before is gone, he has no idea how to start again, again.
Very thick Bar-b-que steak 🥩 and chicken wings and potatoes with horseradish sauce and fresh vegetables and fruits salad 🥗 and unlimited Pepsi cola and lemonade ice tea with ice and Ultra GIANT Supreme Topping Pizza and that's only a snack ‼️ 😋 LOL 😂 And the rest is Main course of Chocolate Peanut butter cups ice cream and German chocolate Pecans pies a 5 gallon. When I would have coming home to ‼️
The party planning committee really dropped the ball on this. No one thought consider: “he was on an island? Hmmm better pick something else other than crabs and lobsters because lord knows he must have been having his own little feast on that Island! Lol oh hey, Gary! Come on in, we’re just going over the food for the event!”
It's a totally intentional reference to the fact that he had a hard time getting that food during the island. And having it there makes everything so simple for him. It's a way of saying "appreciate things before you lose them."
It's a totally intentional reference to the fact that he had a hard time getting that food during the island. And having it there makes everything so simple for him. It's a way of saying "appreciate things before you lose them."
The fact that Kelly married the very dentist that (we can assume) did his root canal, which led to the absessed tooth he extracted himself on the island, is tragically comedic. This dentist screwed him once before he bedded his wife. I also love that they made no attempt to explore that character anymore because chuck probably saw it exactly that way. This movie did an excellent job with perspective; putting us in Chucks shoes, on the island for so much of the movie and with nobody else Just like him.
It’s always weird to me when people, usually it’s women in my experience, get with a guy after they divorce (or otherwise separate) their husband, and the guy they get with it someone they knew from before. It proves that a lot of women, even married ones, do have rosters.
It feels so easy to hate this guy… and yet… he has no malicious intent… he was just there for a woman who thought she had lost everything… and now the impossible has happened.
I’d give the man tons of credit if I was in Tom Hanks spot. Dude walked up to me, introduced himself, faced the music of a tough situation, and leveled with me. I at least have an idea, for all intents and purposes, that this is a man who is not corny/weird about some things, and is decent enough to be mindful and considerate of my ex wife.
It's left open whether he had malicious intent or not. I mean he could be shielding his wife from an emotionally overwhelming situation with her consent, have talked her into not seeing him out of fear of losing her or go with an "attack is the best defense" approach if you go by the interpretation that they already had an affair going before Chuck went missing.
maybe Kelly was seeing, or was at least interested in Jerry, and she always seemed a bit flaky prior to Chuck going missing. But she probably hopped into Jerry's arms within days, and moved in within a week or two, since she needed a provider, a companion, since she wasn't the breadwinner. But how much time would you or I have held out for, if faced with the same circumstance? In 6 days, 7 Nights, from 1997, Anne Heche and Harrison Ford crash on an island, and in despair, David Schwimmer, Anne's character's fiance, hooks up with a hotel worker on the second night of the disappreance!!
Watching this sequence as a kid felt soo anticlimactic, I hoped for his reaction crying screaming getting rescued, shaving, his parents and friends crying and hugging him and he would be happy. But none of that happened and I hated it. Watching this again as an adult, made me realize just how realistic this is.. life just doesnt go back to the way it was after a trauma like that.
Having watched this movie when it came out and seeing the title of the video seeing it came out nearly 24 years ago makes me feel old. And i was 9 when it came out. Yeah i know others have been around longer than i have but it still hits all the same.
Glad they didn't go with the original ending where Tom Hanks wakes up back on the island and his miraculous escape was all a dream, and he starts punching Wilson repeatedly before the screen fades to black
There's a spoof ending where he delivers the last package to the lady and asks what's in the package, she says "Oh, just a satellite phone, water purification tablets and a butane lighter..."
Titling the film “Cast Away” instead of “Castaway” was such a nice garnish. Little touches like that are brilliant narrative tools. They make the viewers think deeper about the true nature of the story they are being told. But only if they even notice it considering its not like there are bright blinking neon signs/arrows drawing attention to that.
Exactly this. The movie is called "Cast Away" It's a reference to not only the fact that Chuck is a castaway on a deserted island, but also the fact that in his life, he put his work above everything. He casted away everything else for his job at FedEx, and that's actually what ultimately caused him to get stuck on the island. He could have postponed that specific flight, but he didn't, he chose to leave Kelly on Christmas, and go to Malaysia, but the plane crashed. Chuck pretty much took for granted the things he cared about, thinking they would always be there, and then it was all taken away from him. That's the moral of the story in my opinion. Don't take your loved ones for granted, or your luxuries for granted, because it can all be gone because of something as mundane as flying on a plane.
“First when she thought she lost you…” This statement seems to add fuel to the ‘fiery’ theory that Kelly was cheating on him the entire time w/ Mr. Root Canal.
Your not the first person to think about this. Many people in the comment section said that she was cheating on him because the kid is 3 years old and Chuck was very into his work
@@RideAcrossTheRiverbecause the plane crashed in the middle of the freaking ocean, she has no way of knowing he was alive, at some point you have to move on.
@@ChrisRedfield98 Her point will have been in months. Typically the recovery from loss or end of relationship requires about half as long as the relationship lasted, but evidently Kelly had 'moved on' by about nine months.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver It's so sad. Four years is not that long! I feel like it's hard to believe her when she says "you were the love of my life" when she must have moved on pretty fast to have a husband and child already.
They did him so dirty. This man spent 4 years of his life on a island, surviving. The only thing that kept him alive, the only reason he is truly back isn't because they finally found him it was because he always kept hope in his heart that if he lived one more day that he come back and his wife would be there waiting for him. They say sorry, but really it just their way to cope and feel better. Amazing movie and acting on Hanks part.
It wasn’t this extreme, but I got in some trouble and had to go away for awhile. When I got out of prison after 5 years it was like a different world then the one I left. Everything was so different. Friends were strangers. Places I’d hung out at were closed for good. It was like my hometown died while I was inside. I’ve since moved away and have gone back to my hometown a handful of times over the past couple of years. It’s a sad place now. No industry or jobs for the people. It’s like one big retirement community. I get sad whenever I drive through.
Coming from a family of marines, and army grunts, I can tell you and they’ll tell you the same thing THIS IS NOTHING LIKE A VETERAN COMING HOME. In the army yes you can be far away from home and loved ones, but you always have other army personnel around you. In the marines your never alone like Tom Hanks in castaway. He was alone for years and years on a secluded island, didn’t get to speak or interact with another human being for years. It’s nothing like a veteran coming home, nothing at all
“Stan I should have been there for you. I’m so sorry.” That sentiment…,that apology is so rarely spoken these days but those 2 words have enormous power if we will just lose our ego and say them!
He didn't get betrayed. That would imply that she knew he was alive and cheated on him or something in that ballpark. Everyone thought he was dead. What was she suppose to do, stay alone forever? She took the time to grieve, accepted that he was gone and with some time, finally moved on. No one is to blame, not Tom's character, his ex-wife or her new husband. It's just a really fucked up situation.
