Meet Joe Black

Resource Information

The work Meet Joe Black represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Meet Joe Black

Statement of responsibility

Universal Pictures presents a City Lights Films production ; directed and produced by Martin Brest ; screenplay by Ron Osborn & Jeff Reno and Kevin Wade and Bo Goldman

Contributor

• Harden, Marcia Gay
• Hopkins, Anthony, 1937-
• Goldman, Bo, 1932-
• Lehman, Gladys
• Forlani, Claire
• Osborn, Ron
• Casella, Alberto, 1891-1957
• Pitt, Brad, 1963-
• Brest, Martin, 1951-
• Reno, Jeff
• Tambor, Jeffrey, 1944-
• Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959
• Wade, Kevin
• Universal Pictures (Firm)
• City Light Films (Firm)
• Weber, Jake, 1964-

Actor

• Hopkins, Anthony, 1937-
• Weber, Jake, 1964-
• Tambor, Jeffrey, 1944-
• Harden, Marcia Gay
• Pitt, Brad, 1963-
• Forlani, Claire

Director

• Brest, Martin, 1951-

Producer

• Brest, Martin, 1951-

Screenwriter

• Osborn, Ron
• Goldman, Bo, 1932-
• Reno, Jeff
• Wade, Kevin

Subject

• Lehman, Gladys -- Film adaptations
• Detective and mystery films
• Drama
• Fantasy films
• Fathers and daughters -- Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Feature films -- United States
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Film remakes
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Casella, Alberto, 1891-1957 -- Film adaptations
• DVD-Video discs
• Death -- Drama
• Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959 -- Film adaptations

Genre

• Fantasy films
• DVD-Video discs
• Detective and mystery films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Film remakes
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• spa
• eng

Summary

Death appears to claim a wealthy media mogul who bargains for more time, during which Death falls in love with the man's daughter

Cataloging source

MDK

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Music by Thomas Newman ; editors, Joe Hutshing, Michael Tronick ; photography, Emmanuel Lubezki

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13

Language note

In English with optional dubbed French soundtrack; closed-captioned in English

LC call number

PN1997.M49

LC item number

B84 1999

PerformerNote

Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Marcia Gay Harden, Jeffrey Tambor

Runtime

180

Target audience

general

Technique

live action