About Schmidt

The Resource About Schmidt
Label
About Schmidt
Statement of responsibility
New Line Cinema presents a Michael Besman/Harry Gittes production ; producers, Harry Gittes, Michael Besman ; screenplay writers, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor ; director, Alexander Payne
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Warren Schmidt is about the taste the not-so-sweet slice of life. When he retired, he and his wife, Helen, had big plans - but an unexpected twist changes everything. Now, all of Schmidt's attention is focused on his daughter's upcoming wedding to a loser waterbed salesman. From meeting the groom's hippie parents to sponsoring a Tanzanian foster child, Schmidt embarks on a search for answers, only to discover that life is full of trick questions
Additional physical form
Also issued on VHS.
Awards note
Golden Globes, USA, 2003: Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama (Jack Nicholson).
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, James Glennon ; editor, Kevin Tent ; music, Rolfe Kent ; costume designer, Wendy Chuck ; production designer, Jane Ann Stewart
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for some language and brief nudity
Language note
English dialogue, Spanish subtitles; Closed-captioned
PerformerNote
Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, Len Cariou, Howard Hesseman, Kathy Bates, June Squibb, Matt Winston
Runtime
125
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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