Meet Joe Black
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Martin Brest
Hardy Phippen
Marylouise Burke
Anthony Kane
Joe H Lamb
Suzanne Hevner
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The story of a media tycoon William Parrish, whose charmed life and orderly household are suddenly disrupted by the arrival of an enigmatic young man named Joe Black who suddenly insinuates his way into Parrish's life--both in his business and private affairs. Determinedly attached to Parrish's side, Joe attends family dinners, accompanies him to board meetings, and settles comfortably in the Parrish household. Parrish's family and colleagues begin to question the nature of his relationship to his inseparable companion Joe who appears to influence much of Parrish's moves. Joe proceeds to fall in love with Parrish's beautiful young daughter, Susan, a hard-working doctor--the apple of her father's eye. For Parrish, Susan, and the rest of his family, the consequences of this romance are profound, complicated and bittersweet, for revealed only to William Parrish is the fact that Joe Black is actually the personification of Death--awaiting for the proper moment to guide Parrish to the next world.
Director
Martin Brest
Cast
Hardy Phippen
Marylouise Burke
Anthony Kane
Joe H Lamb
Suzanne Hevner
Julie Lund
Jim Mcnickle
Brad Pitt
Madeline N Balmaceda
Kay Gaffney
Richard Clarke
David S Howard
Steve Coats
Leo Marks
Jeffrey Tambor
Christopher Detitta
Steve Krieger
Gene Leverone
Stephen Adly Guirgis
Marcia Gay Harden
June Squibb
Claire Forlani
Gene Canfield
Robert C Lee
Michelle Youell
Jahnni St John
Jake Weber
Lois Kelly-miller
Anthony Hopkins
Diane Kagan
Crew
Trish Adlesic
Eric Agopian
Robert Ahern
Joseph S Alfieri
David H. Allen
Tom Allen
Governor Lincoln Almond
Bill Anagnos
Maxwell Anderson
Maxwell Anderson
Susan Anderson
Tamsin Anstey
Henry Antonacchio
John M Antonacchio
Harold Arlen
William Armstrong
Karla J Bailey
Declan Baldwin
Tamara Bally
Meredith Barchat
Ron Bartlett
Benjamin Beardwood
Melanie Bell
John Benson
Jeff Berger
Irving Berlin
Bill Bernstein
Stephen G. Bishop
Jean Black
Leslie Bloom
Chris Boardman
Tom Boles
Nathaniel Bonini
Debbi Bossi
Eric Boyle
Julian Bratolyubov
Margaret Braun
Francis R Brennan
Cyndi Brenner
Martin Brest
Joanna Brett
Nick Brett
Aude Bronson-howard
Rolland M. Brooks
Troy Brown
Mike Buckman
Paul Bucossi
Pete Bucossi
Joseph Buonocore Jr.
Michael Buonocore
Gary Burritt
Diana Burton
Jeff Butcher
James J Callahan
Dave Cambria
Lynn Campbell
Ron Carreiro
Phillip V Caruso
Alberto Casella
Laurie Ann Castonguay
Dennis Lee Causey
Christopher Cenatiempo
John Cenatiempo
Laura Cercone Fiorino
Lincoln Chafee
Ed Check
Eric Cheripka
Remy Chong
Susan Christy
Amy Clark
Margaret Codola
Jennifer Cogswell
William Coleman
Meredith Collins
Raymond Collins
Richard H Conkling
Brendan Connolly
Francis J Connolly Jr.
Jordan Corngold
Sara Corrigan
Celia D. Costas
Celia D. Costas
Sophia M Costas
Marianne Crescenzi
Robert Currie
Kassandra D'alessandro
Paul Dallanegra
Howard Davidson
John F. Davis
Richard F W Davis
Steve M Davison
Richard Dean
Craig Dibona
Patricia Kerrigan Dicerto
Robert Digrigoli
Bryan Dolan
Tom Dolan
Joe Dorn
Dean Drabin
Thomas C Dragna
Al Dubin
William Durnin
Joe Earle
Edward James Egan
Johnny Egan
Jennifer Engel
Glen Engels
Chrissie England
Marcus Epps
Gregory Farrell
Frank Ferrara
Frank Ferrara
Ralph Ferrara
Christopher Ferraro
Dante Ferretti
Walter Ferris
Walter Ferris
Dorothy Fields
Jim Fitzpatrick
Kevin Fitzpatrick
Bill Flanagan
Carmen Flores De Tanis
John J Flugel
Thomas Ford
Wayne Forman
Jay Fortune
Raymond Fortune
Rafael M Fraguada
Laura Franses
Ken Fundus
Charley Furey
Paul Gaily
Emily Gaunt
Lee Genick
Sheila Gentile
George Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
Ronald T Gildea
Jim Gilmartin
Steve Ginsburg
Don Givens
Bo Goldman
Heather Goodwin
Marilyn Graf
Dennis Green
Robert Guerra
Tony Guida
Richard Guinness
Brendan Gunn
Tobias Haller
Jay Halligan
Paul Halligan
Terry Ham
Sandy Hamilton
Oscar Hammerstein Ii
E. Y. Harburg
Robin Harlan
Barbara Harris
Greg Harris
Lorenz Hart
Allen Hartz
Vivian Hasbrouk
Barbara J Hause
Richard Hebrank
Scott Hecker
Tricia Heine
Cheryl Hendrickson
Rebecca Henriques
Phil Hetos
Mildred Hill
Patty Hill
Brian Hogan
Tim Hogan
Andrew Holliday
Buddy Joe Hooker
Richard F Houpert
Randy Houston Mercer
Victor Huey
Joni Huth
Joe Hutshing
Barbara Issak
Chris Jenkins
Fred Johanns
Jessica Johnson
Ken J Johnson
Robert B Jones
Dain L Kalas
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Lisa Katcher
Samuel F Kaufman
Takahide Kawakami
Linda Keim
Darrell K Keister
Andrew W Kenah
Jerome Kern
Billy Kerwick
Edward T Kerwick
Ann Kiker
Roger Kimpton
Keith J Knight
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall November 13, 1998
Released in United States on Video April 6, 1999
Released in United States 1998
Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival (Closing Night) October 31 - November 8, 1998.
Brad Pitt reportedly received $17.5 million for this project.
Brad Pitt reportedly received $17.5 million for this project.
Began shooting June 11, 1997.
Completed shooting November 12, 1997.
City Light Films is Martin Brest's production company.
Alberto Casella's play has been adapted twice before as "Death Takes A Holiday"; in 1934, directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Fredric March, and in the 1971 ABC-TV movie directed by Robert Butler and starring Melvyn Douglas and Myrna Loy.
Released in United States Fall November 13, 1998
Released in United States on Video April 6, 1999
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival (Closing Night) October 31 - November 8, 1998.)
Released in United States 1998 (World premiere at the 1998 Tokyo International Film Festival.)
