Castaway
Castaway
R | 11 September 1987 (USA)
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Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year with him on a desert island. The young Lucy Irving takes a chance on contacting him and after a couple of meetings they decide to go ahead. Once on the island things prove a lot less idyllic than in the movies, and gradually it becomes clear that it is Lucy who has the desire and the strength to try and see the year through.

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SparkMore

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

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Roy Hart

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

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Lidia Draper

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

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Guillelmina

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

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Jackson Booth-Millard

The is one thing I remember this film for more than the story or even the two lead stars (which I knew too), and that is the nudity! Basically Gerald Kingsland (Oliver Reed) advertises in a London newspaper for a female companion to spend a year with him on a desert island, and he gets Lucy Irvine (Amanda Donohoe). A couple of meetings later, they are on their way, and most of the time, as I said, roaming around naked as they indulge in what the island has to offer, which is not much. It soon becomes clear it is not as idyllic as they would have thought, with both the island and their arguments creating tension, but they have to bare with it the full year. Also starring Georgina Hale as Sister Saint Margaret, Frances Barber as Sister Saint Winifred, Tony Rickards as Jason, Len Peihopa as Ronald, Todd Rippon as Rod, Virginia Hey as Janice, John Sessions as Man in Pub, Stephen Jenn as Shop Manager, Sorrell Johnson as Lara, Paul Reynolds as Mike Kingsland and Sean Hamilton as Geoffrey Kingsland. This is a very odd film for director Nicholas Roeg (Walkabout, Don't Look Now, The Witched) to choose, and both Reed and Donohoe aren't very suitable, there isn't much to say about this film to persuade you to watch it, well, maybe seeing Donohoe naked, but that's it. Oliver Reed was number 78 on The 100 Greatest Movie Stars, and he was number 26 on The 50 Greatest British Actors. Adequate!

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pauseklovn_966

Think: To people meetTo people gets together (Married) The night (Wedding night) The happy start. Great ides from the man (Business) More ides. Life NO so easy. 2 young men .....? Faith. Hard times. Do not take to ...Gerald do not take to Lucy. I hats you. I hats you to. I Do not understand you. I never understand you. Don't blame meAND the end.. where they are over the Skye's Loking at these life/Married (thinking) + + end of life You can easy tray it, just live the life.Tray to find the headlines in the film, and you will understand What I am trying to say. JAN

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malexander54

Don't be misled by other comments posted here. The original uncensored version of this film shows Amanda Donohoe full frontal completely nude (yes, pubic hair and all). In fact she is fully nude in many, many scenes and with long lingering shots (almost voyeuristic).She is a very beautiful woman and her nudity made the film far more realistic for 2 reasons. One is that people do often go about nude when there is nobody around, her nudity helped to convincingly portray a sense of isolation. Secondly, as a man I can get a sense of the frustration that Reed has when he sees her walking about and he can't touch.I feel bad for the people who have seen this movie censored because there is very frequent high level nudity in this film, which means that the censored version would have been cut to ribbons. This may also explain the experience some people had with "short scenes" or "scenes that ended abruptly".A very good film worth while watching (uncensored).

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john-183

I saw the movie in 1987 and me thinks the plot is not such a bad idea! Fantastic scenery, erotic, entertaining. Would love to get a copy of it on video but no luck. See it if you can.

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