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.Status: | Released (1998-11-12) |
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Awards: | 3 wins & 6 nominations |
BoxOffice: | $44,619,100 |
Screen: | Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno, Kevin Wade |
Productions: | Universal Pictures, City Light Films |
Production Countries: | United States of America |
Spoken Languages: | Nederlands, English |
Casts
- 287: Brad Pitt - Joe Black
- 4173: Anthony Hopkins - William Parrish
- 4174: Claire Forlani - Susan Parrish
- 4177: Jake Weber - Drew
- 4726: Marcia Gay Harden - Allison
- 4175: Jeffrey Tambor - Quince
- 35515: June Squibb - Helen
Crews
- 4189: Aude Bronson-Howard - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 4184: Ronald L. Schwary - Executive Producer - Production
- 769: Martin Brest - Director - Directing
- 4185: Emmanuel Lubezki - Director of Photography - Camera
- 4186: Joe Hutshing - Editor - Editing
- 2366: Dante Ferretti - Production Design - Art
- 4188: Leslie Bloom - Set Decoration - Art
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Reviews
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Review text:
***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). ....
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Joe Black ( Brad Pitt ) as the Grim Reaper arrives on the doorstep of wealthy businessman Bill Parrish ( Anthony Hopkins ) after borrowing a body of a man killed that morning. After experiencing chest pains and hearing voices Bill Parish is due to die and Joe has come to escort him t ....
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Billionaire "Parrish" (Sir Anthony Hopkins) is feeling a bit under the weather as his birthday approaches, and a potential corporate merger looms too. His daughter "Sarah" (Claire Forlani) is, meantime, rather keen on one of his hotshot employees "Drew" (Jake Weber) who is a driving ....
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