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| Joe Versus the Volcano [1990] (REGION 1) (NTSC) | ![Joe Versus the Volcano [1990] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516QQ6X4A9L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: John Patrick Shanley
Actors: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, Abe Vigoda
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (6 reviews)
Sales Rank: 22960
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Japanese (Subtitled), Georgian (Subtitled), Chinese (Subtitled), Thai (Subtitled)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 102 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: WARD16060D
ISBN: 0790761637
UPC: 085391606024
EAN: 9780790761633
ASIN: B00005Y71F
Release Date: April 2, 2002
Theatrical Release Date: March 9, 1990
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More Than It Appears October 21, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
One of the 6 films I'm taking to the desert island.br /br /This is one of those films that operate on many levels at the same time. On the surface - this film is a light-comedy, but below the surface it's a metaphorical existentialist masterpiece. If you like that sort of thing - you'll love this film as much as I do!
 nostalgic, artful, sweet! February 3, 2006
I searched to find this lovely gem of a movie. Yes it's a bit dated but a lovely tale of living life while you have it. It's quirky, funny, heart warming and a bit odd at times.
A MAGICAL, POETIC FILM PURE GENIUS!! August 28, 2005
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
WARNING PLOT SPOILERS AHEAD!!brJoe Versus the Volcano contains Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan as its romantic leads. This casting predicts, to a certain extent, the narrative drive, though the film is the most creative of the joint ventures between Hanks and Ryan, each of which adheres closely to established romantic plots. Romance, however, is but one of the admitted thematic finds in Joe Versus the Volcano, as its theme is equally supported by philosophy and argumentative takes on consumerism.pJoe works at the American Parascope factory ("Home of the Rectal Probe!"). In an opening montage (scored with "Sixteen Tons") he, with others in identical wear, is ushered into the building - down an inefficient trail that mimics the company's lightening-bolt logo and into prohibitively secure revolving gates. The sequence is comparatively similar to Fritz Lang's similarly themed Metropolis.pHis office is strewn in fluorescent lighting that details every piece of lint on every piece of clothing. It is a grim, redundant, and lifeless environment. He performs his job with mechanic resiliency, though each subsequent move is more strained than the last. Joe has common headaches, an inability to focus, and "little" sore throats. He looks up and observes a flickering, buzzing light. The atmosphere briefly hypnotizes him, as his flickering eyelids seem tied to the annoyance.pA doctor blames a "brain cloud" as the source of Joe's pains. Because the prognosis requires the abandon of his mundane lifestyle, Joe accepts it. He returns to his office and quits, leaving after he successfully asks Dede to dinner - she is a woman he has been aware of in the entirety of his tenure. (In the same scene Joe empties the contents of his desk, including Robinson Crusoe, Romeo and Juliet, and The Odyssey; the books plainly supply inspiration for the film.)pDede is the first of three women Joe comes in contact with. Each is played with forced difference by Meg Ryan. The first two belong to the same capitalist trap as Joe. Dede, for one, has the same job. On their date she is impressed with Joe's courageous and risky abandon of routine, and despite her impression she lacks the attributes required to make the same step. Expectedly, she rejects him, fearing the influence he would provide.pIn what appears to be an illogical contrivance Joe is visited by a Mr. Graynamore. The man is immensely wealthy, and curiously has knowledge of Joe's condition. Mr. Graynamore owns a superconductor business, one that relies upon a precious material named bubureau available only on an obscure island in the South Pacific. The denizens of this island are not swayed by financial offerings, though seek a human sacrifice as the only required compensation for the mineral. Mr. Graynamore offers Joe four credit cards (each without a spending limit) if he will appease the Waponis and jump into their volcano. Without any distracting purpose and with eagerness Joe complies.pThis is an opportunity for Joe to die heroically, and at no point does he second-guess his decision. He has no family, no friends, and meager tastes. He is essentially doing a favor for a millionaire, bartering himself as an expendable form of currency. Conversely, his sacrifice will be a sudden, heroic climax to a life with little memorable punctuation.pThere is, however, a tremendous omission in the blueprint. Joe's sacrifice will elicit honor, courage, and true virtue; love is the only missing and desired element. The three women he meets in his final trek are identical in appearance (suggesting that there is a distinct body Joe is attracted to). They are differentiated by varying levels of financial dependency. Dede, again, represents the past