Who called Kelly?
When she gets the phone call that Chuck is alive and was found.
Who was it who called her?
Probably Chuck's friend from Fedex once he found out the news.
shareThat scene was added after the movie was test previewed.
I saw the "test preview" version, and Hanks' first contact with Hunt came in the scene where Chris Noth came in and Hanks looked out the window and saw Hunt.
Somebody must have decided that seeing Hunt receive the information would be more dramatic.
Another scene was added after the preview: the one at the end where Hanks has that long, sad, then inspiring speech (with his friend listening silently) about "staying alive and breathing" until one day the tide comes in with help...
I wonder if part of that was because of the "suicide log." The entire suicide thing just seems to have popped from nowhere with no real explanation. Not that it really needed one but it seemed like a foreign element in a film where the body of the story was about a single guy on a small island and not much else. Suddenly we find out that years have lapsed and when he needs to craft some rope there's this suicide subplot that was never touched on and never really needed to exist but was still wedged in for reasons that make little sense.
I realize every film has something of this nature but the suicide thing seems to have been forced and out of place without that scene where he discusses losing his will to live and regaining it.
It was pretty realistic.
shareI'm not saying it's not realistic, I'm saying the way the film handled it made it seem cumbersome and off kilter. Like it was added in as an afterthought.
shareI understand your point. I thought it was a good element to add. It balanced out a variety of experiences and emotions Chuck faced. You were brought along the journey of him being resourceful, developing survival skills and solving problems and staying sane by talking to volleyball. And then the reality of it at the end hits: Chuck was also in despair. To your point though, maybe they should have explored it deeper than just a quick reveal and then move on.
shareOne of my all time favorite, philosophical and poignant scenes.
" I know....tomorrow the sun will rise...and who knows what the tide might bring in? "