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.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.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.
- Awards
- 2 wins total
Billy West
- Ralph Roach
- (voice)
Reginald Hudlin
- Rodney Roach
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe CGI roach scenes were filmed using the same graphics effects engine from Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and Jurassic Park (1993).
- GoofsWhen Joe and Lily are sitting on his couch after their first date, the position of his arm changes from lowered to around her shoulder between shots.
- Quotes
[Joe finds a man lying in a pool of blood]
Joe: Oh, my god! Mister, are you alright?
Walter Shit: Two days, seven hours, twenty-three minutes and four seconds. That's how long I've been lying here.
Joe: Are you O.K.?
Walter Shit: 'Course not! I'm an artist!
- Crazy creditsAfter the end credits, the cockroaches come together and form the MTV logo, then they crawl away.
- Alternate versionsWhen Joe's Apartment was aired on network television, the name of the band that Joe became involved with was changed from "SHIT" to "POO"
- SoundtracksJoe's Apartment Theme
Written by Kevin Weist & John Payson
Performed by Mel Tormé & the Roach Chorus
Courtesy of Concord Records
Featured review
I wonder why it got criticized because to me the worth of a movie is how you react to it.
I first saw it on video in 1996 and I can tell you that we had to watch the intro three times because we were laughing so damn hard.
Even the 'mother' of the house was constantly telling us to shooooshhhh because we laughed so loud.
Never has a movie had me laughing so loud.
Now 11 yrs later, my 5 yr and 6 yr old boys watch it and get a huge laugh out of it. They love to see the roaches singing and dancing..
So if anyone cans it, they can go to buggery because we all get a lot of laughs and entertainment out of it.
I first saw it on video in 1996 and I can tell you that we had to watch the intro three times because we were laughing so damn hard.
Even the 'mother' of the house was constantly telling us to shooooshhhh because we laughed so loud.
Never has a movie had me laughing so loud.
Now 11 yrs later, my 5 yr and 6 yr old boys watch it and get a huge laugh out of it. They love to see the roaches singing and dancing..
So if anyone cans it, they can go to buggery because we all get a lot of laughs and entertainment out of it.
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Box office
- Budget
- $13,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,619,014
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,854,490
- Jul 28, 1996
- Gross worldwide
- $4,619,014
- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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