What is Cast Away?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox movie | name = Cast Away | image = | caption = | director = [[Robert Zemeckis]] | producer = [[Tom Hanks]]<br>[[Jack Rapke]]<br>[[Steve Starkey]]<br>Robert Zemeckis | screenplay = William Broyles Jr. (writer) | story = | starring = Tom Hanks<br>[[Helen Hunt]] | music = [[Alan Silvestri]] | cinematography = Don Burgess | editing = Arthur Schmidt | distributor = [[20th Century Fox]] (North America)<br>[[DreamWorks]] (International) | studio = [[ImageMovers]]<br>[[Playtone]] | released = December 22, 2000 | runtime = 143 minutes | country = [[United States]] | language = English | budget = [[United States dollar|$]]90 [[million]] | gross = $429,632,142<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=castaway.htm|access-date=2014-06-27|title=Cast Away - Total Lifetime Grosses: $429,632,142|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref> }} '''''Cast Away''''' is a 2000 [[United States|American]] [[Adventure movie|adventure]] [[drama]] [[movie]] about a [[FedEx]] employee ([[Tom Hanks]]) surviving in an uninhabited island after the plane crashed in the [[Pacific Ocean]]. It was [[movie director|directed]] by [[Robert Zemeckis]]. It gained positive [[review]]s from [[critic]]s and holds a 90% rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cast_away/|access-date=2014-06-27|title=Cast Away|publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> At the [[73rd Academy Awards]], Hanks was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor in a Leading Role]], but lost to [[Russell Crowe]] for ''[[Gladiator (movie)|Gladiator]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/73rd-winners.html|access-date=2014-06-27|title=The 73rd Academy Awards (2001) Nominees and Winners|publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]|archive-date=2014-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924144725/http://www.osc