Meet Joe Black (1999, VHS) New in Cellophane Package
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Meet Joe Black (1999, VHS) New in Cellophane Package
This is a new-in-package cellophane-wrapped VHS 2-tape movie. Suggested Retail Price $29.99 (currently selling on amazon.com for $27.99) Shipping to Continental United States. (Canada - ask for rates) Please ask any questions before bidding. Discount on shipping for multiple winning bids on my auctions. Shipping Insurance - add $1.70 ** (not required, but encouraged) This VHS comes from a smoke-free environment. ** All Sales are final** No returns or refunds Contact MUST be made by buyer within 48 hrs of auction end & Paypal payment must be received within 4 days of auction end or non-buyer complaint will be filed and negative feedback will be given for non-payment. Product Details Actors: Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Marcia Gay Harden Directors: Martin Brest Format: Closed-captioned, Color, THX, NTSC Language: English Number of tapes: 2 Rating Studio: Universal Home Video VHS Release Date: April 6, 1999 Editorial Reviews Meet Joe Black seemed almost fated to fail when it was released in 1998, but this romantic fantasy--a remake of 1934's Death Takes a Holiday--deserves a chance at life after box-office death. Although many moviegoers were turned off by director Martin Brest's overindulgent three-hour running time, those who gear into its deliberate pace will find that Meet Joe Black offers ample reward for your attention. Brad Pitt plays Death with a capital D, enjoying some time on Earth by inhabiting the body of a young man who'd been killed in a shockingly sudden pedestrian-auto impact. Before long, Death has ingratiated himself with a wealthy industrialist (Anthony Hopkins) and pursues romance with the man's beautiful daughter (newcomer Claire Forlani), whom he'd briefly encountered while still an earthbound human. Under the assumed identity of "Joe Black," he samples all the pleasures that corporeal life has to offer--power, romance, sex, and such enticing pleasures as peanut butter by the spoonful. But Death has a job to do, and Meet Joe Black addresses the heart-wrenching dilemma that arises when either father or daughter (the plot keeps us guessing) must confront his or her inevitable demise. The film takes its own sweet time to establish this emotional crisis and the love that binds Hopkins's semidysfunctional family so closely together. But if you've stuck with the story this far, you may find yourself surprisingly affected. And if Meet Joe Black has really won you over, you'll more than appreciate the care and affection that gives the film a depth and richness that so many critics chose to ignore. --Jeff Shannon From The New YorkerMartin Brest's new weepie is a loose rehash of Mitchell Leisen's 1934 "Death Takes a Holiday." Leisen brought his work in at less than ninety minutes; Brest has time to kill, and after three hours of emotional splurge he can hardly bear to tear himself away. Anthony Hopkins plays a media tycoon with a heart, which is in itself a difficult concept to grapple with; Claire Forlani plays his daughter, who is engaged to a dork in a good suit. She hopes for something better, and along it comes in the shape of Brad Pitt. He has the misfortune to die shortly afterward, but you can't have everything. Death then assumes Brad's body, and, taking the name Joe Black, arrives to claim the tycoon's soul and woo his daughter all over again. There are many unanswered questions here (why, for instance, does Pitt's Grim Reaper seem semi-retarded?), not to mention unintended spasms of comedy; in the end, however, they all get swallowed up in the mush. -Anthony Lane | ||||||||||||
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