Movie connections for
Cast Away (2000)

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References

Casablanca (1942)
Shane (1953)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Robinson Gruesome (1959)
Psycho (1960)
"Gilligan's Island" (1964)
"The Prisoner" (1967)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Jaws (1975)
Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978) (TV)
The Right Stuff (1983)
Zeruda no densetsu: Yume o miru shima (1993) (VG)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Moses (1995) (TV)
Robinson Crusoe (1997)
As Good as It Gets (1997)
"Mike, Lu & Og" (1999)
"Ed, Edd, 'n' Eddy" (1999)

Referenced in

"Saturday Night Live: Jennifer Lopez (#26.11)" (2001)
 -  referenced during Weekend Update
"Saturday Night Live: Sean Hayes/Shaggy (#26.12)" (2001)
 -  Referenced on Weekend Update
Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
The Island (2001) (V)
 -  Documentary about this movie
Survivin' the Island (2002)
 -  Jenna goes and sees this movie
Ghost Ship (2002)
On the Set of Sightlines (2003) (V)
 -  Actor Nick Searcy makes reference to this title while giving his partial verbal résumé.
Rugrats Go Wild (2003)
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure (2003) (TV)
 -  Eddie does the same dance as Tom Hanks after lighting a fire
No Regrets (2004)
 -  Alex says that Lari White, the actress in Cast Away, is going to be in his film
The Incredibles (2004)
 -  Plane sinking to bottom of ocean as seen by survivor of crash
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Tom Hanks (2004) (TV)
 -  Referenced during Weekend Update
"The Office: The Fire (#2.4)" (2005)
 -  Dwight says: "Question: In the plane crash, did my shoes come off?"
'War of the Worlds': Characters - The Family Unit (2005) (V)
 -  mentioned once
"Stargate: Atlantis: Epiphany (#2.12)" (2005)
 -  Sheppard mentions not having a volleyball to talk to
Cabin Pressure: Designing the Aalto E-474 (2006) (V)
 -  Referenced by name
Monster House (2006)
 -  the house spits out Chowder's basketball to taunt him: it is a "Wilson" basketball but with a face drawn on it. In Cast Away, there is a Wilson volleyball with a face on it
"Ugly Betty: The Lyin', the Watch and the Wardrobe (#1.5)" (2006)
 -  Mentioned by Henry during lunch at the Sushi bar
"Bones: The Boneless Bride in the River (#2.16)" (2007)
 -  Booth: Next thing you know, he will be shipwrecked on some island, talking to the volleyball.
Fool's Gold (2008)
 -  mentioned in dialog

Featured in

Behind the Scenes: Cast Away (2000) (V)
"HBO First Look: The Making of 'Cast Away' (#7.24)" (2000)
 -  clips
The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (2001) (TV)
Castaway Dick (2001) (TV)
The Making of 'Cast Away' (2001) (V)
Stop: Surviving as a Cast Away (2001) (V)
Wilson: The Life and Death of a Hollywood Extra (2001) (V)
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Tom Hanks (2002) (TV)
The Corporation (2003)
 -  Clip
Flightplan (2005)
 -  The panoramic shot from the summit is shown during the in-flight movie at the beginning of Flightplan. A male passenger is heaed saying "This is my favorite part".
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer (2006)
 -  Part or all of the trailer is shown and discussed.
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)
 -  clips
"Best! Movies! Ever!: Goodbyes (#1.18)" (2007)
 -  clips are shown to illustrate the best "goodbye" scenes in movies
"I Love the New Millennium: (#1.1)" (2008)
 -  Shown on the 2000 episode

Spoofed in

2001 MTV Movie Awards (2001) (TV)
Castaway Dick (2001) (TV)
"Family Guy: A Fish Out of Water (#3.10)" (2001)
 -  We see Peter on a raft in the middle of the sea with a beard, dressed in rags. He is shouting "WILSON!" at a volleyball with a face on it just like Wilson from this film.
Super Mario Sunshine (2002) (VG)
Bugi Fiction (2003) (V)
 -  A tennis-ball called Willy.
Rugrats Go Wild (2003)
The Even Stevens Movie (2003) (TV)
The Work and the Story (2003)
 -  Richard Dutcher shown with a beard chasing a volley ball like "Wilson" on a beach
"Lilo & Stitch: The Series: Splodyhead: Experiment #619 (#1.11)" (2003)
 -  When stuck on a small island, Pleakly draws a face on a coconut, calls it "Coco", and talks to it. This spoofs Chuck in "Cast Away" who did the same thing with a volleyball.
"Itse valtiaat: Lähtölaskenta (#7.7)" (2004)
 -  features character Wilson the Volly Ball
Miss Cast Away (2004)
 -  Takes place on a deserted island and gets alot of packages from "Federalli Expresso". Also Wilson (the volleyboll) is floating past the girls on the rafts raft.
"My Wife and Kids: The Bahamas: Part 2 (#5.17)" (2005)
 -  Jimmy produces his new friend, a ball named Wilson.
Madagascar (2005)
 -  Volleyball named "Spaulding" with handprint face
"Family Guy: The Perfect Castaway (#4.12)" (2005)
 -  The locket and the part where Peter throws a spear trying to hit a fish.
The DiCaprio Code (2006)
 -  Hanks throws Wilson at Jimmy Stewart
Date Movie (2006)
 -  Grant grows a Cast Away-like beard and yells out the name something he misses

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