Castaway (1986)
1h 57m
Running Time
March 5, 1986
Release Date
Castaway (1986)
1h 57m
Running Time
March 5, 1986
Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland s 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 ing 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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Cast & Crew.
Oliver Reed
Gerald Kingsland
Amanda Donohoe
Lucy Irvine
Georgina Hale
Sister Saint Margaret
s Barber
Sister Saint Winifred
Tony Rickards
Jason
Todd Rippon
Rod
John Sessions
Man in Pub
Virginia Hey
Janice
Sorel Johnson
Laura
Len Peihopa
Ronald
Paul Reynolds
Mike Kingsland
Sean Hamilton
Geoffrey Kingsland
Sarah Harper
Swimming Teacher
Stephen Jenn
Shop Manager
Joseph Blatchley
Registrar
Simon Dormandy
Jackson
Ruth Hudson
Receptionist
Gordon Honeycombe
TV Newsreader
Arthur Cox
Inland Revenue Manager (uncredited)
Richard Johnson
Lawyer (uncredited) / Executive Producer
Daniel Kipling
School Pupil (uncredited)
Derek Lyons
American Tourist (uncredited)
Tina Simmons
Tourist (uncredited)
Nicolas Roeg
Director
Allan Scott
Writer
Lucy Irvine
Writer
Harvey Harrison
Director of Photography
Tony Lawson
Editor
Andrew Sanders
Production Design
George Galitzine
Art Direction
Stuart Rose
Art Direction
Nic Ede
Costume Design
Media.
Details.
Release Date
March 5, 1986
Status
Released
Running Time
1h 57m
Content Rating
R
Filming Locations
Seychelles
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
based on a true story
based on memoir or autobiography
deserted island
Wiki.
Castaway is a 1986 British biographical-drama film directed by Nicolas Roeg and starring Amanda Donohoe and Oliver Reed. The screenplay was by Allan Scott, adapted from the eponymous 1984 book by Lucy Irvine, telling of her experiences of staying for a year with writer Gerald Kingsland on the isolated island of Tuin, between New Guinea and Australia.
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