romance
film produced by Universal Studios
, directed by Martin Brest
and starring Brad Pitt
, Anthony Hopkins
and Claire Forlani
, loosely based on the 1934 film Death Takes a Holiday
(originally by Paramount Pictures
, but now owned by Universal through EMKA, Ltd.
). It was the second pairing of Hopkins and Pitt after their 1994 film Legends Of The Fall
. The film may have also been inspired by the 1959 Twilight Zone TV episode "One For The Angels"
, starring Ed Wynn and Murray Hamilton.
Billionaire media mogul Bill Parrish (Anthony Hopkins
) is considering a merger between his company and another media giant, while also about to celebrate his 65th birthday with an elaborate party being planned by his eldest daughter Allison (Marcia Gay Harden
).
Don't blow smoke up my ass, you'll ruin my autopsy.
When I introduce you, and I tell them who you are, I don't think anyone will stay for dinner.
I thought I was going to sneak away tonight. What a glorious night! Every face I see is a memory. It may not be a perfectly... perfect memory. Sometimes we've had our ups and downs, but we're all together, And you're mine, for a night. And I'm going to break precedence and tell you my one candle wish: that you would have a life, as lucky as mine where you can wake up one morning and say, "I don't want anything more." 65 years, don't they go by in a blink?
You never know, lightning could strike.
I want you to sing with rapture and dance like a dervish.
You're not Death. You're just a kid in a suit.
Careful Bill, you'll give yourself a heart attack and ruin my vacation.
Thank you for loving me.