Arbeitsblatt: The Bucket List

The Bucket List Part 1 (beginning – 15:30) Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson) owner of the hospital Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman): mechanic Virginia: Carters wife Useful vocabulary to measure the faith other folks to invent Take whiff. rare Give them the spiel. an inauspicious beginning cancer pillow his freckles surgery At the very beginning of the movie What are the different possibilities life can be measured by? by the ones,,, other folks say: Me? believe that you measure yourself by the people who measure themselves by . know that when he died his were closed and his was open. In the garage Who invented the radio? The Bucket List At the trial Whats the name of the rarest beverage in the world? What is it? Mr Cole: run not . Two beds room, no ! Who did Mr Cole have an appointment for lunch with? What happens at the end of the trial scene? At the hospital What illness does Mr Cole have? What was Virginias job? What does the doctor tell Edward Cole he had to start in this morning? What is your first impression of the two main characters? Write few sentences for each of them. The Bucket List Part 2 (15:30 – 25:04) Useful vocabulary So you want might cheer you up Ill be damned. suicide heart attack scribbling You are blocking my view to deal with something to be out of options 1. What does Carter get from his grandson Kai? Why?_ 2. What job does Kai want to learn? 3. What did Carter always want to be (as job)? 4. Why does Carter decline the good food Edward offers him? 5. What are the 5 stages they are talking about? Stage 1: denial Stage 2: Stage 3: Stage 4: Stage 5: The Bucket List Part 3 (25:04 – 37:02) Useful Vocabulary Dumb question. You are blocking my view get familiar with something survey thought it would be liberating We are out of options. Rise and shine. indelicate wont be bidding this season. to handle state secret on the floor this is extremely weak its pointless pity and grief It was meant to be metaphorical. Make fool of myself an opportunity 1. What does the doctor tell Edward Cole about the test?_ 2. There was survey once. thousand people were asked if they could know in advance would they want to know the exact day of their death. How many people said NO? How many people said YES? What did Carter always think about this? 3. What was Carter writing? Why does he throw away the sheet at the end of the scene?_ The Bucket List 4. What does Carter answer to Coles question: What the hell is witness something majestic? 5. What is their plan at the end of the scene? What is Virginias reaction? Do you understand her reaction? Why (not)? As they are discussing their mortality, Freemans character suggests that they should each create ‘bucket list of the things they want to do before they kick the bucket. What would be written on your list? Think of ten things you really would like to achieve do in your live. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. The Bucket List Part 4 (37:02 – 48:55) Useful Vocabulary at the whim of maniac to suggest Lets hit the silk Is he insane? desolation dangling to hide indescribably beautiful 1. Whats the first thing on the Bucket List they do? 2. What colors are they wearing in the plane? 3. Whats Tommys real name? 4. What else do they do in this scene? 5. Where are they flying over? 6. What are they discussing about? And what are their points of view in this discussion? The Bucket List Part 5 (48:55 – 57:54) Useful Vocabulary to cross something off Just like broad. catheter overbear Id really like to say youre irreplaceable but Id be lying. gracious man Struck by lightning. Im not asking for his sake. 1. Where are they? 2. Whos Emily? 3. What does Carter add to the list? 4. What are the plans for the next days? 5. In the bath: What does Carter tell Cole about him and Virginia? Write in your own words. The Bucket List Part 6 (57:54 – 1:10:39) Useful Vocabulary the empress an arranged marriage funeral buried or cremated claustrophobic coffin too fancy for my taste reincarnation to make it to the summit to appreciate something silk suits operable 1. On the pyramid Carter tells Cole about the two questions every Egypt person has to answer at the door to heaven – what are they? 1. Have you joy in life? 2. Has your life joy to others? 2. Why does Coles daughter hate him? Sum up. 3. Fill in the gaps about the Taj Mahal. The empress was the of Shah Jahan, the fifth Mogul emperor. Although it was an arranged marriage, they were and remained inseparable until she died giving birth to their child. It took volunteers and years to complete the structure. The shah designed it in honor of his wife. The Bucket List What are the next things to do on the list?