Joe's Apartment (1996)

Director:

John Payson

Writers (WGA):

John Payson (short film)
John Payson (screenplay)

Release Date:

26 July 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical | Fantasy

Tagline:

Sex Bugs Rock 'n Roll.

Plot:

A nice guy has just moved to New York and discovers that he must share his run-down apartment with a couple thousand singing, dancing cockroaches.

Plot Keywords:

Apartment | New York | Singing | Insect | Part Stop Motion

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Jerry O'Connell	...	Joe
Megan Ward	...	Lily Dougherty
Billy West	...	Ralph Roach (voice)
Reginald Hudlin	...	Rodney Roach (voice)
Jim Turner	...	Walter Shit / Voice of Cockroach
Sandra 'Pepa' Denton	...	Blank (as Sandra Denton)
Robert Vaughn	...	Senator Dougherty
Don Ho	...	Alberto Bianco
Jim Sterling	...	Jesus Bianco / Voice of Cockroach
Shiek Mahmud-Bey	...	Vladimir Bianco
David Huddleston	...	P.I. Smith
Frank Bello	...	Stick-Up Man #1
Lord Kayson	...	Stick-Up Man #2
Alejandro Molina	...	Stick-Up Man #3
Wayman Ezell	...	Apartment Broker #1

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude humor and a brief drug reference.

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:PG-13 (certificate #34647) | Finland:S | Germany:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:PG | Denmark:12 | Sweden:15 | UK:12 (video premiere)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Geffen Pictures

Trivia:

The first ever feature film produced by MTV Networks.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Joe and Lily are sitting on his couch after their first date, the color of the wine changes from pink when the roaches move the glass towards Lily to dark red when she is holding it.

Quotes:

Lily Dougherty: The lot is completely planted, the, the community is behind it and the flowers just starting to bloom and now all I have to do is show it to my father and show him something good can still come outta the neighborhood and it's worth saving...
Joe: Do-you-wanna-come-over-to-my-place?
[a coach races by, splashing them with mud]
Joe: I've... got a towel you could use.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs First Blood (1982)

Soundtrack:

On the Sand

Roach memories

I enjoyed this movie despite one thing - I had an irrational phobia of roaches since I was young, and only got over it a few years ago just before this movie came out. Just as well - I might never watched it otherwise. To see the roaches up close and performing song and dance made me a little nauseous at first as it brought back memories of those times when I got too close to a real roach, but after a while, you sort of forget that they are dirty and disgusting pests and actually start enjoying and anticipating their next comic routine. For me, the stars of the show are the roaches, in fact, I can't even remember who acted in it after a while.