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In today’s world, production companies will sell that brand spot. But one of the purities of Tom Hanks is that, for him, it wasn’t about making money for making the movie, it was about making money because it’s a good movie,” Kuehne explains.

Cast Away (2000)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on December 24, 2020 . Retrieved January 8, 2021. Cast Away". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 14, 2021 . Retrieved March 26, 2021. Why no matches in the FedEx box?: FedEx parody commercial makes deliberate decision not to help provide fire to its own castaway". CNN. January 27, 2003. Archived from the original on July 28, 2012 . Retrieved March 4, 2012.

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It wasn’t a paid product placement, so we had no idea until after the film was released,” Kuehne adds. “That’s why we were a few months behind in producing replica balls.” From a sheer exposure standpoint, nothing we’ve ever done can match ‘Cast Away.’” - Chris Considine

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. Wallace consulted with Kuehne and Volleyball and Soccer Business Manager, Alan Davenport. It was a more vague request than Wilson usually received, but with the reassurance only Tom Hanks could provide, the team agreed to send Fox what it had asked for… which was actually soccer balls. At the time, Wilson volleyballs had “Wilson” printed on both sides of the ball, but Fox specifically requested volleyballs with one side blank. Says Davenport, “ We had no idea why they needed that, but we did it. We special-made 60 one-sided volleyballs and sent them off to Fox.” Breznican, Anthony (January 22, 2001). "A 'Gladiator's' Triumph; 'Famous,' Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts Also Win Golden Globes". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013 . Retrieved October 9, 2013. The 6th Critics' Choice Movie Awards Winners and Nominees". Broadcast Film Critics Association. Archived from the original on January 4, 2012.

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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. Vanneman, Alan. "The Volleyball in the Void". Bright Lights Film Journal. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013 . Retrieved November 26, 2008. a b Gray, Brandon (June 24, 2001). " 'Cast Away' DVD washes up with record business". The Journal News. p.55. Archived from the original on August 2, 2022 . Retrieved August 2, 2022– via Newspapers.com. 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. a b c "Cast Away". Chicago. August 2007. Archived from the original on October 29, 2012 . Retrieved December 27, 2008.

Carlson, Paul (August 2007). "Cast Away and the Texas Panhandle" (PDF). The Cyclone. Vol.XIV, no.2. West Texas Historical Association. pp.1–2. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 19, 2015 . Retrieved January 2, 2015. He was eventually rescued in 1709, four years after his arrival, when a ship came by and took him aboard. The second episode of the seventh season of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, "The Gang Goes to the Jersey Shore" refers to a Cast Away scene. When Frank loses his "rum ham" while floating on a raft in the Atlantic Ocean, his anguish resembles that of Tom Hanks's character losing a volleyball he named "Wilson." [43] Tom Hanks joins reunited Phish on stage". EW.com. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020 . Retrieved September 23, 2021.

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. Stranded: Behind-the-Scenes of Cast Away, A comprehensive behind-the-scenes look at Cast Away". Stumped Magazine. 2004. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011 . Retrieved December 27, 2009. Cast Away' Delivers Goods For Fedex". Chicago Tribune. 2001. Archived from the original on February 24, 2014 . Retrieved October 23, 2014. We truly didn’t have a clue what the ball’s involvement would be walking into that theatre,” Davenport recalls. “I remember walking out of the screening thinking ‘ holy [expletive]!'’ We knew we (as a company) had to do something.”

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