Meet Joe Black. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the 1957 book, Death Takes a Holiday
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Death Takes a Holiday
Alberto Casella, 1957
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Martin Brest, 1998

Billionaire media mogul Bill Parrish is considering a merger between his company and another media giant and is about to celebrate his 65th birthday with an elaborate party planned by his elder daughter, Allison. His younger daughter, Susan, a resident in internal medicine, is in a relationship with one of Bill’s board members, Drew. When she asks for the short version of his impassioned speech, he simply says, ‘Stay open’.


About Schmidt. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 1996 book
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About Schmidt
Louis Begley, 1996
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Alexander Payne, 2002

Warren Schmidt is retiring from his position as an actuary with Woodmen of the World, a life insurance company in Omaha, Nebraska. He soon receives an information package with a photo of his foster child, a small Tanzanian boy named Ndugu Umbo, to whom he relates his life in a series of candid, rambling letters.


The Humans. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 2015 book
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The Humans
Stephen Karam, 2015
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Stephen Karam, 2021

Set inside a pre-war duplex in downtown Manhattan, The Humans follows the course of an evening in which the Blake family gathers to celebrate Thanksgiving. As darkness falls outside the crumbling building, mysterious things start to go bump in the night and family tensions reach a boiling point.