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Journeys from fiction drawn on the real world

Rob Reiner · 2007 · global

Rob Reiner's 2007 film, starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. Two dying men, a billionaire and a working-class mechanic who share a hospital room, set off on a private jet around the world to tick off everything on their bucket list, from the pyramids and the Serengeti to the Taj Mahal, the Himalayas, and the Great Wall, finding an unlikely friendship at the very end of their lives.

  1. 1
    Los Angeles

    Two terminally ill men, a billionaire and a blue-collar mechanic, meet in a hospital and resolve to spend their last months doing everything on a bucket list.

  2. 2
    The Pyramids of Giza

    They take a private jet around the world, beginning at the great pyramids of Egypt.

  3. 3
    The Serengeti

    A lion safari across the golden plains of the Serengeti in Tanzania.

  4. 4
    The Taj Mahal

    The white marble splendour of the Taj Mahal in India.

  5. 5
    The Himalayas

    A flight past the snowbound summit of Everest, the roof of the world.

  6. 6
    Hong Kong

    The neon dazzle and high tables of Hong Kong.

  7. 7
    The Great Wall of China

    And a motorcycle ride along the Great Wall of China.

  8. 8
    Los Angeles

    They come home at last, having found in their final journey the one thing both their lives had lacked.

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The Bucket List Map: Rob Reiner's Journey