Movie Class – Week 6 Mini Script and Vocabulary List Movie: The Bucket List (35:20 – 42:02) ______Main characters: Carter (Morgan Freeman) and Edward (Jack Nicholson) Virginia – Carter’s wife, Thomas (Matthew) – Edward’s assistant ______
The Hospital Room
Virginia What kind of a hospital is this? There isn’t an M.D.1 within a mile2.
1. M.D: Doctor of Medicine 2. there isn’t an M.D. within a mile: there are no doctors anywhere
Virginia I knew we should have gone to UCLA3. The surgeons are better; the post-op4 is better. I want another opinion. Yes, oncology5 please, Dr. Veteri’s office. Let me handle this.
3. UCLA: UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) Medical Center 4. post-op (postoperative): done or happening after a medical operation 5. oncology: the study and treatment of cancer
Carter I’m going away for a while. I’m talking about Edward and I are going away. I don’t expect you to understand. Given up on them?! Given up on them?! I’ve got 45 years greased up under the hood of a car so that they didn’t want for anything6. And they didn’t! I think I have earned some time for myself!
6. to not want for anything: to be provided of have anything and everything needed
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Virginia You are a fool who thinks he has figured out a way, how not to have cancer! My husband is not for sale7!
7. My husband is not for sale: Virginia says this to Edward, saying that Edward can not use his money to attract Carter and take him away from her
Edward and Carter Go Skydiving
Carter I’ve always been afraid to go up in an airplane. Now I am going to jump out of one at the whim8 of a maniac9!
8. a whim: a sudden feeling that you must have or must do something 9. a maniac: someone who behaves in a dangerous and stupid way
Edward You’ll have to forgive him, Kyle, he is worried about the little woman.
Carter This has nothing to do with my wife!
Edward “The sequel10” was like that. She never backed me up11 on anything. The second Mrs. Edward Cole. God, that woman hated me.
10. the sequel: Edward uses this word in a humorous way to describe his second wife; usually sequel is used to describe a film, book, play, etc. that continues the story of an earlier one 11. back someone up: to support someone
Kyle – skydiving instructor Maybe because you called her “the sequel”.
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Edward Gee, Kyle. I never looked at it that way12. It’s not the jump you are afraid of. You are just afraid your chute13 won’t open and you will show up at your own funeral as a Denver omelet.
12. I never looked at it that way: we use this phrase when someone changes our opinion of something by showing a different viewpoint of the issue, problem, or situation. In the film, Edward is using this phrase sarcastically. 13. chute: parachute
Carter No, I’m pretty much worried that the chute won’t open.
Edward Man’s got some lungs14. Let’s hit the silk15. Geronimo16!
14. someone has got some lungs: he or she has the ability to shout, scream, or yell extremely loudly 15. hit the silk: to parachute / to use a parachute 16. Geronimo: people say when leaping from a great height, or moving at a high speed
Carter Pull the thing! Pull the cord! I hate your rotten guts17!
17. to hate someone’s guts: to hate someone very much
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Edward Surrender to the void18!
18. surrender to the void: to allow yourself to relax and empty your mind; this is a quote from a famous Beatles song and was inspired by transcendental meditation
Carter Which one of these damn cords do you pull?
Edward Tommy, we lived to die another day19! No jokes Thomas. Remember the will20. You are so close.
19. live to die another day: people say this when they survive something that could have been fatal 20. remember the will: Edward is referring to his own will in which Thomas will be left a lot of money
Thomas It’s actually Matthew21, but he finds that too biblical22.
21. It is actually Matthew: Edward’s assistant’s real name is Matthew 22. biblical: relating to or based on the Bible
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