Joe Versus the Volcano
1990 · 102 MIN · IMDB 5.9 · 40,774 VOTES · DIR. John Patrick Shanley
Overview
Hypochondriac 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.
Dialogue Timeline — 951 lines
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00:05:03 I know he can get the job, but can he do the job?
00:08:35 - I only have 12. - How'd you let that happen?
00:11:31 Dr. Ellison will see you now.
00:14:20 It was because of your insistence on so many tests that we discovered it.
00:20:37 That's great. Don't come looking for a reference from me.
00:22:43 If the lights don't give you a headache, you must be dead!
00:25:02 See? You never feel great.
00:30:56 ...or asked me what I'm doing here.
00:33:19 Of his own free will, a man has to jump into the volcano.
00:35:45 And your plane ticket, American. Noon out of Kennedy tomorrow.
00:38:12 I'll stay on the island for a few weeks, and that's it.
00:42:14 ...this would be my trunk of choice.
00:46:38 I was an advertising librarian for a medical supply company.
00:49:23 I don't mind talking.
00:53:07 We better go.
00:56:33 "... and ended up on the wrong side of Africa.
00:59:01 I love my father, even though I never see him...
01:03:24 You never get used to it.
01:06:07 It's weird today, huh?
01:18:40 I forgot...
01:25:50 We are the children of children...
01:29:24 Chief, could you come up here, please?
01:31:52 I love you.
01:35:20 That's my father's doctor.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed951
Dialogue density9.3 lines / min
First line00:05:03
Final line01:35:20
Production Record
DirectorJohn Patrick Shanley
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25,000,000
Revenue$39,400,000
IMDb votes40,774