J hoberman recalls chaotic and violent summer of 1970, which included release of movie joe, about americas conflict over vietnam war, written by norman wexler, directed by john g avildsen and. An excon who is the unlikeliest of role models meets a 15yearold boy and is faced with the choice of redemption or. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs. Joe 1970 cast and crew when executive bill comptons dennis patrick daughter, melissa susan sarandon, overdoses at the house of her drugdealer boyfriend, compton flies into a rage and kills. Joe is a 1970 drama film distributed by cannon films and starring peter boyle, dennis patrick and susan sarandon in her film. There he runs into a drunken factory worker named joe, who hates hippies, blacks, and anyone who is different, and would like to kill one himself. Po zanru je drama ciji je scenarij velikim dijelom inspiriran tada aktualnim generacijskim jazom izmedu mladih buntovnih antiestablismentskih babyboomera i njihovih konzervativnih roditelja, koji je u kontekstu burnih drustvenih promjena ponekad znao dovoditi i do tragicnih sukoba.
Bill, a wealthy businessman, confronts his junkie daughters. The film joe is the ultimate late 60s early 70s time capsule. This reluctance was primarily based on the fact that in the 1970s as a little kid, i thoroughly hated the. Favorite character from a single male name titled film. J hoberman recalls chaotic and violent summer of 1970, which included release of movie joe, about americas conflict over vietnam war. Joe is a 1970 american drama film distributed by cannon films and starring peter boyle, dennis patrick and susan sarandon in her film debut. Rent joe 1970 starring peter boyle and dennis patrick on dvd and bluray. The two start talking, and bill reveals his secret to joe. Panicstricken, he wanders the streets and eventually stops at a bar. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Peter boyle delivers a strong and raw performance as joe curran, a racist factory worker who hates hippies and blacks. Joe 1970 cast and crew moviefone movies movie times.
Joe is a 20 independent crime drama film directed and coproduced by david gordon green, coproduced by lisa muskat, derrick tseng and christopher woodrow and written by gary hawkins, adaptation from larry browns 1991 novel of the same name. The story is called joe, and youll figure out why by the end, but. Another reason this film holds up is that events in the past couple of years have brought back the relevancy of the theme and context of this film. A hothead who has served time in a penitentiary, joe is watched. About the only thing that dates this film is that the violence is not realistic or graphic.
It stars nicolas cage and tye sheridan, revolving around a tormented man who hires a 15yearold boy and protects him from his abusive father. Joe was about the same time as the wild bunch, and the tone of movie violence had a just begun to change. Boyles joe doesnt appear until 30 minutes in, but completely takes over the movie when he does. Joe 1970 when executive bill comptons dennis patrick daughter, melissa susan sarandon, overdoses at the house of her drugdealer boyfriend, compton flies into a rage and kills the dealer. In this remake of a 1970 film by the same name, nicholas cage plays joe, an excon and unlikely hero to a fifteen year old boy. I was very reluctant to rent joe after reading about the film. The movie database tmdb is a popular, user editable database for movies and tv shows. Granted, the character that peter boyle is given in joe is an interesting one, but the film simply doesnt do enough with him. Joe 1970 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. We wait to see how hollywood reacts through its films to the current situation.
Advertising executive bill compton, his wife joan, and daughter melissa are a wealthy family living in new york s upper east side. At the heart of the movie stands its conflicted title character, joe nicolas cage, the goodbad supervisor of the tree poisoners. Bill, a wealthy businessman, confronts his junkie daughters drugdealing boyfriend. Dennis patrick in joe 1970 peter boyle and reid cruickshanks in joe 1970 susan. Peter boyles performance and the theme song, hey joe are almost worth another star on their own. Hes dull and humourless, an equalopportunities bigot, with foreigners and hippies top of his. Avildsen on allmovie joe was very much a product of its time, when the.