@@supersizesenpai Nah she moved on too quick. She was married within 4 years. That means she grieved, started dating, found a new guy, and got married in the space of 4 years. Come on, be real. She was probably cheating on him to begin with,
So 4 whole years is too little for you? lol Do you have any idea how long 4 years really is? I've lived in the hospital for a little over 4 years (spinal damage) and in that time all my closets college buddies have had kids. 3 of those friends have at least 2 kids. 2 of those friends changed professionals (FYI one of those friends was just recently made VP of his bank branch) My best friends got a second degree and bought a house. My brother passed away. My wife divorced me and just got remarried. She also had a hysterectomy and learned she will never have kids (not my problem but I still feel bad for her). We all went through a frickin' pandemic. All of this was in the span of around 4 years. You are drastically underestimating how long 4 years is. Also who in the hell are you to decide how long someone should grieve and move on? When she saw that he was alive after all this time, we can see how emotional she was. Clearly, she loved him very much and moving on was very difficult or her. There is no way i could blame my wife for remarrying if I had been pronounced dead for 4 years.@@curtismaize
At the end Forrest Gump, he loses Jenny, at the end of The Green Mile, he loses Jan, and here at the end of Cast Away, he loses Kelly. None of his three characters get to keep a love interest for good, so there must be a connection with each of those movies.
I love that he apologised to his friend for not being there for him even though it wasn't Chuck's fault, makes his character even more likeable and sympathetic.
Just one little detail I’ve noticed some people getting wrong in the comments: Kelly and Chuck were never married. They were together for years, but they never got married because life was too busy for them to take the time for that. I think that lends to Kelly getting married and having a kid as quickly as she did- she regretted not doing that with Chuck and didn’t want to put things off again. I also don’t think she cheated, but people see what they want to see.
@@GorgieClarissa No, there's a pretty plausible theory that she was cheating on him before the plane crash. Chuck was gone for 4 years. Kelly and the Dentist have a kid that looks maybe 1 year old or so. That means about 2 years and a few months after the plane crash, she got pregnant from the dentist. Plus, how did their relationship even start? We know that 1 year before the crash, the dentist was recommended by Chuck's doctor, and he did a root canal on Chuck. People speculate that's how Kelly and the Dentist met, and then they started an affair, there's no concrete evidence, but it would make sense. Personally, although this is pretty plausible, I don't think that's what the creators intended.
He probably left his wife from an earlier marriage to do it. Known plenty of ladies with cheating husbands who left them for someone else. They were all dentists and veterinarians too.
This film is really giving hope of survival against natural calamities ,also deriving understanding of misery in the isolation of an human being😊 😊😊breads love and passion
4 years is way too fast for me as a wife to move on from my “deceased” husband, get involved with my dentist, and have a baby with him. I’d fool around, sure I’m human, but to get involved like that and having a kid, all while still grieving? Yea, no!
Chuck was her long-term boyfriend and the clues heavily imply that she got pregnant three months after he disappeared. I believe she was cheating even before Chuck went away. Probably wanted to break it off with him after new years. This is the reason I believe you shouldn’t put too much faith on someone even if they are your spouse. Human beings are naturally a bit selfish and will always put their needs first. If I was Chuck,I wouldn’t be too sad or surprised considering what Kelly did was nothing out of the ordinary.
Kelly was briefly married to a lawyer, before Chuck came along. Chuck's gone for a few years so Kelly marries her dentist. In conclusion: Kelly gets around...
4 years would be way too soon for me to move on but people handle grief differently. Everyone around likely accepted Chucks fate and slowly moved on. Kelly probably took her a bit to begin to move on but she never accepted he was gone. It wasn’t a clean, cut and dry kind of situation especially when you’re dealing with serious relationships, love, emotions, plans with your life etc. but she wasn’t in the wrong for starting a new life. Still, I don’t think I’d be trying to have a kid with a new woman after my wife. I’d probably take several years of sleeping around and not caring about getting involved.
There are so many sides to this movie. The literal interpretation we see directly is done wonderfully and while the story itself is fiction, there are certainly people who have experienced something similar to this. And the metaphorical applications to anyone who's been lost and found again; coma patients, veterans of war or abductions. Robert Zemeckis did a great job with this story. And I love how it doesn't have the storybook ending many viewers were expecting. So good.
You missed the last part of the clip. She did show up. When it came to meet him in that room she couldn't do it. If the clip here had gone on a little longer you would have seen her motion away from the car and back towards the building. She was conflicted.
Kelly's had it rough. First when she thought she lost you and now this. Yeah, I'm sure that must be really hard for her. I wouldn't know. I was on a plane that crashed into the ocean. I was lost at sea on a raft that had a hole in it. Then I washed up on shore of a deserted Island where I was stranded for five years. I had to find food, shelter, and conduct surgery on myself. That was tough too, but you're right. Kelly needs her space. Why don't you take her home, get some rest and let me know when she's ready to talk. I'm in no hurry. i have nothing but time.
@@karenjenner6052 Basically, the only real piece of evidence for this is how quickly she moved on. Her and the dentist have a daughter that looks maybe a year old, meaning Kelly moved on way too quickly from Chuck, Chuck was supposed to be the love of her life, but then she very quickly, and I mean like 2 years later quickly, has a kid with the dentist and gets married. It opens up the possibility that her and the dentist were already really familiar with each other, and that's how she was able to move on so quickly. Personally, although this theory is plausible, I don't believe the writers intended for this theory to be true.
I had just spent years on an island kept alive by the fire of someone's memory, only to have some request that I give them more time? I don't know if I could do that.
