I remember feeling like this scene is the closest thing to describing being a veteran coming home. A whole world, even your family, has moved on. Lives developed, events took place, memories made... without you. They learned a fully functional life without your presence, completely independent (regardless the income being sent home) and you don't quite fit in. It takes as much for them to re-accept you as for you to re-accept them. And in some ways, you're the bad guy, the one who abandoned them - at least in their eyes. Personally I never figured out how to make it work. 13 years since I was discharged. You do get past the humanity of it. You learn to be alone. In a sad but irrational form of logic, its the only sane thing you can do.

Even after literally surviving a plane crash, and living on a remote island for several years, away from normal society, Chuck still feels guilty for missing the funeral of his friends’ wife. Makes you appreciate how truly good and decent human beings can be.

That stare when he was told what was in his coffin was him realizing that after all his years that he lived, the legacy he left behind was a working man. They buried his working tools and his albums. It was probably a huge reality check, because he probably thought he’d live the rest of his life with his priorities straight now.

I can't believe this film is 23 years old. Time just goes so fast as you get older.

Wilson was his best friend the whole time. A freaking volleyball of all things.

When her husband walks in and introduces himself makes one wonder how would anyone feel or react in that moment. No one is to blame - both men facing a sense of loss, one already felt, the other thinking his is coming. Knowing lives can be torn apart only because of circumstances. powerful scene and very well acted and directed.

1:51 Can’t imagine what Stan is going through. Four years ago, he lost two most important people in his world, his wife and his best . And then four years later he finds out his best friend survived the plane crash and alive and was found in the middle of the sea. I think he’s just so happy that he at least got one of the most important people back into his life.

0:24 I don't know if it was Zemeckis' direction, Hanks' improv, or maybe just a coincidence, but the way he picks up that piece of ice that fell and puts it back in his cup is actually pretty profound. It shows he's never going to take anything, even a little chip of ice, he'll never take things like that for granted again.

I like how even after he went home, with all those people talking to him and a large crowd welcoming him back, everything is still quiet. It's as if he still hasn't left that island yet.

His forehead is sunburnt where he was exposed to sun for four years. But his lower face is pale where the beard covered. Nice attention to makeup detail.

The way the sound of the turbines outside starts to build up after the guy says "I'm Kelly's husband" and it cuts back to a shocked Tom Hanks is such an incredible touch. Zemeckis is awesome with details.

Cant get over the fact they gave em a seafood buffet 😂

in so many ways, he was more alive on the island than hell ever be back home.

NEVER get on a plane with Tom Hanks. Or, a spaceship.

Love the Forrest Gump nod, the Dr. Pepper he's offered on the plane and his subtle smile.

Damn, apologizing he wasn’t there for Mary’s death. Chuck is a stand up guy.

The fact that Kelly married the very dentist that (we can assume) did his root canal, which led to the absessed tooth he extracted himself on the island, is tragically comedic. This dentist screwed him once before he bedded his wife. I also love that they made no attempt to explore that character anymore because chuck probably saw it exactly that way. This movie did an excellent job with perspective; putting us in Chucks shoes, on the island for so much of the movie and with nobody else Just like him.

Lesson: sleep with your dentist before your wife has the chance to in order to prevent a situation like this from occurring

It is a testament to Hanks's skilled performance that people believed this move was based on a real life story.

I laughed my ass off when they did his welcome home meal at the party was seafood. Hahaha it should have been burgers and steaks!!!

I love how they create tension with ambient noise that sounds somewhat like an empty island with nothing but wind and waves.

“First when she thought she lost you…” This statement seems to add fuel to the ‘fiery’ theory that Kelly was cheating on him the entire time w/ Mr. Root Canal.

The time he sees her again is so heartbreaking. I cant watch without breaking into tears.

This is a movie that is never over. The way it makes you think about things.

It was a great movie. What a classic

May 7, 2000. 1500 FedEx employees were used to film the 'welcome home' scene for Hanks' character, Chuck Noland. We filmed our 'scenes' the the hub on Tchulahoma Road here in Memphis. Great times.

Can you imagine if this flight crashed into the ocean too, and he's back to square one again 😫 🏐 🥥

This is a movie about hope. “Who knows what the tides could bring? I just had to keep breathing.” It is Zemekis’ masterpiece. Movies like this (and Shawshank) get me, every time. HOPE

What amazes me is at the movie theater where I saw this, the volume was so loud that I had ringing in my ears for months after. Yet, the video clip uploaded here, the volume is so low I had to crank everything up. The irony.

This is one of the best movies ever made. Hanks is amazing as usual.

It feels so easy to hate this guy… and yet… he has no malicious intent… he was just there for a woman who thought she had lost everything… and now the impossible has happened.

23 years ago, this movie came out can't believe it's been that long.