_ What does Angelica tell Carter about her trip to the Mount Everest? What do you think: How is the movie going to continue? What is going to happen? Write in full sentences and in good English. The Bucket List Part 7 (1:10:39 – 1:20:52) Useful Vocabulary to be proud of somebody an arranged marriage have dined with royalty. Call cab. play hide-and-seek operable Its metastasized to his brain. Pea soup still sucks. 1. Why does Carter decide to go home? 2. Back in America: Where are they driving to? Whats Edwards reaction? 3. What do you think: Why is Edward crying? 4. What is The Divine Comedy? The Bucket List Part 8 1:20:52 – 1:30:00) Useful Vocabulary collect the stools Its not one-man deal Im afraid it has to be. owe that to you. to avoid something to sound selfish 1. One of Carters points on his bucket list was Laugh until cry: What does he have to laugh about until he cries? 2. What did Carter write in his letter to Edward? Write 3 things. 3. Virginia said left and came back . 4. How many months passed by since Carter and Cole were in the hospital together? 5. The last months of life were the best months of . He my life. 6. What other points on the list can Cole tick off? The Bucket List Summary 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 cancer. They become friends as they undergo their respective treatments. Carter is gifted amateur historian and family man who had wanted to become history professor, but in his youth had been broke, black, and with baby on the way and thus never rose above his job at the McCreath body shop. Edward is four-times-divorced healthcare tycoon and cultured loner who enjoys nothing more than tormenting his personal valet/servant, Matthew (Hayes), whom he calls Thomas. He makes Matthew serve Carter as well as him and orders his employee and doctor (Morrow) to familiarize himself with Carter health. Carter begins writing bucket list, or things to do before he kicks the bucket. After hearing he has less than year, Carter wads it up and tosses it on the floor. Edward finds it the next morning. He urges Carter to do everything on the list (suggesting he add things like skydiving) and offers to finance the trip. Carter agrees, despite the protests of his wife, Virginia (Todd). The pair begins an around-the-world vacation, embarking on race car driving, skydiving, climbing the Pyramids, and going on lion safari in Africa. They discuss rare coffee and its unusual taste. They also 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 with his only daughter, who disowned him after he sent some people to take care of her abusive husband (hinting at physical assault, but ruling out murder). In Hong Kong, Edward hires prostitute (Rowena King) for Carter, who has never had sex with any woman but his wife. Carter declines and asks to return home, and reciprocates by trying to reunite Edward with his daughter. Edward angrily storms off. Carter returns home to his wife, children, and grandchildren. The family reunion is short-lived. In the preparation for romantic interlude, Carter suffers seizure and is rushed to the hospital. The cancer has spread to his brain. Edward, who is now in remission, visits him and they share few moments, where Carter reveals to great amusement the disgusting origin of the world most rare coffee (Kopi Luwak), over which Edward obsesses and Carter has refused to drink. Carter crosses off laugh till cry from his bucket list and insists Edward finish the list without him. Carter goes into surgery but the procedure is unsuccessful. He dies on the operating table. Edward delivers eulogy at the funeral, explaining that he and Carter had been complete strangers, but the last three months of Carter life were the best three months of his (Edward). He crosses off help complete stranger for common good from the list. We see Edward finally attempt to reconcile with his daughter. She not only accepts him back into her life but also introduces him to the granddaughter he never knew. After greeting the little girl with kiss on the cheek, Edward crosses kiss the most beautiful girl in the world off the list. In the epilogue, it is revealed that Edward lived until the age of 81, and his ashes are brought to the top of the Himalayas. It turns out to be Matthew who does this, and as he places Edward ashes alongside can containing Carter, he crosses off the last item on the Bucket List (witness something truly majestic) and places it beside them. In the final lines of the movie, Carter explains Im pretty sure he {Edward} was happy with his final resting place. Because he was buried on the mountain, and that was against the law. The Bucket List On this site you find pictures of the movie: