Cast Away 2000 - Tom Hanks - Helen Hunt - Paul Sanchez - Lari White

A FedEx executive undergoes a physical and emotional transformation after crash landing on a deserted island. Trivia To make himself look like an average out-of-shape middle-aged man Tom Hanks didn't exercise and allowed himself to grow pudgy. Production was then halted for a year so he could lose fifty pounds and grow out his hair for his time spent on the deserted island. During this hiatus, Robert Zemeckis used the same crew to film What Lies Beneath (2000).