Meet Joe Black
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. Celebrating his 65th birthday, businessman and devoted family man Bill Parrish is visited by Death, who wants to know what it's like to be human in return for giving Bill extra days of his life. 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, an adaptation of the 1924 Italian play La morte in vacanza by Alberto Casella.
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Pardon my candor, but I was confounded by your decision this morning. - Why? - I was hired. You told me to help bring Parrish Communications into the 21st century. This merger is the vehicle. - In my estimation... - Perhaps a merger is a way... to bring Bill's company into the 21st century, and perhaps it isn't. And perhaps cheating on your French philosophers exam at the Groton School... was an expedient way to get your diploma, and perhaps it wasn't. Be that as it may, Drew, a question can often be argued both ways. Joe, cut it out. You too, Drew.
Meet Joe Black
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I thought this was practically a done deal. Well, now it's undone, okay? Forget Bontecou. Scrub him. I'm tired of his fancy name and his fancy offer. I'm not going for it. Okay. Bill, why at this juncture... are you letting yourself be so concerned by business matters? 'Cause I don't want anybody buying up my life's work! Turning it into something it wasn't meant to be. A man wants to leave something behind. He wants it left behind the way he made it. He wants it to be run the way he ran it, with a sense of honor, of dedication, of truth. Easy, Bill. You'll give yourself a heart attack... and ruin my vacation.
Meet Joe Black