Cast Away (2000 Robert Zemeckis)

William Broyles Jr also wrote Flags of Our Fathers, Jarhead, Apollo 13 and Unfaithful. Cast Away is a fabulous ad for FedEx. Hanks first put on weight, then filming (on the Fiji island of Monuriki) stopped for a year so he could lose it and grow hair (and develop a tan, which mysteriously and sloppily has disappeared at the end).

That moment which makes you think of 2001 (ape and obelisk) was put there deliberately - it's one of Hanks' favourites.

Loved the line at the end 'we must catch up on our fishing'...

Made me think I need to watch Un Condemné a mort est échappé again! Also that it would have been funny if a dog had been cast away as well and turned out to be so good at catching fish that the human became dejected and hungry.

Suffers from that familiar problem of going on too long at the end, but an enjoyable experience again.