Chambers, always a Jeopardy! fan knowledgeable about trivia, reveals how Cole's kopi luwak coffee is fed to and defecated by a jungle cat before being harvested. Cole, now in a remarkable remission, visits him to reconcile. Chambers' family reunion turns out to be short-lived as while readying for marital romance, he collapses and is rushed to the hospital, where it is discovered that the cancer has spread to his brain.

Chambers returns home to his family while Cole, feeling alone though among escorts, breaks down weeping in his luxury high-rise suite. Considering this a breach of trust, Cole angrily storms off. Chambers declines and insists they stop the bucket list and go home.ĭuring the return journey, Chambers tries to reunite Cole with his estranged daughter. Later, while in Hong Kong, Cole hires a prostitute to approach Chambers, who has never been with any woman but his wife. Cole discloses that he is deeply hurt by his estrangement from his only daughter, who disowned him after he drove away her abusive husband. Chambers reveals that he has long been feeling less in love with his wife and feels some regret for his chosen path.

They go skydiving, drive a vintage Shelby Mustang and Dodge Challenger around California Speedway, fly over the North Pole, eat dinner at Chevre d'or, visit the Taj Mahal, ride motorcycles on the Great Wall of China, attend a lion safari in Tanzania and visit Mount Everest.Ītop the Great Pyramid of Giza, they confide mutually about faith and family. Chambers agrees and though his wife Virginia objects, the two patients begin their globetrotting last vacation. Cole finds it the next morning and urges him to do everything on the list, adds his own items to it and offers to finance all expenses. For fun, Chambers started writing a list of activities to do before he ' kicks the bucket.' After hearing he has less than a year to live, he dejectedly discards his list. While in the hospital, Chambers and Cole manage to find common ground. Cole, a four-time divorced healthcare tycoon and cultured loner, enjoys drinking kopi luwak, one of the most expensive coffees in the world and tormenting his personal valet Matthew, whom he mistakenly calls Thomas. Chambers, a gifted amateur historian and family man, wanted to become a history professor in his youth but chose to start a family instead. Two elderly men, blue-collar automotive mechanic Carter Chambers and billionaire Edward Cole meet for the first time in a hospital owned by Cole after both men are diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.

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