Joe's Apartment - The Big Crawl
| Movie | |
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| German title | Joe's Apartment - The Big Crawl |
| Original title | Joe's apartment |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1996 |
| length | 78 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | John Payson |
| script | John Payson |
| production |
Bonni Lee Diana Phillips |
| music | Carter Burwell |
| camera | Peter Deming |
| cut | Peter C. Frank |
| occupation | |
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Joe's Apartment is a 1996 American comedy film directed by John Payson . It is a remake of a short film produced in 1992 for MTV .
action
Joe is graduating from college . He moves to New York from a provincial town in Iowa . There he rents an apartment and discovers that talking cockroaches live in the apartment . The animals help him fight real estate speculators, led by Senator Dougherty, and for the feelings of Lily, the Senator's daughter.
Reviews
- Andy Seiler wrote in USA Today that the film was "disastrous".
- Roger Ebert ( Chicago Sun-Times , August 2, 1996) wrote that the plot includes elements from the other comedies set in Manhattan . The idea is better suited for a short film.
- James Berardinelli (movie-reviews.net) wrote that the story wouldn't even be enough for a film half as long as this one. The character of Joe is one of the least interesting characters in the films of the year.
Awards
The film won the 1997 World Animation Celebration Award for special effects .
Others
The comedy was shot in New York and Newark , New Jersey . It cost about 13 million US dollars .
In an episode of the Without a Trace series , Jerry O'Connell plays a paranoid schizophrenic named Joe. In one scene it is mentioned that there is a problem with cockroaches in his apartment. (s02e12: Stranger Voices / Hawks and Handsaws , 2004)
In the scene where Joe moves into the shabby apartment, he hangs posters of Led Zeppelin , Primus (the cover of the 1993 album Pork Soda ) and Sonic Youth on the walls. Under the posters is a joint concert poster by Soundgarden and Pearl Jam , designed by screen printer Frank Kozik , on which a young, dark-haired woman can be seen with her eyes closed and arms raised. Joe also wears a White Zombie baseball cap and AC / DC and Obituary t-shirts (with the Cause of Death album cover printed on the chest).
The American punk blues band Boss Hog with the musician couple Cristina Martinez on vocals and Jon Spencer on electric guitar has a short guest appearance in the film in the form of a live concert in an urban rock club. In this scene you can also see the solo musician Moby as a DJ.
Web links
- Joe's Apartment - A Bug in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Joe's Apartment - A Bug's Life at Rotten Tomatoes (English)