Directed by:
David Gordon GreenScreenplay:
Gary HawkinsCinematography:
Tim OrrCast:
Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan, Gary Poulter, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Adriene Mishler, Heather Kafka, John Daws, Aj Wilson McPhaul, Jonny Mars, Sue Rock (more)VOD (3)
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The film brings Academy Award® winner Nicolas Cage back to his indie roots in the title role as the hard-living, hot-tempered, ex-con Joe Ransom, who is just trying to dodge his instincts for trouble – until he meets a hard-luck kid (Tye Sheridan) who awakens in him a fierce and tender-hearted protector. The story begins as Joe hires teenaged Gary Jones and his destitute father onto his "tree- poisoning" crew for a lumber company. Joe might be notoriously reckless with his pick-up, his dog and especially with women, but he sees something in Gary that gets to him: a determination, a raw decency and a sense of resilience he can barely believe in anymore. Gary has truly had nothing in life – he's never spent a day at school – yet something drives him to take care of his family, to keep his sister safe when his father turns monstrous, to hang onto hope of a better future. Joe and Gary forge an unlikely bond. When Gary finds himself facing a threat greater than he knows how to handle, he turns to Joe – and sets off a chain of events that play out with the brutal inevitability of tragedy and the beauty of a last stab at salvation. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Nicolas Cage
USA
Best movies:
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Lord of War (2005)
The Rock (1996)
Tye Sheridan
USA
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Gary Poulter
USA
Best movies:
Joe (2013)
Ronnie Gene Blevins
USA
Best movies:
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
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Adriene Mishler
Best movies:
Joe (2013)
Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)
Heather Kafka
USA
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Joe (2013)
Kid-Thing (2012)
Aj Wilson McPhaul
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Joe (2013)
Manglehorn (2014)
Jonny Mars
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Joe (2013)
Sue Rock
Best movies:
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Spiral Jackson
USA
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Love and Mary (2007)
Lynette Walden
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Brenda Isaacs Booth
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Hook (1991)
Patrick A. Grover
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Kevin Kinkade
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