from which Joe escaped.pThe second woman Joe meets is Mr. Graynamore's daughter Anjelica, poet and artist. She is supported entirely by her father's money. Although she inhabits the lifestyle and tastes of a free spirit, she is completely dependent on her father's allowances. As with Dede, she is intrigued by Joe's case, yet she fears removing herself from here dependent yet stable lifestyle.pThe women are romantic caricatures, and the third, as expected, will match Joe's freedom and independence.pFinally, Joe meets Anjelica's half-sister Patricia. Patricia is the captain of a ship (the Tweedle Dee). Her position is an obvious metaphor; she is in complete control of her own life, diverting where she may and completely independent from any foreign guidance. She is the third and final woman in a series of increasingly compatible romantic options, and possesses the traits that compliment Joe's.pThere is a motif that appears throughout the film, firstly as the American Parascope logo - of a lightning bolt that dissects a triangular mountain. The image is repeated in the incongruous trail that leads to the factory, and soon after in an appropriately shaped crack in Joe's apartment (close eyes will see that the room is actually a subsidized half of a larger room; it is divided like the image of the mountain). This motif is given a literal portrayal when a bolt of lightning, in the same shape, dissects the Tweedle Dee in the middle of a typhoon.pThis depicts the jagged road of life that we all have to take.pJoe assembles his luggage into a raft (in what becomes the wisest of his irreverent purchases before his trip), and he and Patricia drift towards Waponi Wu.pThe island's denizens - the Waponis - are distinguished for a peculiar love of orange soda. Empty cans grace their wardrobes in lieu of feathers or other pieces of found attire (how the race acquires orange soda is a ridiculous mystery). Shortly after his arrival, Joe is fed, bathed, and dons an Armani tuxedo. Without hesitation, he demands, "Take me. To. The VOLCANO!"pPrior to his work at the factory Joe was a fireman, and admitted to his doctor to have left because of fear. There was an inherent risk to his former occupation, one that is realized as he approaches the lip of the steaming volcano. It is also evident, at this point, of the significance of the recurring motif: lighting, in this context, is a form of fire. It is a reminder of Joe's former position - one of his heroic episodes, in which he saved three children during a fire, is repeatedly cited in the film. His sacrifice is an act related to his past, and in performing it he reclaims the traits he once possessed; he faces his ultimate fear.pThe volcano can also be seen as a womb. And as the resulting action of his jump will tell, it is a rebirth. Joe survives, changed.pJoe Versus the Volcano is totally unique. Its creative innovations - its design and dialogue particularly - are, firstly, odd, yet cohere into an ultimately inspired vision. It is a romantic fable (a claim evidenced by the opening and closing captions; "And they lived happily ever after") and an allegory. Joe's unfortunate prognosis and ensuing plight may be completely imagined, though his motivations and lessons are realistically applicable. Joe Versus the Volcano is a work meant to transcend, and it does so with poetic semblance.
A leap of faith April 12, 2005
Most people will recognize their work place and co-workers here. The single flower trying to survive at the beginning is impressive. There is appropriate music and three Meg Ryan's (DeDe/Angelica Graynamore/Patricia Graynamore.) The cast lineup was perfect for each part. There is not a dull moment and everything is relative to the message. br /br /My favorite Scene is where Joe purchases luggage. I would like to find that store.br /br /Luggage Salesman: This is our premier steamer trunk, it's all-handmade, only the finest materials. It's even watertight, tight as a drum. If I had the need, and the wherewithal, Mr. Banks, this would be my trunk of choice.br /br /Joe Banks: I'll take four of them.br /br /Luggage Salesman: May you live to be a thousand years old, sir.br /br /Right after that I would pick the moon on the ocean scene; here Joe is in the vast evening ocean and a huge moon is rising on the horizon.br /br /So get out your orange soda sit on your trunks and watch.br /
Joe Vs. The Volcanoe review November 4, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This film is so beautiful.pHow many times in this film does Meg Ryan say 'I have no response to that'?pIn Dune, Duke Leto says to shepherded Paul Atriedes 'the sleeper must awaken'. In 'Blue Velvet' Jeffrey says 'there are certain opportunities in life for gaining experience, and in order to do so certain risks must be taken'pThis film is about the same thing - but is even more affecting because it is incredibly sensitive and funny. The trouble of life casts a terribly foreboding shadow across the film. Don't be put off by the low budget effects and the stereotyped duo of Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. This is Meg Ryan's best ever performance, and she is so incredibly beautiful.brThe script defines this film: it is purposeful and teasing. Perhaps this is the greatest film of all time.
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