Joe's Apartment
Sex, Bugs, and Rock 'n Roll.
1996 | 81m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | John Payson |
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| Writer: | John Payson |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 26, 1996 |
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| Director: | John Payson |
| Writer: | John Payson |
| Genres: | Comedy, Fantasy |
| Keywords | flat, musical, rent, lodger, cockroach, spekulant, amused |
| Production Companies | Geffen Pictures, MTV Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $4,600,000
Budget: $13,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 05, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jerry O'Connell | Joe |
| Megan Ward | Lily Dougherty |
| Billy West | Ralph Roach (voice) |
| Reginald Hudlin | Rodney Roach (voice) |
| Willi One Blood | Complaint Handler |
| Tracy Vilar | Complaint Handler |
| Sandra 'Pepa' Denton | Blank |
| Robert Vaughn | Senator Dougherty |
| Shiek Mahmud-Bey | Vladimir Bianco |
| Jon Spencer | Boss Hog Band Member |
| Paul Bartel | NEA Scout |
| Tommy Hollis | Boss Plumber |
| Don Ho | Alberto Bianco |
| Jim Sterling | Jesus Bianco / Voice of Cockroach |
| David Huddleston | P.I. Smith |
| Vincent Pastore | Apartment Broker #2 |
| Scott Bigelow | Boss Construction |
| Moby | Club DeeJay |
| Dave Chappelle | Cockroach (voice) |
| Godfrey | Cockroach (voice) |
| Tim Blake Nelson | Cockroach (voice) |
| BD Wong | Cockroach (voice) |
| Lord Kayson | Stick-Up Man #2 |
| Alex Molina | Stick-Up Man #3 |
| Frank Bello | Stick-Up Man #1 |
| Jim Turner | Walter Shit / Voice of Cockroach |
| Wayman Ezell | Apartment Broker #1 |
| Rick Aviles | Cockroach (voice) |
| Mark Rosenthal | Cockroach (voice) |
| Nick Zedd | Pizza Couple |
| Solange Monnier | Pizza Couple |
| Roy Milton Davis | Complaint Handler |
| William Preston | Complaint Handler |
| Christopher Durang | Boss Clergy |
| Glenn Kubota | Lab Manager |
| Desiree Casado | Girl at Play |
| Edward Rosado | Boy at Play |
| Vebe Borge | Cockroach (voice) |
| Dale Goodson | Boss Clown |
| Peter Yoshida | Zipp Code Customer |
| Stewart Russell | Zipp Code Manager |
| Cristina Martinez | Boss Hog Band Member |
| Jens Jurgensen | Boss Hog Band Member |
| Hollis Yungblut | Boss Hog Band Member |
| Jennie Moreau | Cockroach (voice) |
| William Wegman | Distinguished Man with Dog |
| Rae C. Wright | Movie Goer |
| Toukie Smith | Head User |
| Patricia O'Connell | Ms. Featherstone |
| Fanni Green | Counsel |
| Kevin Weist | Cockroach (voice) |
| Salvatore Paul Piro | Sal |
| Peggy Healey | Counsel |
| Michael Mandell | Complaint Handler |
| Cynthia Neilson | Dangling Woman |
| Geoffrey Whelan | Cockroach (voice) |
| Carter Burwell | The Roach Chorus (voice) |
| Babi Floyd | The Roach Chorus (voice) |
| Tawatha Agee | The Roach Chorus (voice) |
| Carol Woods | The Roach Chorus (voice) |
| Billy Straus | The Roach Chorus (voice) |
| Barry Carl | The Roach Chorus (voice) |
| Michael Winther | The Roach Chorus (voice) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| John Payson | Director, Screenplay |
| Aurelio Voltaire | Animation |
| Chris Wedge | Animation Director |
| Carter Burwell | Original Music Composer |
| Peter C. Frank | Editor |
| Carol Spier | Production Design |
| Karin Wiesel | Set Decoration |
| Stephanie Maslansky | Costume Design |
| Patricia Regan | Makeup Artist |
| Ed Check | Art Direction |
| Meg Simon | Casting |
| Nathan J. Busch II | Hairstylist |
| Michael Ringston | Assistant Camera |
| Tom Bisogno | Modeling |
| Linda J. Caldwell | Digital Compositor |
| Rhett Collier | Technical Advisor |
| Richard Hadsell | Software Engineer |
| Mitch Kopelman | Senior Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Alexander Levenson | Modeling |
| Matt McDonald | Visual Effects |
| Nina Rappaport | Digital Effects Producer |
| Christina Reyes | Producer's Assistant |
| Sam Richards | Digital Effects Supervisor |
| John Siczewicz | Visual Effects Compositor |
| Chris Trimble | Technical Advisor |
| Michael Turoff | Visual Effects Producer |
| Leon Xiao | Systems Administrators & Support |
| Stephen Sobisky | Project Manager |
| Peter Carisi-de Lappe | Animation |
| Jan Carlee | Sequence Supervisor |
| Doug Dooley | Animation |
| David Figliola | Animation |
| Hank Liebeskind | Visual Effects |
| Marc Lougee | Animation |
| Dan Robinson | Animation |
| Sean Lawrence Smith | Animation |
| Steve Talkowski | Animation |
| William R. Wright | Visual Effects Design Consultant |
| Peter Deming | Director of Photography |
| G.A. Aguilar | Stunt Coordinator |
| John Kahrs | Lighting Design |
| Peter Kuran | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Carlos Saldanha | Supervising Animation Director |
| Randall Balsmeyer | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Tim Nordquist | Visual Effects Editor |
| Vebe Borge | First Assistant Director |
| Otie Brown | Second Assistant Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Bonni Lee | Producer |
| Abby Terkuhle | Executive Producer |
| Diana Phillips | Producer |
| Judy McGrath | Executive Producer |
| Griffin Dunne | Executive Producer |
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