Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1990-03-09) |
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| Awards: | 1 nomination total |
| BoxOffice: | $39,404,261 |
| Screen: | John Patrick Shanley |
| Productions: | Amblin Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 31: Tom Hanks - Joe Banks
- 5344: Meg Ryan - DeDe / Angelica / Patricia Graynamore
- 2177: Lloyd Bridges - Samuel Harvey Graynamore
- 6486: Dan Hedaya - Frank Waturi
- 15531: Ossie Davis - Marshall
- 26094: Barry McGovern - Luggage Salesman
- 2493: Robert Stack - Dr. Ellison
Crews
- 26095: John Patrick Shanley - Screenplay - Writing
- 557: Colleen Atwood - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 26095: John Patrick Shanley - Director - Directing
- 84050: Eric Chambers - Stunts - Crew
- 1331794: Paul E. Short - Stunts - Crew
- 1436539: John Cade - Stunts - Crew
- 128596: Solly Marx - Stunts - Crew
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Reviews
Wuchak
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**_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 hims ....
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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 o ....
Continue reading ->kevin2019
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"Joe Versus the Volcano" is a most off-beat and unusual film, but the central message it advocates is a common one. Life is worth living and this is never more relevant and meaningful than when life is slowly ebbing away and coming to an end and perhaps the circumstances leading up t ....
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