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Joe Versus the Volcano
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Joe Versus the Volcano is a 1990 American romantic comedy drama film directed and written by John Patrick Shanley. Produced by Frank Marshall and Steven Spielberg through Amblin Entertainment, the movie stars Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Lloyd Bridges, and Robert Stack. The narrative is set in New York City and Los Angeles, with filming taking place in Santa Monica. The production features a score by Georges Delerue and cinematography by Stephen Goldblatt.
The film was distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix, with a release date of March 9, 1990. It has a runtime of 102 minutes and was rated PG. Critical assessments include a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 65%, a Metacritic score of 45 out of 100, and an IMDb rating of 5.9 from 41,697 votes. The movie received one award nomination.
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5.8Hypochondriac 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.
Cast
- Tom Hanks as Joe Banks
- Meg Ryan as DeDe / Angelica / Patricia Graynamore
- Lloyd Bridges as Samuel Harvey Graynamore
- Dan Hedaya as Frank Waturi
- Ossie Davis as Marshall
- Barry McGovern as Luggage Salesman
Themes
- escape
- terminal illness
- orange soda
- barefoot female
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Ratings
IMDb
5.9/10
41,697 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
65%
Metacritic
45/100
- Year
- 1990
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- John Patrick Shanley
- Screenwriter
- John Patrick Shanley
- Cast member
- Nathan Lane
- Composer
- Georges Delerue
- Producer
- Steven Spielberg
- Production company
- Amblin Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Stephen Goldblatt
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Filming location
- Santa Monica
- Duration
- 98
- FilmAffinity ID
- 522366
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1990-08-03
- film editor
- Richard Halsey
- title
- Joe Versus the Volcano
- distributed by
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 45/100
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