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Rating

7.0/10

Release2012

Runtime1h 19m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Movie

Ordinary Joe

2012

1h 19m

7.0

Documentary

Synopsis

Ordinary Joe presents a captivating portrait of Joe Sciacca, a beer drinking, blue-collar Vietnam War veteran from Long Island, NY whose life proves to be anything but ordinary. Driven by complex motives, Joe annually returns to Vietnam traveling its back alleys and country roads, searching out the poor, diseased and disabled. By single-mindedly delivering envelopes of small donations collected back home, this brash New Yorker has proven to be an unlikely champion to a far away and seemingly forgotten people.

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