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Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing everything they ever wanted to do and an unrealized need to come to terms with who they are. Together they embark on the road trip of a lifetime, becoming friends along the way and learning to live life to the fullest, with insight and humor.
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Contemporary, classical in form, earnest and resolved.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- sparerichly built
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Cast
- Jack NicholsonEdward Periman Cole
- Morgan FreemanCarter Chambers
- Sean HayesThomas
- Beverly ToddVirginia Chambers
- Alfonso FreemanRoger Chambers
- Dawn LewisFlight Attendant
- Rob MorrowDr. Hollins
- Brian CopelandLee
- Rowena KingAngelica
- Annton Berry Jr.Kai
Crew
- Rob ReinerDirector
- Justin ZackhamWriter
- John SchwartzmanDirector of Photography
- Marc ShaimanOriginal Music Composer
- Robert LeightonEditor
- Alan GreismanProducer
- Neil MeronProducer
- Rob ReinerProducer
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