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The Bucket List (2007)

12A 97 min  -  Adventure | Comedy | Drama  -   11 January 2008 (USA)
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Ratings: 7.4/10 from 90,842 users   Metascore: 42/100 
Reviews: 263 user | 199 critic | 34 from Metacritic.com

Two terminally ill men escape from a cancer ward and head off on a road trip with a wish list of to-dos before they die.

Director:

Rob Reiner
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jack Nicholson ...
Morgan Freeman ...
Sean Hayes ...
Beverly Todd ...
Rob Morrow ...
Alfonso Freeman ...
Rowena King ...
Annton Berry Jr. Annton Berry Jr. ...
Kai
Verda Bridges Verda Bridges ...
Destiny Brownridge Destiny Brownridge ...
Brian Copeland Brian Copeland ...
Lee
Ian Anthony Dale ...
Instructor
Jennifer Defrancisco ...
Emily (as Jennifer DeFrancisco)
Angela Gardner ...
Female Administrator
Noel Gugliemi ...
Mechanic (as Noel Guglielmi)
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Storyline

Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers have nothing in common except for their terminal illnesses. While sharing a hospital room together, they decide to leave it and do all the things they have ever wanted to do before they die according to their bucket list. In the process, both of them heal each other, become unlikely friends, and ultimately find joy in life. Written by r2k443  

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Plot Keywords:

List | Hospital | Friend | Billionaire | Journey  | See more »

Taglines:

You only live once, so why not die with style? See more »

Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Drama

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for language, including a sexual reference See all certifications »

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

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Box Office

Budget:

$45,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$161,840 (USA) (23 December 2007) (16 Screens)

Gross:

$93,452,056 (USA) (1 June 2008)
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Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Trivia

Justin Zackham finished the script in just two weeks. See more »

Goofs

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): While walking in front of the Taj Mahal, Edward is discussing which type of memorial process to undergo (burial, cremation or cryogenics). When he mentions cryogenics, he says "...or be frozen like Walt Disney." This is a common urban legend. Walt Disney was actually cremated and interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, CA. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Carter Chambers: Edward Perriman Cole died in May. It was a Sunday afternoon, and there wasn't a cloud in the sky...
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Soundtracks

"On the Road Again"
Written by Floyd Jones and Alan Wilson
Performed by Canned Heat
Courtesy of Cleopatra Records Inc.
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