Great movie...one thing I would have done differently just prior to this plane scene (and after being rescued) is a short scene where Hanks shows apprehension on getting on the plane...the last plane (4 yrs. earlier) experienced a malfunction and crashed - it could have happened again with this plane… "Cast Away" is about loss, and beyond some more obvious examples, I see this "loss" theme (possibly) throughout the movie - some examples of which may perhaps be considered good losses: Bettina Peterson lost her marriage due to her husband's infidelity Time lost with Kelly before boarding the plane Loss (removal) of the bandaid in the plane bathroom just prior to the crash (interestingly, removal of that bandaid signified healing of his thumb - but that seemingly small relief/healing was "lost" and replaced by a greater loss due to the plane crash) Near loss of the pocket watch (with Kelly's picture) during the plane descent/plummet Loss of the plane crew friends Loss of emergency locator transmitter (underwater) Loss of air from the raft (after being punctured by the rock) Loss of blood (on the coral?) after earlier escape attempt Lost rescue opportunity (distant ship with light) Loss of beach lettering ("HELP") due to the tide and resultant loss of rescue opportunity Loss of flashlight battery power (in cave) Loss of tooth (although this loss of pain may be considered a good loss) Loss of weight (over 4 yrs.) Loss of natural hair color (from sun exposure) Loss of human contact (while on island) (Temporary) loss of "Wilson" (after being angry and tossing "him" Loss of leaving island (after getting accustomed to being marooned) Loss of port-o-porty(?) metal panel due to the storm (perhaps the Bettina Peterson WINGS emblem was portending the "flying away" of the panel) Loss of need for oars (post-storm) - subsequently casting them away (Final) loss of Wilson, accompanied by loss of strength to rescue "him" Loss of (normal life) time and loss of prior life assumptions/attitudes/spontaneity all due to being marooned Loss of control over committing suicide (cliff) Loss of appetite for seafood (at homecoming party) Loss of initial meeting with Kelly Loss of life with Kelly due to her marriage Loss of the football team (to another city) and loss of that team in the Superbowl… The title of this movie, "Cast Away", is actually not the spelling for the word used for describing a marooned/shipwrecked person - it is instead spelled as "castaway"... although these 2 words can potentially be synonymous, I wonder if Zemeckis was essentially seeking to make a point similar to mine (e.g., "loss")...yes, the movie is about a "castaway" (like in "Gilligan's Island"), but separating the word "castaway" into "cast away" may help point to a richer meaning of the movie…if so, then even the movie title signifies/describes a sense of "loss" (i.e., something being "cast away") Also, Hank's character's name itself, Chuck Noland, may also contain a theme of loss: Chuck - to chuck (or cast) away Noland - perhaps a combination of 2 words "No land" (i.e., no place to settle or a loss of stability location-wise for the character) and/or alluding to the island as uncharted (and so "no land" was known)... Although not even part of the movie, the woman who played Bettina Peterson, Lari White, died in 2018 at age 52, and so - if art were to have imitated (or followed) life here - Chuck Noland would have prematurely lost her at a relatively earlier age if he had decided to pursue her (a possibility presented at the final crossroads scene)... After writing all this, I am ready to watch "Cast Away" for the umteenth time(!)...
I know this movie gets a bad rep for being sort of boring, but it's truly amazing all the steps the movie takes you through and how, in many ways, there's so much realism threaded through the movie.
@@lizziebkennedy7505 I know some people who think it’s slow, unexciting,…. basically uninteresting. And although I guess I can kind of see where they are coming from… I actually enjoy this movie. It’s not like I watch it all the time - only cause it IS pretty sad. I mean he has to bury one of his coworkers, has no social contact for all those years, and then comes home to find that the world he once knew has completely changed… it’s a tough movie to watch, at least for me. Plus this movie came out not long before 9/11 so, for me it also carries with it that memory growing up. Tom Hanks did a great job with this role and Zemeckis came through with another great film…. Nevertheless, yes, I’ve heard quite a few people say that this is boring and isn’t worth their time.
@@lizziebkennedy7505these are likely Gen Z kids who have recently gotten into this movie. Pretty soon they’ll use the classic “this was so underrated” just for engagement, likes and comments.
I am an advertising man for many years ... and right at this scene, Chuck is stepping ona FedEx rug. From start to finish, FedEx is there making this film a FedEx production, no doubt, though to most movie goers, it doesn't matter but they =notice= what FedEx is. Great commercial value of an advertising coup !!! Great job, FedEx
Realistically movies have only two options either invent a brand 'FastEX'(???) or use real life ones. Yes this entire movie is a sorta commercial for FedEx but it works. Not for me because in my mind I now associate it with plane crashes.
I think Tom Hanks did a really good job with this sequence. I’m probably not the first one to say this, but it’s almost like a military veteran coming home. The world has changed. Loved ones have moved on. Memories have been made. So many things have happened. You can definitely see that he almost feels like an alien on another planet or rather he is on an alien planet. And in all honesty, I can’t really blame him. I mean he lived for over four years if I remember correctly on that small island. Having gone from an individual who likely has almost no survival skills to being able to teach military personnel thing or two.
I imagine that Chuck, inside, during this scene, had a lot of PTSD from being inside the plane. It may not be noticeable to the naked eye. But I wouldn't be surprised at all if that were the case.
That stare when he was told what was in his coffin was him realizing that after all his years that he lived, the legacy he left behind was a working man. They buried his working tools and his albums. It was probably a huge reality check, because he probably thought he’d live the rest of his life with his priorities straight now.
Never thought about that until now. Thanks for this perspective
You are so wrong.
I dont think that would matter too much to me. Cause its like, what do I really expect people to put in an empty coffin....thats dumb lmao. A plaque or a bench at a park would be good enough for me.
@@BenjaminBaer-g7z I read the scene differently as well.
Interesting way of looking at it but honestly what would someone who had their priorities right be buried with? Like someone who is successful in life or is happy, like I dunno what they’d bury with them. As long as you’re doing what makes you happy in life that’s all that matters, legacy doesn’t mean much
I can't believe this film is 23 years old. Time just goes so fast as you get older.
Well.....if you've become wiser as you get older than you've done something right.
Also, this movie gets better with time. Offers some very powerful reminders.
It's math. Whe you're 20, 5 years is one fourth of your life. when your 40 its one tenth.
Was just thinking this too
I was 30 years old and saw it with my Kelly. And I lost her to someone else too. Outstanding movie.
Can't believe how Tom Hanks has aged.
He's an old man now... Compared to this film.
Even after literally surviving a plane crash, and living on a remote island for several years, away from normal society, Chuck still feels guilty for missing the funeral of his friends’ wife.
Makes you appreciate how truly good and decent human beings can be.
I thought the same thing. What a moment to have for his friend.
Writers were great
Tom’s a great man
Human bean 🫘
@@peterkim3370 The commenter was referring to the character. Learn to separate the character from the actor.
0:24 I don't know if it was Zemeckis' direction, Hanks' improv, or maybe just a coincidence, but the way he picks up that piece of ice that fell and puts it back in his cup is actually pretty profound. It shows he's never going to take anything, even a little chip of ice, he'll never take things like that for granted again.
Excellent writing all the way
I'd like to think Hanks was a smart enough actor to improv that (if he actually fumbled the ice and wasn't scripted), as it's something his character would likely do, after his experience, without even thinking twice about it - preserve water.
He probably just didn't want his clothes or the chair getting wet.
improve but meant nothing, his hand moved slow
A profound observation.
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Can’t imagine what Stan is going through. Four years ago, he lost two most important people in his world, his wife and his best friend. And then four years later he finds out his best friend survived the plane crash and alive and was found in the middle of the sea. I think he’s just so happy that he at least got one of the most important people back into his life.
Pretty sure Chuck was the only survivor. I don't remember his best friend being on the plane when it crashed.
This comment says nothing about anyone else being on the plane....
@@theskyworrierBruh. 🤦♀️
@@theskyworrier hes talking about wilson doofus :P
@@theskyworrier That's because nowhere in the movie is his best friend being on the plane crash even implied...
I remember feeling like this scene is the closest thing to describing being a veteran coming home. A whole world, even your family, has moved on. Lives developed, events took place, memories made... without you. They learned a fully functional life without your presence, completely independent (regardless the income being sent home) and you don't quite fit in. It takes as much for them to re-accept you as for you to re-accept them. And in some ways, you're the bad guy, the one who abandoned them - at least in their eyes. Personally I never figured out how to make it work. 13 years since I was discharged. You do get past the humanity of it. You learn to be alone. In a sad but irrational form of logic, its the only sane thing you can do.
