The Bucket List

Jack Nicholson Director: Rob Reiner Rob Reiner

Overview

Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman star as two terminally ill cancer patients who decide to break out of the hospital and live their last days to the fullest in director Rob Reiner's seriocomic road movie. Edward Cole (Nicholson) is a corporate billionaire who is currently sharing a hospital room with blue-collar mechanic Carter Chambers (Freeman). Though initially the pair seems to have nothing in common, conversation gradually reveals that both men have a long list of goals they wish to accomplish before they kick the bucket, and an unrealized desire to discover what kind of men they really are. But one can't accomplish such lofty objectives from the confines of a hospital bed, so now, in order to live their lives to the absolute fullest, Edward and Carter will have to make a break for it. With a checklist that includes playing the poker tables in Monte Carlo, consuming copious amounts of caviar, racing the fastest machines on four wheels, and much more, these two terminally ill men will do their best to fit a lifetime of experience into their last remaining days while forging an unlikely, but truly remarkable, friendship.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/10/2008
UPC:	0085391139881
Original Release:	2007
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Warner Home Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Full Frame, Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby AC-3 Surround Sound]
Time:	1:37:00
Sales rank:	1,852

Special Features

Writing a Bucket List with Screenwriter Justin Zackham; John Mayer Say Music Video; DVD-ROM PC Weblink to Access Other Great Web Features

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jack Nicholson	Edward Cole
Morgan Freeman	Carter Chambers
Sean Hayes	Thomas
Beverly Todd	Virginia Chambers
Alfonso Freeman	Roger
Rowena King	Angelica
Rob Morrow	Dr. Hollins
Annton Berry	Kai
Verda Bridges	Chandra
Destiny Brownridge	Maya
Brian Copeland	Lee
Ian Anthony Dale	Instructor
Jennifer DeFrancisco	Emily
Angela Gardner	Female Administrator
Noel Guglielmi	Mechanic
Jonathan Hernandez	Manny
Hugh B. Holub	County Health Director
Andrea J. Johnson	Elizabeth
Dawnn Lewis	Flight Attendant
Jordan Lund	Tattoo Artist
Richard McGonagle	Board Chairman
Jonathan Mangum	Richard
Karen Maruyama	Nurse Shing
Amber Mead	Attractive Woman #1
Nikki Novak	Attractive Woman #2
John O'Brien	Executive #1
Serena Reeder	Rachel
Christopher Stapleton	Kyle
Taylor Ann Thompson	Edward's Granddaughter
Alex Trebek	Alex Trebek
Roy Vongtama	Doctor #1

Technical Credits

Justin Zackham

Rob Reiner	Director,Producer
Dean Bailey	Stunts
Lon Bender	Sound/Sound Designer
Bryan Bowen	Sound Editor
Jophery Brown	Stunts
Bill Brzeski	Production Designer
Frank Capra	Asst. Director,Co-producer
Rob Caster	Stunts
Pat Conatser	Stunts
Robert Eber	Sound/Sound Designer
Ian Fox	Camera Operator
Michael Germain	Makeup
Tanner Gill	Stunts
Alan Greisman	Producer
Janet Hirshenson	Casting
Jane Jenkins	Casting
Steve Kelso	Stunts
Hubie Kerns	Stunts
Travis Knox	Executive Producer
Robert Leighton	Editor
Molly Maginnis	Costumes/Costume Designer
David Major	Stunts
Neil Meron	Producer
Barbara Mesney	Set Decoration/Design
Craig O'Brien	Stunts
Jay Pelissier	Art Director
Austin Priester	Stunts
John Schwartzman	Cinematographer
Ann Scibelli	Sound Editor
Rick Seaman	Stunts
Marc Shaiman	Score Composer
Todd Shoebotham	Stunts
Buddy Sosthand	Stunts
Jeffrey Stott	Executive Producer
Jim Tocci	Set Decoration/Design
Jim Wallace	Stunts
Nancy Worthen-Hancock	Makeup
Harry Wowchuk	Stunts
Justin Zackham	Executive Producer,Screenwriter
Craig Zadan	Producer

