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A 1990 romantic comedy film starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan as a dying man and a woman who fall in love on a South Pacific island. Learn about the plot, cast, themes, reception and legacy of this cult classic.
A hypochondriac learns he is dying and accepts an offer to throw himself in a volcano. Along the way, he falls in love with a woman who helps him discover the meaning of life.
- (40K)
- Comedy, Romance
- John Patrick Shanley
- 1990-03-09
On the upside, a strange millionaire (Lloyd Bridges) offers Joe a way to die with meaning and dignity: by hurling himself into a volcano.
- (39)
- John Patrick Shanley
- PG
- Tom Hanks
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.
- John Patrick Shanley
- PG-13
- 22
Watch Tom Hanks in this 1990 comedy romance about a man who agrees to jump into a volcano for a king's reward. Rent or buy the movie in HD on Amazon Prime Video and enjoy the cheerful and passionate story.
- 102 min
Mar 9, 1990 · “Joe Versus the Volcano” achieves a kind of magnificent goofiness. Hanks and Ryan are the right actors to inhabit it, because you can never catch them going for a gag that isn’t there: They inhabit the logic of this bizarre world and play by its rules.
Jul 9, 2014 · On his trip to the island, Joe meets Meg Ryan playing three different characters. Welcome to the Fandango MOVIECLIPS Trailer Vault Channel. Where trailers from the past, from recent to long ago...
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