Though I myself am not a veteran, nor have I served, I know quite a few that have so I understand what you’re talking about. For some it’s a reason why some vets keep going back too, to retain that familiarity that they’ve lost by going back home.
If you’re the literary sort I’d recommend reading a Sci-Fi book called “The Forever War” by Joe Haldeman (a Vietnam Vet).
It also encapsulates the “time moves on but I’m still there” kind of vibe as well, though focused on a more military understanding of the concept (like yourself perhaps).
Or if nothing else find yourself some Legion Post in your area (or even make one if enough vets are in your area), it might help deal with the (long term) transition.
@@cgallegos2106 yes I agree. It is often why they go back. It’s the only place you feel accepted. I’ll check out the book, thanks for the recommendation.
As to the legion post, I don’t really get along with people anymore. A very small portion of me will occasionally wish I had company, then it’s gone. 97% of the time, I’m at peace with solitude.
And yes this feeling can be brought into anymore. The military is just a common streamlined method for achieving this scenario. But there are many ways this can happen to people these days, especially men.
@@steeldriver1776 I hope you enjoy it, otherwise I hope it helps.
Understandable, I myself am introverted and I know someone who has social anxiety (which isn’t great for them). So I do get it. Not for you personally but I do understand.
Thank you for your service Brother. I remember feeling that way as well. It could have been worse though.
@@thullraven1 Always a silver lining. Thank you for your service. Grateful to be alive.
Wilson was his best friend the whole time. A freaking volleyball of all things.
Well you gotta make friends wherever you could.
Yes, I think Wilson helped to keep his sanity ... gave him focus ...
Yet Kelly's husband said to Chuck on his return: "She had it rough." At least she had people to talk to everyday, try talking to a volleyball solely for four years.
@@joshuagrover795some of ya’ll get so defensive over nothing lmao
Tom Hanks' wife's maiden name is Wilson.
When her husband walks in and introduces himself makes one wonder how would anyone feel or react in that moment. No one is to blame - both men facing a sense of loss, one already felt, the other thinking his is coming. Knowing lives can be torn apart only because of circumstances. powerful scene and very well acted and directed.
His wife is for the streets.
@@BD-1-And-OnlyWhy is she for the streets
I would imagine that it’s a mix of emotions. Saddened, shocked, angered, and disappointed.
@@mainescapade It's pretty suspicious when your wife marries your dentist and has a kid about a year after he died. They definitely already had something going on before.
@@ericdunn9001Or she moved on fast to try to mask her pain as quickly as possible
One of the more subtle things about his character is that in the beginning he was much more vocal, louder, faster. But here he’s so much more reserved, quiet even nervous. What a shift, yet an understandable one
that's what a cold hard brick of exile & survivalism to the face does to a person.
The way the sound of the turbines outside starts to build up after the guy says "I'm Kelly's husband" and it cuts back to a shocked Tom Hanks is such an incredible touch. Zemeckis is awesome with details.
Kelly married Mr. Big?
The thing is - people have calculated that he was only gone for a couple years, and within that time his girl got married and had a kid, who was old enough to be his own child as well. She was either pregnant when he left and crashed, or she moved on real quick while possibly bearing his child.
It was four years. And people were urging her...pushing her to move on. So. She could have married a year later and had a baby immediately. Her child looked maybe about one...I'm not a hundred percent. Plus the character would be in a very vulnerable state and might rush into something for emotional security perhaps. Sorry...I saw this movie way too many times🙄@@Varth_Dader.Twitch
@@a.bertasso1298 Oh nah i love this movie it just shows how quick people can move on. I have always thought the dentist was her emotional rebound.
The gut ripping part is that she was having an affair with that guy.
I love how they create tension with ambient noise that sounds somewhat like an empty island with nothing but wind and waves.
I like how even after he went home, with all those people talking to him and a large crowd welcoming him back, everything is still quiet. It's as if he still hasn't left that island yet.
oh god ur right😢😢😢
he should've stayed
It's become apart of him now.. it'll take years for him to adjust back into his old lifestyle. It's like a person coming out of prison from doing time, you're free but for some reason you still feel like you're inside
In a sense he's still on that island. The man they knew died there - and now there is nothing left of him or left for him off that island.
@@fennec13 nah I disagree. IMO he came back to his senses when he finally delivered the last parcel he was supposed to deliver, and realized he was literally standing on a crossroads, signifying he could start all over again. It's a happy ending.
This is one of the best movies ever made. Hanks is amazing as usual.
yes.
It is a testament to Hanks's skilled performance that people believed this move was based on a real life story.
This is a movie that is never over. The way it makes you think about things.
His forehead is sunburnt where he was exposed to sun for four years. But his lower face is pale where the beard covered. Nice attention to makeup detail.
Great observation
Also notice his hair. Blond on top where it was bleached by the sun, but now it's growing in black again.
On " Gilligan Island," people have unlimited shampoo and sunscreen and unlimited clothes and barber shop for over 12 years on t.v. shows if there was no electricity and no batteries to the only working radio 📻 .
Skipper on Gilligan Island should have lost 60 pounds of fat and water because of coconut 🥥 is a diarrhea laxative food and eating fruit and some veggies without any cows and chickens and only meat is fish and seagulls ? Birds can't fly that far away from America States California and Hawaii Islands.
@@richa.s9912 "Things they never told you on Gilligan's Island".
I like the little gesture at the end of the speech to Chuck, the new husband thinks to say something, anything, to make the situation better. They both know that no words would make the situation better so he physically swats the thought away and turns to leave.
What amazes me is at the movie theater where I saw this, the volume was so loud that I had ringing in my ears for months after. Yet, the video clip uploaded here, the volume is so low I had to crank everything up. The irony.
Love the Forrest Gump nod, the Dr. Pepper he's offered on the plane and his subtle smile.
It's just product placement
@@GorgieClarissa Dr. Pepper is still a great soda
@@ChrisWolff2013no it’s not, it’s just bbq sprite
@@kingsasquatchso misunderstood
@@ChrisWolff2013 all soda is garbage
This is a movie about hope. “Who knows what the tides could bring? I just had to keep breathing.” It is Zemekis’ masterpiece.
Movies like this (and Shawshank) get me, every time.
HOPE
"I hope the pacific is as blue as it is in my dreams. I hope to see my friend and shake his hand." Shawshank's ending was amazing, and the movie's ending is better imo than the book, because in the book, we're left with uncertainty as to whether Red will actually find Andy or not, and Red even mentions that he's not sure whether he can get over the border or not, because he's a felon, and his story ends with "I hope" because he hopes he can find Andy, but he doesn't know. The movie's ending they actually get reunited, and it's just a truly beautiful ending.
May 7, 2000. 1500 FedEx employees were used to film the 'welcome home' scene for Hanks' character, Chuck Noland. We filmed our 'scenes' the the hub on Tchulahoma Road here in Memphis. Great times.
