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Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
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9 March 1990 (USA) moreTagline:
An Average Joe. An Adventurous Comedy. morePlot:
When a hypochondriac learns that he is dying, he accepts an offer to throw himself in a volcano at a tropical island, and along the way there, learns to truly live. full summary | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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Motion/Captured Must-See: 'Joe Versus The Volcano' (From Hitfix. 30 March 2009, 10:00 AM, PDT)
Opening This Week: Soderbergh's four-hour biopic, Eastwood's other movie
(From IFC. 8 December 2008, 7:51 AM, PST)
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One of my all time favorites moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Tom Hanks | ... | Joe Banks | |
| Meg Ryan | ... | DeDe / Angelica Graynamore / Patricia Graynamore | |
| Lloyd Bridges | ... | Samuel Harvey Graynamore | |
| Robert Stack | ... | Kenneth Hindmick / Dr. Ellison | |
| Abe Vigoda | ... | Waponi Chief | |
| Dan Hedaya | ... | Mr. Frank Waturi | |
| Barry McGovern | ... | Luggage Salesman | |
| Amanda Plummer | ... | Dagmar | |
| Ossie Davis | ... | Marshall | |
| Jayne Haynes | ... | Nurse | |
| David Burton | ... | Mike | |
| Carol Kane | ... | Cassandra the Hairdresser (as Lisa Le Blanc) | |
| Jim Hudson | ... | Fred the Guard | |
| Antoni Gatti | ... | Italian Tailor | |
| Darrell Zwerling | ... | Underwear Salesman |
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Canada:G (Nova Scotia) (original rating) | Canada:PG (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (1994) | Spain:13 | Iceland:L | Germany:6 (re-rating) | South Korea:15 | Netherlands:6 | Argentina:13 | Chile:TE | Finland:K-10 | France:U | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PG | Canada:PG | Australia:PGFun Stuff
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At the end, Joe refers to the "crooked road" he traveled. He walked the crooked sidewalk to the factory, drove the crooked road from the airport, then walked the final crooked path to the top of the volcano, all of which were in the same lightning bolt shape. moreGoofs:
Continuity: In the morning when the daisy gets stepped on, everyone's shadows are to their right. Later that afternoon, when Joe fixes the daisy, his shadow is also to his right, and from the same camera angle. In the afternoon Joe's shadow would have been of a different angle. moreQuotes:
Patricia: My father says that almost the whole world is asleep. Everybody you know. Everybody you see. Everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake and they live in a state of constant total amazement. moreSoundtrack:
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I am one of the few who saw this on the big screen TWICE when it opened. This is the movie I would take to the desert island, which miraculously has electricity a big screen and a DVD player. This is one of those rare films where every single character, no matter how minor, has a major impact on the hero and the plot. This film is also rare because the Lion's share of the funny and insightful dialogue belongs to the minor characters and not the protagonists. You have to love a movie where a luggage salesman is a major plot milestone. Ossie Davis is excellent as the wise Limo driver, Lloyd Bridges is hilarious, Tom Hanks is of course everyman, and Meg Ryan, in one of her funniest roles, is actually "every woman". "You know, the first time I saw you I thought that I had seen you before." A witty hero is commonplace and witty cast is truly memorable.
The movie is probably too allegorical for most tastes, but this is a great tale about a character afraid of life, afraid of that next step, who finds his courage and puts his foot forward again.
All in all this is one of the best kinds of movies, Funny and Hopeful.