castaway A castaway is a person who is cast adrift or ashore. While the situation usually happens after a shipwreck, some people voluntarily stay behind on a deserted island, either to evade captors or the world in general. A person may also be left a ...

is a person cast adrift or ashore. Castaway or Cast Away may also refer to:

Literature

* "The Castaways" (short story), P.G. Wodehouse * ''Castaway'' (book), a 1984 memoir by Lucy Irvine *''The Castaway'', Hallie Erminie Rives's 1904 novel that was the subject of Bobbs-Merrill Co. v. Straus, a landmark US copyright case * "The Castaway" (poem), an 1799 poem/ballad by William Cowper

Film and TV

* ''The Castaways'' (1910 film), 1910 film *''

Cast Away ''Cast Away'' is a 2000 American survival drama film directed and produced by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, and Nick Searcy. Hanks plays a FedEx troubleshooter stranded on an uninhabited island after his plane crashe ...

'', a 2000 film starring Tom Hanks * ''Castaway'' (film), a 1986 film starring Amanda Donohoe and Oliver Reed, adapted from the Lucy Irvine memoir *''

Castaway 2000 ''Castaway 2000'' is a reality TV programme broadcast on BBC One throughout 2000. The programme followed a group of thirty-six men, women, and children who were tasked with building a community on the remote Scottish island of Taransay. Descri ...

'', a BBC series *''

Castaway 2007 ''Castaway 2007'' is a follow-up to the BBC series ''Castaway 2000'' in which a group of people from the British public are "castaway" on a remote island. While in the 2000 series 36 men, women and children moved to a remote Scottish island for ...

'', a BBC series * ''Castaways'' (1978 TV series), a 1978 historical drama series featuring

Annie Whittle Annie Whittle is a British-born New Zealand singer and actress who has appeared on such shows as ''Shortland Street'', where she played Barbara Heywood for four years and has had a singing career that has spanned three decades. She was previousl ...

* ''Castaway'' (TV series), a 2011 Australian television series * ''Castaways'' (TV series), an American reality television series produced by ABC * ''The Castaway'' (film), a 1931 Mickey Mouse animated short * ''The Castaways'', an animated film

Music

The Castaways The Castaways are an American rock band from the Twin Cities in Minnesota, United States. The band's only hit single was " Liar, Liar". Written by band leader James Donna and drummer (and band co-founder) Dennis Craswell, the song was pro ...

, an American garage rock band * ''Cast Away'' (album), a 2004 album by Visions of Atlantis *''Cast Away'', a 2013 album by

Strange Talk Strange Talk is an Australian synthpop duo from Melbourne, Victoria, consisting of Gerard Sidhu and Stephen Docker. Formed in 2010, their sound has been likened to that of Cut Copy, Passion Pit, Phoenix and Yeasayer. Strange Talk's most rece ...

* "Castaway" (Zac Brown Band song), from ''Jekyll + Hyde'' * "Castaway" (Mi-Sex song), a 1982 song by Mi-Sex *"Castaway", a song by 5 Seconds of Summer from ''

Sounds Good Feels Good ''Sounds Good Feels Good'' is the second studio album by Australian pop rock band 5 Seconds of Summer. It was released on 23 October 2015 through the labels Hi or Hey and Capitol Records. In support of the album, the band embarked on the Sounds ...

'' *"Castaway", a song by Benny Benassi from '' ...Phobia'' *"Castaway", a song by Dog Fashion Disco from '' Committed to a Bright Future'' *"Castaway", a song by Green Day from ''

Warning Warning may refer to: Signal * Precautionary statement * Warning sign * Warning system * Warning (traffic stop), issued by a police officer in lieu of a citation following a traffic stop Books * A Warning (book), ''A Warning'' (book), a 2019 ...

'' *"Castaway", a song by Jerry Cantrell from '' Degradation Trip'' *"Castaway", a song by Mike Oldfield from ''

Man on the Rocks ''Man on the Rocks'' is the twenty-fifth studio album by British musician Mike Oldfield, released on 3 March 2014 on the Virgin EMI label. The album is Oldfield's second full album of exclusively songs with no long or instrumental pieces, the f ...

'' *"Castaway", a song by Paul Van Dyk from '' In Between'' *"Castaway", a song by Yuna from '' Rouge'' *"Castaway", a song from ''

In Search of the Castaways ''In Search of the Castaways'' (french: Les Enfants du capitaine Grant, lit=The Children of Captain Grant) is a novel by the French writer Jules Verne, published in 1867–68. The original edition, published by Hetzel, contains a number of ill ...

'' * "Castaways" (Backyardigans song), a song from the children's show ''

The Backyardigans ''The Backyardigans'' is a Computer animation, computer-animated musical children's television series created by Janice Burgess. The series was written and recorded at Nickelodeon Animation Studio. It centers on five animal neighbors who imagine t ...

'' which became a popular meme song. *"The Castaway", a song by Amorphis from '' Tales from the Thousand Lakes'' * ''Castaway'' (opera), an opera by

Lennox Berkeley Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley (12 May 190326 December 1989) was an English composer. Biography Berkeley was born on 12 May 1903 in Oxford, England, the younger child and only son of Aline Carla (1863–1935), daughter of Sir James Char ...

Other uses

* Castaways' Club, a club for Royal Navy officers who left the service whilst still young * Castaways (casino), a former Las Vegas, Nevada hotel *

Castaway Cay Disney's Castaway Cay, or simply Castaway Cay (), is a private island in the Bahamas which serves as an exclusive port for the Disney Cruise Line ships. It is located near Great Abaco Island and was formerly known as Gorda Cay. In 1997, The Walt ...

, a private island operated by the Walt Disney Company * Castaway Entertainment, a software company *

Castaway Island Castaway Island (or Qalito) is an island of the Mamanuca Group in Fiji. It is inhabited, with a tourist resort on its west side. The island has an area of . Access Castaway Island is located about offshore from Nadi International Airport Na ...

, a tourist resort in the Mamanuca Island group in Fiji * Castaways Hotel and Casino, a former Las Vegas hotel and casino

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