Great times back in 2000
I was only 2 years old when this happened
I know this was after The Matrix 1
2000
The very first 2000 year ever happened very made
I'm always surprised on how FedEx was represented in this movie.
@@Big73Bang, the screenwriter for Cast Away was a Marine and served with FedEx CEO, Fred Smith in Vietnam. That is how FedEx ended up being prominently used in this film. William Broyles was the screenwriter for this movie
@@MrFletch821 It worked out well for FedEx!
The time he sees her again is so heartbreaking. I cant watch without breaking into tears.
same
in so many ways, he was more alive on the island than hell ever be back home.
My thoughts exactly
I sort of disagree.
Being on the island taught him how to survive without anything but it ultimately sucked.
Going back to the world with a newfound appreciation for the smallest things will lead to a fulfilling life.
@@TheAwesomeDarkNinjabeautifully said. huge reality check for him. He was always about work. But he came back a new man.
Another commenter said it reminded him of being a veteran in the military and your comment shows that too. Most veterans feel better in the military than civilian life.
no way that isn't it. he was hoping and praying to get back to his real life the whole time. the sadness and confusion is that the life he had is gone, his own self from before is gone, he has no idea how to start again, again.
NEVER get on a plane with Tom Hanks. Or, a spaceship.
Or a ship…
Look at me Irish
You might meet some pirates, and not the ones from the Caribbean.
wait a min didn't he return safely in apollo LOLLLL
@@MajesticLawnGnome One incidence maybe
Damn, apologizing he wasn’t there for Mary’s death. Chuck is a stand up guy.
Of course he didn't get a chance to sit 🪑 down .
It was a great movie. What a classic
Cant get over the fact they gave em a seafood buffet 😂
And what did he have on that island, I wonder
thats why he went str8 for the lobstet and had second thoughts lol
It’s the equivalent of taking a kidnapping victim to an escape room. Such a dick move. lol.
NAH FR, they could’ve done a good old fashioned bbq 😭😭😭
Or his coworker telling him they needed to catch up their fishing….
24 years ago, this movie came out can't believe it's been that long.
I laughed my ass off when they did his welcome home meal at the party was seafood. Hahaha it should have been burgers and steaks!!!
Very thick Bar-b-que steak 🥩 and chicken wings and potatoes with horseradish sauce and fresh vegetables and fruits salad 🥗 and unlimited Pepsi cola and lemonade ice tea with ice and Ultra GIANT Supreme Topping Pizza and that's only a snack ‼️ 😋 LOL 😂 And the rest is Main course of Chocolate Peanut butter cups ice cream and German chocolate Pecans pies a 5 gallon. When I would have coming home to ‼️
The party planning committee really dropped the ball on this.
No one thought consider:
“he was on an island? Hmmm better pick something else other than crabs and lobsters because lord knows he must have been having his own little feast on that Island! Lol oh hey, Gary! Come on in, we’re just going over the food for the event!”
It's a totally intentional reference to the fact that he had a hard time getting that food during the island. And having it there makes everything so simple for him.
It's a way of saying "appreciate things before you lose them."
HR manager planned it that way. They knew what he was eating as a castaway, so on purpose they served the same thing to mess with Chuck's head.
A feast of red meat would have screwed him up pretty badly after years of fish.
Lesson: sleep with your dentist before your wife has the chance to in order to prevent a situation like this from occurring
lol
Endodontist. I had to look it up.
I'm on it, meowmix!
What ?
😂😂😂
It's a totally intentional reference to the fact that he had a hard time getting that food during the island. And having it there makes everything so simple for him.
It's a way of saying "appreciate things before you lose them."
The fact that Kelly married the very dentist that (we can assume) did his root canal, which led to the absessed tooth he extracted himself on the island, is tragically comedic. This dentist screwed him once before he bedded his wife. I also love that they made no attempt to explore that character anymore because chuck probably saw it exactly that way. This movie did an excellent job with perspective; putting us in Chucks shoes, on the island for so much of the movie and with nobody else Just like him.
A dentist whose last name is Spalding…Wilson’s competitor in the sport equipment industry…fantastic.
It’s always weird to me when people, usually it’s women in my experience, get with a guy after they divorce (or otherwise separate) their husband, and the guy they get with it someone they knew from before. It proves that a lot of women, even married ones, do have rosters.
@@americandissident9062 this has been known for centuries. why do you think they had no right to vote, etc
@@gaynzz6841 It’s been known for centuries, but for some reason these days people don’t like to hear it.
@@gaynzz6841 lmfao
It feels so easy to hate this guy… and yet… he has no malicious intent… he was just there for a woman who thought she had lost everything… and now the impossible has happened.
I’d give the man tons of credit if I was in Tom Hanks spot.
Dude walked up to me, introduced himself, faced the music of a tough situation, and leveled with me.
I at least have an idea, for all intents and purposes, that this is a man who is not corny/weird about some things, and is decent enough to be mindful and considerate of my ex wife.
It's left open whether he had malicious intent or not. I mean he could be shielding his wife from an emotionally overwhelming situation with her consent, have talked her into not seeing him out of fear of losing her or go with an "attack is the best defense" approach if you go by the interpretation that they already had an affair going before Chuck went missing.
maybe Kelly was seeing, or was at least interested in Jerry, and she always seemed a bit flaky prior to Chuck going missing. But she probably hopped into Jerry's arms within days, and moved in within a week or two, since she needed a provider, a companion, since she wasn't the breadwinner. But how much time would you or I have held out for, if faced with the same circumstance?
In 6 days, 7 Nights, from 1997, Anne Heche and Harrison Ford crash on an island, and in despair, David Schwimmer, Anne's character's fiance, hooks up with a hotel worker on the second night of the disappreance!!
Do the math. She was cheating the whole time.
@@jB-uw8fi what’s the math?
Watching this sequence as a kid felt soo anticlimactic, I hoped for his reaction crying screaming getting rescued, shaving, his parents and friends crying and hugging him and he would be happy. But none of that happened and I hated it. Watching this again as an adult, made me realize just how realistic this is.. life just doesnt go back to the way it was after a trauma like that.
So glad the outro music is louder than the whole clip
Having watched this movie when it came out and seeing the title of the video seeing it came out nearly 24 years ago makes me feel old.
And i was 9 when it came out.
Yeah i know others have been around longer than i have but it still hits all the same.
One of the saddest films ever tbh.
Glad they didn't go with the original ending where Tom Hanks wakes up back on the island and his miraculous escape was all a dream, and he starts punching Wilson repeatedly before the screen fades to black
Bruh… I never read about that, but I kinda want to see that happen as a satirical joke.
Is they real or are you joking? Cause I wanna see that alternate ending.
I like better the origina original ending where Tom Hanks wakes up and realizes he he is 9 again and dies
There's a spoof ending where he delivers the last package to the lady and asks what's in the package, she says "Oh, just a satellite phone, water purification tablets and a butane lighter..."
Best ending is the satellite phone ending
I hate when companies call themselves "families".
