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2 days ago · The 2002 Alexander Payne-directed film focuses Warren Schmidt, who resigns as an actuary with Woodmen of the World. He feels useless while adjusting to his new life, but he discovers more about ...
Apr 5, 2024 · Meet the talented cast of About Schmidt. Jack Nicholson plays Warren R. Schmidt, Kathy Bates plays Roberta Hertzel, Hope Davis plays Jeannie Schmidt, Dermot Mulroney plays Randall Hertzel, June Squibb plays Helen Schmidt, Howard Hesseman plays Larry Hertzel, Connie Ray plays Vicki Rusk, and Harry Groener plays John Rusk.
19 hours ago · His career progressed with the political satire Election (1999), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and the comedy-drama About Schmidt (2002). Payne twice won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for co-writing his directorials Sideways (2004) and The Descendants (2011).
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Apr 13, 2024 · When I first saw this in college, I ran out of the theater so my friends didn’t see me weeping. Drove home without saying goodbye. #masculinity #healthy. Still my favorite Payne, I think. I worked on this movie (I was the assistant to the producer Harry Gittes) and watched Jack film that final shot on the video monitor.
- Alexander Payne
Apr 12, 2024 · You can see instantly why Jack Nicholson is Hollywood's finest actor, even if his new film hardly matches his best. Jack holds you. My God, how he holds you.
Apr 19, 2024 · The speech at Gene's wedding acted as a culmination of Schmidt's travels. After Schmidt retired, suffered through the loss of his wife, and hated the idea of losing his daughter, he set out on a road trip filled with self-discovery. When he made the speech at Gene's wedding, he was finally realizing that everything could make sense.
