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Meet Joe Black is a american film of genre Drama directed by Martin Brest released in USA on 12 november 1998 with Brad Pitt
Meet Joe Black (1998)
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Add to a movie listMeet 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.
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Billionaire media mogul William "Bill" Parrish is considering a merger between his company and another media giant, while also about to celebrate his 65th birthday with an elaborate party being planned by his eldest daughter Allison. He begins to hear mysterious voices, which he tries with increasing difficulty to ignore. His youngest daughter Susan, an internal medicine resident, is involved with one of Bill's board members, Drew. She is considering marriage, but her father can tell she's not passionately in love. When she asks for the short version of his impassioned speech, he simply says, "Stay open.Actors
Brad Pitt
(Joe Black)
Anthony Hopkins
(William Parrish)
Claire Forlani
(Susan Parrish)
Jake Weber
(Drew)
Marcia Gay Harden
(Allison)
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