Me too! I roll my eyes everytime I hear that
A small company can be one or a department, not a large.
No freaking doubt!!
Join the club.🤬
Titling the film “Cast Away” instead of “Castaway” was such a nice garnish. Little touches like that are brilliant narrative tools. They make the viewers think deeper about the true nature of the story they are being told. But only if they even notice it considering its not like there are bright blinking neon signs/arrows drawing attention to that.
Exactly this. The movie is called "Cast Away" It's a reference to not only the fact that Chuck is a castaway on a deserted island, but also the fact that in his life, he put his work above everything. He casted away everything else for his job at FedEx, and that's actually what ultimately caused him to get stuck on the island. He could have postponed that specific flight, but he didn't, he chose to leave Kelly on Christmas, and go to Malaysia, but the plane crashed. Chuck pretty much took for granted the things he cared about, thinking they would always be there, and then it was all taken away from him. That's the moral of the story in my opinion. Don't take your loved ones for granted, or your luxuries for granted, because it can all be gone because of something as mundane as flying on a plane.
“First when she thought she lost you…”
This statement seems to add fuel to the ‘fiery’ theory that Kelly was cheating on him the entire time w/ Mr. Root Canal.
Your not the first person to think about this.
Many people in the comment section said that she was cheating on him because the kid is 3 years old and Chuck was very into his work
"Chuck, when they found the wreckage, the thing no one could explain was a dental pick that was lodged in the left engine."
I think she moved on way too fast, personally. It was only four years, wasn't it?
@@lemonhead162they were just boyfriend and girlfriend not married
She was cheating on him before he got stranded.
Kelly helped him fight to survive, and then when he finally was rescued he ends up even more empty. :(
She didn't help him at all
@@heveyweightheveyweight5399 The memory of her I should say.
@@heveyweightheveyweight5399 She gave up after a couple years!
@@RideAcrossTheRiverbecause the plane crashed in the middle of the freaking ocean, she has no way of knowing he was alive, at some point you have to move on.
@@ChrisRedfield98 Her point will have been in months. Typically the recovery from loss or end of relationship requires about half as long as the relationship lasted, but evidently Kelly had 'moved on' by about nine months.
This film made me understand that Castaway can have two different meanings.
Yes, Chuck is literally discarded. I watched the same thing happen to my best friend.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver It's so sad. Four years is not that long! I feel like it's hard to believe her when she says "you were the love of my life" when she must have moved on pretty fast to have a husband and child already.
@@lizzy-wx4rx To be fair, Kelly could have come under pressure from that other guy.
Best FedEx commercial ever
Best conspiracy theory. Ever.
Can you imagine if this flight crashed into the ocean too, and he's back to square one again 😫 🏐 🥥
It didnt go over ocean
@@psychoaidewell not with that attitude
"Directed by M. Night Shyamalan".
the last airplane he was on tried to kill him...
"ah shit, here we go again"
I felt like this coming home from the Marine Corps. It was amazing seeing how everyone’s lives had changed.
Felt the same way bro, was Army after my first tour to Iraq I thought everything would just be like it was, it wasnt. Same same after second tour.
They did him so dirty. This man spent 4 years of his life on a island, surviving. The only thing that kept him alive, the only reason he is truly back isn't because they finally found him it was because he always kept hope in his heart that if he lived one more day that he come back and his wife would be there waiting for him. They say sorry, but really it just their way to cope and feel better. Amazing movie and acting on Hanks part.
She wasnt worth it.
Real life is messy and this film does an amazing job showing his strength to move on.
@@mk17173nshe believed he was dead. People have to move on or be stuck in their grief
@@jordanwardle11 I do agree. But she moved on so fast. She was pregnant 3 months after the crash😂
@kingofrivia1248 I saw a thing regarding her relationship and the dentist. She was cheating on hank's character before he got stranded.
It wasn’t this extreme, but I got in some trouble and had to go away for awhile. When I got out of prison after 5 years it was like a different world then the one I left. Everything was so different. Friends were strangers. Places I’d hung out at were closed for good. It was like my hometown died while I was inside. I’ve since moved away and have gone back to my hometown a handful of times over the past couple of years. It’s a sad place now. No industry or jobs for the people. It’s like one big retirement community. I get sad whenever I drive through.
Sounds like my home town. I wonder if that's just something that happens to most places with time?
It’s like what brooks said in The Shawshank Redemption. “The world went and got itself in a big damn hurry”
This classic movie was 24 years ago? man where has the time gone.
The actor playing the husband was excellent. No jealousy or friction. Seemed legitimately sorry.
The SuperBowl commercial spoof on this movie was hilarious. Of course this was back when commercials were humorous.
I didn't see it, was it woke?
Where's the link?
@@petersmithyy4556 you guys have worn that word out, it’s time to find a new one.
@@petersmithyy4556Most cringy comment I've seen in a while
I've just had a sudden realisation that this is without a doubt my favourite film
After spending 4 years on that island, it was kind of his home. Now he was a cast away in the society.
Oh cool... do "Face/Off" next
Tom Hanks. You are such an incredible actor.
When he goes to see her at the house that was gut-wrenching.
Yeah, she didn't wait around, did she? That toddler looks to be about age three, so she was knocked up just a few months after Chuck was lost.
SHE was his life. All his dreams have included HER. His memory had been lost with age and replaced with useful dreams. Healing is moving on too.
Coming from a family of marines, and army grunts, I can tell you and they’ll tell you the same thing THIS IS NOTHING LIKE A VETERAN COMING HOME. In the army yes you can be far away from home and loved ones, but you always have other army personnel around you. In the marines your never alone like Tom Hanks in castaway. He was alone for years and years on a secluded island, didn’t get to speak or interact with another human being for years. It’s nothing like a veteran coming home, nothing at all
“Stan I should have been there for you. I’m so sorry.” That sentiment…,that apology is so rarely spoken these days but those 2 words have enormous power if we will just lose our ego and say them!
Tom's character let it go. Time moves on. And he moves with it.
At the time this film felt like a pinnacle for Tom Hanks’ career. It had quite a lot to say on how a person’s life can be radically changed forever.
Man Hanks practically gets betrayed by every love interest he's had in every freaking movie. Like, I swear.
He didn't get betrayed. That would imply that she knew he was alive and cheated on him or something in that ballpark. Everyone thought he was dead. What was she suppose to do, stay alone forever? She took the time to grieve, accepted that he was gone and with some time, finally moved on. No one is to blame, not Tom's character, his ex-wife or her new husband. It's just a really fucked up situation.
@@supersizesenpai Nah she moved on too quick. She was married within 4 years. That means she grieved, started dating, found a new guy, and got married in the space of 4 years. Come on, be real. She was probably cheating on him to begin with,
So 4 whole years is too little for you? lol Do you have any idea how long 4 years really is?
