| Product Summary | | Publisher: Trimark | | Format: DVD | | UPC: 00031398724537 | | Buy.com Sku: 40127942 | | Item#: VT4JH3 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 24453 | | Category Keywords: Theatrical Release | Rating:  |
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A compelling portrait of a young boy's resilience while growing up poor in a small town in the 1970s. Uncompromising in its realism, Joe The King reveals the loneliness of adolescence by exposing the tender heart of a boy made tough by the harsh circumstances of his troubled family life--an alcoholic father and a caring but neglectful mother. Poignant and bittersweet, the film is an unsentimental portrayal of a troubled adolescence ending a troubled childhood. Starring Noah Fleiss (Josh and S.A.M., Roommates), Karen Young (Hoffa, Torch Song Trilogy), Camryn Manheim (ABC's The Practice, Happiness), Austin Pendleton (Amistad, The Mirror Has Two Faces), Ethan Hawke (Snow Falling on Cedars, Gattaca), John Leguizamo (Son of Sam and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar) and Val Kilmer (At First Sight, Batman Forever). Actor Frank Whaley (Swimming with Sharks, The Doors) makes his directorial and writing debut with Jope The King.
"This is a smart film, told in a minor key..." Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle
Editor's Note
A sensitive, uncompromising portrait of a resilient young boy trying to navigate the loneliness and confusion of adolescence and the harsh circumstances of his dysfunctional family life in a small blue collar town in upstate New York during the 1970s. Whaley's first directorial effort shows his inexperience at various moments, but it is this exact lack of expertise that lifts the film above standard coming-of-age fare into a realm of honesty that most major motion pictures never attain. The fact that the friends he recruited to help fill integral roles just so happen to be Kilmer, Hawke, and Leguizamo didn't hurt matters either.
| Features | French Subtitles | | Spanish Subtitles | | Scene Access | | Cast/Crew Interviews | | English Subtitles | | Interactive Menus | | Audio Commentary | | Theatrical Trailer |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Trimark |
| Release Date: 4/9/2001 |
| Running Time: 100 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1999 | | Catalog ID: 7245 - D | | UPC: 00031398724537 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Sundance Film Festival (1999) |  | Frank Whaley, Winner, Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award | | | Frank Whaley, Nominee, Grand Jury Prize--Drama |
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| | Professional Reviews | Premiere
"...An intimate, tender portrait..." -- 3 out of 5 Stars 04/01/2000 pp.100-1Entertainment Weekly
"...Lean, unsparing....The performances are this sleeper's real strength..." -- Rating: B 02/18/2000 p.90 Box Office
"...An impressive writing and directing debut....Punctuated by a strong cast and affecting performances..." -- 4 out of 5 stars 10/01/1999 p.56 Los Angeles Times
"...Karen Young is a revelation..." 10/15/1999 p.C12 The New York Times 5 of 10
This dour little movie, set in the 1970s at the height of the roller disco craze, is especially good at capturing the mixture of shame and longing that its adolescent protagonist, Joe Henry, feels toward his embattled parents... But what if those parents are too disappointed, harried and angry to provide more than cursory love and support? - Stephen Holden
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