Brad Pitt's 'Meet Joe Black' became popular for showing Star Wars trailer & other trivia

Meet Joe Black is one of Br Pitt's earliest romantic movies. 1998 film talks about story of how a Grim Reaper named Joe Black who is disguised as a human comes to Earth to take soul of a businessman named William Parrish. However, Joe falls in love with William's daughter. popular flick Meet Joe Black is directed by Martin Brest and even has a rating of 7.2 on IMDb. 

cast includes Br Pitt as Death/Joe Black, Anthony Hopkins as Bill Parrish, Claire Forlani as Susan Parrish, Jake Weber as Drew, Marcia Gay Harden as Allison Parrish, Jeffrey Tambor as Quince Parrish, Allison Parrish's husband, David S. Howard as Eddie Sloane, Lois Kelly Miller as Jamaican Woma, Marylouise Burke as Lillian, and June Squibb as Helen. 

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Br Pitt 'Meet Joe Black' trivia

• This film is considered to be one amongst selected movies which showed first trailer for Star Wars: Episode I - Phantom Menace (1999). According to fans, it was said that audience bought tickets to watch Meet Joe Black only to catch trailer of Star Wars. fans would n leave after trailer ended. 
• movie is apparently based on Death Takes a Holiday (1934) which starred Fredric March, Evelyn Venable and Guy Standing, and it was itself based on an Italian play dated back to 1924. 

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• Actor Eli Roth who h an early job as a stand-in in this movie was actually fired by producer and director Martin Brest due to a misunderstanding. 
• Sir Anthony Hopkins and Br Pitt first appeared toger in 1994 film titled Legends of Fall before featuring toger in 1998 released Meet Joe Black.

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• place in movie where Susan (Claire Forlani) and Joe Black (Br Pitt) first meet can be located w as well. It is located in Broway Restaurant, at 2664 Broway and West 101st Street, Manhattan, New York.
• Reportedly Sir Anthony Hopkins who played role of William Parrish in film would often come to terms of arguments and disagreement with producer and director Martin Brest since he (Sir Anthony Hopkins) insisted on doing multiple takes.

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