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Meet Joe Black (Ultimate Edition)
starring: Fredric March, Evelyn Venable, Guy Standing, Katharine Alexander, Gail Patrick
directed by: Mitchell Leisen, Martin Brest

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780783258379
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783258372
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 17, 2001
Running Time: 260 minutes
Sales Rank: 2413
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: November 13, 1998

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Description:
Bill Parrish (Anthony Hopkins) has it all - success, wealth and power. Days before his 65th birthday, he receives a visit from a mysterious stranger, Joe Black (Brad Pitt), who soon reveals himself as Death. In exchange for extra time, Bill agrees to serve as Joe's earthly guide. But will he regret his choice when Joe unexpectedly falls in love with Bill's beautiful daughter Susan (Claire Forlani).

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Meet Joe Black seemed almost fated to fail when it was released in 1998, but this romantic fantasy--a remake of 1934's Death Takes a Holiday--deserves a chance at life after box-office death. Although many moviegoers were turned off by director Martin Brest's overindulgent three-hour running time, those who gear into its deliberate pace will find that Meet Joe Black offers ample reward for your attention.

Brad Pitt plays Death with a capital D, enjoying some time on Earth by inhabiting the body of a young man who'd been killed in a shockingly sudden pedestrian-auto impact. Before long, Death has ingratiated himself with a wealthy industrialist (Anthony Hopkins) and pursues romance with the man's beautiful daughter (newcomer Claire Forlani), whom he'd briefly encountered while still an earthbound human. Under the assumed identity of "Joe Black," he samples all the pleasures that corporeal life has to offer--power, romance, sex, and such enticing pleasures as peanut butter by the spoonful.

But Death has a job to do, and Meet Joe Black addresses the heart-wrenching dilemma that arises when either father or daughter (the plot keeps us guessing) must confront his or her inevitable demise. The film takes its own sweet time to establish this emotional crisis and the love that binds Hopkins's semidysfunctional family so closely together. But if you've stuck with the story this far, you may find yourself surprisingly affected. And if Meet Joe Black has really won you over, you'll more than appreciate the care and affection that gives the film a depth and richness that so many critics chose to ignore. --Jeff Shannon

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- One you will never forget
I don't know how to even put how much I loved this movie in words. Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins did an incredible, and I mean INCREDIBLE job. I never would have thought that a movie about death himself wanting to experience life could be this moving. This movie will make you laugh and bring you to tears. You have to watch this movie!

Rating:

- A Masterpiece !
I am a golfer. Not an avid golfer. I am an admitted rabid golfer. Please stay with me for a minute. How much sense does that make and what does it have to do with Meet Joe Black. Well,....as the Jamaican woman said in the hospital, life is about collecting pictures/memories. In the game of golf, one can feel virtually every emotion known to man from absolute disgust and self loathing to the most extreme joy and contentment. Golfers who truly understand will tell you that Golf is about experiencing ... Read More

Rating:

- Overly long, bland
With two wonderful actors, I didn't think the movie could go wrong. Well, it did. First off, the movie was unnecessarily long. It truly didn't need to be as long as it is, it clearly drags in parts. I think if the length was shortened and some mundane pointless scenes thrown out, it would have been a pretty decent film actually. Now, the movie isn't horrible, its more of a snooze fest. Both Brad and Anthony give wonderful performances, as usual, but I just didn't feel anything. The movie is not really ... Read More

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- Joe Black
This is an awesome take on how death and life can change in a blink of an eye and it keeps you guessing what will happen next.

Rating:

- Some films are simply more appreciated in time: The Grim Reaper learns about Life
A 3 hour movie can seem daunting! NOT HERE! This film never loses touch or lapses.
MEET JOE BLACK is a positively wonderful and uniquely engaging look at life and death.Bill Parrish (Anthony Hopkins) is a self made millionaire facing his 65th birthday and a possible buy-out/merger of his company that he has literally poured himself into,even at the expense of spending quality time with his grown daughters (Marcia Gay Harden and Claire Forlani).Susan,played expertly by Forlani,is the youngest daughter,bright,semi ... Read More

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