The bucket list is a film that follows billionaire Edward Cole and blue-collar mechanic Carter Chambers, both diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.
Carter, a gifted amateur historian and family man, wanted to become a history professor in his youth but chose to start a family instead. Edward, a four-time divorced healthcare tycoon and cultured loner, enjoys drinking oooo Lusaka, one of the most expensive coffees in the world and mocking his personal valet Matthew, whom he wrongly but intentionally calls Thomas.
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While in the hospital, Carter and Edward manage to find a common thing for fun. Carter started writing a list of activities to do before he “kicks the bucket”. After hearing he has less than a year to live, he discards his list.
Edward finds the list the next morning and urged Carter to do everything on it, adds his own items and offers to finance all expenses. He agrees, although his wife Virginia objects, so the two patients begin their globetrotting last vacation along with Matthew.
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Throughout the journey, Carter realizes the importance of his family and goes home, while Edward comes to term with his estrangement from his daughter. Both men eventually pass away, but their lives are forever changed by the friendship they formed. Their remains are ultimately placed in two coffee cans and buried at the top of the Himalayas, fulfilling their final “bucket list” item to witness something truly majestic.
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Directed by: Rob Reiner
Cast:Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes, Rob Morrow, Rowena King
Running time: 97 minutes
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