Joe's Apartment
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
John Payson
Jerry O'connell
Megan Ward
Robert Vaughn
Billy West
Rick Aviles
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Fresh off the bus from Iowa, Joe is just trying to make it in New York, but he's got no job, he's got no girl and, worst of all, he's got no place to live. However, life's about to change for Joe. He finds an apartment--a slummy, squalid, seedy little box of a place, but it's a pad he can call his own... or so he thinks. It seems that not all of the apartment's former tenants have packed up and moved away. Joe discovers that he's living with 50,000 roommates, an army of six-legged "go-go-go" Joe supporters, a veritable nation of roaches, there to stand arm-in-arm-in-arm-in-arm-in-arm-in-arm with their guy Joe in his times of need--whether he likes it or not. And what's more, these roaches don't just think and talk... they dance and sing! They're around to teach Joe what life's really all about in the big city: sex, bugs and rock 'n' roll.
Director
John Payson
Cast
Jerry O'connell
Megan Ward
Robert Vaughn
Billy West
Rick Aviles
Michael Winther
Babi Floyd
Nick Zedd
James Stauffer
Tyrita White
Jim Turner
Fay Wray
Tawatha Agee
John Palomino
Willi One Blood
Frank Bello
Tommy Hollis
Desiree Casado
Wayman Ezell
Scott Bigelow
Cynthia Neilson
William Preston
Patricia O'connell
Paul Bartel
Lord Kayson
Mark Palermo
Peter Gelfman
Kevin Weist
Tim Blake Nelson
B.d. Wong
J C White
Sandra Denton
Peter Yoshida
Geoffrey Whelan
Rose Kimmel
Glenn Kubota
Dale Goodson
James Sterling
Wayne Wilkins
Christopher Durang
Elliott Kerman
Jens Jurgensen
John Terelle
David Huddleston
Rae C. Wright
Owen Burke
Mark Rosenthal
Edward Rosado
Toukie Smith
Regina Cooper
Shiek Mahmud-bey
Hollis Yungblut
Dave Chappelle
Reginald Hudlin
Scott Leonard
Stewart Russell
Melvern Mackell
Don Blackman
Barry Carl
Vincent Pastore
Jeff Thacher
Salvatore Piro
Alexander Molina
Roy Davis
Michael Mendell
Fanni Green
Vebe Borge
Kenan Moran
Christina Martinez
William Wegman
Don Ho
Jennie Moreau
Carl Woods
Solange Monnier
Peg Healey
Sean Altman
Carter Burwell
Jonathan Spencer
Tracy Vilar
Billy Straus
Crew
G. A. Aguilar
Joan Altman
Rand Angelicola
Fritz Archer
Mark Bachman
Nina Bafaro
K C Bailey
Howard Baines
Randall Balsmeyer
Gary Belcher
Rhett Bennatt
Anthony Bennett
Russell Berg
Alison Bilick
Tom Bisogno
Vebe Borge
Jim Bresnahan
Dave Brody
Cindy Brolsma
Alison Brown
Otie Brown
Joe Buda
Owen Burke
Carter Burwell
Nathan J. Busch
Ken Butler
Linda Caldwell
Mark Califra
Don Canfield
Peter Carisi-delappe
Al Cerullo
Ed Check
Barbara Clark
Wendy Cohen
Rhett Collier
Joseph R Collins
Mike Connelly
Sarah Connors
Sarah Connors
Linus Coraggio
Margot Core
Stephanie Corsalini
Douglas Crosby
John Daschbach
Andrew J. Day
Peter Deming
Sal Denero
Gilbert Diaz
Fresh Dish
Doug Dooley
Griffin Dunne
Paul Easton
Paul Easton
Paul Easton
Greg Edwards
Meryl Emmerton
Jenny Evans
Dr. Betty Faber
Joe Facey
Michael Farrow
Evan Feig
Robert K. Feldmann
Prudence Fenton
David Figliola
Martha Fishkin
Mo Flam
Peter C Frank
Maggie Frederic
David Scott Gagnon
Ann Gastler
Lynn Geller
Jon Gelman
Jon Gelman
Mark Ginsberg
