“Tom Hanks’ $430 Million Survival Drama Gets a New Streaming Home”

The year 2000 was a breakthrough year for Hollywood tentpole releases Mission: Impossible 2, X MenAnd gladiator. Throw away Additionally, the film surpassed its box office success by creating a pop culture icon.

Hulu adds Throw away to its streaming offerings in December. This 2000 drama explores themes of hopelessness, survival and isolation, portrayed from the perspective of its stranded protagonist. Tom Hanks’ exceptional performance was different from recent roles in Toy Story 2, The Green MileAnd Saving Private Ryan is savedall of which featured an ensemble cast. Hanks performed primarily as a solo artist Throw awayappeared alongside her co-star Helen Hunt only in the bookend scenes of the first and last acts. Hanks confirmed Throw away was his original idea, which was further developed by director Robert Zemeckis and writer William Broyles.

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“I made Throw away because I wanted to explore the concept of four years of hopelessness, where you don’t have any of the necessities of life – food, water, shelter, fire and companionship,” he told THR in 2017. “But it took us six years to live.” put together the alliance that would actually investigate this… I was reading an article about FedEx and I noticed that 747s filled with packages fly across the Pacific three times a day. And I just thought, ‘What happens if this goes down?'”

FedEx Logistics proved to be an integral part of the film’s plot, creating the conflict and motivating the protagonist to move on. Throw away is also iconic because of Chuck Noland’s (Hanks) companion Wilson and the sporting goods company’s product placement.

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The Wilson volleyball became a conduit for Noland’s internal monologue. Early drafts of the script reportedly included lines for Wilson, but these were cut to preserve the film’s grounded narrative. 20th Century Fox requested Wilson’s partnership in 1998 and asked the company to provide some balls for screen testing. Wilson initially shipped footballs. “(20th Century Fox) came back and said the soccer balls wouldn’t work because…something…wouldn’t stick to the soccer material,“Wilson boss Molly Wallace remembered.”So they asked for some volleyballs instead.“That “something” turned out to be the volleyball’s face, sculpted from Noland’s bloody handprint.

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Throw away was a breakout hit and Wilson became a pop culture icon. Wilson won the 2001 Critics’ Choice Award for Best Inanimate Object; it even has its own IMDB page. The sporting goods company was based on volleyball’s celebrity status. “From a pure exposure standpoint, this goes much deeper than just simple product placement,” said Chris Considine, the general manager of Wilson Team Sports at the time. “This catapults us out of the gym and into the pop culture arena.” Hanks had a very public reunion with him Throw away “Co-Star” in 2015 and 2022.

A gross of $430 million on a budget of $90 million. Throw away was the third highest-grossing film after 2000 Mission: Impossible 2 And gladiator.

Throw away Streams on Hulu on December 1st.

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After crash-landing on a deserted island, a FedEx manager undergoes a physical and emotional transformation.

director

Robert Zemeckis

Release date

December 22, 2000

studio

Pour

Paul Sanchez, Lari White, Leonid Citer, David Allen Brooks, Jelena Papovic, Valentina Ananyina

writer

William Broyles Jr.

Duration

143 minutes

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Theater box office

$429.6 million

Awards won

Filming locations

budget

90 million dollars

Studio(s)

20th century

Sales partner

20th century, DreamWorks distribution

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