I've lived in the hospital for a little over 4 years (spinal damage) and in that time all my closets college buddies have had kids. 3 of those friends have at least 2 kids. 2 of those friends changed professionals (FYI one of those friends was just recently made VP of his bank branch) My best friends got a second degree and bought a house. My brother passed away. My wife divorced me and just got remarried. She also had a hysterectomy and learned she will never have kids (not my problem but I still feel bad for her). We all went through a frickin' pandemic. All of this was in the span of around 4 years. You are drastically underestimating how long 4 years is.
Also who in the hell are you to decide how long someone should grieve and move on? When she saw that he was alive after all this time, we can see how emotional she was. Clearly, she loved him very much and moving on was very difficult or her. There is no way i could blame my wife for remarrying if I had been pronounced dead for 4 years.@@curtismaize
At the end Forrest Gump, he loses Jenny, at the end of The Green Mile, he loses Jan, and here at the end of Cast Away, he loses Kelly. None of his three characters get to keep a love interest for good, so there must be a connection with each of those movies.
@@curtismaizehow would you know
I love that he apologised to his friend for not being there for him even though it wasn't Chuck's fault, makes his character even more likeable and sympathetic.
The irony of flying on a plane home from being trapped on an island from a plane crash leaving home.
😐 I have no idea how he found the courage to ride in an airplane again.
Well I mean did you expect him to take a boat? 😂 At least the boat trauma was fresh.
Like in the Andes when Parrado had to get in a helicopter and fly over where he'd just come from.
Give this man an Oscar
Just one little detail I’ve noticed some people getting wrong in the comments: Kelly and Chuck were never married. They were together for years, but they never got married because life was too busy for them to take the time for that. I think that lends to Kelly getting married and having a kid as quickly as she did- she regretted not doing that with Chuck and didn’t want to put things off again. I also don’t think she cheated, but people see what they want to see.
UA-cam is full of misogynistic dudes from suburbia and overseas.
They’ll be soon to flood this thread with angst and vitriol for Kelly.
I don't think its anywhere remote to cheating. I mean... they had every reason to believe he died.
@@GorgieClarissa No, there's a pretty plausible theory that she was cheating on him before the plane crash. Chuck was gone for 4 years. Kelly and the Dentist have a kid that looks maybe 1 year old or so. That means about 2 years and a few months after the plane crash, she got pregnant from the dentist. Plus, how did their relationship even start? We know that 1 year before the crash, the dentist was recommended by Chuck's doctor, and he did a root canal on Chuck. People speculate that's how Kelly and the Dentist met, and then they started an affair, there's no concrete evidence, but it would make sense. Personally, although this is pretty plausible, I don't think that's what the creators intended.
How do you logically fall in love that quick and get married and have a kid
@@stealth7516 You don't. That's why there's a theory that she was cheating on Chuck before the plane crash.
Feels like coming out of prison where the world & family moved on without you.
Lesson: there’s always somebody lurking to steal your mate when you are not around. Sneaky dentist took the opportunity
He probably left his wife from an earlier marriage to do it. Known plenty of ladies with cheating husbands who left them for someone else. They were all dentists and veterinarians too.
And he wasn’t even a good dentist.
Looks like he gave her the filling
I think she was already cheating on him before he even left. She had had it with him…probably got “bored”.
First da drill
I still dont believe she wouldn't see him.
This film is really giving hope of survival against natural calamities ,also deriving understanding of misery in the isolation of an human being😊 😊😊breads love and passion
4 years is way too fast for me as a wife to move on from my “deceased” husband, get involved with my dentist, and have a baby with him.
I’d fool around, sure I’m human, but to get involved like that and having a kid, all while still grieving?
Yea, no!
Chuck was her long-term boyfriend and the clues heavily imply that she got pregnant three months after he disappeared. I believe she was cheating even before Chuck went away. Probably wanted to break it off with him after new years. This is the reason I believe you shouldn’t put too much faith on someone even if they are your spouse. Human beings are naturally a bit selfish and will always put their needs first. If I was Chuck,I wouldn’t be too sad or surprised considering what Kelly did was nothing out of the ordinary.
One of the best movies ever made.
How the world leaves you behind from a moment not of your choosing.
Yup, and doesn't want you back.
This scene broke my heart
Kelly moved on pretty quick. Chuck was gone what, less than 3 years? Enough time to grieve, marry and have a family....
Kelly was briefly married to a lawyer, before Chuck came along.
Chuck's gone for a few years so Kelly marries her dentist.
In conclusion:
Kelly gets around...
It was disturbing. But time goes so slow when you’re in grief.
4 years.
4 years would be way too soon for me to move on but people handle grief differently.
Everyone around likely accepted Chucks fate and slowly moved on.
Kelly probably took her a bit to begin to move on but she never accepted he was gone.
It wasn’t a clean, cut and dry kind of situation especially when you’re dealing with serious relationships, love, emotions, plans with your life etc. but she wasn’t in the wrong for starting a new life.
Still, I don’t think I’d be trying to have a kid with a new woman after my wife.
I’d probably take several years of sleeping around and not caring about getting involved.
Maybe she got married and started a family so quick is because she wanted something she couldn’t lose? Idk. Grief is so hard.
There are so many sides to this movie. The literal interpretation we see directly is done wonderfully and while the story itself is fiction, there are certainly people who have experienced something similar to this. And the metaphorical applications to anyone who's been lost and found again; coma patients, veterans of war or abductions. Robert Zemeckis did a great job with this story. And I love how it doesn't have the storybook ending many viewers were expecting. So good.
Kelly should have just called ahead and had someone there let him know she couldn't make it, sending her husband was a low blow
indeed, write a letter or something
How does this make it better?
You missed the last part of the clip. She did show up. When it came to meet him in that room she couldn't do it. If the clip here had gone on a little longer you would have seen her motion away from the car and back towards the building. She was conflicted.
@@seanwebb605 thanks
@@seanwebb605 Yeah, because she got involved with another man right away. Ooops!
0:17 that old DR PEPPER can brings back childhood memories
I gotta peeee
Kelly's had it rough. First when she thought she lost you and now this. Yeah, I'm sure that must be really hard for her. I wouldn't know. I was on a plane that crashed into the ocean. I was lost at sea on a raft that had a hole in it. Then I washed up on shore of a deserted Island where I was stranded for five years. I had to find food, shelter, and conduct surgery on myself. That was tough too, but you're right. Kelly needs her space. Why don't you take her home, get some rest and let me know when she's ready to talk. I'm in no hurry. i have nothing but time.
There's a video which makes a good case for the theory that she was cheating on him right from the start of the film. There are clues..
Do you have a link to it I need to see!
@@karenjenner6052 Basically, the only real piece of evidence for this is how quickly she moved on. Her and the dentist have a daughter that looks maybe a year old, meaning Kelly moved on way too quickly from Chuck, Chuck was supposed to be the love of her life, but then she very quickly, and I mean like 2 years later quickly, has a kid with the dentist and gets married. It opens up the possibility that her and the dentist were already really familiar with each other, and that's how she was able to move on so quickly. Personally, although this theory is plausible, I don't believe the writers intended for this theory to be true.
I had just spent years on an island kept alive by the fire of someone's memory, only to have some request that I give them more time? I don't know if I could do that.
