Meet Joe Black

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Release year: 1998

Storyline

Death makes a deal with a principled widower.

Top credits

Did you know

• The elderly Jamaican lady, Lois Kelly-Miller, was considered a national treasure in Jamaica. She passed away in 2020 at the age of 102.

• A truncated two-hour version has been shown on television and airlines, achieved by chopping out most of William Parrish's (Sir Anthony Hopkins') business. Producer and director Martin Brest has disowned this edit, so the director's credit is for "Alan Smithee" (the usual nickname used for directors when they disregard from a work).

• Loosely based on Death Takes a Holiday (1934).

Box Office

Gross (Domestic): $44,619,100

Opening Weekend (Domestic): $15,017,995 (1998-11-15)

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Technical specs

Sound mix

DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS

Aspect ratio

1.85 : 1

Color

Color

FAQ

• Who's the voice of the death?
• When Joe is about to tell Susan who he actually is and she somehow notices that he isn't the same man she met in the café, does he stare into her eyes to tell her telepathically so she knows who he actually is and that he will take her father with him?