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

Joss Whedon's Iconic Line

The "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" writer wrote the most iconic line in the whole movie, and he didn't even know it at the time. When Buzz and Woody are fighting in the parking lot, Buzz says: "You are a sad, strange little man, and you have my pity." It's one of the animators' favorite lines of the whole film, and it's withstood the test of time, almost as much as "to infinity and beyond" has.

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The More You Know

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