Wilson Castaway Volleyball

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Another castaway was a French woman Marguerite de La Rocque, who in 1542 was made to stay on an island near Quebec, Île des Démons, after her uncle caught her sleeping with a man aboard their ship and left them both on the uninhabited land. They were very vague about the film and how the product would be used,”Wallace remembers, “but they said it wouldn’t be used as a weapon or in any way that was damaging to the brand.”She was eventually rescued in 1923 and became known in some accounts as the female Robinson Crusoe. Tom Hanks’ character in Cast Away was in a hot climate, but some real life castaways also had to survive the cold (Photo: AP/Dreamworks/20th Century Fox/Zade Rosenthal)

It wasn’t a paid product placement, so we had no idea until after the film was released,” Kuehne adds. “That’s why we were a few months behind in producing replica balls.” The 73rd Academy Awards (2001) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on April 14, 2012 . Retrieved November 19, 2011. He chose to be left on the uninhabited Juan Fernández archipelago near Chile, as he feared the ship he had travelled on was too dangerous to continue the journey.At the time, Wilson volleyballs had “Wilson” printed on both sides of the ball, but Fox specifically requested volleyballs with one side blank. Says Davenport, “ We had no idea why they needed that, but we did it. We special-made 60 one-sided volleyballs and sent them off to Fox.” This replica of the actual ball used in the movie has a top-quality, synthetic leather cover for great touch and feel. Watch: Tom Hanks throws first pitch at Guardians home opener". Fox 8 Cleveland WJW. April 15, 2022 . Retrieved April 16, 2022.