Meet Joe Black

Meet Joe Black

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-11-13

Languages:

English, Creole

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

178 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (156870 Reviews)

Director:

Martin Brest

Cast:

Writer:

Ron Osborn (screenplay)

Jeff Reno (screenplay)

Kevin Wade (screenplay)

Bo Goldman (screenplay)

Alberto Casella (play)

Walter Ferris (play)

Maxwell Anderson (earlier screenplay)

Gladys Lehman (earlier screenplay)

Fullplot:

Bill Parrish, media tycoon, loving father and still a human being, is about to celebrate his 65th birthday. One morning, he is contacted by the Inevitable - by hallucination, as he thinks. Later, Death itself enters his home and his life, personified in a man's body: Joe Black has arrived. His intention was to take Bill with him, but accidentally, Joe's former host and Bills beautiful daughter Susan have already met. Joe begins to develop certain interest in life on earth as well as in Susan, who has no clue who she's flirting with.

Recommended Movies

Promise Me This

Promise Me This

A grandson gives his grandfather a vow to go to the city to sell a cow and bring back a wife.

Read More
Where Do We Go Now?

Where Do We Go Now?

A group of Lebanese women try to ease religious tensions between Christians and Muslims in their village.

Read More
Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela

Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela

Ram and Leela, their love, lust and the drama afterwards. Modern adaptation of William Shakespeare's 'Romeo & Juliet'.

Read More
Open Road

Open Road

Angie, a young Brazilian artist, abandons her old life and embarks on a journey around the country. Running from her pas...

Read More
The Backwater Gospel

The Backwater Gospel

Backwater is doomed by the regular visits of the undertaker and its dwellers blame a tramp.

Read More
Upside Down

Upside Down

Adam and Eden fell in love as teens despite the fact that they live on twinned worlds with gravities that pull in opposi...

Read More
Nuit #1

Nuit #1

It starts as a one night stand that evolves in a long discussion with infinite subjects between a quèbècoise and an immi...

Read More
Kinbaku

Kinbaku

In Shinto religion, in order to make something sacred, man will tie a rope around it. This sacred quality of the tying c...

Read More

Become a Movie Insider

Join our mailing list and get access to expert analysis, trivia, and recommendations that will elevate your movie-watching experience.

View our privacy policy.