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Joe Versus the Volcano

- An average Joe. An adventurous comedy.

Hypochondriac Joe Banks finds out he has six months to live, quits his dead end job, musters the courage to ask his co-worker out on a date, and is then hired to jump into a volcano by a mysterious visitor.

Release Date : 1990-03-09

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Amblin EntertainmentWarner Bros. Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Joe Banks

Original Name : Tom Hanks

Gender : Male

Character Name : DeDe / Angelica / Patricia Graynamore

Original Name : Meg Ryan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Samuel Harvey Graynamore

Original Name : Lloyd Bridges

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frank Waturi

Original Name : Dan Hedaya

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marshall

Original Name : Ossie Davis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Luggage Salesman

Original Name : Barry McGovern

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Ellison

Original Name : Robert Stack

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dagmar

Original Name : Amanda Plummer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Waitress

Original Name : Lala Sloatman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Chief of the Waponis

Original Name : Abe Vigoda

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hairdresser

Original Name : Carol Kane

Gender : Female

Character Name : Waponi

Original Name : Branscombe Richmond

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Jayne Haynes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mike

Original Name : David Burton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tony

Original Name : Jon Conrad Pochron

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fred - Guard

Original Name : Jim Hudson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Italian Tailor

Original Name : Antoni Gatti

Gender : Male

Character Name : Underwear Salesman

Original Name : Darrell Zwerling

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bellman

Original Name : Jim Ryan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ralph

Original Name : Karl Rumburg

Gender : Male

Character Name : Emo - Waponi Lookout

Original Name : Brian Esteban

Gender : Male

Character Name : Baw - The Waponi Advance Man

Original Name : Nathan Lane

Gender : Male

Character Name : Spanish Singer

Original Name : Wally Ruiz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Spanish Singer

Original Name : Guillermo Guzman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Spanish Singer

Original Name : Tommy Franco

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clerk

Original Name : Tony Salome

Gender : Male

Character Name : Saleswoman

Original Name : Courtney Gibbs

Gender : Female

Character Name : Statue of Liberty

Original Name : Jennifer Stewart

Gender : Female

Character Name : Salesman - Hammacher Schlemmer

Original Name : William Ward

Gender : Male

Character Name : God Woo

Original Name : Paul Michael Thorpe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Musician (uncredited)

Original Name : Michael George

Gender : Male

Reviews

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2022-06-26

**_Good message, decent movie, albeit really odd_** That pretty much sums up this 1990 film starring Tom Hanks as a miserable man stuck in an uninspiring job. After learning he's going to die in six months, he accepts an offer to live it up for a couple of weeks and sacrifice himself in a volcano on some nondescript Pacific island. Right off the bat, the movie tips off that it's more fantasy than reality. There's a great message about not selling your life -- your dreams -- for whatever pathetic wage they're offering at the local factory or whatever the case. But the final act fizzles out in Giligan's Island cartooniness. Meg Ryan co-stars in a three-pronged role. GRADE: C+

GenerationofSwine

@GenerationofSwine

2023-01-12

Bare with me here, because things are hazy. I distinctly remember renting this at our old small town independent pre-Block Buster video rental establishment. Back when it stopped selling porn (for a few years) and devoted the back room to Betamax and Laser Disc before they moved on to a bigger building. I remember riding my bike there with my father when I was ten. I remember seeing the poster in one of the two small windows. I remember the other new releases on the shelf, and I remember renting this on VHS with a Beta Danger Mouse. And then I remember thinking it was a drama because of the start of the film, cracking up about the luggage, cracking up about the actual volcano climax, and that is about it. But I guess the point is that I remember laughing, and that is what matters.