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Castaway 2000
2000 · TV series · documentary · 60 min episodes · 2 seasons
36 volunteers spend the year 2000 on the island of Taransay finding out what happens when a cross-section of British people try to create a new society.
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I never thought the movie "Castaway" would have such enduring relevance.
I find it useful to pretend that I'm talking to a person while brainstorming because then the conversation flows naturally. But I maintain awareness that I'm pretending, much like Tom Hanks talking to Wilson the volleyball in the movie Castaway. The suspension of disbelief serves a purpose, but I never confuse the volleyball for a real person.
He really does do movies like that, doesn't he? Stuck in the airport in the terminal, stuck on a remote island in castaway, even chasing decaprio in catch me if you can...
You don't think Robert DeNiro is an actor? While he's fairly typecast, he doesn't really play the same person in every film.
Tom Hanks plays.. Tom Hanks. He had one divergent role as Forrest Gump, but otherwise, the actor that played in Castaway feels like the same guy that played in Big.
I have seen maybe half of these films. I was able to correctly name some of them immediately upon looking at them: Wizard of Oz, The Matrix, The Big Lebowski.
Some were obvious after reading the title: Star Wars, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (never saw it), Being John Malkovich, Space Jam (never saw it), Miami Vice (never saw it), Office Space.
Some that I half guessed or felt like I knew the name of the film but could not immediately recall the name: Castaway, Mad Max: Fury Road, Edward Scissorhands (Thought it was The Nightmare Before Christmas but Tim Burton so close enough)
Obvious ones: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory