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Meet Joe Black( 1998)

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Sooner or later everyone does.

Overview

William Parrish, media tycoon and loving father, is about to celebrate his 65th birthday. One morning, he is contacted by the inevitable, by hallucination, as he thinks. Later, Death enters his home and his life, personified in human form as Joe Black. His intention was to take William with him, but accidentally, Joe and William's beautiful daughter Susan have already met. Joe begins to develop certain interest in life on Earth, as well as in Susan, who has no clue with whom she's flirting.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Brad Pitt

      Joe Black

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      Anthony Hopkins

      William Parrish

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      Claire Forlani

      Susan Parrish

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      Jake Weber

      Drew

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      Marcia Gay Harden

      Allison

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      Jeffrey Tambor

      Quince

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      June Squibb

      Helen

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      Gene Canfield

      Construction Foreman

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      Suzanne Hevner

      Florist

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      Stephen Adly Guirgis

      Hospital Receptionist

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      David S. Howard

      Eddie Sloane

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      Lois Kelly-Miller

      Jamaican Woman

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      Jahnni St. John

      Jamaican Woman's Daughter

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      Richard Clarke

      Butler

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      Madeline Balmaceda

      Madeline

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      Marylouise Burke

      Lillian

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      Diane Kagan

      Jennifer

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      Steve Coats

      Electrician

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      Julie Lund

      Drew's Secretary

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      Kay Gaffney

      Boardmember

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      Anthony Kane

      Boardmember

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      Joe H. Lamb

      Boardmember

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      Robert C. Lee

      Boardmember

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      Jim Taylor McNickle

      Boardmember

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      Hardy Phippen Jr.

      Boardmember

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      Leo Marks

      Party Waiter

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      Michelle Youell

      Party Guest

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      Gene Leverone

      Party Guest

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    A review by Wuchak

    9
    Written by Wuchak on Fri Dec 20 2019
    ***Captivating commentary on love, life and death*** The Grim Reaper (i.e. the Angel of Death) comes to take billionaire industrialist Bill Parrish (Anthony Hopkins) but instead decides to take a holiday in the corporeal universe by possessing the body of a young man (Brad Pitt). Death's deal with Parrish is that, as long as he's entertained, he'll delay Bill's death. Mr. Death materializes as a mysterious stranger with child-like qualities known as 'Joe Black.' His "holiday" is complicated when he falls for Parrish's daughter (Claire Forlani). "Meet Joe Black" (1998) is a re-imagining of...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    90000000.00

    Revenue

    142940100.00

    Keywords

    • life and death
    • broken engagement
    • love at first sight
    • fireworks
    • religion and supernatural
    • based on play or musical
    • fate
    • teenage crush
    • grim reaper
    • doctor
    • millionaire
    • death personified
    • death incarnate
    • angel of death
    • encontro marcado
    • romantic
    • appreciative
    • compassionate