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Meet Joe Black
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Meet Joe Black is a 1998 American drama, fantasy, and romance film directed by Martin Brest. The screenplay was written by Bo Goldman and Kevin Wade, with Thomas Newman composing the score. The cast includes Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, and Jake Weber. Production was handled by Universal Pictures and City Light Films, with Emmanuel Lubezki serving as director of photography and Dante Ferretti as production designer. The film was filmed in New Jersey and distributed by Netflix.
Based on Death Takes a Holiday, the movie depicts an angel and explores themes of death, romantic love, and body swap. It has a runtime of 178 minutes and was released in the United States on November 12, 1998. The production had a budget of 90,000,000 and generated revenue of 142,940,100. Audiences have rated the film 7.2 on IMDb and 7.363 on TMDb.
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It is catalogued under topics including 1990s fantasy drama films, 1998 American films and 1998 English-language films.
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Film · TMDB
7.4Bill Parrish has it all - success, wealth and power. Days before his 65th birthday, he receives a visit from a mysterious stranger, Joe Black, who soon reveals himself as Death. In exchange for extra time, Bill agrees to serve as Joe's earthly guide. But will he regret his choice when Joe unexpectedly falls in love with Bill's beautiful daughter Susan?
Cast
- Brad Pitt as Joe Black / Young Man in Coffee Shop
- Anthony Hopkins as William Parrish
- Claire Forlani as Susan Parrish
- Jake Weber as Drew
- Marcia Gay Harden as Allison
- Jeffrey Tambor as Quince
Themes
- life and death
- broken engagement
- love at first sight
- fireworks
- religion and supernatural
- based on play or musical
- fate
- teenage crush
- grim reaper
- doctor
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Martin Brest
- Screenplay by
- Bo Goldman Kevin Wade Ron Osborn Jeff Reno
- Based on
- Death Takes a Holiday , by Maxwell Anderson , Gladys Lehman , Death Takes a Holiday , by Walter Ferris , La morte in vacanza , by Alberto Casella
- Produced by
- Martin Brest
- Starring
- Brad Pitt Anthony Hopkins Claire Forlani Jake Weber Marcia Gay Harden Jeffrey Tambor
- Cinematography
- Emmanuel Lubezki
- Edited by
- Joe Hutshing Michael Tronick
- Music by
- Thomas Newman
- Production company
- City Light Films
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release dates
- November 8, 1998 ( 1998-11-08 ) ( Tokyo International Film Festival ) November 13, 1998 ( 1998-11-13 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 181 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $90 million
- Box office
- $142.9 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Award
- Bogey Awards
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- romantic love
- Depicts
- angel
- Director
- Martin Brest
- Cast member
- June Squibb
- Composer
- Thomas Newman
- Producer
- Martin Brest
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Emmanuel Lubezki
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- New Jersey
- Duration
- 173
- FilmAffinity ID
- 665055
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.meetjoeblack.com
- Image
- Meet Joe Black.svg
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- publication date
- 1999-01-14
- film editor
- Joe Hutshing
- title
- Meet Joe Black
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Dante Ferretti
- capital cost
- 90000000
- box office
- 142000000
- set in period
- 1990s
- different from
- Joe Black
- review score
- 48%
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Encyclopedic overview
Meet Joe Black is a 1998 American romantic fantasy drama film directed and produced by Martin Brest, starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, and Claire Forlani. The screenplay was written by Bo Goldman, Kevin Wade, Ron Osborn, and Jeff Reno, and is loosely based on the 1934 film Death Takes a Holiday, which is itself based on the 1929 play Death Takes a Holiday by Walter Ferris, which is in turn an English-language adaptation of the 1924 Italian play La morte in vacanza by Alberto Casella.
Celebrating his 65th birthday, businessman and devoted family man Bill Parrish is visited by Death, who wants to know what it is like to be human in return for giving Bill extra days of his life. Meet Joe Black premiered at the Tokyo International Film Festival on November 8, 1998 and was released by Universal Pictures on November 13, 1998. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $142.9 million against a $90 million budget.
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