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Sooner or later everyone does. - Meet Joe Black
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Title: Meet Joe Black

Release Date: 12 Nov 1998

Runtime: 2h 58m

Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Romance

Director: Universal Pictures, City Light Films

Production Companies: Universal Pictures, City Light Films

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.

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Average Vote: 7.351 (5250 votes)

Cast

  • Joe Black: Brad Pitt
  • William Parrish: Anthony Hopkins
  • Susan Parrish: Claire Forlani
  • Drew: Jake Weber
  • Allison: Marcia Gay Harden
  • Quince: Jeffrey Tambor
  • Helen: June Squibb
  • Construction Foreman: Gene Canfield
  • Florist: Suzanne Hevner
  • Hospital Receptionist: Stephen Adly Guirgis
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