How much compensation did he get from Fed Ex after he was saved?
Just for PR reasons you’d assume
>whatever his years of wages would have been while he was gone
>bonus millions for trauma and so he won’t sue
I’m gonna say 15 million
How much compensation did he get from Fed Ex after he was saved? Just for PR reasons youd assume
6 trillion
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around three fiddy
i aint givin you no tree fiddy you godamn loch-ness monster get you own godamn money
I think they would have a good team of lawyers that they would use to get out of paying him
They could but the calculations would make it easier to just pay him. It’s not like they lose a middle manager on a plane crash and he happens to somehow survive every year.
>FedEx employee marooned for tears, gets taken to court by employer
VS
>FedEx employee marooned, company rewards dedication and loyalty
He could easily sue over the crash and any kind of lawsuit would have been absolutely terrible PR. Any lawyer would tell them to quickly and publicly give him compensation.
A lifetime supply of frickable coconuts.
Why would he have years of wages? They probably thought he died
Because he never clocked out
He means the compensation would include the wages he would have earned if he wasn't stuck on the island.
Autism
It was an accident on their plane so he needs that salary, inflation adjusted.
Dang, it sucks what happened with him and the plane
Kinda reminds me of another tragedy with a plane
Has anything like this actually happened in the modern age? (After 1990?)
He was stuck there for 5 years in the film
I feel like that’s not really possible IRL now. You will either be rescued within a couple months max because there’s so many ships and satellites and shit. Or you will die of exposure.
All the famous castaways like the one that inspired Robinson Crusoe are from like the 1700’s or earlier. Alexander Selkirk for example (and he was only “stuck” on the South American island for so long because he kept hiding from Spanish ships and when the choice was between being captured by Spaniards your country was hostile to or living on a tropical island alone, you always choose the island)
A bloke was adrift for over a year in 2014
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Salvador_Alvarenga
However your chances of survival and rescue are significantly higher if you're stationary
Like those kids in Amazon last month: rescuers found the crashed plane in about two days but it was 40ish days before they found the kids because they'd wandered off
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-65864158.amp?espv=1
If you're from a 1st world country then your chances are significantly higher. The idea of the state having a responsibility towards its people is actually quite rare, so you'd have to be from one of those countries, be known to be missing, and your country needs to have the capability to find you. Also you'd probably have to be found with technologies that friendly countries compete over, basically be involved in a dick measuring contest.
Half the first world was looking for the Oceangate sub because the deep sea is an area every country with a strong navy is interested in, so they could test, train, and flex their muscles with the excuse that they're rescuing someone, and with a forced higher level of transparency so they can see tactics and technologies of their rivals that would ordinarily be secret.
Your best chance of surviving on a desert island would probably be being American, British, French, or Dutch, and be lost in an area that the Chinese are dicking around in so every space capable country has an excuse to sweep every inch of that region with satellites searching for evidence of you, like shelters, fires, cutting down trees, etc and also potentially find a secret Chinese sub.
Cynically, the state is more interested in headlines like "US Space Force finds missing mariner" and "US Navy rescues castaway" than actually finding you, but if the choice is between dying of starvation in abject isolation or being used for propaganda and military research then it's an easy decision.
This was the 90s, people back then were still droning for their company.
He would have accepted all of his missed salary plus bonuses before calling it a day, though he probably resigned soon after and got a little bit more of retirement shekels.
It was 2000 when he was rescued.
Also Robert Zemeckis revealed his character died in the twin towers one year later
>Also Robert Zemeckis revealed his character died in the twin towers one year later
>Also Robert Zemeckis revealed his character died in the twin towers one year later
No he fricking didn’t
This doesn’t even make sense. He would be recovering from his ordeal.
The likelihood of returning to work after being away for years? Not going to happen. He would have got millions in compensation. No need to work.
There’s a reason most directors aren’t successful writers. To come up with something so stupid…
>though he probably resigned soon after and got a little bit more of retirement shekels.
I feel like a major company like FedEx would basically pay him to do nothing except show up to some events each year. He’s basically a brand manager.
Even his big rescue celebration was all FedEx sponsored. He’s like Jared from subway but for package delivery
Apparently Tom Hank’s got diabetes from making Castaway because the way they filmed it literally required him to gain a bunch of weight, then lose it gradually during the rest of the movie on the island. Also meant they had to shoot sequentially because otherwise he’d visibly fluctuate in weight
Castaway is probably his best film so it was worth it. Always grips me. Very rare for a solo performance piece where you quite literally only see the main character most of the movie
>Also meant they had to shoot sequentially because otherwise he’d visibly fluctuate in weight
Why didn't they just film at different weights separately?
if i remember correctly they filmed all of hanks scenes at his normal weight then they halted filming for 6 months so hanks could lose a ton of weight.
