'80s Roulette: CASTAWAY

Nicolas Roeg and Oliver Reed get lost on a desert island

I have (almost) every single movie released in theaters in the ‘80s in the United States on a hard drive, and once a week, I’m going to hit shuffle and review whatever film comes up first.

Welcome to ‘80s Roulette!

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SEPTEMBER 11, 1987

Castaway
Oliver Reed, Amanda Donohoe, Georgina Hale, Frances Barber, Tony Rickards, Todd Rippon, John Sessions, Virginia Hey, Sorel Johnson, Len Peihopa, Paul Reynolds, Sean Hamilton, Sarah Harper, Stephen Jenn, Joseph Blatchley, Simon Dormandy, Ruth Hudson, Gordon Honeycombe
cinematography by Harvey Harrison
music by Stanley Myers and Hans Zimmer
screenplay by Allan Scott
based on the book by Lucy Irvine
produced by Rick McCallum
directed by Nicolas Roeg
Rated R
1 hr 57 mins

A writer in his late 40s and a woman in her early 20s make an agreement to spend a year together on a deserted island in the South Pacific.

I am prepared to call Nicolas Roeg a genius.