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    Joe the King is a 1999 drama film, written and directed by Frank Whaley, based largely on his own childhood and the childhood of his brother.It stars Noah Fleiss, Val Kilmer, Karen Young, Ethan Hawke, John Leguizamo, Austin Pendleton, Camryn Manheim, Max Ligosh, and James Costa.

    • Jennifer Dewis, Scott Macaulay, Lindsay Marx, Robin O'Hara
    • Frank Whaley
  2. A destitute 14-year-old struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother's hands, harsher abuse at his father's, and a growing separation from his slightly older brother. Petty thefts for food grow into more major takes until he steals a cash box from the diner where he works. Although Joe uses the money to pay off some of ...

  3. Oct 22, 1999 · Written and Directed by. Frank Whaley's "Joe the King" has been described as "semi-autobiographical," and you can feel the pain behind this story of a boy from a gloomy home whose bad luck never seems to change. What you also can sense is too much self-pity: The film is so steeped in resentment that it's not able to pull back and let us see the ...

  4. Apr 17, 2024 · Joe the King is 19541 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 24012 places since yesterday. In the United States, it is currently more popular than Early Warning but less popular than Dragon Quest: Your Story.

    • Joe Henry; Young Joe; Bob Henry
    • Frank Whaley
    • 1999
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  5. Rated: 3/5 • Jan 1, 2000. May 27, 2022. Rated: 4/5 • Jul 12, 2016. Apr 21, 2014. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. A teen (Noah Fleiss) with an alcoholic, abusive father (Val Kilmer) and a harsh ...

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  6. Joe the King: Directed by Frank Whaley. With Noah Fleiss, Karen Young, Camryn Manheim, Austin Pendleton. A disadvantaged, abused, neglected, exploited but basically decent kid slips into criminality while trying to cope with his harsh, inescapable reality.

  7. Brief Synopsis. Set in upstate New York, the story of a kid who feels the weight of the world on his shoulders. Fourteen-year-old Joe Henry manages a fragile existence. He is a young boy coming of age in the 1970s amidst chaos: Joe's father is an abusive drunk, his mother is barely able to keep the pieces of her br.

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