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did FedEx at least donate the plane etc for filming? I mean how did they get all the shirts and stuff?

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Yeah, all of the props were donated by FedEx. They knew they were getting good publicity out of it, so they'd ordinarily pay -- but Zemeckis/Fox would have none of it. So no money was exchanged, but they just helped each other out; FedEx gave Fox planes and props, while Fox gave FedEx free advertising.

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I prefer this to the beer discussion so I'll run with it...

It may have been "advertising" but how good was the exposure they got? Sure, FedEx was all over the screen, but they weren't exactly portrayed wonderfully.
"We can not afford the luxury of not looking at the clock" (or whatever the exact quote is) as TomHanks is shouting down the employees in the Asian start up office.

Just a thought...
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