SPOILERS for Cast Away
In the end, of course, he does indeed escape and deliver the package. The recipient thanks him and Tom Hanks goes off to to whatever happens next in his life in the world of the film.
With dark amusement, I imagined an alternative ending: the recipient of the package, excited by its arrival, opens it up...and it's a satellite phone. Tom Hanks goes "D'OH!" End of film.
Yeah, I'm sure someone's thought of this already.
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Robert Zemeckis made the joke himself that the box had a waterproof satellite phone. There are deleted scenes that explain what was in the package and how it relates to the film. My wife was fascinated with the package and did the detective work to figure it out, but the results are best left on the cutting room floor.
If you need to know, here's an article in Cracked online which exposes this and several other important movie mysteries. It has some spoilers, but you may gain respect for film editors.
https://www.cracked.com/article_19138_7-hotly-debated-movie-questions-that-totally-have-answers.html
I suppose I should have known that Zemeckis himself would have come up with the obvious joke! Ah well.
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