Cast away
Subtitle: the shooting script
By: screenplay and introduction by William Broyles, Jr. ; preface to the script by Robert Zemeckis.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Newmarket shooting script series book
Publisher: Newmarket Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 110
Subjects: Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc. -- Drama.
Genres: Drama.
Other titles: Castaway; Cast away (Motion picture)
Description: ""Cast Away began in 1994 when Fox executive Elizabeth Gabler told me that Tom Hanks thought there might be a movie in the story of a modern man stranded on a desert island...which Tom jokingly called 'Chuck of the Jungle.' "".

"So begins William Broyles, Jr.'s fascinating introduction, written exclusively for this book, about the process and challenges inherent in writing a screenplay that was not, by design, going to have a lot of dialogue in it, and about his collaboration with two extraordinarily gifted artists, actor Tom Hanks and director Robert Zemeckis.".

"Broyles's introduction shows how a movie and its story evolve, shift, and shape while the creators grapple with all manner of internal and external choices: from developing what was Tom Hanks's idea into a story, and building a narrative structure and thematic threads into a screenplay, to researching the details of the specific - and ironic - situation of a FedEx executive stranded on a desert island."--BOOK JACKET.