Joe LE (Region B) Blu-ray ***Preorder*** 9/14

KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL.

After his daughter (Susan Sarandon in her first screen role) overdoses on heroin, wealthy NY businessman Bill Compton (Dennis Patrick) confronts her drug dealer boyfriend in a rage and accidentally murders him. Stunned, he retreats to a nearby bar and finds himself confessing his crime to a stranger: the charismatic yet deeply bigoted blue-collar factory worker Joe (a remarkable Peter Boyle). 

When the hippy-hating Joe discovers his new friend is telling the truth, he begins to ingratiate himself into Compton’s life, and despite their vastly different backgrounds the two men find themselves developing a rapport based around their shared fear and disdain of the counter culture, an uneasy alliance that will eventually have devastating consequences.

Directed by John G Avildsen (Rocky) from a typically trenchant Norman Wexler (Saturday Night Fever, Serpico) screenplay, Joe ruthlessly exposes the dark heart of American society in a shocking, darkly satirical depiction of the fierce cultural battleground of the USA at the beginning of the 1970s, and the violent death of the hippy dream. 

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES

• UK Blu-ray premiere
• High definition digital transfer
• Original uncompressed mono audio
• Newly recorded audio commentary with critics Matt Zoller Seitz and Jason Bailey
• New interview with critic Ellen E. Jones
• Theatrical trailers with optional audio commentaries from actor and producer Marc Edward Heuck
• Stills gallery
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Limited Edition booklet featuring new writing from Adam Nayman
• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in and full-height Scanavo packaging with O-card and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings