The Bucket List | 
| Director: Rob Reiner
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes, Beverly Todd, Rob Morrow
Studio: Warner Home Video
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Rating:  262 reviews
Sales Rank: 577
Format: Color, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 97 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 113988
UPC: 085391139881
EAN: 0085391139881
ASIN: B000YAF4MA
Theatrical Release Date: December 25, 2007
Release Date: June 10, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | You only live once, so why not go out in style? That?s what two cancer- ward roommates, an irascible billionaire (Jack Nicholson) and a scholarly mechanic (Morgan Freeman), decide when they get the bad news. They compose a bucket list ? things to do before you kick the bucket ? and head off for the around-the-world adventure of their lives. Sky dive? Check. Power a Shelby Mustang around a racetrac |
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Product Description
In THE BUCKET LIST, cancer doesn't discriminate in its choice of victims. It's equally eager in its attacks on kindly sage of a mechanic Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman) and mean-spirited millionaire Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson). When the unlikely pair shares a room at a hospital, they learn that they both have less than a year to live as a result of the deadly disease. Inspired by the words of a college professor, Carter begins to make a "bucket list" of things he wants to accomplish before he dies. With Edward's limitless funds at their disposal, the men embark on an adventure that takes them from Egypt to France to Hong Kong, crossing items off their list as death grows closer. Fans of the leading actors will be glad to see them in familiar territory: Freeman plays a narrator who's nearly godlike in his omniscience, while Nicholson stars as the lovable grump. Both men have won Oscars for similar roles (Nicholson for AS GOOD AS IT GETS, and Freeman for MILLION DOLLAR BABY), so they excel in these parts. Director Rob Reiner's career has jumped between comedy and drama, and despite its serious subject matter, THE BUCKET LIST resides firmly in comedic territory. But fans of weepies such as TERMS OF ENDEARMENT and MY LIFE will find much to like in this film that is sure to require a tissue or two.
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"You measure yourself by the people who measure themselves by you," says the quietly wise Carter Chambers, played with gravitas and grace by a Morgan Freeman. In Rob Reiner's moving, often hilarious film The Bucket List, all sorts of people measure themselves against the two heroes, Chambers and his hospital suitemate, Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson). But as Cole finds, having spent his entire life building a Fortune 500 company, none of that much matters when cancer, the great equalizer, pays a visit. The film traces the adventures of the two unlikely friends, who meet in a hospital cancer ward, each given six months to live. The "bucket list" of the title refers to a lifelong list of goals that a teacher of Chambers once advised him to compile--and achieve--"before you kick the bucket." Soon the two are off on what may be the last grand adventure of their life, vowing to tick off as many goals (skydiving, race-car driving, seeing the wonders of the world) as they can in the time they have left. What starts as a medical melodrama becomes a road trip, yet the men's mortality realities are never far from thought. The two leads give impressive performances, and remind the viewer of just how few American films focus on the lives and loves of senior citizens. Nicholson even manages to lose his persona in his character, much as he did in About Schmidt. There's a lovely John Mayer tune, "Say (What You Need to Say)," that's perfectly matched to the film's clear-eyed view of life: What does one person leave behind as his true legacy? --A.T. Hurley
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 The Bucket List February 8, 2010
D. Johnson (New Mexico)
The Bucket List This is and excellent movie, with good acting and good comedy. I've always liked Jack Nicholson, and Morgan Freeman. The two of them make this movie great in my opinion. I would recomend this movie for all the family.
BUCKET LIST February 6, 2010
Denny Grove (Wakarusa, IN, US)
THIS IS A REAL GOOD MOVIE AND HAS A LOT OF LAUGHS IN IT AND ALSO SOME TEAR JERKER PARTS ALSO. GOOD ACTING BY BOTH ACTORS.
