Cast Away

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by William Broyles

Type

Screenplays

Subject

One Film > Cast Away

Keywords

Robert Zemeckis, screenplay

Publishing date

2001

Publisher

Newmarket Press

Collection

Shooting Script

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 128 pages
7 x 9 ¼ inches (18 x 23.5 cm)

ISBN-10
ISBN-13

1-55704-481-3
978-1-55704-481-5

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Book Presentation:
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.

Also included in this unique Newmarket Shooting Script® edition is the complete shooting script, a preface to the script by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Contact), movie stills, and complete cast and crew credits.

About the Author:
A decorated Marine veteran, screenwriter William Broyles, Jr. was co-writer of the Apollo 13 screenplay, for which he received an Academy Award® and Writer's Guild Best Screenplay nomination. He was also co-writer of Entrapment and was the co-creator of the television series China Beach, which won twelve Emmys. He was also founding editor of the award-winning Texas Monthly magazine, editor in chief of California magazine, and editor in chief of Newsweek.

Press Reviews:
[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

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