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      • Following several failed attempts to get off the island and a hand injury, Chuck lets out his frustration by tossing objects around from FedEx packages, including a Wilson Sporting Goods volleyball. But after drawing a face on it and naming it Wilson, the ball becomes his inanimate companion for the next four years.
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      Tom Hanks Reveals the Heartwarming True Story Behind Wilson ...

  2. www.goodhousekeeping.com · life · entertainmentTom Hanks Reveals the Heartwarming True Story Behind Wilson ...

    Nov 24, 2021 · Actor Tom Hanks starred in the 2000 movie 'Cast Away' about a stranded FedEx executive who makes a companion out of a Wilson volleyball. Read the meaning behind the ball's name.

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  4. www.usatoday.com · story · lifeTom Hanks reunites with Wilson the volleyball from 'Cast Away'

    Feb 6, 2015 · But don't worry guys, Hanks and Wilson have had a miraculous reunion. When the actor was thrown up on the Jumbotron at a recent New York Rangers game, someone off camera tossed him his volleyball...

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  6. volleyballblaze.com · from-volleyball-to-coconutFrom Volleyball To Coconut In Cast Away: Studying Wilson's ...

    Mar 6, 2024 · Movie Prop Auction Sells Wilson The Volleyball For $300,000. A FedEx employee becomes stranded on a deserted island in the iconic 2000 film Cast Away, starring Tom Hanks. Wilson, one of the film’s key characters, is one of the film’s most notable props, as well as one of its most memorable lines.

  7. medium.com · @cristiano · wilson-how-aWilson: How a Simple Volleyball Morphed from ... - Medium

    Nov 23, 2023 · When FedEx executive Chuck Noland emerges from the crashing waves onto a deserted island in the Cast Away movie, clinging to a battered package, neither he nor the audience knows how...

  8. archive.nytimes.com · tierneylabScience Explains Wilson the Volleyball - The New York Times

    Jan 22, 2008 · I have never understood why Wilson didn’t get an Oscar for his performance in “Castaway.” The volleyball stole the movie! But now at least we have a scientific explanation for his existence.

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  10. www.wilson.com · en-us · blogThe True Story of Wilson the Volleyball

    Sep 13, 2022 · It’s not too late to get your own Wilson the Volleyball, available in both mini and official sizes. Updated September 13, 2022. Twenty years after "Cast Away" took the world by storm, read how Wilson the Volleyball became the cultural icon he is today.

  11. www.cinemablend.com · news · 2547846Cast Away: 15 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The Tom Hanks ...

    Jun 11, 2020 · Wilson the Volleyball is one of the most popular inanimate objects of film history, all thanks to the believable relationship that Tom Hanks had with his Cast Away co-star. Part of that ...

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