Did You Know These Behind-The-Scenes Facts About "Cast Away"?

Filming In Moscow Was Accommodating

The film opens in Moscow in order to portray Chuck as a "worldly" man, and while truly any foreign country would have sufficed, Zemeckis chose to film in Moscow. The Russian government was actually incredibly accommodating to the cast and crew. They shut down the Red Square for a week so the crew could use it as a home-base for equipment.

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The More You Know

  • You're more likely to become President than you are to win the lottery.
  • War pigs were used in ancient warfare to counter against war elephants, which feared the pigs (and their squeals) and would bolt. War pigs were sometimes lit on fire to enhance this effect.
  • Cows have best friends.
  • China owns all the pandas in the world.
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