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The Bucket List

2007 film directed by Rob Reiner

Film · TMDB

7.2

Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing everything they ever wanted to do and an unrealized need to come to terms with who they are. Together they embark on the road trip of a lifetime, becoming friends along the way and learning to live life to the fullest, with insight and humor.

Released: 2007-12-2597 minDir: Rob ReinerDrama, Comedy

Cast

Jack Nicholson as Edward Periman Cole
Morgan Freeman as Carter Chambers
Sean Hayes as Thomas
Beverly Todd as Virginia Chambers
Alfonso Freeman as Roger Chambers
Dawn Lewis as Flight Attendant

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Ratings · OMDb

IMDb

7.3/10

270,811 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

40%

Metacritic

42/100

Rated: PG-13
Awards: 3 wins & 4 nominations total

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Key facts

Directed by: Rob Reiner
Written by: Justin Zackham
Produced by: Craig Zadan Neil Meron Alan Greisman Rob Reiner
Starring: Jack Nicholson Morgan Freeman Sean Hayes Rob Morrow
Cinematography: John Schwartzman
Edited by: Robert Leighton
Music by: Marc Shaiman
Production companies: Zadan/Meron Productions , Reiner/Greisman Productions
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates: December 15, 2007 ( 2007-12-15 ) ( Hollywood ) December 25, 2007 ( 2007-12-25 ) (United States)
Running time: 97 minutes
Country: United States

Key dates

Published: 24 January 2008

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: film
Award: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Genre: tragicomedy
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English language
Main subject: lung cancer
Director: Rob Reiner
Composer: Marc Shaiman
Producer: Rob Reiner
Production company

Article

The Bucket List is a 2007 American buddy comedy-drama film directed and produced by Rob Reiner, written by Justin Zackham, and starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. The main plot follows two terminally ill men on their road trip with a wish list of things to do before they "kick the bucket".

Zackham coined the expression "bucket list" after he wrote his own "List of Things to do Before I Kick the Bucket" and shortened it to "Justin's Bucket List". The first item on his list was to "get a film made at a major studio". This list gave him the idea for the screenplay, and The Bucket List became his first studio film.