Average Joe [DVD] [Standard]

Comic legend Cantinflas (Around the World in 80 Days) stars in this hilarious action-comedy. Agent 777 (Cantinflas), a policeman-turned-paperboy, gets a job as a fireman to take care of his visiting goddaughter. But when she is kidnapped, Agent 777 returns to police work to get her back. In Spanish with English subtitles. Newly remastered.

One of the milestone films of it's era, this satirical drama stars Peter Boyle as Joe Curran, a bigoted, beer-swilling hardhat who befriends strait-laced advertising exec Bill Compton (Dennis Patrick) after Bill confesses he killed his daughter Melissa's (Susan Sarandon, in her screen debut) drug dealer boyfriend. When Melissa runs away in order to continue living the hippie lifestyle, Joe and Bill search for her, their journey including a stop at a Greenwich Village Inchorg-gy.Inch With Audrey Claire, K Callan. 107 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English.

JOE features an intensely powerful performance by Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage as Joe, a hard-living ex-con who is the unlikeliest of role models. But when he meets a troubled 15-year-old homeless boy (Tye Sheridan) in need of help from a violent and destitute father, Joe is faced with the heartbreaking choice of redemption or ruin.