Joe Versus the Volcano
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Joe Versus the Volcano

Year:
Duration:
102 min
Genres:
Comedy | Romance
IMDB rate:
5.7
Director:
John Patrick Shanley
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1990-03-09
Filming Locations: Hawaii, USA
Earnings
Gross: $39,404,261 (USA) Rentals $18,900,000 (USA)
Cast
Actor
Character
Tom Hanks
Joe
Meg Ryan
DeDe
Lloyd Bridges
Graynamore
Robert Stack
Dr. Ellison
Abe Vigoda
Chief of the Waponis
Barry McGovern
Luggage Salesman
Amanda Plummer
Dagmar
Ossie Davis
Marshall
Jayne Haynes
Nurse
David Burton
Mike
Jon Conrad Pochron
Tony (as Jon Pochran)
Jim Hudson
Fred - Guard
Antoni Gatti
Italian Tailor
Darrell Zwerling
Underwear Salesman
Jim Ryan
Bellman
Karl Rumburg
Ralph
Brian Esteban
Emo - Waponi Lookout
Nathan Lane
Baw - The Waponi Advance Man
Wally Ruiz
Spanish Singer
Guillermo Guzman
Spanish Singer
Tommy Franco
Spanish Singer
Tony Salome
Clerk
Courtney Gibbs
Saleswoman
Lala Sloatman
Waitress (as Lala)
Jennifer Stewart
Statue of Liberty
William Ward
Salesman - Hammacher Schlemmer
Carol Kane
Hairdresser (as Lisa LeBlanc)
Paul Michael Thorpe
God Woo
Kevin Ash
Pierre bell hop (uncredited)
Jack E. Herman
Waponi Warrior (uncredited)
Sidney S. Liufau
Waponi (uncredited)
Beverly Overstreet
Female Waponi at Feast (uncredited)
Branscombe Richmond
Waponi (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Not only did Meg Ryan play all three female leads but also did the voice of the flight attendant welcoming the flight to L.A.
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The company logo is seen in the entrance to the factory, in the crumbling wall in Joe's house, in the shape of the lightning bolt that sinks the boat, in the way up to the volcano, and, in the film's trailer (included on the DVD) is the lightning bolt that travels up the film's title and strikes the top.
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There are at least four references to losing one's soul: in the song "Sixteen Tons" played at the start of the movie, the lyric "I sold my soul to the company store"Joe responds to DeDe's question in the factory while inspecting his damaged shoePatricia's reference to being soul sick the first night on the yachtseveral lines involving the Waponi's Tobi Chief such as when Joe states that he hopes the chief will not lose his Tobi (soul).
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Goofs
Joe and Anjelica must have taken an awfully circuitous route to go from LAX to Los Angeles, since the drive is through Culver City, not the Pacific Coast Highway.
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The Medical League Building - Long Island City Branch has a street address of 941. Addresses in Long Island City, Queens are hyphenated, such as 25-81.
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When Patricia is telling the story of the Waponi tribe, she reads that they were descended from Roman sailors blown "1000 miles off course." Considering that the tribe is in the South Pacific and neither the Suez nor Panama Canals existed in ancient times, getting there from Rome would require a journey of at least ten times that distance.
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Quotes
Joe Banks: Feel like I'm getting married.
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Angelica: I have no response to that.
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Angelica: Would you like to hear one of my poems?
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Photos from cast
Dan Hedaya
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