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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 name by Louis Begley.
About Schmidt: Directed by Alexander Payne. With Jack Nicholson, Kathy Bates, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney. Newly retired from the insurance industry, Omaha native Warren Schmidt embarks on an RV journey to his estranged daughter Jeannie's wedding in Denver Colorado, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected.
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- Drama
- Alexander Payne
- 2003-01-03
Mar 21, 2003 · Tellingly, there is a scene in the film in which Schmidt, driving back from Jeannie’s wedding, stops at a monument in Kearny, Nebraska, to see an exhibit honoring the pioneers of the frontier. The plaque says: “The cowards never started/The weak died along the way/Only the strong survived/These were the pioneers.”.
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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.
Dec 20, 2002 · Then Helen drops dead. Warren is astonished and bereft, not at the enormity of his loss, but that he had so little to lose. Here is a man who did not “plan for retirement.” “About Schmidt” has backed itself into a corner with its hero, who is so limited it would be torture to watch him for two hours, even played by Nicholson.
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About Schmidt - Full Cast & Crew. Funny and poignant character study about a retiree at a crossroads who travels cross-country in a Winnebago to stop his daughter's wedding to a waterbed...
