Meet Joe Black
1998 · 178 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 279,742 VOTES · DIR. Martin Brest
Overview
William Parrish, media tycoon and loving father, is about to celebrate his 65th birthday. One morning, he is contacted by the inevitable, by hallucination, as he thinks. Later, Death enters his home and his life, personified in human form as Joe Black. His intention was to take William with him, but accidentally, Joe and William's 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 with whom she's flirting.
Dialogue Timeline — 2,080 lines
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00:01:19 Yes.
00:07:14 Do you love Drew?
00:12:39 And she just broke up with her boyfriend and was thinking...
00:19:02 Yeah? Gladly.
00:26:45 Some kind of elaborate practical joke?
00:33:32 Yeah.
00:39:43 So, what are you doing here, Joe?
00:48:25 When you put your mouth to his, it seemed a frequent thing.
00:54:35 Nice to meet you.
01:00:10 Mmm.
01:06:50 Right.
01:13:25 He said it's up to Joe? Mm-hmm.
01:19:05 You're out of line. Well, that may be, but I don't like the ubiquitous creep.
01:26:28 and if he still refuses to let us consider it
01:33:06 Could you?
01:40:52 - Yes. - Yes. - Yes.
01:53:51 I'll be the judge of that. I'm her father.
02:00:49 Don't need you okayin'.
02:09:59 No.
02:17:04 That could be a tall order, B.P. I doubt if Drew is anxious to see you face-to-face.
02:23:45 The coffee shop.
02:32:17 Because of me, he has lost his work, his company, his reputation.
02:39:32 I'm having a hell of a time.
02:51:47 And then you said...
Cast & Characters
Brad Pitt
Joe Black
Brad Pitt
Young Man in Coffee Shop
Anthony Hopkins
William Parrish
Claire Forlani
Susan Parrish
Jake Weber
Drew
Marcia Gay Harden
Allison
Jeffrey Tambor
Quince
David S. Howard
Eddie Sloane
Lois Kelly-Miller
Jamaican Woman
Jahnni St. John
Jamaican Woman's Daughter
Richard Clarke
Butler
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed2,080
Dialogue density11.7 lines / min
First line00:01:19
Final line02:51:47
Production Record
DirectorMartin Brest
LanguageEnglish
Budget$90,000,000
Revenue$142,940,100
IMDb votes279,742