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Why is this so hard to see?

posted 11 years ago by preppy-3
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It never pops up on cable and even TCM has never shown it. Maybe it's on DVD but I don't want to buy it. Anyone know why this never plays?

[–] Seven_Fetzer_Valve 11 years ago

Netflix has it avail for streaming.

[–] mrmemory 11 years ago

The whole movie is on YouTube for free and it's uncut.

[–] preppy-3 11 years ago

Thanks. I looked at it. It looks like the quality is excellent and it's uncut so...:) Better watch it before it gets taken off. "Last Summer" was on uncut but it was pulled by the studio and it's unavailable anywhere at the moment.

[–] shepardjessica-1 10 years ago

I have the VHS and DVD - a real AMERICAN film of the times. Not to be shown on TV.

[–] preppy-3 10 years ago

I found it a very disturbing film and VERY of its time. Actually I hated it but it does show how some pepople felt way back then. Even Peter Boyle didn't like it because people cheered on his character at the end. You're right--this will probably never be shown on TV.

[–] ohmemercylard-58-17610 7 years ago

It was shown on TCM this week and may be available through them on demand. If you've got the stomach for it.

[–] jmillerdp 7 years ago

TCM (Turner Classic Movies in the U.S.) just had it on October 28, 2016. I would guess that they would have it on again at some point.

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[–] gary_w_trott 7 years ago

Probably because of the language and subject matter. I saw Joe in the theatre when it first came out and then can only remember it being on TV once in the 70s and that was on the late late show. It popped up on I believe Encore back in the 90s but other than that I'm doubtful it is going to show up. It is a good film...but it is also a cult film. Boyle did such a good job as the title character that a friend of mine would not watch him in anything since she had been terrified by his portrayal of Joe.

[–] preppy-3 7 years ago

Well it was available on YouTube in a pristine print. VERY disturbing. I can see why is isn't widely shown. BTW Peter Boyle HATED the movie.

[–] gary_w_trott 7 years ago

The newspaper ads at the time billed it as, "Right across the street from The Last House on the Left" which was a violent slasher type of film. Boyle was probably as terrified by his portrayal as my friend was.

[–] preppy-3 7 years ago

Well Boyle in real life was a peace-loving liberal--NOTHING like Joe was. And yeah--I remember those ads too. It seems kind of strange linking those films together. "Last" was a sick and repulsive horror film with no point. "Joe" was sick and repulsive too but there WAS a point to it.