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William Broyles Jr. is known for:

  • Cast Away
    Chuck Nolan, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia crashes at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and finds himself marooned on a desolate island. With no way to escape, Chuck must find ways to survive in his new home.
  • The Polar Express
    When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.
  • Apollo 13
    The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Dodson Broyles, Jr. (born October 8, 1944) is an American screenwriter, who has worked on the television series China Beach (1988–1991), and the films Apollo 13 (1995), Cast Away (2000), Entrapment (1999), Planet of the Apes (2001), Unfaithful (2002), The Polar Express (2004), and Jarhead (2005). He also assisted in the screenplay of "Saving Private Ryan" (1998). Description above from the Wikipedia article William Broyles, Jr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.