Meet Joe Black
Sooner or later everyone does.
Plot: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.
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Cast & Crew
Brad Pitt
Anthony Hopkins
Claire Forlani
Jake Weber
Marcia Gay Harden
Jeffrey Tambor
June Squibb
Gene Canfield
Suzanne Hevner
Stephen Adly Guirgis
David S. Howard
Lois Kelly-Miller
Jahnni St. John
Richard Clarke
Madeline Balmaceda
Sound
Thomas Newman
Directing
Martin Brest
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Juliet Taylor
Ellen Lewis
David J. Wally
Celia D. Costas
Ronald L. Schwary
Editing
Michael Tronick
Art
Dante Ferretti
Camera
Emmanuel Lubezki
Fun Facts of Movie
- A truncated two-hour version has been shown on television and airlines, achieved by chopping out most of William Parrish’s (Sir Anthony Hopkins‘) business. Producer and director Martin Brest has disowned this edit, so the director’s credit is for “Alan Smithee” (the usual nickname used for directors when they disregard from a work).
- As this movie was one of the few movies showing the first trailer for Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), it was reported that droves of Star Wars fans bought tickets for this movie, only to leave after the trailer showed.
- When Death (Brad Pitt) is standing behind the glass in William Parrish’s (Sir Anthony Hopkins‘) library upon their first meeting, the body is obscured. However, when Death stands closer to the window, the outline in the window forms a skull. This is the first indication of who the mysterious person is.
- When “The Guy at the Coffee Shop” first appears, he is obscured in the translucent phone booth talking on the phone. The first time “Death” is seen is in “the Guy’s” body, also obscured behind glass in William’s library, making a direct connection between the two.
- When Joe Black (Brad Pitt) and Susan (Claire Forlani) discuss how “nothing lasts” in the coffee shop, it’s the same sentiment Benjamin (Brad Pitt) expressed to Daisy (Cate Blanchett) in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008).
- Reunites Sir Anthony Hopkins with Brad Pitt after Legends of the Fall (1994).
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