Joe the king / a 49th Parallel Productions/Forensic-391 Films/Lower East Side Films production ; produced by Robin O'Hara & Scott Macaulay and Jennifer Dewis & Lindsay Marx ; written and directed by Frank Whaley.

Joe Henry, a sensitive but tough working class kid, struggles valiantly to survive the collosal roadblocks fate has placed in his path, while relating to his drunken, abusive father, a cynical busboy at the local greasy spoon, his burnt-out mom, and his inept guidance counselor.