---
title: 'Meet Joe Black (1998)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Martin Brest'
released: '1998-11-13'
runtime_minutes: 173
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/meet-joe-black-1998'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119643/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Meet Joe Black (1998)

1998 · 173 min · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Meet Joe Black is a 1998 American romantic fantasy drama film directed and produced by Martin Brest, starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, and Claire Forlani. The screenplay was written by Bo Goldman, Kevin Wade, Ron Osborn, and Jeff Reno, and is loosely based on the 1934 film Death Takes a Holiday, which is itself based on the 1929 play Death Takes a Holiday by Walter Ferris, which is in turn an English-language adaptation of the 1924 Italian play La morte in vacanza by Alberto Casella.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Martin Brest](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-brest)
- **Producer:** [Martin Brest](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-brest)
- **Screenplay:** [Bo Goldman](https://cinepixo.com/people/bo-goldman), [Kevin Wade](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-wade), [Ron Osborn](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-osborn)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Thomas Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-newman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Emmanuel Lubezki](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmanuel-lubezki)
- **Editor:** [Joe Hutshing](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-hutshing), [Michael Tronick](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-tronick)

## Cast

- [Claire Forlani](https://cinepixo.com/people/claire-forlani)
- [Anthony Hopkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-hopkins)
- [Diane Kagan](https://cinepixo.com/people/diane-kagan)
- [Jake Weber](https://cinepixo.com/people/jake-weber)
- [Marcia Gay Harden](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcia-gay-harden)
- [David S. Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-s-howard)
- [June Squibb](https://cinepixo.com/people/june-squibb)
- [Jeffrey Tambor](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeffrey-tambor)
- [Marylouise Burke](https://cinepixo.com/people/marylouise-burke)
- [Brad Pitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/brad-pitt) as Death

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