A hard-living ex-con is the unlikeliest of role models, but when he meets a troubled fifteen-year-old homeless boy in need of help from a violent and destitute father, Joe is faced with the heartbreaking choice of redemption or ruin.
Rating: R; for violence, disturbing material, language and some strong sexual content.|||adult
Lionsgate presents in association with Worldview Entertainment and Dreambridge Films ; directed by David Gordon Green ; screenplay by Gary Hawkins ; producers, David Gordon Green [and three others].
Title from container.
Based on the novel by Larry Brown.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2013.
Special features: The making of "Joe"; The long gravel drive: the origins of "Joe"; deleted scenes; audio commentary.
Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan.
DVD, widescreen; 5.1 Dolby Digital.
English dialogue; English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
