The Bucket List
2007 American comedy-drama film directed by Rob Reiner / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[2] 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".
The Bucket List | |
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Directed by | Rob Reiner |
Written by | Justin Zackham |
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Cinematography | John Schwartzman |
Edited by | Robert Leighton |
Music by | Marc Shaiman |
Production company | Castle Rock Entertainment (uncredited) |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $45 million[1] |
Box office | $175.4 million[1] |
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.[3]
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, opening at #1 in the United States, and grossing $175.4 million worldwide.