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[[Tom Hanks]] tries to make a dramatic and emotional movie wherein 80% of its 2 1/2-hour length is him, alone, on a remote island, talking to a volleyball.
{{tropelist|Tropes in '''''Cast Away''''' are [[Product Placement|brought to you by Federal Express]].}}
* [[Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder]]: Interestingly, {{spoiler|Kelly was fully willing to drop her new husband for Chuck, but [[Did Not Get the Girl|both Chuck and Kelly realize that being together would be impossible]].}}
** It's an interesting bit of trivia that according to the commentary that the scene
* [[The Aloner]]
* [[At the Crossroads]]:
* [[Beard of Barbarism]]: Chuck has plenty of time to grow some pretty wild facial hair during his time on the island.
* [[Bloody Handprint]]: Wilson.
* [[Brick Joke]]: At the start of the movie the female welder sends a FedEx package to her husband in Moscow, who we see is cheating with a young Russian girl. At the end of the movie his name has been cut away from the sign above the entrance to her house.
* [[California Doubling]]
* [[Can You Hear Me Now?]]: Portrayed realistically here.
* [[Chekhov's Armoury]]: After a while, Chuck opens the Fed Ex boxes that washed ashore with him, and the contents appear to be comically useless for his situation: video tapes, a volleyball, ice-skates and such. He finds a use for all of them, ''especially'' the volleyball.
** In an interesting case, the writers chose these items by drawing them from dozens of others out of a hat, then asking survival experts how they could be used.
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: As mentioned under [[Gallows Humor]], Chuck remembers his dentist was Dr. Spaulding. When he returns, he discovers
** Also qualifies as [[Chekhov's Gag]] as the audience assumes it's a throwaway line.
* [[Chekhov's Hobby]]
* [[Climactic Music]]: There is no music until {{spoiler|after Chuck escapes the island}}. The first musical cue is ''powerful''.
* [[Companion Cube]]: Wilson the volleyball, whom Chuck talks to in order to keep from going insane due to loneliness.
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* [[Deserted Island]]: 80% of the movie.
* [[Did Not Get the Girl]]: And it makes sense, too.
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: {{spoiler|It's gradually revealed that Noland tried to hang himself.}}
{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Chuck Noland''': So... I made a rope and I went up to the summit, to hang myself. I had to test it, you know? Of course. You know me. And the weight of the log, snapped the limb of the tree, so I-I - , I couldn't even kill myself the way I wanted to.}}}}
* [[Exact Time to Failure]]
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* [[Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated]]
* [[Robinsonade]]
* [[Say My Name]]:
* [[Scenery Porn]]: But totally necessary, so we the audience know just how alone and isolated Chuck Noland really is when he's on that island.
* [[Screw the Pain Medication]]: Chuck removes a bad tooth with an ice skate and rock without any anesthetic.
* [[Setting Update]]: ''Cast Away'' is ''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'' <small>IN THE MID-LATE 90S WITH A VOLLEYBALL AS FRIDAY!</small>
* [[Sole Survivor]]: Chuck.
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* [[The Tooth Hurts]]: Chuck already has a bit of a toothache before he gets stranded on the island, but it only gets worse once he's there, forcing him to remove the rotten tooth. With an ice skate and a rock. Feel free to faint now.
* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: Seriously. Don't watch the trailer until you've seen the film.
** Even more
* [[The Un-Reveal]]: We never find out what's in the last FedEx box. Hell, we never even find out why he didn't open it
** One popular theory is that the wings on the package were a symbol of hope for Chuck.
** Another is that he left one package to keep himself grounded. "I'm still a civilized human being, isolated in survival mode or not. Someday I will deliver this package, dammit!"
* [[Unstoppable Mailman]]: Even after being stranded on an island for years, he still delivers the last package
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[[Category:Films of the 2000s]]
[[Category:Cast Away]]
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