Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 178 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
Bill Parrish has it all - success, wealth and power. Days before his 65th birthday, he receives a visit from a mysterious stranger, Joe Black, who soon reveals himself as Death. In exchange for extra time, Bill agrees to serve as Joe's earthly guide. But will he regret his choice when Joe unexpectedly falls in love with Bill's beautiful daughter Susan?
- life and death
- broken engagement
- love at first sight
- fireworks
- religion and supernatural
- based on play or musical
- fate
- teenage crush
- grim reaper
- doctor
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Brad Pitt
Joe Black / Young Man in Coffee Shop
Anthony Hopkins
William Parrish
Claire Forlani
Susan Parrish
Jake Weber
Drew
- Marcia Gay Harden — Allison
- Jeffrey Tambor — Quince
- David S. Howard — Eddie Sloane
- Lois Kelly-Miller — Jamaican Woman
- Jahnni St. John — Jamaican Woman's Daughter
- Richard Clarke — Butler
- Marylouise Burke — Lillian
- Diane Kagan — Jennifer
- June Squibb — Helen
- Gene Canfield — Construction Foreman
- Suzanne Hevner — Florist
- Directed
- Martin Brest
- Written
- Bo Goldman, Jeff Reno, Ron Osborn, Kevin Wade
Production
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 · 5,924 ratings
- Studio
- Universal Pictures, City Light Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
