The story of a media tycoon William Parrish, whose charmed life and orderly household are suddenly disrupted by the arrival of an enigmatic young man named Joe Black who suddenly insinuates his way into Parrish's life--both in his business and private affairs. Determinedly attached to Parrish's side, Joe attends family dinners, accompanies him to board meetings, and settles comfortably in the Parrish household. Parrish's family and colleagues begin to question the nature of his relationship to his inseparable companion Joe who appears to influence much of Parrish's moves. Joe proceeds to fall in love with Parrish's beautiful young daughter, Susan, a hard-working doctor--the apple of her father's eye. For Parrish, Susan, and the rest of his family, the consequences of this romance are profound, complicated and bittersweet, for revealed only to William Parrish is the fact that Joe Black is actually the personification of Death--awaiting for the proper moment to guide Parrish to the next world.

Director:
Martin Brest	Director
Cast:
Brad Pitt	as Joe Black; Young Man In Coffee Shop
Anthony Hopkins	as William Parrish
Claire Forlani	as Susan Parrish
Jake Weber	as Drew
Marcia Gay Harden	as Allison
Jeffrey Tambor	as Quince
David S Howard	as Eddie Sloane
Lois Kelly-Miller	as Jamaican Woman
Jahnni St John	as Jamaican Woman'S Daughter
Richard Clarke	as Butler
Marylouise Burke	as Lillian
Diane Kagan	as Jennifer
June Squibb	as Helen
Gene Canfield	as Construction Foreman
Suzanne Hevner	as Florist
Steve Coats	as Electrician
Madeline N Balmaceda	as Madeline
Julie Lund	as Drew'S Secretary
Kay Gaffney	as Boardmember
Anthony Kane	as Boardmember
Joe H Lamb	as Boardmember
Robert C Lee	as Boardmember
Jim Mcnickle	as Boardmember
Hardy Phippen	as Boardmember
Stephen Adly Guirgis	as Hospital Receptionist
Leo Marks	as Party Waiter
Michelle Youell	as Party Guest
Gene Leverone	as Party Guest
Christopher Detitta	as Leadman
Steve Krieger	as Leadman (Rhode Island Unit)
Cinematography:
Emmanuel Lubezki	Director Of Photography
Craig Dibona	Camera Operator
William Coleman	Additional Camera Operator
Bobby Mancuso	Assistant Camera Operator
Tim Norman	2nd Assistant Camera
Meredith Collins	2nd Assistant Camera
Diana Burton	Assistant Video Assist
Sara Corrigan	Video Coordinator
Rick Whitfield	24-Frame Video
Dennis Green	24-Frame Video
Writer:
Kevin Wade	Screenwriter
Bo Goldman	Screenwriter
Ron Osborn	Screenwriter
Jeff W Reno	Screenwriter
Walter Ferris	From Stage Adaptation ("Death Takes A Holiday")
Maxwell Anderson	From Motion Picture Screenplay
Gladys Lehman	From Motion Picture Screenplay
Alberto Casella	Play As Source Material ("Death Takes A Holiday")
Lisa Katcher	Script Supervisor
Producer:
Martin Brest	Producer
Ronald L Schwary	Executive Producer
Celia D Costas	Associate Producer
Deborah D Johnson	Production Executive
David Wally	Co-Producer
Editing:
Joe Hutshing	Editor
Michael Tronick	Editor
David Tanaka	Visual Effects Editor (Ilm)
Greg Parsons	1st Assistant Editor
Gabriel Wrye	1st Assistant Editor
Ofe Yi	2nd Assistant Editor
Richard H Conkling	Assistant Editor
Mark Livolsi	Assistant Editor
Amanda Pollack	Assistant Editor
