Meet Joe Black

Theatrical Release Date: 1998 11 13 (USA)

UPC: 025192112300

Studio: Universal Studios

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Mild Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations]

Summary: The cycle of life on Earth hangs in the balance when Death becomes emotionally involved in this romantic fantasy. William Parrish (Anthony Hopkins) is a tremendously wealthy and powerful man who oversees a worldwide multi-media empire. Despite the loss of his wife, whom he dearly loved, William is content with his life, and he's very close to his two daughters, Allison (Marcia Gay Harden) and Susan (Claire Forlaini). One night, as William is fighting a hostile takeover of his company and Allison is planning an elaborate party to celebrate her dad's 65th birthday, William begins displaying the symptoms of a severe heart attack, and he is visited by a mysterious stranger, Joe Black (Brad Pitt). Joe is actually the angel of death, who has taken the form of a man who recently passed on to pay William a call. It seems that William is due to move on to the next world, but (no great surprise) he doesn't want to go. Joe, on the other hand, is curious to know what life is like for mere mortals, so the two men strike a deal -- William will have some time to get his affairs in order, and Joe will wait and see what it's like to be a human being. Joe decides that he likes it very much when he falls in love with Susan, but negotiating the slippery slopes of romance is no easier for Joe than for any ordinary man. Meet Joe Black is an updated version of Alberto Casella's play Death Takes a Holiday, which was adapted for the screen in 1934. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Fantasy

Features: Spotlight on location: the making of Meet Joe Black
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Meet Joe Black

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 05/01/2012

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DHMA null, DTS-ESM Digital Theater Pseudo 6.1 System, DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Runtime: 181 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: Spanish

Cast and Crew: Martin Brest  Director 
Martin Brest  Producer 
Walter Ferris  Screenwriter 
Bo Goldman  Screenwriter 
Thomas Newman  Composer (Music Score) 
Ronald L. Schwary  Executive Producer 
Kevin Wade  Screenwriter 
Jeff Reno  Screenwriter 
Ron Osborn  Screenwriter 
Brad Pitt  Actor 
Brad Pitt  Actor 
Anthony Hopkins  Actor 
Claire Forlani  Actor 
Jake Weber  Actor 
Marcia Gay Harden  Actor 
Jeffrey Tambor  Actor 
David S. Howard  Actor 
Lois Kelly-Miller  Actor 

Country: USA