William Parrish, media tycoon and loving father, is about to celebrate his 65th birthday. One morning, he is contacted by the inevitable, by hallucination, as he thinks. Later, Death enters his home and his life, personified in human form as Joe Black. His intention was to take William with him, but accidentally, Joe and William's beautiful daughter Susan have already met. Joe begins to develop certain interest in life on Earth, as well as in Susan, who has no clue with whom she's flirting.
Brad Pitt
as Joe Black
Anthony Hopkins
as William Parrish
Claire Forlani
as Susan Parrish
Jake Weber
as Drew
Marcia Gay Harden
as Allison
Jeffrey Tambor
as Quince
June Squibb
as Helen
Gene Canfield
as Construction Foreman
Suzanne Hevner
as Florist
Stephen Adly Guirgis
as Hospital Receptionist
David S. Howard
as Eddie Sloane
Lois Kelly-Miller
as Jamaican Woman