Michael Matzdorff	2nd Assistant Editor
Gary Lewis	Dialogue Editor
Benjamin Beardwood	Dialogue Editor
Ralph Osborn	Dialogue Editor
Music:
Thomas Newman	Music
Julian Bratolyubov	Music Preparation
Dennis Sands	Music Scoring Mixer
Chris Boardman	Party Music Orchestrator & Conductor
Jordan Corngold	Assistant Music Editor
Irving Berlin	Songs ("Top Hat, White Tie And Tails" "Let'S Face The Music And Dance" "Isn'T This A Lovely Day" "Cheek To Cheek")
George Gershwin	Song ("Our Love Is Here To Stay")
Ira Gershwin	Song ("Our Love Is Here To Stay")
Dorothy Fields	Song ("Lovely To Look At")
Jerome Kern	Songs ("Lovely To Look At" "Can'T Help Loving Dat Man")
Jimmy McHugh	Song ("Lovely To Look At")
Oscar Hammerstein II	Song ("Can'T Help Loving Dat Man")
Richard Rodgers	Song ("Where Or When")
Lorenz Hart	Song ("Where Or When")
Harry Warren	Song ("You'Re Getting To Be A Habit With Me")
Al Dubin	Song ("You'Re Getting To Be A Habit With Me")
Cole Porter	Song ("Anything Goes")
Mildred Hill	Song Happy Birthday To You (")
Patty Hill	Song ("Happy Birthday To You")
George David Weiss	Song ("What A Wonderful World")
Bob Thiele	Song ("What A Wonderful World")
E. Y. Harburg	Song ("Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World")
Harold Arlen	Song ("Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World")
Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole	Song Performer ("Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World")
Leslie Morris	Music Contractor
Thomas Pasatieri	Orchestration
Bill Bernstein	Music Editor
Angie Rubin	Music Editor
Curt Sobel	Temp Track Music Editor
Assistant Direction:
Amy Sayres	1st Assistant Director
Christopher Surgent	2nd Assistant Director
Laura Cercone Fiorino	Second 2nd Assistant Director
Terry Ham	Second Additional 2nd Assistant Director (Rhode Island Unit)
Art Director:
Robert Guerra	Art Director
Animation:
Jack Mongovan	Rotoscope Lead Artist (Ilm)
Visual Effects:
Elizabeth Popiel	Model Maker
Ginger Theisen	Visual Effects Associate Producer (Ilm)
Chrissie England	Visual Effects Executive Producer (Ilm)
Michael Owens	Visual Effects Supervisor (Ilm)
Make-Up:
Jean Black	Makeup (For Brad Pitt)
Richard Dean	Key Makeup Artist
Randy Houston Mercer	Key Makeup Artist
Tricia Heine	Makeup Artist
Lynn Campbell	Makeup Artist
Lyndell Quiyou	Key Hairstylist
Beth Miller	Key Hairstylist
Stephen G. Bishop	Hair Stylist
Costume-Wardrobe:
Aude Bronson-Howard	Costume Designer
David Carl Robinson	Costume Designer
Hartsell Taylor	Costumer
Joanna Brett	Costumer
Susan Anderson	Costumer (Rhode Island Unit)
Margaret Codola	Costumer (Rhode Island Unit)
Kassandra D'Alessandro	Costumer (Rhode Island Unit)
Sheila Gentile	Costumer (Rhode Island Unit)
Lisa Lesniak	Costumer (Rhode Island Unit)
Cassy Mcevoy	Costumer (Rhode Island Unit)
Emily Loreto	Assistant Costume Designer
Arthur Rowsell	Wardrobe (For Anthony Hopkins)
Joni Huth	Seamstress
Dain L Kalas	Seamstress
Susan J. Wright	Wardrobe Supervisor
Barbara J Hause	Wardrobe Supervisor
Art Department:
Ed Check	Assistant Art Dresser
Darrell K Keister	Assistant Art Dresser
Nancy Winters	Assistant Art Dresser
Michael Saccio	On-Set Dresser
Robert Currie	On-Set Dresser
