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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Thank you.

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This is crazy.

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You're not gonna eat dinner with us. No, I am eating dinner with you... and your family. And that is what we're doing. It's not open for discussion, nothing is. Don't you understand?

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Yeah. Good. Now lead the way.

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Bill, lead the way.

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- Excuse me, may I say something? - Yes, of course. Well, it just occurred to me, if, uh... Speak up, please. When I introduce you, if I say who you are, I don't think anyone will stay for dinner.

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Then don't. Here's another possibility. It's a little last minute, but tell me what you think. Kaleidoscopes.

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Little gold kaleidoscopes. Some German company went kerplunk, and Tiffany's picked all these things up, and they're perfect party favors. Okay, they're not personalized or anything. They're just winter scenes... dachshunds, snowflakes.

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Hi there.

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Hello.

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Sorry to have... stepped away for so long. This is a friend of mine I asked to drop by. We got to talking and stuff, and, uh...

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He's gonna join us for dinner.

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- Great. - How nice to meet you. And wouldn't it be nicer if my father would introduce you?

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How nice to meet you.

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Yeah, I'm sorry. This is my daughter, Allison, and her husband, Quince, and Drew, my number one, works with me.

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Daddy, does your friend have a name? - A name? - Something he goes by?

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Oh, yeah, excuse me. This is, uh... This is, um... - Daddy, come on. A name. - Bill, the suspense is killing me. I'm sorry. It's, uh... It's gone right out of my head. Um...

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I'm sorry. This is... Joe. - Joe. I love that name. - Just plain Joe. Me too. Hey, buddy.

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- Is there any more to it? - What do you mean? Like "Smith" or "Jones" or...

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- Black. - Oh, at last. - Nice to meet you, Mr. Black. - Hey, hey, Joe Black. Won 15, lost 2 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, 1952. I'm king of my rotisserie league. - Are you? - Yeah, he is.

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