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Meet Joe Black

Genre
Romance
Rating
PG-13
Released
13 November, 1998
Meet Joe Black

Meet Joe Black is a 1998 American romantic fantasy film directed and produced by Martin Brest, and starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, and Claire Forlani. The screenplay by Bo Goldman, Kevin Wade, Ron Osborn and Jeff Reno is 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.

Director Martin Brest
Produced by Martin Brest, Ronald L. Schwary
Writer(s) Bo Goldman, Kevin Wade, Ron Osborn, Jeff Reno
Starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Marcia Gay Harden, Jeffrey Tambor
Music Thomas Newman
Cinematography Emmanuel Lubezki
Edited by Joe Hutshing, Michael Tronick
Production, company City Light Films
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Released November 13, 1998
Running time 181 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $90 million
Box office $142.9 million
Netflix ID 5670418

About Meet Joe Black

Death as seen in the form of a young man asks a media mogul to teach him about life on Earth. In the process, he falls in love with his mentor's daughter.

Achievement of Meet Joe Black

The movie was loosely based on the 1934 film Death Takes a Holiday. It marked the second time Brad Pitt starred opposite Anthony Hopkins after 1994's Legends of the Fall.

Top Facts You Did Not Know About Meet Joe Black

Films about mass media owners.. Films directed by Martin Brest.. Films directed by Alan Smithee.. Films shot in Rhode Island.. Personifications of death in fiction.. Love stories.. American romantic fantasy films.. Films shot in New Jersey.

Latest information about Meet Joe Black updated on July 28 2021.