Script: Cast Away from by William Broyles from
http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Cast-Away.html
Film:
‘Cast Away’, starring Tom Hanks,
Made in 2000 by Image Movers and Playtone
Brief description of the film clip you watched last week:
Chuck Noland is a Fed-Ex manager who demands that everything must be on time and
travels the world to make sure punctuality is on top of everything else. He has a girlfriend,
Kelly, with whom he is deeply in love with and family he hardly sees. When work
intrudes on Christmas Eve, Chuck has a quick gift exchange in the car and kisses Kelly
goodbye. He boards a delivery plane going overseas which gets caught in a horrendous
storm and crashes into the Pacific.
Task 1
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Try to number the dialogues in the order in which they happen in the film.
Dialogues by Chuck Noland
And then the next day, the last truck’s four minutes late.
Then six. Then ten. Then we're the U.S. mail.
I'll be right back.
Order in film
What was that? Little turbulence from Santa and those 8
tiny reindeer?
87 hours is an eternity! We fight wars in 87 hours!
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I'm always going to keep this watch on Memphis time. Kelly
time.
Task 2
Match the dialogues with the events mentioned below.
Events
Dialogues
(A-E)
Chuck opens the watchcase of an antique gold pocket watch.
The plane shakes violently.
Chuck receives the egg timer which he sent from Memphis to Russia.
Chuck is talking to another FedEx Road Warrior called Stan.
Chuck kisses Kelly goodbye and then boards a delivery plane going
overseas.
Task 3
Which part(s) of the film clip impressed you most? Share with your
partner group.
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