The Bucket list - Wikipedia The Bucket list This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( October 2009 ) The Bucket List Theatrical release poster Directed by Rob Reiner Produced by Craig Zadan Neil Meron Alan Greisman Rob Reiner Written by Justin Zackham Starring Jack Nicholson Morgan Freeman Sean Hayes Rob Morrow Music by Marc Shaiman Cinematography John Schwartzman Edited by Robert Leighton Production company Castle Rock Entertainment ( uncredited ) Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures Release date December 15, 2007 ( 2007 - 12 - 15 ) ( Hollywood ) December 25, 2007 ( 2007 - 12 - 25 ) ( United States ) Running time 97 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $45 million Box office $175.4 million The Bucket List is a 2007 American 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 '', from which the film gets its title. The film premiered on December 15, 2007 in Hollywood and opened in limited release in the United States on December 25, 2007, by Warner Bros. The film then had a wide release on January 11, 2008. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film was chosen by National Board of Review as one of the top ten films of 2007 and was a box office success, grossing $175 million worldwide. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Reception 3.1 Box office 3.2 Accolades 4 Soundtrack 5 Home media 6 See also 7 References 8 External links Plot Two men, blue - collar mechanic Carter Chambers ( Freeman ) and billionaire hospital magnate Edward Cole ( Nicholson ) meet for the first time in the hospital after both have been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Carter is a gifted amateur historian and family man who wanted to become a history professor in his youth but never rose above his status as a mechanic. Edward is a four - time divorced health - care tycoon and cultured loner who enjoys tormenting his personal valet / servant, Thomas ( Sean Hayes ), who later reveals his name is actually Matthew. Edward enjoys drinking Kopi Luwak, one of the most expensive coffees in the world. During their time in the ward, Carter and Edward find common ground. Carter begins writing a `` bucket list '', or things to do before he `` kicks the bucket ''. After hearing he has less than a year, Carter discards the list. Edward finds it the next morning and urges Carter to do everything on the list, offering to finance the trip for both of them. Carter agrees and despite the protests of his wife, Virginia ( Beverly Todd ), Edward and Carter begin their around - the - world vacation. They go skydiving, drive a Shelby Mustang, fly over the North Pole, eat dinner at Chevre d'or in France, visit and praise the beauty and history of Taj Mahal, India, ride motorcycles on the Great Wall of China, attend a lion safari in Tanzania, and visit the base of Mt. Everest in Nepal. Atop the Great Pyramid, looking out over the pyramids of Khafre and Menkaure, they confide about faith and family, revealing that Carter has long been feeling less in love with his wife and that Edward is deeply hurt by his estrangement from his only daughter, who disowned him after he drove away her abusive husband. In Hong Kong, Edward hires a prostitute for Carter, who has never been with any woman but his wife. Carter declines and realizing that he loves his wife, asks to return home. On the drive back, Carter reciprocates by trying to reunite Edward with his daughter. Believing it is a breach of trust, Edward angrily storms off. Carter returns home to his family while Edward stays home alone. However, the family reunion is short - lived : Carter suffers a seizure and is rushed to the hospital, the cancer having spread to his brain. Edward, who is now in remission, visits him and they share a few moments, wherein Carter reveals how Edward 's Kopi Luwak coffee is grown in Sumatra and then fed to and defecated by a jungle cat before being harvested because of the special aroma of the gastric juices. Carter crosses off `` laugh till I cry '' from his bucket list and insists Edward finish the list without him. Carter goes into surgery and dies on the operating table. As news of Carter 's death is given to his wife and family, Edward attempts to reconcile with his daughter. She accepts him back into her life and introduces him to the granddaughter he never knew he had. After greeting the little girl with a kiss on the cheek, Edward crosses `` kiss the most beautiful girl in the world '' off the list. Edward delivers a eulogy at the funeral, explaining that the last three months of Carter 's life were the best three months of his life. He crosses off `` help a complete stranger for the good '' from the list. The epilogue reveals that Edward lived until age 81, and his ashes were then taken to the summit of a peak in the Himalayas by his assistant Matthew. As Matthew places a Chock full o'Nuts coffee can alongside another can, he crosses off the