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Genres:
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Comedy /
Romance /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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John Patrick Shanley
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Actors:
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Meg Ryan,
Abe Vigoda,
Barry McGovern,
Jayne Haynes,
Tom Hanks,
Lloyd Bridges,
Robert Stack,
Dan Hedaya,
Amanda Plummer,
Ossie Davis
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Duration:
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102 min.
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Rating:
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(5.4/10)73.5
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Plot Summary:
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Joe versus the Volcano is a fable which opens with measure surrealistic scenes of the dehumanization of Joe Bank's job and work environment (at a company whose by-product rather literally screws people) with imagery that seems to should prefer to been inspired by the classic film Metropolis. Joe is diagnosed with an fatal ailment, quits his dehumanizing undertaking, and accepts an put up for sale to briefly "tangible like a majesty, die like a man" - but to fulfill his agreement he must willingly pass over into a live volcano on the island of Waponi Woo in to the end that to to appease the vol... cano god. En route to the island, Joe meets a series of interesting characters in NYC and LA, then boards a yacht, captained beside Patricia Graynamore. During the voyage Joe and Patricia predisposed to disaster, withdraw in love, and finally blow in at the isle where they face their karma.Read more Less
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Joe Versus the Volcano
Shanley's full-blown romantic fantasy, manage virtually entirely on stylised sets, is a fanciful allegory about heroism and...
Joe Versus the Volcano
Clerk Hanks is told that he has six months to live. He instantaneously takes up an offer to jump into a volcano on a remote archipelago to appease the gods in deliver for being treated like a prince by businessman Bridges, who gets to gain mining rights if the volcano doesn't out. Inconveniently, he falls in love with whole of Bridges's two daughters (both played nearby Ryan), who chauffeurs him to the island on a yacht. The stylized sets and Hanks's bizarre quest may be too much for some to take, but this docile, oddball steam - all but ignored on its initial release - has since gathered a condign cult following.
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