This thread is living proof that the impact was great, as the issue is being discussed here four years after the movie release. It's part of FedEx's 'people first' philosophy. What's more, I believe that all that display of attention Hanks gets from FedEx upon his return is very real, and very likely to happen if a similar circumstance should take place. However, all of the above was measured against the chances of displaying FX's corporate image all over, and the obvious impact of being the first company to become a character in a movie, in its own right. FedEx's involvement was to put a Marketing team to follow up closely, and that's it.Īctually, FX was hesitant to participate in the movie,as there is more than one negative image shown: the obvious crash (at the end of the movie, Helen Hunt tells Hanks the crash was thought to have been provoked by a 'mislabeled hazardous material problem' (or words to that effect), not a storm) a dirty courier van in Moscow, a smoking courier using an old uniform and showing a four-day beard, a child running with the package for the last leg of the delivery (all the foregoing a problem being fixed by Hanks).
DreamWorks thought FX was the only character that could set up the high-demanding standards necessary to add drama to the movie, in which Hanks' character could develop under ideal circumstances: his 'absolutely, positively, whatever it takes' attitude is indeed a FedEx trademark. FedEx had nothing to do with the producers, much less put money into it (it's against the corporate policies). The exterior shots were made at FedEx's facilities in LAX, MOW and MEM, and in Monu-riki and other locations of the Mamanuca-i-ra group of Fiji. most of which you wouldn t know unless you've been on the planes a few times.The interior shots were actually made on board an MD11. Sorry i digress, there are issues witht he Castaway planes that i can be anal about and nitpick.
the guy in avionics compartement in the nose of the 747 uses his personal laptop to hook into the airplane and deploy the spoilers and such. Over all, the plane parts were better than most airplane disaster films i've seen (my all time favorite so far is Turbulence 2. I went to see Castawy about 2 days before i hopped a jumpseat on a MD-11 to Sydney, i thought it come in handy as a "reference video". but he never is shown gettig onto any particular plane. In the movie, you see good old Tom run towards an Airbus.
Theres a lot less room in a MD-11 jumpseat area than there is in a A310. The second "doomed" flight to KUL(i think) was an MD-11 mockup. to be really picky, the first plane he boarded was an A310, the plane in Moscow (which has an uncanny resemblance to the LAX ramp). there are some others, but i think i've made my point it's prevented by the boom valve closing once he wasn't in contact.Īnd don't even get me started on how a 747 wouldn't get any damage from a kc-10 exploding not 100 feet away from it. and it wouldn't scrape with enough force to ignite the fuel.ĥth- you wouldn't have fuel gushing out of the boom like that after you disconnect. if you screw up enough you can bend it to where the nozzle 'peeks' at you. and in any case the boom operator would have disconnected af1 before a brute force in all but the most unlikely of circumstances.Ĥth- the boom scraping on the fuselage like a match hitting a matchbook.the telescoping pipe of the boom is not that rigid. you'd get a brute force (literally) disconnect way before that because the toggles that hold the boom in the receptacle release at a certain stress level. and then it's with them 1000 feet below us.ģrd-the part where the boom was breaking at it's attatchment point to the fuselage because of stress from being pulled by af1.there's no way it could happen. it's even worse with pilots who are just qualifying.Ģnd- the tanker doesn't pass the reciever plane like like passing a car on the freeway to rendevous (except with the c-130's). i've had the pleasure of watching experienced pilots who were once a/r qualified try to requal. i'll try to make these explanations as short as i can.ġst off- you can't just take any pilot (even a highly experienced airline pilot) toss him in the seat and expect him to be able to refuel. The refueling scenes on air force one were just laughable.
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