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Meet Joe Black

Year:

1998

Duration:

178 min

Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance

IMDB rate:

7.1

Director:

Martin Brest

Awards:

2 wins & 5 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1998-11-13

Filming Locations: Aldrich Mansion - 836 Warwick Neck Avenue, Warwick, Rhode Island, USA

Earnings

Budget: $90,000,000

Opening Weekend: $15,017,995 (USA) (15 November 1998)

Gross: $44,606,335 (USA) (7 February 1999)

Cast

Actor

Character

Brad Pitt

Meet Joe Black

Claire Forlani

Meet Joe Black

Anthony Hopkins

William Parrish

Jake Weber

Drew

Marcia Gay Harden

Allison

Jeffrey Tambor

Quince

David S. Howard

Eddie Sloane

Lois Kelly-Miller

Jamaican Woman

Jahnni St. John

Jamaican Woman's Daughter

Richard Clarke

Butler

Marylouise Burke

Lillian

Diane Kagan

Jennifer

June Squibb

Helen

Gene Canfield

Construction Foreman

Suzanne Hevner

Florist

Steve Coats

Electrician

Madeline Balmaceda

Madeline (as Madeline N. Balmaceda)

Julie Lund

Drew's Secretary

Kay Gaffney

Boardmember

Anthony Kane

Boardmember

Joe H. Lamb

Boardmember

Robert C. Lee

Boardmember

Jim Taylor McNickle

Boardmember (as Jim McNickle)

Hardy Phippen Jr.

Boardmember

Stephen Adly Guirgis

Hospital Receptionist (as Stephen Adly-Guirgis)

Leo Marks

Party Waiter

Michelle Youell

Party Guest

Gene Leverone

Party Guest

Eric Bruno Borgman

Van Winkle Tent Man (uncredited)

Brian Eggleston

Party Guest (uncredited)

Marshall Factora

Chef (uncredited)

Christine Jones

Miriam (uncredited)

Carl Landi

Construction Worker (uncredited)

Trish McGettrick

Doctor (uncredited)

Rana Morrison

Lady at Party (uncredited)

Glenn Phillips

Construction Worker (uncredited)

J.T. Turner

Worker (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

When "The Guy at the Coffee Shop" first appears, he is obscured in the translucent phone booth talking on the phone. The first time "Death" is seen is in "the Guy's" body also obscured behind glass in Bill's library making a direct connection between the two.

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A reunion for Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins after playing father and son four years previously in Legends of the Fall (1994).

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During Bill and Susan Parrish's last scene together, the orchestra plays an arrangement of "What a Wonderful World." First recorded by Louis Armstrong in 1968, the song has become a standard. Armstrong's recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.

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Goofs

The amount of ice in Bill's scotch glass varies from shot to shot when the family is having drinks.

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Just before clinking glasses with Joe Black, William Parrish holds his wine glass by the bowl when seen from the front, but by the stem when shot from behind.

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At Bill's party - when he is in his office about to confront Drew - before he stands up he takes off his glasses, but in the next shot he is standing and takes off his glasses again.

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Quotes

William Parrish: You're not Death. You're just a kid in a suit.

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Voice: Yes.

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Susan Parrish: Love, passion, obsession, all those things you told me to wait for, well, they've arrived. What are you afraid of, Dad? That I'll fall head over heels for Joe? Well, I have.

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