Angel and Big Joe
{{short description|1975 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Angel and Big Joe
| image = Angel and Big Joe poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Bert Salzman
| producer = Doro Bachrach
Bert Salzman[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of6juB-EurQ Short Film Winners: 1976 Oscars]
| writer = Bert Salzman
| starring = Paul Sorvino
Dadi Pinero
| music = Harry Manfredini
Arlon Ober
| cinematography = Paul Glickman
| editing = Armond Lebowitz
| studio = Learning Corporation of America
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|1975}}
| runtime = 27 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
Angel and Big Joe is a 1975 American short drama film directed by Bert Salzman[https://mubi.com/films/angel-and-big-joe MUBI] and starring Paul Sorvino and Dadi Pinero. It won an Oscar at the 48th Academy Awards in 1976 for Best Short Subject.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1976 |title=The 48th Academy Awards (1976) Nominees and Winners |access-date=October 2, 2011 |work=oscars.org |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109220920/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1976 |archive-date=November 9, 2014 }}
Premise
Angel (Dadi Pinero) portrays a young Chicano migrant worker,[https://phoenixlearninggroup.com/products/angel-big-joe Phoenix Learning Group, Inc.][https://www.jstor.org/stable/25744072 JSTOR] while Big Joe (Paul Sorvino) is a telephone lineman. Angel feels that he can trust no one, but Big Joe sets out to prove him wrong.[https://archive.org/details/angelandbigjoe_201705 Internet Archive]
Cast
- Paul Sorvino as Big Joe
- Dadi Pinero as Angel
- Gloria Irizarry as Mother
- Nicky Irizarry (also known as Dr. Nick Karapasas) as Nicky[https://archive.org/details/angelandbigjoe Internet Archive]
Reception
Angel and Big Joe was named to the list of ALA Notable Children's Videos in 1975.{{Cite book| publisher = ALA| isbn = 978-0-8389-3342-8| title = Notable children's films and videos, filmstrips, and recordings, 1973-1986| location = Chicago| access-date = 2024-02-15| date = 1987| url = http://archive.org/details/notablechildrens0000unse_s8t3}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0072646|title=Angel and Big Joe}}
- [https://archive.org/details/angel_and_big_joe Angel and Big Joe] on Internet Archive restored by Academic Film Archive
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Category:1975 independent films
Category:American independent films
Category:American drama short films
Category:Films scored by Harry Manfredini
Category:Live Action Short Film Academy Award winners
Category:1970s English-language films