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dubious. Reed gives the performance of his career as a sexually frustrated middle-aged man in search of sun and sex, and is admirably complemented by Amanda Donohoe as the determined but fickle object of his lust. Photography is excellent (especially underwater scenes) but though Castaway is a great ad for the tropical Seychelles, it won’t be remembered as a Nicolas Roeg classic."
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gave the film 2/5 stars, writing: "Both Amanda Donohoe and Oliver Reed cope well with their roles as the castaway and the sex-mad, middle-aged man who is her companion, but in the end you can't help feeling the nudity is only there to spice up a tale of two selfish people who probably deserved each
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In 2011, Donohoe recalled her experience working with Reed, stating: 'Well, naked on a desert island with Oliver Reed – it was a tabloid fantasy, wasn't it? He was an alcoholic and his behaviour was erratic, but he was always a courteous and good actor. His personal life wasn't working but he never
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wrote: "Newcomer Amanda Donohoe spends most of the pic displaying the absence of bikini marks on her body (palm trees always seem to obscure the vital parts of Oliver Reed as Gerald Kingsland), and she copes well with a character whose motives and methods for going to the tiny desert island remain
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and Australia. Chosen by Kingsland from over 50 applicants, Irvine agreed to marry him to satisfy immigration restrictions before they travelled to Tuin. She was 25 years old, and he was 49. After a year, they returned home, and in 1983, she published her account of the experience in
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The film grossed £440,281 in the United Kingdom. Including its gross from the United States, the film grossed over $ 1 million.
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Index

Tom Hanks
Cast Away

Nicolas Roeg
Allan Scott
Castaway
Rick McCallum
Oliver Reed
Amanda Donohoe
Stanley Myers
Hans Zimmer
Cannon Screen Entertainment
Columbia
Warner Distributors
biographical
drama film
Nicolas Roeg
Amanda Donohoe
Oliver Reed
adapted
1984 book
Lucy Irvine
Gerald Kingsland
Tuin
New Guinea
Lucy Irvine
Gerald Kingsland
castaways
Tuin
Torres Strait

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