last item on the bucket list ( `` witness something truly majestic '' ) and places it between the cans. Carter 's narration reveals that the two cans contain their ashes and that Edward would have loved this, because he was `` buried on the mountain and that was against the law ''. Cast Jack Nicholson as Edward Cole Morgan Freeman as Carter Chambers Sean Hayes as Thomas / Matthew Beverly Todd as Virginia Chambers Rob Morrow as Dr. Hollins Alfonso Freeman as Roger Chambers Rowena King as Angelica Jennifer DeFrancisco as Emily Cole Serena Reeder as Rachel Annton Berry Jr as Kai Verda Bridges as Chandra Destiny Brownridge as Maya Brian Copeland as Lee Ian Anthony Dale as instructor Noel Guglielmi as mechanic Jonathan Hernandez as Manny Andrea J. Johnson as Elizabeth Jordan Lund as tattoo artist Jonathan Mangum as Richard Christopher Stapleton as Kyle Alex Trebek as himself Taylor Ann Thompson as Edward 's granddaughter Reception The Bucket List received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 40 %, based on 170 reviews, with an average rating of 5.1 / 10. The site 's critical consensus reads, `` Not even the earnest performances of the two leads can rescue The Bucket List from its schmaltzy script ''. Metacritic gave the film a score of 42 out of 100, based on 34 critics, indicating `` mixed or average reviews ''. Roger Ebert, who had thyroid cancer, criticized the film 's portrayal of cancer sufferers, writing in his one - star review that The Bucket List ``... thinks dying of cancer is a laff riot followed by a dime - store epiphany. '' Box Office The film opened in wide release in the United States and Canada on January 11, 2008 and grossed $19,392,416 from 3,200 screens at 2,911 theaters, averaging $6,662 per theater ( $6,060 per screen ) and ranking # 1 at the box office. The film closed on June 5, 2008, never having a weekend - to - weekend decline of more than 40 %, and ended up with a final gross of $93,466,502 in the United States and Canada and another $81,906,000 overseas, for a total gross of $175,372,502 worldwide, easily recouping the film 's considerable $45 million budget and turning a sizable profit for Warner Bros... Accolades Named one of the Top Ten Films of the Year by the National Board of Review. Soundtrack A score album from Varèse Sarabande was released on January 15, 2008, featuring composer Marc Shaiman 's original score for the film as well as a selection of newly recorded themes from Shaiman 's previous scoring projects, including City Slickers, Simon Birch, The Addams Family, Mother, North, Sleepless in Seattle, South Park : Bigger Longer & Uncut, Mr. Saturday Night, and Stuart Saves His Family. It also features a rearranged version of the James Bond theme `` Goldfinger '' ( titled `` Printmaster '' ), with Shaiman 's own voice and lyrics in which he spoofs the industry 's habit of tracking music in scenes where they do n't belong. The full list of 23 tracks is as follows : Hospital Hallway ( from the movie ) Like Smoke through a Keyhole ( from the movie ) Best in L.A. ( from the movie ) Really Bad News ( from the movie ) Milord -- Édith Piaf ( from the movie ) Hotel Source ( from the movie ) Did You Hear It ? ( from the movie ) Flying Home ( from the movie ) Homecomings ( from the movie ) Life and Death ( from the movie ) The Mountain ( from the movie ) End Credits ( from the movie ) Theme from The American President ( `` A Seed of Grain '' ) Theme from City Slickers Theme from Simon Birch Theme from The Addams Family Theme from Mother Theme from North Sleepless in Seattle / A Wink and a Smile '' South Park : Bigger Longer & Uncut / `` Blame Canada '' Theme from Mr. Saturday Night `` Printmaster '' ( After John Barry 's `` Goldfinger '' ) Theme from Stuart Saves His Family ( `` What Makes a Family '' ) The theme song, John Mayer 's `` Say, '' is not included on the Bucket List soundtrack, but included on the re-release of Mayer 's third album Continuum. Home media The film was released on DVD and Blu - ray disc June 10, 2008. See also Film portal Hawks, a 1988 film with a similar plot Knockin ' on Heaven 's Door, a 1997 film with a similar plot John Goddard, early producer of a bucket list. References ^ Jump up to : `` The Bucket List ( 2007 ) ''. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008 - 03 - 18. Jump up ^ `` The Bucket List ''. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved April 14, 2016. Jump up ^ `` The Bucket List -- Rotten Tomatoes ''. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2008 - 05 - 04. Jump up ^ `` Bucket List, The ( 2007 ) : Reviews ''. Metacritic. Retrieved 2008 - 01 - 19. Jump up ^ `` The Bucket List ''. Chicago Sun - Times. Jump up ^ `` The Bucket List ( 2007 ) -- Weekend Box Office Results ''. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008 - 01 - 28. 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Question: who dies first in the movie the bucket list
Answer: Carter