# movie castaway **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 13, 2001, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-castaway/49803 "2001-01-13T02:51:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chuck22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@chuck22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chuck22)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-castaway/49803/1 "2001-01-13T02:51:58Z")
In the movie castaway with Tom Hanks, I am wondering what the significance was with the one box he never opened, and why he said it saved his life. ---
**Author:** ![Ad\_Noctum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@Ad\_Noctum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ad_Noctum)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-castaway/49803/2 "2001-01-13T03:15:00Z")
it had a logo of feathers with Wind swirling around them, and it gave him the idea of the sail for the sail on his “boat” ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-castaway/49803/3 "2001-01-13T03:46:12Z")
For your enjoyment: [Question about Cast Away–spoiler](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=52807) ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2001, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-castaway/49803/4 "2001-01-13T05:16:27Z")
Since there is already a thread on this topic, I’m going to close this one.