John Oates	Set Dresser
Paul Gaily	Set Dresser
Mitch Towse	Set Dresser
John J Flugel	Set Dresser
Dennis Lee Causey	Set Dresser
Gary Levitsky	Set Dresser
Tyris Smith	Set Dresser (Rhode Island Unit)
Rafael M Fraguada	Set Dresser (Rhode Island Unit)
Marcus Epps	Set Dresser (Rhode Island Unit)
Rolland M. Brooks	Chargeman Scenic Artist
Leslie Bloom	Set Decorator
John F. Davis	Storyboard Artist
B Lynn Tonnessen	Assistant Set Decorator
Lynn Tonnessen	Assistant Set Decorator
Jamie Mullins	Art Department Assistant
Jessica Johnson	Art Department Assistant
Production Designer:
Dante Ferretti	Production Designer
Sound:
Scott Hecker	Supervising Sound Editor
Geoffrey G. Rubay	Voice Processing
Eric A Norris	Sound Effects Editor
Joe Earle	Sound Effects Editor
Linda Keim	Sound Effects Editor
Ken J Johnson	Sound Effects Editor
Danny Michael	Sound Mixer
Carmen Flores De Tanis	Assistant Sound Editor
Bill Ward	Assistant Sound Editor
Brian Schwary	Assistant Sound Editor
Chris Jenkins	Re-Recording Mixer
Ron Bartlett	Re-Recording Mixer
Mark Smith	Re-Recording Mixer
Sarah Monat	Foley Artist
Robin Harlan	Foley Artist
John Murray	Foley Editor
John Benson	Foley Editor
Dan Yale	Foley Editor
Lawrence H Mann	Foley Editor
Marilyn Graf	Foley Mixer
Don Givens	Foley Recordist
Jim Stewart	Foley Recordist
Carey Stratton	Adr Recordist
Joe Dorn	Supervising Adr Editor
Allen Hartz	Adr Editor
Jeff Rosen	Adr Editor
Barbara Issak	Adr Editor
David Melhase	Adr Editor
Matthew G Sawelson	Adr Editor
Lauren Palmer	Adr Editor
Dean Drabin	Adr Mixer
Barbara Harris	Adr Voice Casting
Casting:
Juliet Taylor	Casting
Ellen Lewis	Casting
Patricia Kerrigan	Casting Associate
Vivian Hasbrouk	Casting Assistant
Lee Genick	Extras Casting Assistant (Sylvia Fay & Associates)
Ann Kiker	Extras Casting Assistant (Rhode Island Unit)
Sophia M Costas	Extras Casting Assistant (Rhode Island Unit)
Stunts:
Buddy Joe Hooker	Stunt Coordinator
Ralph Ferrara	Stunt Player
Bill Anagnos	Stunt Player
Tony Guida	Stunt Player
Nick Brett	Stunt Player
Greg Harris	Stunt Player
Troy Brown	Stunt Player
Gino Lucci	Stunt Player
Paul Bucossi	Stunt Player
Steve Mack	Stunt Player
Scott Wilder	Stunt Player
Pete Bucossi	Stunt Player
Ralph Odum	Stunt Player
Eddie Yansick	Stunt Player
Christopher Cenatiempo	Stunt Player
Mike Russo	Stunt Player
John Cenatiempo	Stunt Player
Tommy Trama	Stunt Player
Steve M Davison	Stunt Player
Steven M Wooten	Stunt Player
Frank Ferrara	Stunt Player
Frank Ferrara	Stunt Player
Publicity:
Larry Kaplan	Unit Publicist
Production Companies:
City Light Films	Production Company
Sylvia Fay/Lee Genick & Associates Casting	Production Company
Troubetzkoy Paintings Ltd	Production Company
Unique Catering Inc	Production Company
Pacific Title & Art Studio	Production Company
Industrial Light + Magic	Production Company
Pyro Spectaculars	Production Company
Hughes Bros	Production Company
Universal Records	Production Company
New York City Mayor'S Office Of Film, Theatre And Broadcasting	Production Company
New York State Governor'S Office For Motion Picture & Tv Development	Production Company
Port Authority Of New York & New Jersey	Production Company
