Joe's Apartment (1996)
July 26, 1996Release Date
Joe's Apartment (1996)
July 26, 1996Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Jerry O'Connell
Joe
Megan Ward
Lily Dougherty
Billy West
Ralph Roach
Willi One Blood
Complaint Handler
Reginald Hudlin
Rodney Roach
Tracy Vilar
Complaint Handler
Jim Turner
Walter Shit
Sandra 'Pepa' Denton
Blank
Pepa
Blank
Robert Vaughn
Senator Dougherty
Jon Spencer
Boss Hog Band Member
Don Ho
Alberto Bianco
Paul Bartel
NEA Scout
Jim Sterling
Jesus Bianco
Tommy Hollis
Boss Plumber
Shiek Mahmud-Bey
Vladimir Bianco
John Payson
Director
David Huddleston
P.I. Smith
Bonni Lee
Producer
Vincent Pastore
Apartment Broker #2
Diana Phillips
Producer
Scott Bigelow
Boss Construction
Moby
Club DeeJay
Carter Burwell
Composer
Peter Deming
Cinematographer
Dave Chappelle
Cockroach (voice)
Godfrey
Cockroach (voice)
Peter C. Frank
Editor
Tim Blake Nelson
Cockroach (voice)
Meg Simon
CastingDirector
BD Wong
Cockroach (voice)
Carol Spier
ProductionDesigner
Lord Kayson
Stick-Up Man #2
Alex Molina
Stick-Up Man #3
Frank Bello
Stick-Up Man #1
Wayman Ezell
Apartment Broker #1
Griffin Dunne
Executive Producer
Chris Wedge
Animation Director
Carlos Saldanha
Supervising Animation Director
John Kahrs
Lighting Design
Doug Dooley
Animation
Randall Balsmeyer
Visual Effects Supervisor
Tim Nordquist
Visual Effects Editor
Karin Wiesel
Set Decoration
Ed Check
Art Direction
Peter Kuran
Visual Effects Supervisor
Nina Rappaport
Digital Effects Producer
G. A. Aguilar
Stunt Coordinator
Dan Robinson
Animation
Abby Terkuhle
Executive Producer
Judy McGrath
Executive Producer
Patricia Regan
Makeup Artist
Matt McDonald
Visual Effects
Nathan J. Busch II
Hairstylist
Sam Richards
Digital Effects Supervisor
William R. Wright
Visual Effects Design Consultant
Stephanie Maslansky
Costume Design
Michael Turoff
Visual Effects Producer
Tom Bisogno
Modeling
Richard Hadsell
Software Engineer
Aurelio Voltaire
Animation
Leon Xiao
Systems Administrators & Support
Hank Liebeskind
Visual Effects
Jan Carlee
Sequence Supervisor
Mitch Kopelman
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Rhett Collier
Technical Advisor
Alexander Levenson
Modeling
Chris Trimble
Technical Advisor
Stephen Sobisky
Project Manager
Michael Ringston
Assistant Camera
Linda J. Caldwell
Digital Compositor
John Siczewicz
Visual Effects Compositor
Steve Talkowski
Animation
Christina Reyes
Producer's Assistant
Peter Carisi-de Lappe
Animation
David Figliola
Animation
Marc Lougee
Animation
Sean Lawrence Smith
Animation
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 26, 1996
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 17m
Content RatingPG-13
Budget$13,000,000
Box Office$4,600,000
Filming LocationsNew Jersey · New York City, United States
Genres
Wiki.
Joe's Apartment is a 1996 American musical black comedy film written and directed by John Payson (in his feature directorial debut), based on his 1992 short film of the same name, and starring Jerry O'Connell and Megan Ward. The first MTV Films production, it was the only one not to involve Paramount Pictures (the 2019 film Eli, which was distributed by Netflix, still had the involvement of Paramount). It was also the first film Blue Sky Studios was involved in.
The main focus of the story is the fact that, unbeknownst to many humans, cockroaches can talk, but prefer not to, as humans "smush first and ask questions later". They also sing and even have their own public-access television cable TV channel. Actors providing the roaches' voices included Billy West (in his feature film debut), Jim Turner, Rick Aviles (in his final film role before his death), Tim Blake Nelson, BD Wong, and Dave Chappelle. The film received generally negative reviews from critics and was a box office failure.