
It grossed $429 million worldwide, making it the third-highest-grossing film of 2000. Initial filming took place from January to March 1999 before resuming in April 2000 and concluding that May.Ĭast Away was released on December 22, 2000, by 20th Century Fox in North America and DreamWorks Pictures in its international markets. Hanks plays a FedEx troubleshooter stranded on an uninhabited island after his plane crashes in the South Pacific, and the plot focuses on his desperate attempts to survive and return home. Cast Away is a 2000 American survival drama film directed and produced by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, and Nick Searcy.
