Just finished watching "Cast Away" (2000) with my parents. Fantastic show with an excellent plot and brilliant actor (Tom Hanks as Chuck Norris, a Fed Ex agent who gets lost on a deserted island when his airplane crashes into the ocean). There were several learning points from the psych angle:

1. Companionship--fundamental need for affiliation. Wilson was his only companion on the island whom he communicated with. Besides, displaying this need, there was one particular scene where he "argued" with Wilson, which showed the inner conversation that goes back forth back forth in our minds when we are angry with ourselves--the struggle between the ought or ideal self with the real self that seeks to rationalise and justify the deed done.

2. Purpose--sense of purpose or having a goal can keep one alive. Without the antique pocket clock with the picture of Helent Hunt, he would have perished. He knew he had to stay alive to realise that possibility of making it back to main land.

3. Resiliency--the human spirit can be so strong and yet so vulnerable at times. Having being put in such a situation, he had to rise up to the occasion and pick up survival skills. He had to adopt an active problem-solving approach to deal with that circumstance. When he finally got back home, it was an emotion-focused approach, having to deal with loss--of time and of a loved one. He had to ventilate his emotions and feelings to someone. Definitely need CISM man...

Memorable quote from the movie that Tom Hanks said towards its end:
"I gotta keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?"