Ellen Goldstein
Roman Greller
Russ J Griffon
Russ J Griffon
Albert Griswold
Albert Griswold
Ann Gyory
Richard Hadsell
Barbara J Hause
Jeremiah Hawkins
Thane Hawkins
Julia Hickman
Paul Holahan
Todd Hotaling
Lee Howard
Lee Howard
Rosa Howell-thornhill
Joyce Hsieh
Dr. Ivan Huber
Kalina Ivanov
Terry Jackson
Jamie Jacobson
Anthony L Jamison
Lisa Janowski
Rob Jensen
Shari Schwartz Johanson
John Johnston
John Kahrs
John Kahrs
Irene Kasow
Todd Kasow
Kevin Keefe
Kathy Kelehan
Richard Kerekes
Lalita Khosla
Kathleen King
Hilmar Koch
Mitch Kopelman
Jeremy Kroll
Jim Kroupa
Jim Kroupa
Peter Kunz
George Lara
Marc Laub
Joe Laudati
Michael Leather
Diana Lederman
Bonni Lee
Kevin Lee
Alexander Levenson
William Ley
Hank Liebesk
David Lomax
Marc Lougee
Carl Lawrence Ludwig
Fionnuala Lynch
Bruce Maccallum
Ian Macgregor
Peter Magyar
Marco Maldonado
Paul Mantell
Paul Mantell
Craig Marin
Craig Marin
Paul Michael Marini
Rick Marroquin
Douglas A. Martines
Clara Martinez
Michael Marzovilla
Stephanie Maslansky
Rob Mazze
Steve Mcauliff
Judy Mcgrath
A D Mckee
Allan R Mckinnon
Kristopher Medina
Carlos A. Mentndez
Ray Mendez
Ruben Morales
Hopi Noel Morton
Rhonda Moscoe
Lutz Muller
John Nakamura
Phil Neilson
Kenneth D Nelson
Tim Nordquist
Christina Norman
Nancy Novack
Bitty O'sullivan-smith
Daniel Pagan
Anthony Parmelee
Anthony Parmelee
John Payson
Mark Peltzer
Noelle Penraat
Andy Pforzheimer
Diana Phillips
Alyson Poselia
Richard Quan
Daniel Ramirez
Nina Rappaport
Nic Ratner
Patricia Regan
Christina Reyes
Sam Richards
Wendy Roberts
Cecilia Roque
Jennifer Roth
Dan Sable
Lynn Sable
Carlos Saldanha
Will Scheck
Dan Shefelman
Eleanor Shelton
Elizabeth Shelton
David Shumbris
John Siczewicz
Chris Silano
Meg Simon
Kara L Smith
Bernie Spencer-horsman
Carol Spier
Tim Squyres
Felicia Standel
Jonathan Starch
James Stauffer
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer July 26, 1996
Released in United States on Video December 17, 1996
Released in United States February 1998
Shown at International Cartoon and Animated Film Festival (in competition) in Brussels, Belgium February 17-30, 1998.
Director/writer John Payson makes his full-length feature directorial debut with "Joe's Apartment." Payson was born and raised in Northern New England. After graduating magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1983, he moved to New York. In 1984, Payson joined MTV, eventually becoming Director of MTV's On-Air Creative Department. In that capacity, he oversaw the production of MTV's promos, animation and interstitial programming. In 1991, Payson produced Henry Selick's award-winning short, "Slow Bob In the Lower Dimensions." He then wrote and directed the award-winning short film, "Joe's Apartment," which aired on MTV in 1992. He was also the supervising producer of MTV's half-hour animated variety series, "Liquid Television."
Completed shooting June 8, 1995.
Began shooting April 12, 1995.
Released in United States Summer July 26, 1996
Released in United States on Video December 17, 1996
Released in United States February 1998 (Shown at International Cartoon and Animated Film Festival (in competition) in Brussels, Belgium February 17-30, 1998.)
