I'm anything but an ordinary volleybal. I played a great role in the movie Cast Away. After a plane crash I ended up in one of the FedEx boxes that Chuck Noland (Hanks) salvages from the plane crash. When Chuck tries to make a fire, he cuts his hand and angrily palms me and throws me away. This leaves a hand-shaped blood mark on me. He then bandages his hands and wipes away some of the blood, making my "face". He names me Wilson after the company that made me. I play the role of a mute, infinitely patient, non-living listener in the movie, providing Chuck with a companion for the 1,500 days he spends on the island. I am also slightly modified by Noland sometime during the four-year gap; a section of me above my face has been removed and a coif of leaves has been inserted, serving as hair. From a theatrical standpoint, I also serve to realistically simulate dialogue in a one-person only situation. Chuck is frequently seen talking me in the movie, and responds as though I'm talking back. At first, Chuck only jokingly talked to me, with questions like "You wouldn't happen to have a match, would you?" but after years of isolation Chuck begins to see me as an actual being, and not an inanimate object. For example, in one scene Chuck blames me for waking him up and yells at me to shut up. He also reveals that it was me who "suggested" Chuck test his rope before attempting suicide, an act which later proved to save him from severe injury, as the log which held the rope couldn't support the weight of a dummy.Tragically, Chuck loses me after the I wash off the raft and drift too far out to sea for Chuck to be able to retrieve me. Chuck cries after failing to save me and throws away his oars, seemingly losing the will to live after losing his only friend. Chuck is still eventually rescued, but I was lost forever he tought so. However towards the film's end, Noland is seen driving with a brand new volleyball sitting in the passenger seat.
I hope to see him back someday...
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