Cast Away (2000)

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Wikidata Q213411, film, IMDb tt0162222, TMDB 8358: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Tom Hanks as actor (‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan); 5 more episodes agree.

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The Big Picture

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Came from

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Led to

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Connected to

The Edge: 2 lines theme ×1 unmapped ×1

  1. theme (same genre): The Edge → Cast Away. Man-against-nature survival movies hook the viewer because you imagine what you would do.
    “there's very few movies where you're not locked in.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:03:10 · Van Lathan (0.70 sure it was them)

Flight: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (plane crash): Cast Away → Flight. Each was hailed as the best filmed plane crash when it came out, Flight supposedly topping Cast Away.
    “And then when flight came out, they were like, Sameckis has topped himself.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 1:37:04 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Midnight Run: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Midnight Run → Cast Away. The chorizo and eggs item from Midnight Run would be the thing Cast Away needs.
    “Castaway would be the chorizon X.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:29:10 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Send Help: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Send Help → Cast Away. Send Help pivots into a desert-island survival story.
    “and then it pivots pretty quickly to cast away meets a perfect getaway.”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’ · 0:48:47 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

Seven: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (humor): Seven → Cast Away. Bill jokes about Brad Pitt wanting the box like Wilson the volleyball.
    “Oh, Wilson, the volleyball situation”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:20:28 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them)

The Departed: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (flaws make it rewatchable): The Departed → Cast Away. Simmons likes movies with questions to chew on, like Cast Away, which he can talk about for an hour.
    “The flaws do make it more rewatchable, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:56:54 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)

Tom Cruise: 1 line what-if ×1

  1. what-if (what-if): Tom Cruise → Cast Away. Cruise-for-Hanks swap: Cruise in Cast Away would be great, especially trying to light the fire.
    “Cruise and Castaway would be pretty amazing.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:25:28 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Send Help → Cast Away. Send Help pivots into a desert-island survival story.
    “and then it pivots pretty quickly to cast away meets a perfect getaway.”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Most Misused Stars in Hollywood and the Gnarly Magic of ‘Send Help’ · 0:48:47 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (same genre): The Edge → Cast Away. Man-against-nature survival movies hook the viewer because you imagine what you would do.
    “there's very few movies where you're not locked in.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:03:10 · Van Lathan (0.70 sure it was them)

unmapped (4)

  1. unmapped (plane crash): Cast Away → Flight. Each was hailed as the best filmed plane crash when it came out, Flight supposedly topping Cast Away.
    “And then when flight came out, they were like, Sameckis has topped himself.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fearless with Timothy Simons · 1:37:04 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (rescue): The Edge → Cast Away. Cast Away skipped the rescue, which wasn't its point.
    “Castaway, they kind of punted on it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Edge’ With Bill Simmons and Van Lathan · 0:49:48 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (humor): Seven → Cast Away. Bill jokes about Brad Pitt wanting the box like Wilson the volleyball.
    “Oh, Wilson, the volleyball situation”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:20:28 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them)
  4. unmapped (flaws make it rewatchable): The Departed → Cast Away. Simmons likes movies with questions to chew on, like Cast Away, which he can talk about for an hour.
    “The flaws do make it more rewatchable, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Departed’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:56:54 · Bill Simmons (0.75 sure it was them)

what-if (2)

  1. what-if (what-if): Midnight Run → Cast Away. The chorizo and eggs item from Midnight Run would be the thing Cast Away needs.
    “Castaway would be the chorizon X.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:29:10 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Tom Cruise → Cast Away. Cruise-for-Hanks swap: Cruise in Cast Away would be great, especially trying to light the fire.
    “Cruise and Castaway would be pretty amazing.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:25:28 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Cast Away: Hanks' Chuck Noland would have a clean liver after two years in ketosis, and McDonald's would set him back a week.
    “Yeah, his 1st trip to McDonald's sets him back a week.”
    The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:44:26 · unknown (0.50 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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