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Cast Away, a review by Tom

Title: Cast Away
Year: 2000
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Rating: FSK-12
Length: 138 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: Dutch, English, German

Stars:
Tom Hanks
Helen Hunt
Timothy Stack
Chris Noth

Plot:
Tom Hanks 'gives one of the towering screen performances of all time' (New York Post) as Chuck Noland, a FedEx systems engineer whose ruled-by-the-clock existence abruptly ends when a harrowing plane crash leaves him isolated on a remote island. As Chuck struggles to survive, he discovers that his true personal journey, has only just begun.

Awards:

Academy Award	2000	Nominated	Best Actor	Tom Hanks
Academy Award	2000	Nominated	Best Sound	Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis Sands, William B. Kaplan
AFI	2000	Nominated	100 Years... 100 Cheers (2006)
American Cinema Editors Awards	2001	Nominated		Arthur Schmidt
ASCAP Awards	2001	Won	Top Box Office Films	Alan Silvestri
BAFTA	2000	Nominated	Actor In A Leading Role	Tom Hanks
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	2001	Nominated	Favorite Actor - Drama	Tom Hanks
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	2001	Won	Favorite Supporting Actress - Drama	Helen Hunt
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2001	Won	Best Inanimate Object	Wilson the Volleyball
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2001	Nominated	Best Picture
Cinema Audio Society Awards	2001	Nominated	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Feature Film	Randy Thom, Tom Johnson, Dennis S. Sands, William B. Kaplan
Golden Globe	2000	Won	Actor in a Leading Role - Drama	Tom Hanks
MTV Movie Awards	2001	Nominated	Best Action Sequence	"Plane Crash":
MTV Movie Awards	2001	Nominated	Best Kiss	Tom Hanks and Helen Hunt
MTV Movie Awards	2001	Nominated	Best Male Performance	Tom Hanks
MTV Movie Awards	2001	Nominated	Best On-screen Team	Tom Hanks and Wilson
Online Film Critics Society Awards	2001	Won	Best Actor	Tom Hanks
Screen Actors Guild Award	2000	Nominated	Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role	Tom Hanks
Teen Choice Awards	2001	Won	Film - Choice Chemistry	Tom Hanks, Wilson

Extras:
Commentary
Featurettes
Interviews
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Storyboard Comparisons
Trailers

A great movie! Tom Hanks is perfect in the role. He manages to carry this movie all by himself. He should have gotten the Oscar at the time. Not Russel Crowe.
There are some scenes, where I can't help myself but to think of the MTV Movie Awards parody with Andy Dick which was done at the time.



Rating:

(From December Marathons - DISCUSSION AND REVIEW THREAD on December 7th, 2009)

Enemy Mine, a review by DJ Doena

Dennis Quaid    ...    Willis Davidge
Louis Gossett Jr.   ...    Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan
Bumper Robinson   ...    Zammis
Brion James   ...    Stubbs

Synopsis: At the end of the 21st century the Humans are at war with the Dracs, another space-faring race. Then one day the pilot Willis E. Davidge pursues an enemy craft but crashes on a planet that can barely sustain life. But he is not alone. The enemy pilot has also crashed. At first they try to kill each other, then they work together to survive and in the end they become friends.

My Opinion: Great movie. While I like the crash-boom-bang Sci-Fi movies of recent times, I also like the story-driven classics. This movie has hardly any special effects but that doesn't matter at all. This movie is about people. First Davidge and "Jerry" and later Davidge and Zammis. The story is very well written and I love to see how Davidge and Jerry bond over the time and how Davidge cares for Zammis. Everyone who loves a good story and characters to care for should watch this, even when he/she doesn't like Sci-Fi in general.



(From The "What I watch when I don't watch TV shows" thread on April 18th, 2008)

Tom's Buffy and Angel Marathon, a review by Tom

03. The Harsh Light of Day (1999-10-19)
Writer: Jane Espenson (Writer)
Director: James A. Contner
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy Summers), Nicholas Brendon (Xander Harris), Alyson Hannigan (Willow Rosenberg), Seth Green (Oz), Anthony Stewart Head (Giles), Emma Caulfield (Anya), Mercedes McNab (Harmony Kendall), Adam Kaufman (Parker Abrams), James Marsters (Spike), Jason Hall (Devon), Melik (Brian)

A good episode. Nice to see Spike and Harmony again. Though Spike is really stupid to challenge Buffy as soon as he got the ring instead of leaving town. Even stupider is, that he tells her exactly why he is now invincible giving her the chance to take the ring away from him.

Rating:



04. Fear Itself (1999-10-26)
Writer: David Fury (Writer)
Director: Tucker Gates
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy Summers), Nicholas Brendon (Xander Harris), Alyson Hannigan (Willow Rosenberg), Seth Green (Oz), Anthony Stewart Head (Giles), Kristine Sutherland (Joyce Summers), Marc Blucas (Riley Finn), Emma Caulfield (Anya), Adam Kaufman (Parker Abrams), Lindsay Crouse (Maggie Walsh), Marc Rose (Josh), Sulo Williams (Chaz), Aldis Hodge (Masked Teen), Walter Emanuel Jones (Edward), Adam Bitterman (Gachnar), Michele Nordin (Rachel), Adam Grimes (Lobster Boy), Darris Love (Hallmate), Larissa Reynolds (Present Girl)

Really fun episode. Anya in a bunny costume, Giles with a chainsaw and the great reveal at the end about the fear demon.

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(From Tom's Buffy and Angel Marathon on August 1st, 2009)