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where was the movie castaway filmed

The main island scenes in the movie Cast Away were filmed on Monuriki , a small uninhabited island in the Mamanuca Islands group in Fiji.

Additional key locations used in the film include:

  • Arrington Ranch House Lodge near Canadian, Texas, USA (the ranch and crossroads scenes).
  • Farm-to-market roads near Mobeetie, Texas, for the opening and closing crossroads shots.
  • Memphis, Tennessee, USA, for Chuck and Kelly’s home scenes.
  • Red Square and St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, for the early FedEx scenes.
  • Universal Studios Hollywood backlot in California for some city and FedEx-related shots.

All information is drawn from publicly available film location guides and databases.