Meet Joe Black

Meet Joe Black is a 1998 American fantasy romance film produced by Universal Studios, directed by Martin Brest and starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins and Claire Forlani, loosely based on the 1934 film Death Takes a Holiday. It was the second pairing of Hopkins and Pitt after their 1994 film Legends Of The Fall. Billionaire media mogul William Parrish (Anthony Hopkins) is considering a merger between his company and another media giant, while als... More
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  • Nov 13, 1998

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PG-13 (USA)

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  • 3 h 1 min

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Also known as:

  • Meet Joe Black,
  • Joe Black

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Directed by

Martin Brest

Martin Brest (born August 8, 1951) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was born in a Jewish family in the Bronx, New York. Brest graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1969, from New York University's School of the Arts in 1973 and from the AFI Conservatory with an M.F.A....

Tagline:

  • No one can die - while he loves!
  • Meet Joe Black: Sooner or Later Everyone Does.
  • He's Expecting You.

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  • Nov 13, 1998
  • Apr 6, 1999
  • Jun 11, 2002
  • May 1, 2012
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  • 3 h 1 min

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Gross revenue:

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  • 44,600,000

Estimated budget:

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  • 90,000,000

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Adapted From

Death Takes a Holiday

Death Takes a Holiday is a 1934 romantic drama starring Fredric March, Evelyn Venable and Guy Standing, based on the Italian play La Morte in Vacanza by Alberto Casella. After years of questioning why people fear him, Death (March) takes on human form for three days so that he can mingle among the...

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Awards

Award Nominations:

Year Award Award Nominee Notes/Description
  • 1998
  • for the category: WORST REMAKE or SEQUEL
  • 1999
  • 1999
  • 1999
  • 1999
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Appears in ranked lists:

List Rank Year Note
  • 4,060
  • Apr 25, 2010
  • 6.5

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