Joe
by John G. Avildsen
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Actor: Audrey Caire, Dennis Patrick, K Callan, Peter Boyle, Susan SarandonDirector: John G. Avildsen
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 107 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-04-16
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Joe
Movie Review: Thought-Provoking But Riddled With Stereotypes
Summary: 4 Stars
How did I miss this when it first appeared? I was in high school in Southern California when Joe was first released but despite a storyline which would have appealed to hipper elements at school, I don't recall Joe ever being mentioned by anyone who fit that description nor do I recall ever reading about it in the burgeoning and ubiquitous underground press. Anyhow, to this day I have never met anyone who mentioned anything to me about this movie and indeed, I found out about it only through an amazon recommendation that appeared because of something else I bought. Anyhow, that recommendation sounded interesting so I ordered it, watched it, and overall I enjoyed it.
Joe is a thought-provoking film, but it is riddled with stereotypes. Ad exec Bill Compton's world is one of money, success, and a sort of metrosexual social milieu. Joe Curran's world is combatively blue-collar, where any man with any pretense to sophistication is seen as a "fag", a pinko, or a n*#*#*-lover. He may have been the inspiration for Archie Bunker, the ignorant TV bigot who came to epitomize the typical conservative to a generation of sneering liberals. Curran bowled (how gauche!), he ate junk food, drank cheap beer and liquor, loved to fondle and clean his guns, and constantly railed against hippies, contemporary music and culture, and welfare parasites. He is a time-bomb just waiting to explode. The film's hippies, too, are stereotypes with their cocktail of constant drug use, communal living, libertine attitudes, and even their eating habits.
So how did two such unlikely friends hook up? Unlike many others, I don't see this as a weird kind of male bonding film. I see it as the story of a guy who got sucked into a world he didn't know, like, or understand by a careless comment he made to a raving drunk in a bar. Dennis Patrick, as ad exec Bill Compton has a lot to lose. After accidentally killing his daughter's degenerate boyfriend in a fit of rage, he stops into a bar for a drink. Peter Boyle, as Joe Curran, was already in the bar loudly pontificating on welfare bums and other human effluvium. He commented to Compton that he'd like to kill a hippie. Compton, still in shock from his struggle with his daughter's boyfriend, commented that he just did. Curran introduced himself and offered to buy him a drink, but Compton left. When the story of the dead drug addict hit the news, Curran put two and two together, sought Compton out and asked to meet him. Compton, fearing blackmail, went along to meet the cunning Curran and that meeting started the spiral of events which eventually led to a tragic ending.
Though Joe is somewhat dated, it is still a story that speaks to legions of parents who have suffered the heartache of seriously wayward offspring as well as being a cautionary reminder of how easily events can spiral out of control with tragic consequences. If you grew up in the late sixties or early seventies and haven't seen Joe, do so now, its like riding a time machine.
Summary of Joe
Hardhats and hippies clash in 1960s New York City in this gritty drama exploring the rocky edge of that era's generation gap. With Academy Award?(r) winner* Susan Sarandon in her screen debutand starring Peter Boyle in a "stunningly effective" (Variety) performance, Joe is a "powerful" (The Wall Street Journal), "immensely sophisticated piece of film-making" (Los AngelesTimes) about an era in turmoil. Joe Curran (Boyle) is a loudmouthed factory worker with a bigot's mean streak. Bill Compton (Dennis Patrick) is a wealthy executive who, in an uncharacteristic fit of rage, has just murdered the drug-addicted boyfriend of his daughter (Sarandon). When the two men meet in a bar, an unholy alliance is formed. And after Bill's daughter runs away, they search for her in the psychedelic underworld they despise'setting in motion a shocking and humiliating string of events that leads to a brutal and chilling final scene. *1995: Actress, Dead Man WalkingAction & Adventure DVD Video
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