Meet Joe Black / Universal Pictures presents a City Lights Films production ; directed and produced by Martin Brest ; screenplay by Ron Osborn & Jeff Reno and Kevin Wade and Bo Goldman.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 20531 | UniversalLanguage: English, French Original language: Spanish Subtitle language: English Publication details: Universal City, CA : Universal, [1999]Edition: Widescreen edDescription: 1 videodisc (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 0783233477
- 9780783233475
- 5192053129
- 9785192053126
- Music by Thomas Newman ; editors, Joe Hutshing, Michael Tronick ; photography, Emmanuel Lubezki.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The cycle of life on Earth hangs in the balance when Death becomes emotionally involved in this romantic fantasy. William Parrish (Anthony Hopkins) is a tremendously wealthy and powerful man who oversees a worldwide multi-media empire. Despite the loss of his wife, whom he dearly loved, William is content with his life, and he's very close to his two daughters, Allison (Marcia Gay Harden) and Susan (Claire Forlaini). One night, as William is fighting a hostile takeover of his company and Allison is planning an elaborate party to celebrate her dad's 65th birthday, William begins displaying the symptoms of a severe heart attack, and he is visited by a mysterious stranger, Joe Black (Brad Pitt). Joe is actually the angel of death, who has taken the form of a man who recently passed on to pay William a call. It seems that William is due to move on to the next world, but (no great surprise) he doesn't want to go. Joe, on the other hand, is curious to know what life is like for mere mortals, so the two men strike a deal -- William will have some time to get his affairs in order, and Joe will wait and see what it's like to be a human being. Joe decides that he likes it very much when he falls in love with Susan, but negotiating the slippery slopes of romance is no easier for Joe than for any ordinary man. Meet Joe Black is an updated version of Alberto Casella's play Death Takes a Holiday, which was adapted for the screen in 1934. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
DVD, region 1, NTSC, dual layer, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby 5.1 surround, Dolby surround.
In English with optional dubbed French soundtrack; closed-captioned in English.
Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Marcia Gay Harden, Jeffrey Tambor.
Music by Thomas Newman ; editors, Joe Hutshing, Michael Tronick ; photography, Emmanuel Lubezki.
Adapted from the film Death takes a holiday by Maxwell Anderson and Gladys Lehman which is based on the play by Alberto Casella entitled La Morte in vacanza.
Originally released as a motion picture in November 1998.
MPAA rating: PG-13.
Death appears to claim a wealthy media mogul who bargains for more time, during which Death falls in love with the man's daughter.
Special features: Spotlight on location ; production notes ; cast & filmmakers' bios ; film highlights ; theatrical trailer.
Special features: Anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1) -- Spotlight on location -- Production notes -- Cast & filmmakers' bios -- Film highlights -- Theatrical trailer -- Languages: English, 5.1 surround ; French, Dolby surround -- Dual layer.
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