Meet Joe Black
1998 American romantic fantasy mystery film by Martin Brest / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the 1998 American romantic fantasy mystery film. For the Nas song, see Magic (Nas album).
Meet Joe Black is a 1998 American romantic fantasy mystery film directed and produced by Martin Brest, starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, and Claire Forlani. Celebrating his 65th birthday, businessman and devoted family man Bill Parrish is visited by Death, who wants to know what it's like to be human in return for giving Bill extra days of his life. The screenplay was written by Bo Goldman, Kevin Wade, Ron Osborn, and Jeff Reno, and is loosely based on the 1934 film Death Takes a Holiday, an adaptation of the 1924 Italian play La morte in vacanza by Alberto Casella.
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Directed by | Martin Brest |
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Based on | La morte in vacanza by Alberto Casella |
Produced by | Martin Brest |
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Cinematography | Emmanuel Lubezki |
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Music by | Thomas Newman |
Production company | City Light Films |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 181 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $90 million[1] |
Box office | $142.9 million[1] |
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