Kelly helped him fight to survive, and then when he finally was rescued he ends up even more empty. :(

One of the more subtle things about his character is that in the beginning he was much more vocal, louder, faster. But here he’s so much more reserved, quiet even nervous. What a shift, yet an understandable one

Glad they didn't go with the original ending where Tom Hanks wakes up back on the island and his miraculous escape was all a dream, and he starts punching Wilson repeatedly before the screen fades to black

It's a totally intentional reference to the fact that he had a hard time getting that food during the island. And having it there makes everything so simple for him. It's a way of saying "appreciate things before you lose them."

They did him so dirty. This man spent 4 years of his life on a island, surviving. The only thing that kept him alive, the only reason he is truly back isn't because they finally found him it was because he always kept hope in his heart that if he lived one more day that he come back and his wife would be there waiting for him. They say sorry, but really it just their way to cope and feel better. Amazing movie and acting on Hanks part.

One of the saddest films ever tbh.

The SuperBowl commercial spoof on this movie was hilarious. Of course this was back when commercials were humorous.

This film made me understand that Castaway can have two different meanings.

Having watched this movie when it came out and seeing the title of the video seeing it came out nearly 24 years ago makes me feel old. And i was 9 when it came out. Yeah i know others have been around longer than i have but it still hits all the same.

It wasn’t this extreme, but I got in some trouble and had to go away for awhile. When I got out of prison after 5 years it was like a different world then the one I left. Everything was so different. Friends were strangers. Places I’d hung out at were closed for good. It was like my hometown died while I was inside. I’ve since moved away and have gone back to my hometown a handful of times over the past couple of years. It’s a sad place now. No industry or jobs for the people. It’s like one big retirement community. I get sad whenever I drive through.

Man Hanks practically gets betrayed by every love interest he's had in every freaking movie. Like, I swear.

Kelly should have just called ahead and had someone there let him know she couldn't make it, sending her husband was a low blow

Best FedEx commercial ever

I hate when companies call themselves "families".

So glad the outro music is louder than the whole clip

😐 I have no idea how he found the courage to ride in an airplane again.

Titling the film “Cast Away” instead of “Castaway” was such a nice garnish. Little touches like that are brilliant narrative tools. They make the viewers think deeper about the true nature of the story they are being told. But only if they even notice it considering its not like there are bright blinking neon signs/arrows drawing attention to that.

This classic movie was 24 years ago? man where has the time gone.

I know this movie gets a bad rep for being sort of boring, but it's truly amazing all the steps the movie takes you through and how, in many ways, there's so much realism threaded through the movie.

This my favorite Tom Hanks movie.

One of the best movies ever made.

Lesson: there’s always somebody lurking to steal your mate when you are not around. Sneaky dentist took the opportunity

This is my favorite part of movie

Still such a great movie

This is one of the greatest actors to live👍

Tom's character let it go. Time moves on. And he moves with it.

i always cry on this scene

I had just spent years on an island kept alive by the fire of someone's memory, only to have some request that I give them more time? I don't know if I could do that.

Just one little detail I’ve noticed some people getting wrong in the comments: Kelly and Chuck were never married. They were together for years, but they never got married because life was too busy for them to take the time for that. I think that lends to Kelly getting married and having a kid as quickly as she did- she regretted not doing that with Chuck and didn’t want to put things off again. I also don’t think she cheated, but people see what they want to see.

I think Tom Hanks did a really good job with this sequence. I’m probably not the first one to say this, but it’s almost like a military veteran coming home. The world has changed. Loved ones have moved on. Memories have been made. So many things have happened. You can definitely see that he almost feels like an alien on another planet or rather he is on an alien planet. And in all honesty, I can’t really blame him. I mean he lived for over four years if I remember correctly on that small island. Having gone from an individual who likely has almost no survival skills to being able to teach military personnel thing or two.

