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Finding Joe

  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 20m
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7.0/10
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Finding Joe (2011)
A documentary about Joseph Campbell, whose seminal work, "A Hero with a Thousand Faces" was published in 1949 and has greatly influenced generations of artists and writers.
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A truly inspirational film, Finding Joe explores the studies of famed mythologist Joseph Campbell. Take a journey through the human psyche and discover the pattern hidden in every story.A truly inspirational film, Finding Joe explores the studies of famed mythologist Joseph Campbell. Take a journey through the human psyche and discover the pattern hidden in every story.A truly inspirational film, Finding Joe explores the studies of famed mythologist Joseph Campbell. Take a journey through the human psyche and discover the pattern hidden in every story.

  • Director
    • Patrick Takaya Solomon
  • Writer
    • Patrick Takaya Solomon
  • Stars
    • Chungliang Al Huang
    • Rebecca Armstrong
    • Deepak Chopra
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    522
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Patrick Takaya Solomon
    • Writer
      • Patrick Takaya Solomon
    • Stars
      • Chungliang Al Huang
      • Rebecca Armstrong
      • Deepak Chopra
    • 16User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
    • 45Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Chungliang Al Huang
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    Deepak Chopra
    Deepak Chopra
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    Alan Cohen
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    Mick Fleetwood
    Mick Fleetwood
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    Akiva Goldsman
    Akiva Goldsman
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    Laird Hamilton
    Laird Hamilton
    • Self
    • (as Laird John Hamilton)
    Catherine Hardwicke
    Catherine Hardwicke
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    Tony Hawk
    Tony Hawk
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    Gay Hendricks
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    Brian Johnson
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    Rashida Jones
    Rashida Jones
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    Lynne Kaufman
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    David Loy
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    Joseph Marshall
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    David Lee Miller
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    Norman Ollestad
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    Ken Robinson
    Ken Robinson
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      • Patrick Takaya Solomon
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      • Patrick Takaya Solomon
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    6p_vaness-994-451200

    Good message, painful visuals

    Interviews and message is interesting, yet the visuals are so bad! Painful to watch andso poorly shot. Could be shorter as well given the message.

    Deserve a re-edit cutting out the appaling filming .
    3iprento

    Disservice to a great legacy

    A bunch of people trying to tell us what Joseph Campbell was telling us. If you really want to hear the great man's message, do yourself a favor and watch any of these instead:

    The Hero's Journey: The World of Joseph Campbell (1987) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093183

    Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth (1988) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0296362

    Mythos (1985) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389663

    Joseph Campbell: Sukhavati (2005) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2341386

    Thinking Allowed: Understanding Mythology (1987)

    Finding Joe is just — and there is no other way to put it — boring.
    2dianaconroy-96443

    Clumsy and narrow

    I'm a big fan of Campbell's work and I think he would be turning in his grave at this... dumbed down, applied to white men, middle class, bliss equalling success versus meaning, and heavily ideologically alighted to capitalism. The visual asides between the speakers are excruciating. Don't bother.
    10dyamimt

    The Story Behind Our Life's Story

    Inspiring and insightful.

    It reveals a depth of the human experience that reminds us of our own personal "call to adventure"---to living our life in bliss, alive, and amazingly fulfilled.... and the journey we take in getting there.

    For example, if you remember back to a time when you were a teenager, when you we were all coming of age, seeking independence from our parents, and first striking out on our own. We may or may not have know what we desired in venturing out into the world alone, but we all felt that healthy sense of anxiety and yet a deep profound knowing inside that even though it may be scary, we must forge ahead and venture out in the world and create a life for ourselves. This is our journey, our common path that binds us together. It is expressed in our stories and movies over and over and over again, and provides the access to life fulfilled.

    It spoke to the voice inside me of my higher purpose, a sense of something bigger than myself, a sense of what we are all here for. A sense of fulfillment and trusting in this journey we call life.

    It was deeply moving and touches on the quiet truth that we all have inside, our highest and best selves longing to be unearthed and the story of it unfolding.
    6flashfluidimdb

    Not really about Joseph Campbell, but interesting

    If you want to know about Campbell's work you'll need to look elsewhere.

    Some basic aspect it are mentioned, however, as many have noticed, it's not really about him, neither about his biography nor his works about mythology. His fictional works are not even mentioned.

    It's more about how Campbell's insights inspired a series of people (whom you might like or not) in their lives and work. And it's also about how narratives can impact how we view our life and change our attitude to it.

    The documentary is well crafted and knows how to keep the viewer interested. It's basically a mixture of imagery, interviews and little performances by children intermingled.

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    • Release date
      • September 30, 2011 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 파인딩 조
    • Production companies
      • Balcony Releasing
      • Pat and Pat Productions
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $55,518
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $8,753
      • Oct 2, 2011
    • Gross worldwide
      • $55,518
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      • 1h 20m(80 min)
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