Camera frames bustling office building on sunny day. Camera fades in to show same office building, sky is dark, tornado seen in background. People screaming, running. Camera fades to black. Camera pans around office building as it is ravaged by tornado. Lightning courses through sky. Camera fades to black.
Camera frames Tom Hank's face, bruised, cut, as he lays on linoleum floor. He opens his eyes, camera fades to black. Camera fades in to show Hanks looking around the office building, his clothes torn, the office in tatters. Fluorescent lights blinking. Camera fades out. Camera fades in to show Hanks on edge of roof, looking over edge to see tornado wreaking havoc on town, water level of flood reaching 8th floor of building. All other buildings destroyed or submerged. No life in sight.
Hanks: I have been here for twenty days ...
Camera frames various scenes of Hanks exploring destroyed building with a small flashlight. One scene depicts how half of office building is underwater.
Hanks: As far as I can tell, this is the end.
Camera shows topless Hanks having established a nest on the roof of the building, struggling to build fire under a canopy weighed down by rainwater.
Hanks: I do not know what has survived out there ...
Camera shows now-bearded Hanks discovering a banana in a minifridge. Hanks carving "JOHN" into banana with a ballpoint pen.
Hanks: But what I do know ...
Camera frames Hanks - now looking severely malnutritioned and starved, lashing together a raft built with printer reams using computer power cables.
Hanks: I'm not going to die here.
Motivational background music.
Camera frames Hanks braving a wave with improvised raft.
Witness one man's journey ...
Camera shows Hanks yelling, celebrating as his drenched copy papers begin to smolder.
To discover himself ...
Camera shows Hanks eating raw popcorn and wincing as his tooth shatters.
To survive ...
Camera shows Hanks tying his tie around his head like a bandanna.
Tom Hanks is ...
Picturesque shot of Hanks staring off into the distance.
The Stowaway.