Fed Ex systems analyst Chuck Noland spends his days streamlining the delivery mogul's depots. A work call tears him away from Christmas Eve dinner and onto a flight to Malaysia. A major storm takes down the plane and Chuck washes ashore of an uncharted desert isle. (Where's Rudolph when you need him?) Chuck hones his survival skills mustering up food and shelter and passing the time with his friend Wilson. Unable to stomach coconut water any longer (can you blame him?), he builds a raft to escape back to civilization.
Watching seven castaways on a twenty-two minute episode of Gilligan's Island (1964-1967) is one thing, but I had reservations about seeing a 2+ hour drama about someone being stranded alone on an island. I'm not sure too many actors could engage an audience for that scenario but Tom Hanks makes the short list. He also proves weight loss is not impossible as he whittled away during the year-long filming hiatus. The tribe, er, critics have spoken with mostly positive reviews and Hanks earned an Oscar nom for his captivating performance.
Canadian and Mobeetie, TX, Memphis, TN USA, Moscow, Russia and Monuriki, Fiji
Location: Kelly Frears' House
Address: 74 Devon Way, Memphis, TN
Location Visited: June 2020
Location: Kelly Frears' House
Address: 74 Devon Way, Memphis, TN
Location Visited: June 2020
All right so, my parents were the one who owned the house during the time of the movie was shooting and I was 18 months old. From the picture she showed the front entrance now is completely redone and very different. Also at the time of shooting the movie there were many more trees in the front yard near the front door. Also the house was painted a different color and the production company that filmed the movie painted our house because they thought it was way too green so they wanted more of an olive green. As my parents have told me when they wanted to shoot the garage scene they completely redid our garage and renovated it so that it looked more rustic and clean at the same time. The aesthetic of the garage in the movie you can see the planks that are different colors which draw a very abstract view to the garage and focus more on the car but in reality they got garage was a mess and we had a golf mat and a net for shooting golf balls in the garage and the other side was full of lawnmowers and typical stuff that we belong in the garage. I was just reminiscing on the past night and just wanted to give you a little opening into the few full scoop of what happened in the filming at our house in the presidency.
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