>Tom Hank’s got diabetes from making Castaway
YOU FRICKING LYING israelite
>https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/did-tom-hanks-get-diabetes-from-cast-away.html/
>‘Cast Away’ did not cause Tom Hanks’ diabetes
Hanks said the lifestyle he led contributed to his diabetes long before he began preparing for the movie Cast Away. Sometimes, he would even put on more weight for movie roles.
Well of course they're gonna say THAT, anon
they took a year break from filming while hanx lost the weight and zemeckis made this shitty movie during the break
>FedEx
Probably nothing cause they suck
>works for fed ex
>they remember who he is after 4 years and even throw a celebration for him
fricking revolving door shit this is like pretending walmart gives a frick
>company using your tragedy for good news coverage is meant to show they “give a frick”
Did you even watch the movie? He looks miserable the whole time. And they served a bunch of seafood to a guy who spent five years only able to eat seafood
I’m sure FedEx must have sponsored it or signed off on being used but they didn’t present them as some morally good company.
reality is they wouldnt give his job back, they'd deny responsibility, and they'd weasel out of paying anything cause technically hes dead
>technically hes dead
moron
If you’re missing for years due to a plane crash and not one single solitary person has seen you then yeah, you’re assumed dead until otherwise
Why didn’t they charge him with faking his death?
This thread is about the compensation he would recieve when they found out he was still alive.
>technically he’s dead
Damn… so you could just shoot him in the street and nobody could charge you with killing him… because legally he’s already dead
>And they served a bunch of seafood to a guy who spent five years only able to eat seafood
Maybe they didnt want to upset his stomach
Even ignoring whatever money FedEx gave him
All he has to do is write a book about his time as a castaway. Major publishing houses would be offering millions in advance. Oprah would’ve pushed that shit so hard.
He wouldn’t even have to write it if he didn’t want to. Just talk to a ghost writer for a few days
Yeah this would be the way. Write a book, then sell for movie/television rights and maybe make a podcast. Easily would get enough cash to live out the rest of his life in comfort.
But who would have played him in the film adaptation?
I’m thinking Guy Pearce
>I should never have got on that plane
FedEx would of paid for his transition and thats it
>would of
>paid
Give the smartphone back to its white owner
Paid is correct
What do you say? Payed?
I always thought it weird that they used a real company. Still unsure why
I mean, would it have been easier all round to make one up?
Makes it feel real. Also FedEx got heavily involved letting them shoot in real facilities and stuff. Also the CEO at the time cameos when Tom Hanks returns I think
They didn’t actually pay anything for it either so good advertising.
Korean version was better
seouless
Said no one ever.
there are no fedex employees, only people who work for fedex.
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They probably also paid him for the press stuff he did.
Got fired for not making his delivery on time and opening packages.
They’d definitely throw money at him for the publicity and to prevent a lawsuit but you don’t get wages when you’re legally dead
I’d say closer to 5 million, generously, and offer him some desk job
why is Cinemaphile so concerned with money
they live in a country without gibs
a firm handshake from his immediate superior, and a 10% discount on his next cup of coffee in the cantina.
Isn't mail tampering a big crime? He's lucky the US justice system didn't lock him under the prison. Then again, I'm not sure what country this island is owned by, so maybe it doesn't count. Could of been a juicy sequel.
>Castaway 2: The wrath of Uncle Sam
Once the plane crashed, the cargo becomes floatsam which he can legally salvage. Since the island he was on had no previous owners, he became the defacto de jure ruler, thus ipso facto he is Law unto himself.
it was in international waters so they couldnt prosecute
In the book the movie is based on it is revealed the package he never opened contained ice, the one thing he missed most of all. Had he opened it, he could have had ice the whole time.
"Wilson" from the book was also named Spalding. Hanks changed the name in homage to his wife RIta Wilson, who Hanks once slapped until his hand bled.
What was the point of making the man who ended up marrying and impregnating his girlfriend being his old dentist?
Also rewatching this... this dude was pretty respectful. For some reason I remember him as if he was a big butthole who refused to let his wife see him but he clearly supported her all those years (she had maps trying to track him, she even kept his old car...) and he drove her to the place she was meant to meet him.
We see a brief moment where he stops her when she seems to reconsider but she’s clearly freaking out. And he probably doesn’t want her having a nervous breakdown.
It’s an awkward situation for sure. Not sure how I’d handle it if I was him