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but here ya are
"Joe Banks (Tom Hanks) is a downtrodden everyman, working in a factory for a pointy haired boss, Frank Waturi (Dan Hedaya). Banks is chronically ill, and finds no joy in his existence. One day, he visits a doctor (Robert Stack) who finds a fatal brain cloud, apparently an inoperable tumor. Ironically, it didn't cause his poor health. Those symptoms were psychosomatic - he was just imagining them. The doctor suggests, "you have some time left to you, Mr. Banks, live it well." Joe promptly quits his job, tells his boss off, and asks a former co-worker (Meg Ryan in the first of three parts that she plays) out on a date. The date goes well, but when he tells her he is dying, she becomes upset and leaves.
The next day, Joe is visited in his apartment by a wealthy industrialist, Samuel Graynamore (Lloyd Bridges), who has a proposition for him. There is a small inhabited Pacific island called Waponi Wu. It has deposits of a mineral that Graynamore needs, but the natives won't sell it to him. They believe that the volcano on their island must be appeased with a voluntary human sacrifice once every century, but none of the Waponis is willing to sacrifice himself. If he can provide them with a willing victim, Graynamore can have the mineral. Having heard of Joe's situation, the businessman offers him the opportunity to "live like a king, die like a man." Graynamore will pay for whatever Joe wants, as long as he throws himself into the volcano afterwards. With nothing to lose, Joe agrees.
Joe spends a day and night on the town in New York, where he receives advice on style and life from a wise chauffeur (Ossie Davis), and purchases some expensive items, including four top-of-the-line, hand-crafted, waterproof steamer trunks and an Armani tuxedo. He then flies to Los Angeles, where he is met by one of the industrialist's daughters, Angelica (also played by Meg Ryan), who cautions him not to tell her anything, as she cannot keep a secret; "Daddy says I'm a flibberty-gibbet!". She takes him to a yacht, captained by the other daughter, Patricia (Meg Ryan yet again).
The ocean voyage starts out well enough and an emotional connection begins to form between Joe and Patricia. All is interrupted when a typhoon strikes and the yacht sinks. Joe rescues Patricia and fashions a raft out of his steamer trunks. She has been hurt and does not regain consciousness for many days. Joe saves the small amount of available fresh water for her, while he gradually becomes delirious from thirst. When Patricia awakens, they find they have fortuitously drifted to their destination.
The Waponis treat them to a grand feast before the ceremony. The Chief (Abe Vigoda) asks one last time if anyone else will volunteer, but none will. Joe heads for the volcano to the great relief of the natives. Patricia tries to stop him, declaring her love for him. He admits he loves her as well, "but the timing stinks."
Patricia gets the chief to marry them. Then she decides to join Joe in his jump; he can't persuade her to change her mind and finally he gives up. They jump in, only to be blown out into the ocean when the volcano erupts. The island sinks, but Joe and Patricia find their trusty steamer trunks and are saved. Upon discussion, Patricia realizes that the doctor who diagnosed Joe was her father's crony and was lying to him. Joe is not dying and they can live happily ever after."