Wilson Castaway Mister Mini Volleyball

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Another castaway was a French woman Marguerite de La Rocque, who in 1542 was made to stay on an island near Quebec, Île des Démons, after her uncle caught her sleeping with a man aboard their ship and left them both on the uninhabited land. Cast Away movie review and film summary (Roger Ebert), archived from the original on May 10, 2021 , retrieved June 14, 2021 Natale, Richard (December 20, 2000). "Casting About". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on April 18, 2015 . Retrieved April 9, 2015.

Cast Away". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 14, 2021 . Retrieved March 26, 2021. Vanneman, Alan. "The Volleyball in the Void". Bright Lights Film Journal. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013 . Retrieved November 26, 2008. Nowadays, production companies want big money for product placement. But at the time, that wasn’t really the case,” explains Director of Basketball, Volleyball, and Soccer, Mike Kuehne. “But they just wanted the balls.” The film also helped Wilson's partner, the AVP (Association of Volleyball Professionals), because their logo was also visible on the ball. If they weren’t already, Wilson and the AVP became cemented together forever in the volleyball world.

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Perhaps you’ve heard that a Wilson brand volleyball was selected for the movie in honor of Tom Hanks’ wife, Rita Wilson. The story goes that Hanks knew he would be away from home filming with a small crew for an extended period of time, so he wanted to have some connection to the product that would play his co-star. That’s why he chose a ball with his wife’s name. Hanks recalled how before he left the production in Fiji, he received a cut and it got infected. Turns out he had a staph infection in his leg and it almost gave him blood poisoning. “The doctor said to me, ‘What’s the matter with you, you idiot? You could have died from this thing!’ And I was like, ‘Oh, I don’t know.’ But they literally had to take out a big chunk of the stuff in my leg.” The infection was so severe that Hanks stayed in a hospital for three days. “Then we had to shut down production for three weeks because the doctors said, ‘No way is this kid getting in the water.’” 6. Tom Hanks went through several different ending scenarios for his character.

Wilson Cast Away Volleyball". Wilson Sporting Goods. Archived from the original on April 28, 2014 . Retrieved April 27, 2014. Wallace consulted with Kuehne and Volleyball and Soccer Business Manager, Alan Davenport. It was a more vague request than Wilson usually received, but with the reassurance only Tom Hanks could provide, the team agreed to send Fox what it had asked for… which was actually soccer balls. a b Galloway, Stephen (November 30, 2017). "Actor Roundtable: Tom Hanks, James Franco and More on 'Predators Everywhere' and Secrets of 'Legends' ". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on October 4, 2018 . Retrieved December 8, 2017.

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At the time of filming, a FedEx plane hadn’t actually crashed like that in real life—though in 2009 two crew members died in a crash and in August 2015 a plane crashed into the Caribbean Sea—but the company didn’t want to draw attention to the fact that it could happen. FedEx provided filming locations at their hubs in Memphis, Los Angeles, and Moscow, and helped with logistical support. The 6th Critics' Choice Movie Awards Winners and Nominees". Broadcast Film Critics Association. Archived from the original on January 4, 2012. Cast Away lets Hanks fend for himself". Detroit News. December 22, 2000. Archived from the original on June 8, 2011 . Retrieved November 26, 2008. Germain, David (December 27, 2000). " 'Cast Away' sails to top of debut list". The Associated Press. The Daily Journal. p.10. Archived from the original on September 26, 2023 . Retrieved September 26, 2023– via Newspapers.com.