This scene broke my heart

So much for Wilson

Give this man an Oscar

Great movie...one thing I would have done differently just prior to this plane scene (and after being rescued) is a short scene where Hanks shows apprehension on getting on the plane...the last plane (4 yrs. earlier) experienced a malfunction and crashed - it could have happened again with this plane… "Cast Away" is about loss, and beyond some more obvious examples, I see this "loss" theme (possibly) throughout the movie - some examples of which may perhaps be considered good losses: Bettina Peterson lost her marriage due to her husband's infidelity Time lost with Kelly before boarding the plane Loss (removal) of the bandaid in the plane bathroom just prior to the crash (interestingly, removal of that bandaid signified healing of his thumb - but that seemingly small relief/healing was "lost" and replaced by a greater loss due to the plane crash) Near loss of the pocket watch (with Kelly's picture) during the plane descent/plummet Loss of the plane crew friends Loss of emergency locator transmitter (underwater) Loss of air from the raft (after being punctured by the rock) Loss of blood (on the coral?) after earlier escape attempt Lost rescue opportunity (distant ship with light) Loss of beach lettering ("HELP") due to the tide and resultant loss of rescue opportunity Loss of flashlight battery power (in cave) Loss of tooth (although this loss of pain may be considered a good loss) Loss of weight (over 4 yrs.) Loss of natural hair color (from sun exposure) Loss of human contact (while on island) (Temporary) loss of "Wilson" (after being angry and tossing "him" Loss of leaving island (after getting accustomed to being marooned) Loss of port-o-porty(?) metal panel due to the storm (perhaps the Bettina Peterson WINGS emblem was portending the "flying away" of the panel) Loss of need for oars (post-storm) - subsequently casting them away (Final) loss of Wilson, accompanied by loss of strength to rescue "him" Loss of (normal life) time and loss of prior life assumptions/attitudes/spontaneity all due to being marooned Loss of control over committing suicide (cliff) Loss of appetite for seafood (at homecoming party) Loss of initial meeting with Kelly Loss of life with Kelly due to her marriage Loss of the football team (to another city) and loss of that team in the Superbowl… The title of this movie, "Cast Away", is actually not the spelling for the word used for describing a marooned/shipwrecked person - it is instead spelled as "castaway"... although these 2 words can potentially be synonymous, I wonder if Zemeckis was essentially seeking to make a point similar to mine (e.g., "loss")...yes, the movie is about a "castaway" (like in "Gilligan's Island"), but separating the word "castaway" into "cast away" may help point to a richer meaning of the movie…if so, then even the movie title signifies/describes a sense of "loss" (i.e., something being "cast away") Also, Hank's character's name itself, Chuck Noland, may also contain a theme of loss: Chuck - to chuck (or cast) away Noland - perhaps a combination of 2 words "No land" (i.e., no place to settle or a loss of stability location-wise for the character) and/or alluding to the island as uncharted (and so "no land" was known)... Although not even part of the movie, the woman who played Bettina Peterson, Lari White, died in 2018 at age 52, and so - if art were to have imitated (or followed) life here - Chuck Noland would have prematurely lost her at a relatively earlier age if he had decided to pursue her (a possibility presented at the final crossroads scene)... After writing all this, I am ready to watch "Cast Away" for the umteenth time(!)...

I still dont believe she wouldn't see him.

SHE was his life. All his dreams have included HER. His memory had been lost with age and replaced with useful dreams. Healing is moving on too.

Chuck Noland finally made it back home, only to realize that the only welcoming party he got was a seafood feast - talk about adding insult to injury after his time on the island!

Feels like coming out of prison where the world & family moved on without you.

I know what he was thinking “god damn Jody!”

What’s s in the box? A tooth extraction kit with painless anesthesia... OH… and a satellite cell phone with atomic battery... and GPS.

I imagine that Chuck, inside, during this scene, had a lot of PTSD from being inside the plane. It may not be noticeable to the naked eye. But I wouldn't be surprised at all if that were the case.

Coffee cups spelling out Ex Fed is a nice detail too...

Kelly moved on pretty quick. Chuck was gone what, less than 3 years? Enough time to grieve, marry and have a family....

Jesus I can’t imagine what this would feel like. On one hand I get it, she thought he was dead and it’s like is she expected to just mourn forever and never move on? Just a horrible situation all around

The irony of flying on a plane home from being trapped on an island from a plane crash leaving home.

I also like the squeal 'Castaway: Search for Wilson'

be nice to be able to hear this..

I'm wearing pro headphones and this is way to low. Except when the tone at the end hits you.

There's a video which makes a good case for the theory that she was cheating on him right from the start of the film. There are clues..

Could you turn the volume down?

He finally was rescued after 4 years like so strange he kept telling them he hadnt died

When he goes to see her at the house that was gut-wrenching.

I never understood why he looked so serious. I'd have been bouncing off the walls!

4 years is way too fast for me as a wife to move on from my “deceased” husband, get involved with my dentist, and have a baby with him. I’d fool around, sure I’m human, but to get involved like that and having a kid, all while still grieving? Yea, no!

After spending 4 years on that island, it was kind of his home. Now he was a cast away in the society.

Do the timeline. Chucks coffin was barely in the ground when poor Kelly who loved Chuck so much (YOU'RE THE LOVE OF MY LIFE!) somehow overcame her grief, met a guy, dated, got married and have at least a 2-3 year old. Yeah that Kelly REALLY grieved for poor old Chuck. Chuck is now Red Pilled and living the MGTOW life on his own accord.

I didn't know this Law and Order episode had Tom Hanks in it

0:17 that old DR PEPPER can brings back childhood memories

"She has had it rough".....I just wanted to yell at the dude, really, rough huh?

Great movie

How the world leaves you behind from a moment not of your choosing.

More time?! The fuck did he just say?!!!!

Imagine if this plane also crashed

I've seen the receipts lads, there's a couple of good videos documenting the timeline of everything , It's as clear as day the producer and director actually was revealing the whole way through Kelly having an affair the whole time

Jim spalding (WILSON IS TURNING IN HIS WATERY AFTERLIFE) 😂

I am an advertising man for many years ... and right at this scene, Chuck is stepping ona FedEx rug. From start to finish, FedEx is there making this film a FedEx production, no doubt, though to most movie goers, it doesn't matter but they =notice= what FedEx is. Great commercial value of an advertising coup !!! Great job, FedEx

“Give her a little more time”. I was expecting a typical Tom Hanks response of: “What, four years wasn’t enough?”

Good movie make me think.