A Great Movie February 2, 2010
Island Dreamer (Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is really funny! I loved it! So these two men are told they only have a month to live and they decide to do all the things in their life that they've never done. It makes one realize that life should be lived to the fullest. What would you do if you had a month to live and you has an unlimited supply of money? It is funny and makes you think about what you truly love and cherish in life. Jack Nicholson, and Morgan Freeman do a hilariously great job in The Bucket List.
One Amazing, Awesome, Magical Story by two Giant actors! January 8, 2010
Fred W. Hood
Two of my favorite Actors, Morgan Freeman as a retired auto Mechanic and Jack Nicholson get acquainted as terminantly ill cancer patients! The story is the result of Morgan (Charles Chambers) remembering The BUCKET LIST Assignment from his Philosophy Teacher who asked his students to make a list of the things which they would try to accomplish before he "Kicked The Bucket."
When Edward Cole found the list begun by his roommate Charles Chambers, they decided that was the best way they could spend their last days! So both asked their Doctors to check them out of their room and their treatment. Since Edward Cole was a wealthy Fortune 500 mogul who owned an interest in hospitals, they chose to attempt their list of things they had never done before. First they wanted to sky dive out of a large plane. They did this and it was a huge thrill! Next they visited Monte Carlo, where they downed great amounts of Caviar and hit the tables. They tore up the road in two supercharged cars in reckless abandon at great speeds and enormous risks! They visited Africa where they included the beautiful scenery and animals of a Safari! From there they saw the great Egyptian Pyramids. They stayed in famous Hotels in the exotic cities of China & France, etc.
When they returned home, they each celebrated! Edward meeting with his large board of Associates & Directors after he made a difficult, surprise visit, taking flowers to his only estranged daughter after years of silence! Charles met his whole family for a big joint dinner with all of his children & grandchildren!
The crowning scene of the whole story was the celebration of the Memorial Service of Charles' death, where Ed Cole gave the most touching Eulogy ever heard and felt for the man he only had known a few years, yet had given him new desires to stay alive!
Part of Ed & Charles personal touch were the stories they shared! One of the most enduring was the visit that Charles described to a friend after climbing his memorial trip to the top of an ancient Tibetian mountain where he had experienced the most profound silence, so that he felt he heard the Voice of God. The final scene of the Movie was the trip up to the top of that very mountain where he deposited the Urn of Charles' ashes.
An Amazing, Awesome, Magical story from two Giant Actors & Director, Rob Reiner!
The Bucket List January 3, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A long time ago, Carter Chambers' philosophy professor suggested that his students compose a "bucket list," a collection of all the things they wanted to do, see and experience in life before they kicked the bucket. But while Carter was trying to define his private dreams and plans, reality intruded. Marriage, children, myriad responsibilities and, ultimately, a 46-year job as an auto mechanic turned his concept of a bucket list into little more than a bittersweet memory of lost opportunities and a mental exercise he occasionally thought about to pass the time. Meanwhile, corporate billionaire Edward Cole never saw a list without a bottom line. He was always too busy making money and building an empire to think about what his deeper needs might be beyond the next big acquisition or cup of gourmet coffee. Then life delivered an urgent and unexpected wake-up call to both of them. Carter and Edward found themselves sharing a hospital room with plenty of time to think about what might happen next--and about how much of that was in their hands. For all their apparent differences, they discovered they had two very important things in common: an unrealized need to come to terms with who they were and the choices they'd made, and a pressing desire to spend the time they had left doing everything they ever wanted to do. So, against doctor's orders and all good sense, these two virtual strangers check themselves out of the hospital and hit the road together for the adventure of a lifetime--from the Taj Mahal to the Serengeti, the finest restaurants to the seediest tattoo parlors, the cockpit of vintage race cars to the open door of a prop plane--with just a sheet of paper and their passion for life to guide them. Adding and crossing items off their list while taking in the grandeur and beauty of the world, they grapple with the difficult questions and the even more difficult answers that plague all of us. And, without even realizing it, become true friends. This movie is full of well-earned rueful humor. What a gift. Two of the world's greatest actors come together and create movie magic.
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