Cast Away: The Shooting Script (Newmarket Shooting Script Series) [Paperback]

William Broyles (Author), Jr., William Broyles (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 22, 2001 | Series: Newmarket Shooting Script

In the Newmarket Shooting Script® format, the only book tie-in to the new film starring Tom Hanks (Saving Private Ryan, Forrest Gump, Apollo 13) and Helen Hunt (As Good As It Gets), directed by the Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Contact, What Lies Beneath), written by William Broyles, Jr. (Apollo 13, Entrapment)—from 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks. Oscar®-winner Tom Hanks stars as a FedEx inspector who survives a plane crash that leaves him stranded, alone, on a remote desert island for four years. A contemporary drama, Cast Away is about a man who is isolated and forced to transform himself in order to survive both physically and emotionally, and his adjustment when he finally does return to civilization and to his fiancée, played by Oscar®-winner Helen Hunt. The Newmarket book includes the complete shooting script, an introduction by William Broyles who spent six years in collaboration with Hanks on Cast Away, stills, and the complete credits.

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[A]n act of cinematic audacity, an anti-Gilligan's Island whose realism will defy every stereotype of the alone-on-an-island genre. -- Chris Connelly, Talk magazine cover story

About the Author

William Broyles, Jr. was co-writer of Apollo 13, which won the Academy Award® and Writers Guild Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and wrote the screenplays for Entrapment and Unfaithful. He was former editor of Newsweek, and the founding editor of the Texas Monthly. He lives in Austin, Texas.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Newmarket Press (February 22, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557044813
• ISBN-13: 978-1557044815
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #625,216 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Brilliant.... A Five Star Screenplay...., June 9, 2003

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Lisa Myers (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cast Away: The Shooting Script (Newmarket Shooting Script Series) (Paperback)

Broyles script is a brillant work in script and structure. I would highly recommend to those who are fans of the movie, to read the script as a companion. The introduction was also very insightful, and left me with an even greater love for the film after reading the shooting script.

A great study for film students in wanting to examine complex structure, with a perfectly formated character and story progression.