State Of New Jersey Department Of Military And Veteran'S Affairs	Production Company
Rhode Island Department Of Economic Development	Production Company
Residents And City Of Warwick	Production Company
Artist Rights Society	Production Company
Vaga	Production Company
See Factor	Production Company
Hollywood Rental Company Inc	Production Company
Panavision, Ltd.	Production Company
Eastman Kodak	Production Company
Haskolabio	Theatrical Distributor
Universal Pictures	Studio
Anthony Starbuck	Cableman
Universal Pictures	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
United International Pictures	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Universal Studios Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
Film Production - Main:
Monica Levinson	Production Coordinator
Stephen Whelan	Production Associate
Julio Ribot	Shop/Stage Production Assistant
Doug Pursley	Shop/Stage Production Assistant
Jennifer Cogswell	Production Assistant
Shawn Mihill	Location Production Assistant (Rhode Island Unit)
Francis R Brennan	Location Production Assistant (Rhode Island Unit)
Robert Ahern	Location Production Assistant (Rhode Island Unit)
Tamara Bally	Production Auditor
Andrew Schmetterling	Boom Operator
Tom Dolan	Best Boy
Joseph Viano	Best Boy Rigging Grip
Kevin Fitzpatrick	Best Boy Rigging Electric
James F Walsh	Best Boy Rigging Electric
Ken Fundus	Best Boy Grip
Tim Hogan	Best Boy Rigging Grip (Rhode Island Unit)
Keri Lynn Lederman	Assistant Production Coordinator
Cyndi Brenner	Assistant Production Coordinator
Marianne Crescenzi	Assistant Production Coordinator (Rhode Island Unit)
David Lowry	Dolly Grip
Herb Lieberz	Driver
Ronald T Gildea	Driver
Brian Hogan	Driver
Mike Buckman	Driver
Joseph Buonocore Jr.	Driver
Michael Buonocore	Driver
Brendan Connolly	Driver
James Mahr	Driver
Timothy Paustian	Driver
Frank Roth	Driver
Jay Fortune	Gaffer
Glen Engels	Grip
Howard Davidson	Grip
Victor Huey	Grip
Roger Kimpton	Grip
Brendan Quinlan	Grip
Sal Lanza	Grip
Edward T Kerwick	Rigging Grip
Ed Quinn	Rigging Grip
Carl Landi	Construction Grip
Sonny Rea	Construction Grip
Charles A Nastacio	Construction Grip
Michael Scarola	Construction Grip
Paul Halligan	Construction Grip
Edward James Egan	Construction Grip
Gus Magalios	Grip
Rob Murphy	Construction Grip
Paul J Wilson	Construction Grip
Jay Halligan	Construction Grip
Ron Carreiro	Construction Grip (Rhode Island Unit)
Andrew W Kenah	Construction Grip (Rhode Island Unit)
Richard F Houpert	Construction Grip (Rhode Island Unit)
Eric Boyle	Grip (Rhode Island Unit)
Bill Flanagan	Grip
Robert Tompkins	Grip (Rhode Island Unit)
Robert B Jones	Riging Grip (Rhode Island Unit)
Peter Rowan	Rigging Grip (Rhode Island Unit)
Richard Guinness	Key Grip
Richard Hebrank	Key Construction Grip
Billy Kerwick	Key Rigging Grip
James J Callahan	Key Rigging Grip (Rhode Island Unit)
Phillip V Caruso	Still Photographer
Edmund Nardone	Projectionist
Tim Shannon	Transportation Co-Captain
Francis J Connolly Jr.	Transportation Co-Captain
James Whalen (Dinny)	Transportation Coordinator
Francis J Mckenna	Craft Service
Michael L Mckenna	Craft Service
Susan Christy	Craft Service (Rhode Island Unit)
Anthony S Maggiacomo	Craft Service Assistant (Rhode Island Unit)
