Allegedly,the screenwriter of the film was one of these guys who likes to go out and experience what he was writing about,” remembers Davenport.

At the time of filming, a FedEx plane hadn’t actually crashed like that in real life—though in 2009 two crew members died in a crash and in August 2015 a plane crashed into the Caribbean Sea—but the company didn’t want to draw attention to the fact that it could happen. FedEx provided filming locations at their hubs in Memphis, Los Angeles, and Moscow, and helped with logistical support. Find CinemaScore" (Type "Cast Away" in the search box). CinemaScore. Archived from the original on January 2, 2018 . Retrieved July 25, 2020. Wallace confirms that two decades, dozens of focus groups and brand studies later, Wilson the Volleyball from "Cast Away" is still one of the top three things people know about the brand. a b Galloway, Stephen (November 30, 2017). "Actor Roundtable: Tom Hanks, James Franco and More on 'Predators Everywhere' and Secrets of 'Legends' ". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on October 4, 2018 . Retrieved December 8, 2017.

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Unlike Tom Hanks in the film, she was left trying to survive in cold climates, with just a cat who had been aboard the ship for company. From a sheer exposure standpoint, nothing we’ve ever done can match ‘Cast Away.’” - Chris Considine Among the most famous is the story of Alexander Selkirk, who is known by some as a real-life Robinson Crusoe, inspiring the Daniel Defoe novel.Throughout the course of the film, the relationship between Hanks and Wilson seemed authentic. The reason it never felt like a paid product placement is simply because it wasn't one.Wilson the Volleyball’s role as Hanks’ co-star was the kind of exposure money couldn’t buy. The connection was genuine, palpable, and ifthe legend is to be believed, fated from the start. According to reports in The Austin Chronicle from 2000, the experience taught Broyles more about what it really means to be lonely. It just so happened that, later that same week, Fox was holding a critics’ screening of "Cast Away" at the Siskel and Ebert Theatre in downtown Chicago. Rather than explaining the plot over the phone, Fox invited Wallace, Davenport, and Kuehne to attend the screening. Nowadays, production companies want big money for product placement. But at the time, that wasn’t really the case,” explains Director of Basketball, Volleyball, and Soccer, Mike Kuehne. “But they just wanted the balls.”