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Although the story of the film takes place in 1995, the Cherokee Jeep driven by Chuck is a 1999 model.
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If Chuck’s name is abbreviated as "C", the names are linked together to be "C. Noland", and the pronunciation is "see no land".
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Contrary to public opinion, FedEx did not pay the producer a penny.
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A volleyball in the film was later auctioned and sold for $18,400.
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Most of the night scenes on the desert island were shot during the day, and the night sky and dark background were added in post-production.
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Approximately one and a half hours of sound in the entire film was re-added in post-production.
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The filming took 16 months, and the filming was stopped midway for up to a year. However, the reason for the stop was not because of extraneous branches, but to allow Tom Hanks to lose 55 pounds and grow his hair.
Cast Away behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
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Chuck Noland: [to Kelly] You need to go home.
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Chuck Noland: Time rules over us without mercy, not caring if we 're healthy or ill, hungry or drunk, Russian, American, beings from Mars. It's like a fire. It could either destroy us or keep us warm. That's why every FedEx office has a clock. Because we live or we die by the clock. We never turn our back on it. And we never, ever allow ourselves the sin of losing track of time!