Angel and Big Joe

  • Drama
1/1/1975
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Angel and Big Joe is a 1975 American short drama film directed by Bert Salzman and starring Paul Sorvino and Dadi Pinero. It tells the story of a friendship between a migrant boy and an electrician who has greater ambitions. The film won an Oscar at the 48th Academy Awards in 1976 for Best Short Subject.

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      • Geronimo1967

        Joe (Paul Servino) is a kind-hearted telephone engineer who is badgered by the young Angel (Dadi Pinero) to come and repair the public telephone near the home he shares with his family. He is expecting a call from his absentee dad. He duly obliges, but with that call slow in coming the young lad gets himself a job washing car windscreens, where he encounters Joe again. This time, its the older man who asks Angel to help him build a greenhouse so he can grow roses to sell. Over the course of the rest of this short film, its not just the flowers that grow and after their first sale, Joe suggests that he move in with him and that they develop the business. Angel has his family, and they are about to relocate, so what is he going to do? Theres ...

        November 30, 2025

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