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Castaway is a 1986 film starring Amanda Donohoe and Oliver Reed, and directed by Nicolas Roeg. It was adapted from the 1984 book of the same name 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.
In 1981, Irvine responded to a "Writer seeks 'Spouse' for year on tropical island" advertisement placed by Kingsland in the London magazine Time Out. Chosen by Kingsland from over fifty applicants, Irvine agreed to marry him in order to satisfy immigration restrictions before they travelled to Tuin. She was twenty-five and Kingsland forty-nine.
After a year on the island she returned to England and wrote her memoirs.
The film features a song by British artist Kate Bush, "Be Kind to My Mistakes", that later appeared on the 1997 re-release of her album Hounds of Love.
Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises 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 contacting 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.
Keywords: bare-breasts, barefoot, based-on-book, based-on-true-story, desert-island, emaciation, erotica, exotic-locale, female-frontal-nudity, female-full-frontal-nudity
Actors: Maureen Bharoocha (editor), Maureen Bharoocha (writer), Maureen Bharoocha (director), Keith Waggoner (composer), Charles E. Nelson II (producer), Brock Walters (actor), Amber Bharoocha (miscellaneous crew), David Omweg (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Adventure, Short,Actors: James C. Burns (actor), Joel Michaely (actor), Carmen Perez (actress), Adam Deyoe (editor), Adam Deyoe (producer), Adam Deyoe (director), Adam Deyoe (writer), Adam Deyoe (actor), Dan Hicks (actor), Nancye Ferguson (actress), Scott Peat (actor), Scott Peat (producer), Corsica Wilson (actress), Loren Semmens (writer), Loren Semmens (producer),
Plot: When a worldwide viral outbreak leads to a plague of zombies scouring the earth for the living, two survivors flee the chaos of America to a remote island, hoping for a chance to start a new life. What they find is unrelenting horror. Beyond the hordes of the flesh-hungry undead, the other people already on the island force the pair into a fight-or-die battle amongst themselves. Armed only with crude weapons, they must descend to savagery and cutthroat tactics just to make it through each day.
Keywords: cult, cult-film, post-apocalypse, zombie, zombie-apocalypseActors: Manuel de Coco (writer), Manuel de Coco (writer), Manuel de Coco (director), Chris Bailar (editor), Manos Kokoromitis (producer), Chris Bailar (composer), Manos Kokoromitis (actor), Katia Pantazi (producer), Babis Bizas (producer),
Plot: The Arab Spring, Yemen 2011. The revolution continues. It's the monsoon season and life goes on smoothly for the inhabitants of Socotra Island. Not far from land, a sailing boat bearing an Israeli flag sinks and the search for survivors begins. A castaway is washed ashore a secluded beach. A sudden development leads to an unexpected turn... On the other side of the island, a native dreams of the castaway seeking his help. He prays to God for answers. Now it has become difficult for him to distinguish the line between fantasy and reality. This adventure begins through the castaway's body, a man who in the sinking of his life sees for the first time a chance to know gratefulness, to be reborn. Will he overthrow destiny? Will he get back alive?
Genres: Drama, Fantasy,Actors: Aaron Young (producer), Glenn Doherty (actor), Claire Neate-James (producer), Peter Diggens (composer), Ross Neil (director), Ross Neil (writer), Thom Glover (actor), James Lethem (producer), Sam Jones (editor), Simon Monhemius (producer), Lucy Booth (producer),
Plot: When an astronaut is washed up on the beach of a distant planet after an unscheduled crash landing its more than a slight shock to the system. Deserted and alone on the beach he is literally devastated. Apart from the belongings kept in a pocket on his suit he has nothing. All he can do is wander and dream of getting home; Until he is stumbled upon by an inhabitant. In a moment of panic the astronaut strikes out at the stranger. Killing him with its own gun. He's gone from a shipwrecked traveler to a murderer. Now on the run his thoughts have gone from getting home to getting away from his hunters.
Keywords: apeActors: Leo Bridle (director), Leo Bridle (editor), Portico Quartet (composer), Tom Fitton (actor),
Genres: Animation, Short,Actors: Ton Crone (producer), Alexander Ward (producer), Frodo Kuipers (editor), Simon Zwiers (actor), Frodo Kuipers (writer), Frodo Kuipers (director), Jan Brock (composer), Aad van Ierland (producer), Jasper Korving (actor),
Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Short,Actors: Bolek Polívka (actor), Milos Broz (miscellaneous crew), Vladimír Bor (miscellaneous crew), Jirí Kodet (actor), Jaromír Janácek (editor), Nina Divísková (actress), Zdena Hadrbolcová (actress), Vít Olmer (actor), Ondrej Pavelka (actor), Walter Taub (actor), Vladimír Sís (writer), Vladimír Sís (director), E.F. Burian (actor), E.F. Burian (composer), Juraj Nvota (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Musical,I feel destruction running hard through my veins
But I see redemption rushing my way
My victories are bittersweet and now I can tell
The only place my plans have lead me is right where I fell
I'm overboard, too far from shore, castaway trying to make it home
I catch my breath to save myself but I can't
In my sight You were just in time, I feel You now, You're by my side
And I know You gave me a gift of a second chance
I had a dream of a life of my own
And I had a place that I thought was my home
But now I see I just can't have it any other way
It's all or nothing, do or die and I'm the price I pay because
I'm overboard, too far from shore, castaway trying to make it home
I catch my breath to save myself but I can't
In my sight You were just in time, I feel You now, You're by my side
And I know You gave me a gift of a second chance
A second chance
A second chance I won't forget, a second life I won't regret
A second wind to brave this night, a second more to make it right
A second chance I won't forget, a second life I won't regret
A second wind to brave this night, a second more to make it right
I'm overboard, too far from shore, castaway trying to make it home
I catch my breath to save myself but I can't
In my sight You were just in time, I feel You now, You're by my side
And I know You gave me a gift of a second chance
A gift of a second chance
I'm a castaway