Joe Versus the Volcano (DVD)

Laughs erupt when Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan fall in love and fall in lava in Joe Versus the Volcano, a colorful, stylish laugh-quake written and directed by Moonstruck Oscar winner John Patrick Shanley. As Joe, Hanks adds to his phenomenal string of successes that includes, Splash, Big and Turner & Hooch. And Meg Ryan follows up her star making When Harry Met Sally... with three roles, playing each of the women in Joe's life. When we first meet Joe, he has the white-color blues. Every day is Monday, the boss is always in a bad mood and the cumulative stresses convince Joe he has a terminal condition called a "brain cloud." So when a zany jillionaire pops up and offers him a fleeting taste of the good life, Joe leaps at the chance. All he must do in return is leap into a volcano. But funny things happen on the way from the urban isle of Manhattan to the remote tropical isle of Waponi Woo... Out of the corporate frying pan. Into the fire. Is Joes doomed to be the last of the red-hot lovers? Not if the forces of courage, love and comedy have their way.

Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, Abe Vigoda, Dan Hedaya, Jane Haynes, Jennifer Stewart, Jon Conrad Pochron, Lala Sloatman, Marion Dougherty, Paul Thorpe, Jayne Haynes, Barry McGovern, Amanda Plummer, Ossie Davis, David Burton, Jim Hudson, Darrell Zwerling, Jim Ryan, Nathan Lane, Tony Salome, Courtney Gibbs, Lala, Carol Kane

Director: Teri Schwartz

Rating: PG