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Castaway (1986)
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11 September 1987 (USA) morePlot:
Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year with him on a desert island... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Interesting imagery, fairly believable moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Oliver Reed | ... | Gerald Kingsland |
 | Amanda Donohoe | ... | Lucy Irvine |
 | Georgina Hale | ... | Sister Saint Margaret |
| Frances Barber | ... | Sister Saint Winifred |
| Tony Rickards | ... | Jason |
 | Todd Rippon | ... | Rod |
| John Sessions | ... | Man in Pub |
 | Virginia Hey | ... | Janice |
| Sorel Johnson | ... | Lara |
| Len Peihopa | ... | Ronald |
| Paul Reynolds | ... | Mike Kingsland |
| Sean Hamilton | ... | Geoffrey Kingsland |
| Sarah Harper | ... | Swimming Teacher |
| Stephen Jenn | ... | Shop Manager |
| Joseph Blatchley | ... | Registrar |
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117 minCountry:
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UK singer Kate Bush was initially asked to star in the film, but she was put-off by the sexual material of the screenplay. Instead she provided a song. moreSoundtrack:
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Two people who barely know each other, spend a year on an island together. They suffer malnutrition, stormy weather, and just plain I'm-sick-of-you-itis. I managed to catch this movie a while back on cable. I love watching movies from England, Australia or New Zealand because they're so different from what I'm used to. This movie didn't disappoint there. There was only one thing missing from this movie to make it totally realistic. Amanda Donohoe played a young, presumably fertile woman on an island for 12 months and never so much as had PMS, if you catch my drift. Forgive me, but as a woman, this is something I think of *whenever* I think about being stranded *anywhere* for months at a time. All in all, though, a very entertaining movie.