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Joe the King
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Joe the King
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Features: DVD
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 |
| Technical Info
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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 | Austin Pendleton | | Camryn Manheim | | Ethan Hawke | | John Leguizamo | | Karen Young | | Val Kilmer | | Noah Fleiss | | Frank Whaley - Director | | Michael Mayers - Director of Photography | | Anthony Grimaldi - Musical Score | | Robert Whaley - Musical Score | | Frank Whaley - Writer |
| Awards |
Sundance Film Festival (1999) | | Frank Whaley, Winner, Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award | | | Frank Whaley, Nominee, Grand Jury Prize--Drama |
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