For most adolescents it was a rite of passage. Signed and decorated by their friends, it was that itchy, white-plaster cast on his/her wrist, arm or ankle. It may have been acquired from a bike, skateboard or skiing mishap, a sports injury from football...

India's untouchables are taking their civil-rights demands to the international stage. Last year, in a one-room schoolhouse in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, under the watchful eyes of four elderly polling agents and posters of Shiva and Jesus, voters made history. Ramesh...

Movies in their fifth week are not supposed to post their best numbers to date, but that is precisely what Juno (No. 1) has done, averaging an astonishing $31,500 on eight screens. (According to Variety, Fox Searchlight is gleefully pointing out that Juno is outperforming...

With his mumbled, one-word answers and stern demeanor, Bill Belichick often seems as gray as the hooded sweatshirt he wears on the sideline, as prickly as the cactuses seen everywhere at the site of this year's Super Bowl.So it was surprising — shocking to some...

The 2001 film "Cast Away" is appropriated from Daniel Defoe's classic novel, "Robinson Crusoe." The journeys the main character in each work takes is different, forced isolation versus chosen, but have similar themes. Also, an analysis of the filmmaking and symbolism of "Cast Away."

Many similarities exist between Stephen King's novel Survivor Type and Robert Zemeckis' film "Cast Away" beyond the obvious one of unknown islands as the settings. Each story involves a man in a travel accident who winds up drifting to the shore of a deserted island, and both stories are similar in terms of the influence of the setting, the affects of extended isolation, and the symbolism of various elements. However, the different decisions made by both main characters reflected on their eventu

Analyzes the film Cast Away, starring Tom Hanks and directed by Robert Zemeckis. Examines religious themes in the film, including humans being a creation of God, humans being a mixture of earth and divine breath, humans being good, humans being male and female and humans being capable of passions and feelings.