Joe's Apartment (1996)
July 26, 1996Release Date
Joe's Apartment (1996)
July 26, 1996Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Jerry O'Connell
Joe
Megan Ward
Lily Dougherty
Billy West
Ralph Roach (voice)
Reginald Hudlin
Rodney Roach (voice)
Willi One Blood
Complaint Handler
Tracy Vilar
Complaint Handler
Sandra 'Pepa' Denton
Blank
Robert Vaughn
Senator Dougherty
Pepa
Blank
Shiek Mahmud-Bey
Vladimir Bianco
Jon Spencer
Boss Hog Band Member
Paul Bartel
NEA Scout
Tommy Hollis
Boss Plumber
Don Ho
Alberto Bianco
Jim Sterling
Jesus Bianco / Voice of Cockroach
David Huddleston
P.I. Smith
Vincent Pastore
Apartment Broker #2
Scott Bigelow
Boss Construction
Moby
Club DeeJay
Dave Chappelle
Cockroach (voice)
Godfrey
Cockroach (voice)
Tim Blake Nelson
Cockroach (voice)
BD Wong
Cockroach (voice)
Lord Kayson
Stick-Up Man #2
Alex Molina
Stick-Up Man #3
Frank Bello
Stick-Up Man #1
Jim Turner
Walter Shit / Voice of Cockroach
Wayman Ezell
Apartment Broker #1
Peter C. Frank
Editor
John Payson
Director / Screenplay
Bonni Lee
Producer
Griffin Dunne
Executive Producer
Peter Deming
Director of Photography
Michael Ringston
Assistant Camera
G.A. Aguilar
Stunt Coordinator
Randall Balsmeyer
Visual Effects Supervisor
Carlos Saldanha
Supervising Animation Director
Mitch Kopelman
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Nina Rappaport
Digital Effects Producer
Doug Dooley
Animation
Richard Hadsell
Software Engineer
William R. Wright
Visual Effects Design Consultant
Hank Liebeskind
Visual Effects
Michael Turoff
Visual Effects Producer
Sean Lawrence Smith
Animation
John Kahrs
Lighting Design
Peter Kuran
Visual Effects Supervisor
Leon Xiao
Systems Administrators & Support
Peter Carisi-de Lappe
Animation
Jan Carlee
Sequence Supervisor
Chris Trimble
Technical Advisor
David Figliola
Animation
Steve Talkowski
Animation
Rhett Collier
Technical Advisor
Alexander Levenson
Modeling
Christina Reyes
Producer's Assistant
Dan Robinson
Animation
Aurelio Voltaire
Animation
Chris Wedge
Animation Director
Tim Nordquist
Visual Effects Editor
John Siczewicz
Visual Effects Compositor
Stephen Sobisky
Project Manager
Tom Bisogno
Modeling
Linda J. Caldwell
Digital Compositor
Matt McDonald
Visual Effects
Sam Richards
Digital Effects Supervisor
Marc Lougee
Animation
Carter Burwell
Original Music Composer
Meg Simon
Casting
Abby Terkuhle
Executive Producer
Karin Wiesel
Set Decoration
Diana Phillips
Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 26, 1996
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 21m
Content RatingPG-13
Budget$13,000,000
Box Office$4,600,000
Filming LocationsNew York City · New Jersey, United States
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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. It was the first MTV Films production. It was also the first film Blue Sky Studios was involved in. It is also the only MTV Films production that does not feature the involvement of Paramount Pictures.
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.