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DirectorMartin Brest
Runtime2h 58m · PG-13
GenresDrama · Fantasy · Romance
Release1998-11-12
Film
Meet Joe Black
1998· PG-13· 2h 58m· Drama· Fantasy· Romance
“Sooner or later everyone does.”
In "Meet Joe Black," Bill Parrish, a titan of industry celebrating his 65th birthday, is confronted by Death, who disguises himself as a young man named Joe Black. This celestial visitor offers Parrish a deal: in exchange for a glimpse of mortality, Parrish must introduce Joe to the pleasures and pains of human life. As Parrish mentors Joe, an unlikely romance blossoms between Joe and Parrish's daughter Susan, complicating the existential bargain and testing the boundaries of love and mortality.
1998-11-12
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Key Crew
DirectorMartin Brest
ScreenplayBo Goldman
ProducerMartin Brest
Director of PhotographyEmmanuel Lubezki
Original Music ComposerThomas Newman
EditorJoe Hutshing
Full cast & crew (28 cast · 50 crew)
Details
Released1998-11-12
Runtime2h 58m · PG-13
StatusReleased
StudiosUniversal Pictures · City Light Films
Budget$90M
Box office$143M
LanguagesDutch · English
CountriesUnited States of America
Rating7.4/10 · 5849 votes
Original languageen
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