Meet Joe Black
1998 · ★ 7.3 · Dir. Martin Brest
Sooner or later everyone does.
When the grim reaper comes to collect the soul of megamogul Bill Parrish, he arrives with a proposition: Host him for a "vacation" among the living in trade for a few more days of existence. Parrish agrees, and using the pseudonym Joe Black, Death begins taking part in Parrish's daily agenda and falls in love with the man's daughter. Yet when Black's holiday is over, so is Parrish's life.
- Released
- 1998-11-12
- Runtime
- 178 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Language
- EN
- Budget
- $90M
- Box office
- $142.9M
- IMDb
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Brad Pitt
Joe Black
Anthony Hopkins
William Parrish
Claire Forlani
Susan Parrish
Jake Weber
Drew
Marcia Gay Harden
Allison Parrish
Jeffrey Tambor
Quince
June Squibb
Helen
Gene Canfield
Construction Foreman
Suzanne Hevner
Florist
Stephen Adly Guirgis
Hospital Receptionist
David S. Howard
Eddie Sloane
Lois Kelly-Miller
Jamaican Woman
Keywords
Teenage crushDoctorFireworksLife and deathReligion and supernaturalLove at first sightBased on play or musicalMillionaireFateBroken engagementAngel of deathEncontro marcadoDeath personifiedDeath incarnate
