TIL Bill Broyles, the writer for the movie Castaway, chose to deliberately strand himself for one week on an isolated beach in the Sea of Cortez, to force himself to search for water and food, and obtain his own shelter. During this time, a volleyball washed up on shore.

http://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/2000-12-29/79994/



Submitted January 26, 2015 at 11:45PM by misterAction http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2tqsa9/til_bill_broyles_the_writer_for_the_movie/