Rebecca Henriques	Craft Service Assistant (Rhode Island Unit)
Michael Arlen Ross	Apprentice Editor
Heather Goodwin	Apprentice Editor
Film Production - Unit:
Celia D Costas	Unit Production Manager
Raymond Quinlan	Assistant Unit Production Manager
Film Production - Construction/Set:
Joseph S Alfieri	Construction Coordinator
Peter T Malone	Stand-By Carpenter
Gennaro Procia	Carpenter
Thomas White	Carpenter
Robert Digrigoli	Carpenter
Chuck Whitney	Carpenter
Thomas C Dragna	Carpenter
Charley Furey	Carpenter
David Rotondo	Carpenter (Rhode Island Unit)
Peter Wilcox	Carpenter (Rhode Island Unit)
Richard Pfaff	Carpenter (Rhode Island Unit)
Henry Antonacchio	Construction Foreman
Tom Boles	Construction Foreman (Rhode Island Unit)
Douglas Plasse	Set Production Assistant
Takahide Kawakami	Set Production Assistant
Amanda Taylor	Set Production Assistant
Julia Morgan	Set Production Assistant
Amy Clark	Set Production Assistant
Jodi Reiner	Set Production Assistant
Johnny Egan	Set Production Assistant
Eric Agopian	Set Production Assistant
Cheryl Hendrickson	Set Production Assistant
Kate Lewis	Set Production Assistant
Heather Riccabona	Set Production Assistant
Kara Malkovich	Set Production Assistant (Rhode Island Unit)
Maeve O'Meara	Set Production Assistant (Rhode Island Unit)
Matt Power	Set Production Assistant (Rhode Island Unit)
Tom Allen	Property Master
Sandy Hamilton	Assistant Props
Jeff Butcher	Assistant Props
David H. Allen	Assistant Props (Rhode Island Unit)
Jennifer Engel	Assistant Props (Rhode Island Unit)
Eric Cheripka	Assistant Props (Rhode Island Unit)
Film Production - Lighting/Electrical:
Fred Johanns	Generator Operator
Mike Martin	Aggreko Generator Operator
Collin Quinlan	Electrician
James J Manzione	Electrician
Bryan Dolan	Electrician
John Oates	Electrician
James Quinlan	Electrician
Andrew Holliday	Electrician
Francis J Mcbride	Rigging Electrician
Gregory Farrell	Rigging Electrician
Jim Fitzpatrick	Construction Electric
Raymond Fortune	Electrician
Dave Cambria	Electrician (Rhode Island Unit)
Thomas Ford	Electrician (Rhode Island Unit)
James R Mitchell	Electrician (Rhode Island Unit)
Joseph F Pytel	Rigging Electrician (Rhode Island Unit)
William Randall	Rigging Electrician (Rhode Island Unit)
James Malone	Rigging Gaffer
Film Production - Video:
Peter A Mian	Video Assist
Post Production:
Debbi Bossi	Post-Production Supervisor
Jessie Ward	Post-Production Supervisor
Phil Hetos	Color Timer
Gary Burritt	Negative Cutter
James O Maull	Post-Production Accountant
Location Manager:
Declan Baldwin	Location Manager
Jeremy Pratt	Armories Manager
Irapaul Xavier Turner	Armories Manager
Location Coordinator:
Laura Franses	Location Coordinator
Location Assistant:
Jen Roskind	Location Assistant
Nathaniel Bonini	Location Assistant
Assistant Location Manager:
Mike S Ryan	Assistant Location Manager
Trish Adlesic	Assistant Location Manager
Misc. Crew:
Darryl A Smith	Payroll Accountant
Tamsin Anstey	Accounting Clerk
Judy Pursley	1st Assistant Accountant
Olimpia T Rinaldi	2nd Assistant Accountant
Sharon M Segal	Accounting Assistant (Rhode Island Unit)
Jeff Berger	Assistant (To Martin Brest)