Scene Index

Disc #1, Side A -- Bucket List
1. About Edward [1:27]
2. Two Ailing Men [4:39]
3. Roommates [6:28]
4. Coffee Origins [4:27]
5. Life Choices [6:04]
6. Getting Familiar [6:19]
7. Bucket List [5:58]
8. Time for Myself [3:15]
9. Skydiving [3:18]
10. Need for Speed [3:54]
11. In-flight faith [3:40]
12. Little Accident [3:24]
13. Lost Along the Way [4:45]
14. Two Questions [5:52]
15. Ashes in a can [3:00]
16. Carter's Mountain [2:35]
17. Temptation [4:51]
18. I'm Not Everyone [2:24]
19. Homecomings [4:18]
20. Word with the Owner [2:29]
21. Cats beat me to it [3:31]
22. Find the Joy [5:25]
23. End Credits [4:42]
Disc #1, Side B -- Bucket List
1. About Edward [1:27]
2. Two Ailing Men [4:39]
3. Roommates [6:28]
4. Coffee Origins [4:27]
5. Life Choices [6:04]
6. Getting Familiar [6:19]
7. Bucket List [5:58]
8. Time for Myself [3:15]
9. Skydiving [3:18]
10. Need for Speed [3:54]
11. In-flight faith [3:40]
12. Little Accident [3:24]
13. Lost Along the Way [4:45]
14. Two Questions [5:52]
15. Ashes in a can [3:00]
16. Carter's Mountain [2:35]
17. Temptation [4:51]
18. I'm Not Everyone [2:24]
19. Homecomings [4:18]
20. Word with the Owner [2:29]
21. Cats beat me to it [3:31]
22. Find the Joy [5:25]
23. End Credits [4:42]

Menu

Disc #1, Side A -- Bucket List
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Disc #1, Side B -- Bucket List
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   Scene Selections
   Special Features
      Writing a Bucket List
      John Mayer Music Video Say
      Insert this Disc Into Your PC's DVD-ROM Drive for Additional Special Features
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      Spoken Languages
         English
         Français
         Español
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         English (for the Hearing Impaired)
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Editorial Reviews

Like Six Degrees of Separation and Catch-22 before it, The Bucket List grabbed a place in the zeitgeist by identifying and naming a phenomenon that resonated with numerous people. Even when they hadn't seen the film, the term "bucket list" became a popular way for people to describe the exotic things they wanted to experience before dying. If only Rob Reiner's movie actually deserved that kind of widespread awareness. It starts out well enough, as screenwriter Justin Zackham takes his time establishing the characters of Carter (Morgan Freeman), a jovial mechanic with a brain full of trivia, and Edward (Jack Nicholson), a surly billionaire with a love of good coffee, who meet in neighboring hospital beds while fighting terminal cancer. Reiner and Zackham stay in this setting for over 30 minutes, developing these men into three-dimensional characters and mutual confidants. It's when they get to the actual bucket-listing that the film starts to rush, alternating between broad comedy and maudlin sentiment. Carter and Edward's jet-setting is thrown together haphazardly, serving only as an arbitrary background for their touchy-feely conversations and physical pratfalls. (And it's quite a flimsy background -- Freeman and Nicholson are clearly acting against green screens, rather than real settings.) This all leads up to a third-act reversal that manipulates the way the narrative was originally being told, intended as some kind of plot twist. Shortcomings aside, it's a consistent treat to watch these two acting treasures working together. The usually saintly Freeman is permitted to show human weakness, and does so well; the always mischievous Nicholson gets to indulge in more of the same, tossing in a few tugged heartstrings for good measure. Though watching The Bucket List shouldn't be on any dying man's list of priorities, it's a harmless enough way for the healthy to pass their time.

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