Remember, Kelly was onto her third man.
I just imagine him collecting Wilson balls and putting different faces on it and displaying it on his home
Great movie...one thing I would have done differently just prior to this plane scene (and after being rescued) is a short scene where Hanks shows apprehension on getting on the plane...the last plane (4 yrs. earlier) experienced a malfunction and crashed - it could have happened again with this plane…
"Cast Away" is about loss, and beyond some more obvious examples, I see this "loss" theme (possibly) throughout the movie - some examples of which may perhaps be considered good losses:
Bettina Peterson lost her marriage due to her husband's infidelity
Time lost with Kelly before boarding the plane
Loss (removal) of the bandaid in the plane bathroom just prior to the crash (interestingly, removal of that bandaid signified healing of his thumb - but that seemingly small relief/healing was "lost" and replaced by a greater loss due to the plane crash)
Near loss of the pocket watch (with Kelly's picture) during the plane descent/plummet
Loss of the plane crew friends
Loss of emergency locator transmitter (underwater)
Loss of air from the raft (after being punctured by the rock)
Loss of blood (on the coral?) after earlier escape attempt
Lost rescue opportunity (distant ship with light)
Loss of beach lettering ("HELP") due to the tide and resultant loss of rescue opportunity
Loss of flashlight battery power (in cave)
Loss of tooth (although this loss of pain may be considered a good loss)
Loss of weight (over 4 yrs.)
Loss of natural hair color (from sun exposure)
Loss of human contact (while on island)
(Temporary) loss of "Wilson" (after being angry and tossing "him"
Loss of leaving island (after getting accustomed to being marooned)
Loss of port-o-porty(?) metal panel due to the storm (perhaps the Bettina Peterson WINGS emblem was portending the "flying away" of the panel)
Loss of need for oars (post-storm) - subsequently casting them away
(Final) loss of Wilson, accompanied by loss of strength to rescue "him"
Loss of (normal life) time and loss of prior life assumptions/attitudes/spontaneity all due to being marooned
Loss of control over committing suicide (cliff)
Loss of appetite for seafood (at homecoming party)
Loss of initial meeting with Kelly
Loss of life with Kelly due to her marriage
Loss of the football team (to another city) and loss of that team in the Superbowl…
The title of this movie, "Cast Away", is actually not the spelling for the word used for describing a marooned/shipwrecked person - it is instead spelled as "castaway"... although these 2 words can potentially be synonymous, I wonder if Zemeckis was essentially seeking to make a point similar to mine (e.g., "loss")...yes, the movie is about a "castaway" (like in "Gilligan's Island"), but separating the word "castaway" into "cast away" may help point to a richer meaning of the movie…if so, then even the movie title signifies/describes a sense of "loss" (i.e., something being "cast away")
Also, Hank's character's name itself, Chuck Noland, may also contain a theme of loss:
Chuck - to chuck (or cast) away
Noland - perhaps a combination of 2 words "No land" (i.e., no place to settle or a loss of stability location-wise for the character) and/or alluding to the island as uncharted (and so "no land" was known)...
Although not even part of the movie, the woman who played Bettina Peterson, Lari White, died in 2018 at age 52, and so - if art were to have imitated (or followed) life here - Chuck Noland would have prematurely lost her at a relatively earlier age if he had decided to pursue her (a possibility presented at the final crossroads scene)...
After writing all this, I am ready to watch "Cast Away" for the umteenth time(!)...
He did the root canal that gave Noland hell on the island
What’s s in the box?
A tooth extraction kit with painless anesthesia...
OH… and a satellite cell phone with atomic battery... and GPS.
Asks for a refund on the root canal.
Hilarious
I'm wearing pro headphones and this is way to low. Except when the tone at the end hits you.
Haha Same. Frightened the shite out of me!
Still such a great movie
I know what he was thinking “god damn Jody!”
Working for FedEx for 5 years just to realize that they used the actual CEO in this scene. Tom Hanks
movies are so incredibly detailed.
UPS was actually the first choice. UPS didn't want any of their planes to be depicted as crashing. So FedEx got it.
@@jogman262 FedEx had no problem with hazardous cargo killing three people and destroying the life of a fourth person.
Could you turn the volume down?
🤣🤣🤣
The dude walked back into an office instead of the exit🤣
I know this movie gets a bad rep for being sort of boring, but it's truly amazing all the steps the movie takes you through and how, in many ways, there's so much realism threaded through the movie.
Who ever called this movie boring?
@@lizziebkennedy7505 I know some people who think it’s slow, unexciting,…. basically uninteresting.
And although I guess I can kind of see where they are coming from… I actually enjoy this movie. It’s not like I watch it all the time - only cause it IS pretty sad. I mean he has to bury one of his coworkers, has no social contact for all those years, and then comes home to find that the world he once knew has completely changed… it’s a tough movie to watch, at least for me.
Plus this movie came out not long before 9/11 so, for me it also carries with it that memory growing up.
Tom Hanks did a great job with this role and Zemeckis came through with another great film…. Nevertheless, yes, I’ve heard quite a few people say that this is boring and isn’t worth their time.
@@lizziebkennedy7505it sort of drags in parts
@@lizziebkennedy7505these are likely Gen Z kids who have recently gotten into this movie.
Pretty soon they’ll use the classic “this was so underrated” just for engagement, likes and comments.
@@brocky70what parts were boring for you?
All the more heart wrenching when you see her body. Damn.
Bettina outclasses Kelly in every way.
He finally was rescued after 4 years like so strange he kept telling them he hadnt died
I am an advertising man for many years ... and right at this scene, Chuck is stepping ona FedEx rug. From start to finish, FedEx is there making this film a FedEx production, no doubt, though to most movie goers, it doesn't matter but they =notice= what FedEx is. Great commercial value of an advertising coup !!! Great job, FedEx
Realistically movies have only two options either invent a brand 'FastEX'(???) or use real life ones. Yes this entire movie is a sorta commercial for FedEx but it works. Not for me because in my mind I now associate it with plane crashes.
He said Jim Spalding referred you is that supposed to be a reference to Wilson
Didn't you see earlier in the movie when he's talking to Wilson in the cave? He mentions exactly that.
I think Tom Hanks did a really good job with this sequence. I’m probably not the first one to say this, but it’s almost like a military veteran coming home. The world has changed. Loved ones have moved on. Memories have been made. So many things have happened.
You can definitely see that he almost feels like an alien on another planet or rather he is on an alien planet. And in all honesty, I can’t really blame him. I mean he lived for over four years if I remember correctly on that small island. Having gone from an individual who likely has almost no survival skills to being able to teach military personnel thing or two.
So much for Wilson
The fact he cared about his friend more than anything says alot about chuck
I imagine that Chuck, inside, during this scene, had a lot of PTSD from being inside the plane. It may not be noticeable to the naked eye. But I wouldn't be surprised at all if that were the case.
If it had been me, I'm taking a ship back to the mainland. Never getting on another plane ever again.
@@patrickdezenzio4988 The plane is generally safer than the boat