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INTRODUCING OUR SUSPECTS! Warren Schmidt plays Mr. Green, and otherwise shy and timid man who's incredibly anxious. Could he be the one who killed Mr....
Jan 3, 2013 · About Schmidt Jack Nicholson plays Warren Schmidt, a sixty-six year old, recently retired, man who is very unhappy with his life. After the passing of his wife of fourty-two years, he decides to...
Aug 6, 2022 · Warren R. Schmidt, the title character played from Alexander Payne's 2002 dramedy "About Schmidt," was a large departure for actor Jack Nicholson. Throughout his career, Nicholson has played a...
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- Lovable: Randle McMurphy - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
- Hatable: Johnny Varron - The Wild Ride
- Lovable: Jake "J.J." Gittes - Chinatown
- Hatable: Francis Costello - The Departed
- Lovable: Melvin Udall - as Good as It Gets
- Hatable: Jonathan Fuerst - Carnal Knowledge
- Lovable: Warren Schmidt - About Schmidt
- Hatable: Joker - Batman
- Lovable: Edward Cole - The Bucket List
- Hatable: Jack Torrance - The Shining
Nicholson won his first Academy Award for his portrayal of Randle McMurphy in 1975's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. This was already his fifth career Oscar nomination, even though he hadn't yet turned 40 years old. RELATED: 10 Films To Watch If You Liked One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest McMurphy is the tragic hero of the film, a mental patient who...
1960's The Wild Ride is a mostly forgotten film, so much so that it's actually in the public domain. It stars Nicholson in one of his earliest roles as Johnny Varron, a troubled young man who hits the road after kidnapping his buddy's girlfriend. He's an arrogant, narcissistic, mean-spirited character in a film that rightfully went nowhere. In 1999...
There's not much to "love" in Chinatown's characters, as it's one of the bleakest neo noir thrillersever made. But Nicholson's J.J. Gittes, a private eye who's lured into a sinister mystery involving political corruption, incest, and murder. It's a lot for any investigator to handle, and it all goes awry. Jake is no ordinary Hollywood private eye -...
Nicholson has often played characters that are neither lovable nor hatable. He's mastered the "antihero" role, which he's played in films like Five Easy Piecesand Prizzi's Honor. At the beginning of 2006's The Departed, however, Nicholson's Francis Costello utters a horrible racial slur in voiceover, establishing right away that this will not be on...
Nicholson won his second Oscar for James L. Brooks' 1983 film Terms of Endearment, in which he played a flawed but redeemable womanizer. Years later, he reunited with Brooks and won his third statue for his performance as Melvin Udall in As Good as it Gets. Melvin begins the film a miserable, merciless, and mean misanthrope who lashes out at seemin...
1971's Carnal Knowledge stars Jack Nicholson and Art Garfunkel as two college roommates whose lives are followed over the course of 25 years. Garfunkel's Sandy is a soft and gentle man, while Nicholson's Jonathan is a hardened and aggressive male chauvinist who objectifies all of the women in his life. There's no redemption in the film for Jonathan...
Director Alexander Payne is known for his bittersweet comedies which are often equal parts moving and hilarious. About Schmidt is no exception. Jack Nicholson plays the title character, Warren Schmidt, who hits the road to Denver, Colorado for his estranged daughter's wedding. Warren is a flawed man, for sure, and if not for the beautifully written...
Nowadays, Jack Nicholson's performance as the Joker in Tim Burton's 1989 Batman is viewed as a scenery-chewing riot. It's important to remember, however, that at the time of its release, Burton's Batman was considered surprisingly dark, and by far the most serious version of Batman ever. RELATED: 5 Best Moments In Tim Burton's Batman (& 5 Of The Wo...
Director Rob Reiner's 2007 drama-comedy The Bucket List stars Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freemanas Edward Cole and Carter Chambers, a billionaire and an auto mechanic who meet in a hospital where they're both being treated for terminal lung cancer. They decide, against their doctor's wishes, to hit the road and embark on adventure to live out their ...
What made Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of Stephen King's novelso brilliant is the way Kubrick and Jack Nicholson approached the character of Jack Torrance. In the novel, Jack is a good man and a loving father who's driven to madness by ghosts at the Overlook Hotel. In the film version, Nicholson's Jack Torrance is a disturbed man and an abusive hus...
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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- Alexander Payne
- 2003-01-03
Jan 3, 2003 · Jack Nicholson is like oxygen: easy to take for granted. With his trademark grin, lupine air and irrepressible rebelliousness, he is an icon whose talent is too often overshadowed by his...
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Jan 20, 2003 · Nicholson plays the recently retired insurance actuary Warren Schmidt, and we follow him as he drives across country in time for his daughter's wedding to a water bed salesman - or rather to...
