Meet Joe Black
Sooner or later everyone does.
Country
Production
Budget
$90 000 000
Box office
$142 940 100
Director
Actors
Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Marcia Gay Harden, Jeffrey Tambor, David S. Howard, Lois Kelly-Miller, Jahnni St. John, Richard Clarke
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Martin Brest, David J. Wally, Celia D. Costas, Ronald L. Schwary
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Audition
Juliet Taylor, Ellen Lewis
Editing
Short description
Bill 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?
What's left behind the scenes
- During filming, Brad Pitt (Joe Black) and Claire Forlani (Susan) had a brief romance.
- During the theatrical release of this film, a trailer for 'Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace' was shown before the screening. Many Star Wars fans bought tickets for 'Meet Joe Black' just to watch the few-minute trailer and then left the theater.
- Brad Pitt and Claire Forlani had a brief romance during filming.
- The majority of the film was shot in New York City, at the hospital on Fifth Avenue, and in Brooklyn, New York.
- The film is a remake of the 1934 film “Death Takes a Holiday,” which was originally reworked and released under the same title in 1971.
- William Parrish's estate in the opening and closing scenes is the Aldrich Mansion in Warwick Neck, Rhode Island.
- The majority of the film was shot in New York City – at a hospital on Fifth Avenue and in Brooklyn.
- During filming, Brad Pitt and Claire Forlani had a brief romance.
- The film's screenplay was based on Alberto Casella's play "Death Takes a Holiday".
- For some time, this film was the most expensive film made without the use of special effects.
- During its theatrical run, a trailer for "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace" was shown before screenings of this film. Many Star Wars fans purchased tickets to "Meet Joe Black" solely to watch the several-minute trailer and then leave the showing.
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