Jack Nicholson
Warren Schmidt
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- Summary Warren Schmidt (Nicholson) has arrived at several of life's crossraods all at the same time. With no job, no wife, and no family, he is desperate to find something meaningful in his thoroughly unimpressive life. He sets out on a journey of self-discovery, exploring his roots across Nebraska in a 35-foot motor home.
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About Schmidt is a 2002 American comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Alexander Payne and starring Jack Nicholson in the title role. The film also stars Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, and Kathy Bates. It is loosely based on the 1996 novel of the same title by Louis Begley.
- $30 million
- Michael Besman, Harry Gittes
Dec 20, 2002 · "About Schmidt," directed by Alexander Payne, written by Payne and Jim Taylor, is not about a man who goes on a journey to find himself, because there is no one to find. When Schmidt gets into his 35-foot Winnebago Adventurer, which he and his wife Helen thought to use in his retirement, it is not an act of curiosity but of desperation: He has ...
Summaries. A recently retired man embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected. Warren Schmidt (Jack Nicholson) has led a safe, predictable life working in the insurance industry in Omaha, Nebraska for many years, yet now faces retirement.
Jan 3, 2003 · 1 Video. 99+ Photos. Drama. A recently retired man embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected. Director. Alexander Payne. Writers. Louis Begley. Alexander Payne. Jim Taylor. Stars. Jack Nicholson. Hope Davis. Dermot Mulroney. See production info at IMDbPro. RENT/BUY.
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- Drama
- Alexander Payne
- 2003-01-03
Mar 5, 2021. Warren Schmidt (Jack Nicholson) has arrived at several of life's crossroads all at the same time. To begin with, he is retiring from a lifetime of service as an actuary for Woodmen of...
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- Alexander Payne
- R
- Jack Nicholson
Jan 24, 2003 · Schmidt’s heart-breakingly meagre achievements, recorded in his office in-house newsletter, are just like Reese Witherspoon’s array of talents in the school yearbook - only very much without her...
Mar 21, 2003 · Payne and his co-writer Jim Taylor melded two sources to arrive at the screenplay for the film, the Louis Begley novel About Schmidt (which concerns a recently retired Manhattan lawyer taking a cross-country trip in his Saab to stop his daughter’s wedding) and an unproduced early Payne script called “The Coward”.
