Corrected entry: When Chuck reaches the island and writes "HELP", the letters face the water. Later, when Chuck climbs the mountain of rocks, the letters are now sideways and facing him instead of the water.
Cast Away (2000)
1 correction since 23 Apr '24, 02:34
Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Lari White, Paul Sanchez
Continuity mistake: When Chuck first goes over and sees the cave, it changes the camera angle and the sunlight is significantly dimmer and more orange, indicating a sunset.
Chuck Noland: I couldn't even kill myself the way I wanted to. I had power over nothing.
Trivia: When the shots on the island were finished, the sound had to be completely redone, as the surf was too loud.
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Correction: He first writes the word help in the sand. Later he makes the word from tree stumps the other way around.