Melanie Bell	Assistant (To Ronald L Schwary)
Remy Chong	Assistant (To David Wally)
Wayne Forman	Catering (Unique Catering)
Jon Alexander	Supervisor
Jerry Mitchell	Dance Consultant (Rhode Island Unit)
Keith J Knight	Dga Trainee
Brendan Gunn	Dialect Coach
John M Antonacchio	On-Set Medic (Registered Nurse)
Steve Ginsburg	Office Assistant
Todd Lubin	Office Assistant
Linda Krauss	Office Assistant
Jae Stein-Grainger	Other
J Haven Storey	Other
Margaret Braun	Other
Laurie Ann Castonguay	Other
Peter Mckernan	Other
William Durnin	Other
Samuel F Kaufman	Other
John Ralbovsky	Other
Raymond Collins	Other
Emily Gaunt	Other
Tobias Haller	Other
Jim Gilmartin	Other
Julius Kozlowski	Other
Frank Metzger	Other
Mark Narramore	Other
P C Rueckwald	Other
Sylvia Trapanese	Other
William Armstrong	Other
Christopher Ferraro	Other
Vincent Orofino	Other
Meredith Barchat	Other
Susan Peterson	Other
Ron Smith	Other
Karla J Bailey	Other
Jose Tejada	Other
Ron Von Blomberg	Other
Wayne Petrocelli	Security Coordinator
Pierre Makhoul	Security
Terry Mcallister	Security
Paul Dallanegra	Security (For Brad Pitt)
David Lindsay	Security (For Brad Pitt)
Bill Wilson	Stand-In
David Wenzel	Stand-In
Kim Villanueva	Stand-In
Karen Lockhart	Stand-In
Raymond Collins	Various
Jae Stein-Grainger	Various
Jose Tejada	Various
John Ralbovsky	Various
William Armstrong	Various
Sylvia Trapanese	Various
Meredith Barchat	Various
Jim Gilmartin	Various
Karla J Bailey	Various
Emily Gaunt	Various
Julius Kozlowski	Various
P C Rueckwald	Various
Margaret Braun	Various
Peter Mckernan	Various
Mark Narramore	Various
Samuel F Kaufman	Various
Laurie Ann Castonguay	Various
Ron Von Blomberg	Various
Christopher Ferraro	Various
William Durnin	Various
Vincent Orofino	Various
Tobias Haller	Various
Ron Smith	Various
J Haven Storey	Various
Susan Peterson	Various
Frank Metzger	Various
Special Thanks:
Governor Lincoln Almond	Special Thanks (Governor/Rhode Island)
Lincoln Chafee	Special Thanks (Mayor--City Of Warwick/Rhode Island)
The Aldrich Mansion (The Aldrich Mansion)	Special Thanks
Paulette M Turcotte	Special Thanks
Delia E Mcdermott	Special Thanks

Released in United States 1998

Released in United States Fall November 13, 1998

Released in United States on Video April 6, 1999

Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival (Closing Night) October 31 - November 8, 1998.

Brad Pitt reportedly received $17.5 million for this project.

Brad Pitt reportedly received $17.5 million for this project.

Began shooting June 11, 1997.

City Light Films is Martin Brest's production company.

Completed shooting November 12, 1997.

Alberto Casella's play has been adapted twice before as "Death Takes A Holiday"; in 1934, directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Fredric March, and in the 1971 ABC-TV movie directed by Robert Butler and starring Melvyn Douglas and Myrna Loy.

Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival (Closing Night) October 31 - November 8, 1998.)

Released in United States 1998 (World premiere at the 1998 Tokyo International Film Festival.)

Released in United States on Video April 6, 1999

Released in United States Fall November 13, 1998