# A question about Meet Joe Black
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-meet-joe-black/201639
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [September 14, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-meet-joe-black/201639 "2003-09-14T23:47:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-meet-joe-black/201639/1 "2003-09-14T23:47:27Z")
Can someone answer this for me. I’ve seen the movie 3 times. Each and everytime I manage to miss the same scene. When Death starts speaking to Anthony Hoplins character, he starts by saying Yes. He (Death) eventually says it’s the answer to a question Hopkins character has been asking himself. Would someone please tell me what the question was? It’s driving me nuts.
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### Author:  [@green\_dragon\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_dragon_1)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-meet-joe-black/201639/2 "2003-09-15T02:05:32Z")
I think the question is ‘am I going to die?’ which is something Hopkins character has been asking himself every time something bad’s happened.
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### Author:  [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-meet-joe-black/201639/3 "2003-09-15T02:52:37Z")
I always wonder about Brad Pitt’s character going to back to who he used to be after Death gives up his body. Didn’t his body get hit by a Truck, and thus many/all of his bones would be shattered?
And I was surprised with Anthony Hopkin’s characters daughter seemed happy at the end, even though her dad was likely lying dead behind that hill somewhere.
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### Author:  [@Short\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Short_Guy)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2003, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-meet-joe-black/201639/4 "2003-09-15T07:05:07Z")
The question is indeed “am I going to die?” This is resolved at the end of the conversation you describe.
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### Author:  [@Short\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Short_Guy)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2003, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-meet-joe-black/201639/5 "2003-09-15T07:06:10Z")
Actually, thinking some more about it, the actual question as posed in the movie was “am I dying?”, but you get the drift.
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### Author:  [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-meet-joe-black/201639/6 "2003-09-15T15:45:59Z")
Thanks.