《Cast Away》　荒島余生　戰(zhàn)勝無邊無際的孤獨

No.015　《Cast Away》　荒島余生　戰(zhàn)勝無邊無際的孤獨

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Cast Away is a 2000 drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks as a FedEx employee stranded on an uninhabited island after his plane crashes in the South Pacific. The film depicts his attempts to survive on the island using remnants of his plane's cargo.

An exploration of human survival and the ability of fate to alter even the tidiest of lives with one major event, Cast Away tells the story of Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks), a Federal Express engineer who devotes most of his life to his troubleshooting job. His girlfriend Kelly (Helen Hunt) is often neglected by his dedication to work, and his compulsive personality suggests a conflicted man. But on Christmas Eve, Chuck proposes marriage to Kelly right before embarking on a large assignment. On the assignment, a plane crash strands Chuck on a remote island, and his fast-paced life is slowed to a crawl, as he is miles removed from any human contact. Finding solace only in a volleyball that he befriends, Chuck lived in a remote Pacific island for four years, he slowly becomes transformed both mentally and physically as he attempts to survive. This harrowing personal struggle ultimately brings him to a simple Zen-like understanding of what things in this world—in his world—are truly important.

Cast Away was filmed on Monuriki, one of the Mamanuca Islands in Fiji. It is in a subgroup of the Mamanuca archipelago, which is sited off the coast of Viti Levu, Fiji's largest island. The island became a tourist attraction following the film's release. Although it is identified by Kelly after Chuck's return as being "about 600 miles south of the Cook Islands", there is actually no land between the southern-most Cook Islands of Mangaia and Antarctica.

FedEx paid nothing for product placement in the film. FedEx CEO Fred Smith did make an appearance as himself for the scene where Chuck is welcomed back, which was filmed on location at FedEx's home facilities in Memphis, Tennessee. Although the idea of a story based on a FedEx plane crashing gave the company "a heart attack at first", the overall story was seen as positive and the company saw an increase in brand awareness in Asia and Europe following the film's release.

Cast Away was acclaimed by critics. The film holds a score of 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. The film was a success at the box office, earning over $429,632,142 worldwide in ticket receipts.

Hanks was nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the 73rd Academy Awards for his critically acclaimed performance.

獲獎情況

2001年第73屆奧斯卡：最佳男主角提名、最佳音響提名。

影片信息

導(dǎo)演：羅伯特·澤米吉斯

編?。和?middot;保爾斯·杰寧

主演：湯姆·漢克斯、海倫·亨特、克里斯·諾斯、尼克·西塞

類型：劇情、冒險

制片國家（地區(qū)）：美國

上映日期：2000-12-22（美國）

片長：143分鐘

又名：《浩劫重生》《劫后重生》

劇情簡介

查克（湯姆·漢克斯　飾）是聯(lián)邦快遞的系統(tǒng)工程師，他的職業(yè)決定了他的生活忙碌、自律、充滿緊迫感。而查克總能把一切工作都井井有條地安排在每天的日程里，對于時間他有絕對的控制欲。他無暇顧及的只是女朋友凱莉，因此他們的關(guān)系出現(xiàn)了危機(jī)。

在一次出差的旅程中，查克搭的小飛機(jī)失事，所有人都以為查克喪生于這場災(zāi)難中，然而事實上他活了下來，被困在一個荒無人煙的小島上。無人救援、無人陪伴，生活的唯一目的變?yōu)椋夯钕氯?。這個時候，倒是讓查克對于自己的人生觀有了改變。經(jīng)過無數(shù)次的逃亡、自殺之后，他想自己可能要在這個荒島上度過余生。

4年對于查克是一個漫長的時間，這期間他和排球為伴，而且成為了一名出色的捕魚者。海面上飄來的塑料板讓他又燃起了希望，最終他把塑料板做成帆船成功逃離荒島。

但是，4年，讓很多事情都改變了。一直支撐著他活下去的未婚妻還在等他嗎？他不在的這4年，究竟發(fā)生了什么變化？突然出現(xiàn)的他又該何去何從？

制作花絮

全片中大約有1個半小時的聲音都是在后期制作中重新加入的。

大部分在荒島上的夜景是在白天拍攝的，夜空和黑暗的背景是在后期制作中加入的。

如果將查克的名字縮寫為“C”，姓名連在一起就是“C.Noland”，念出來就是“see no land”。

與公眾的想法相反，聯(lián)邦快遞公司沒支付給制片方1分錢。

片中的一個排球后來被拍賣，最后以18400美元成交。

重點學(xué)習(xí)

But on Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve is the 24th of December, the day before Christmas Day. 也就是“圣誕前夜（12月24日），圣誕節(jié)前夕（指圣誕節(jié)前一天或前一晚）；平安夜”的意思，歌手賈斯汀·比伯有一首歌歌名就是《Christmas Eve》。比如：A rainy Christmas Eve. It just made me feel sadder and lonelier.（一個下雨的圣誕前夜，這只能讓我感到更悲傷、更孤單。）

As he attempts to survive

文中的attempt后接動詞不定式，表示“嘗試，企圖；試圖做某事”的意思，比如：These books attempt to explain why that is, and what, if anything, should be done about it.（這些書試圖解釋為什么會那樣，如果能做的話應(yīng)該做什么。）

要注意的是，attempt后面也可以接doing sth.，即attempt doing sth.，也是“嘗試做某事”的意思，但它們之間有區(qū)別：attempt to do sth.是表示具體的嘗試做什么，是很具體的一次性行為；而attempt doing sth.是指一貫性的，長期以來做的事情。

單詞時間

uninhabited[??nin?hæbitid] adj. 無人居住的，杳無人跡的

cargo[?kɑ:ɡ?u] n. 貨物，船貨

exploration[?ekspl?:?rei??n] n. 探測；探究；踏勘

dedication[?dedi?kei??n] n. 奉獻(xiàn)；獻(xiàn)身

compulsive[k?m?p?lsiv] adj. 強(qiáng)制的；強(qiáng)迫的

assignment[??sainm?nt] n. 分配；任務(wù)；作業(yè)；功課

crawl[kr?:l] n. 爬行；養(yǎng)魚池；匍匐而行

solace[?s?l?s] n. 安慰；慰藉；安慰之物

harrowing[?hær?ui?] adj. 痛心的；悲慘的

subgroup[?s?bɡru:p] n. 小群；隸屬的小組織

archipelago[?ɑ:ki?pel?ɡ?u] n. 群島，列島；多島的海區(qū)

receipt[ri?si:t] n. 收到；收據(jù)；收入