Meet Joe Black

Meet Joe Black

Movie |

Millionaire | Life And Death

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  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Amy Sayres, Christopher Surgent, Martin Brest, Lisa Katcher
  • Cast(s): Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Marcia Gay Harden See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 2h 58min
  • Music: Thomas Newman,Ron Bartlett,Marilyn Graf,Don Givens,Dean Drabin
  • Award(s): Golden Slate 2000 (Won)
    Saturn 1999 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Dark Harvest, Youth Without Youth
  • Story:
    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.
    Full Story
7.2/10
IMDb

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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
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.
Ratings

7.2/10

IMDb

AWARDS

Won
Golden Slate Award

Worst Movie | 2000

Yoga Award

Worst Foreign Actor For | 2000 | Brad

Worst Foreign Actor | 2000 | Brad

Nominations
Saturn Award

Best Actor | 1999 | Anthony

Best Supporting Actress | 1999 | Claire

Best Music | 1999 | Thomas

Golden Reel Award

Best Sound Editing Dialogue ADR | 1999

Razzie Award

Worst Remake or Sequel | 1999

Stinker Award

Worst OnScreen Hairstyle | 1998 | Brad

BOX OFFICE

Budget 90,000,000 USD

Box Office Collection 142,940,100 USD

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

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).

Loosely based on Death Takes a Holiday (1934).

The elderly Jamaican lady, Lois Kelly-Miller, was considered a national treasure in Jamaica. Sadly, she passed away in 2020 at the age of 102.

Most of William Parrish's country mansion scenes were shot at the Aldrich Mansion, 836 Warwick Neck Ave., Warwick, Rhode Island.

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.

Popular Dialogues

"William Parrish: Love is passion, obsession, someone you can't live without. I say, fall head over heels. Find someone you can love like crazy and who will love you the same way back. How do you find him? Well, you forget your head, and you listen to your heart. And I'm not hearing any heart. Cause the truth is, honey, there's no sense living your life without this. To make the journey and not fall deeply in love, well, you haven't lived a life at all. But you have to try, cause if you haven't tried, you haven't lived."

"Joe Black: I don't care Bill. I love her. William Parrish: How perfect for you - to take whatever you want because it pleases you. That's not love. Joe Black: Then what is it? William Parrish: Some aimless infatuation which, for the moment, you feel like indulging - it's missing everything that matters. Joe Black: Which is what? William Parrish: Trust, responsibility, taking the weight for your choices and feelings, and spending the rest of your life living up to them. And above all, not hurting the object of your love. Joe Black: So that's what love is according to William Parrish? William Parrish: Multiply it by infinity, and take it to the depth of forever, and you will still have barely a glimpse of what I'm talking about. Joe Black: Those were my words. William Parrish: They're mine now."

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