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<html> <head> <title>About Schmidt</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- .fotmbar { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none} .fotmbar:hover { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: underline} .newslink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .newslink:hover { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink:hover { color: blue; text-decoration: underline} .b1f, .b2f, .b3f, .b4f {font-size:1px; overflow:hidden; display:block;} .b1f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 5px;} .b2f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 3px;} .b3f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 2px;} .b4f {height:2px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 1px;} .contentf {background: #e6e6e6; padding: 2px; } .contentf div {margin-left: 5px;} --> </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/trailer.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/trailer.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <div> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table> <!-- COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED --> <!-- NO PART OF THIS WEBSITE MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION --> <!-- OF SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS (ON THE WEB, IN PRINT, OR OTHERWISE) --> <!-- --> <!-- SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- PO BOX 4436, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040 USA --> </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=15 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>About Schmidt <nobr>(22-May-2002)</nobr></b></font><p> <img src="t.about-schmidt-2.jpg" height=220 width=148 hspace=10 vspace=10 align=right><p> <p><p> <b>Director:</b> <a href="/people/305/000031212/">Alexander Payne</a><p><b>Writers:</b> <a href="/people/305/000031212/">Alexander Payne</a>; Jim Taylor<p><b>From novel:</b> <i>About Schmidt</i> by Louis Begley<p><b>Music by:</b> Rolfe Kent<p><b>Producers:</b> Harry Gittes; Michael Besman<p><b>Keywords:</b> <a href="/lists/299/000085044/">Dark Comedy</a>, <a href="/lists/000/000084745/">Wedding</a>, <a href="/lists/398/000085143/">Road Trip</a><p><div><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/half-star-20.png"></div><p>Multiple calamities befall an insurance salesman Warren Schmidt: his retirement, the death soon after of his wife, his discovery evidence of her long past infidelity, and the upcoming marriage of his daughter to riff-raff. Schmidt ventures forth in a van on a road trip to the wedding, revisiting of his life as those landmarks are encountered. Poignant tale of a man unfulfilled and alienated. Received Oscar nominations for Best Actor and Best Actress; named AFI Movie of the Year.<p> <span style="color: blue" onClick="show_trailer()">[watch trailer]</div><p> <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/907/000024835/"><font size=-1>Kathy Bates</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Jun-1948</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Misery</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/323/000130930/"><font size=-1>Len Cariou</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Sep-1939</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Sweeney Todd</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/834/000110504/"><font size=-1>Hope Davis</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Mar-1964</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>American Splendor</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/150/000024078/"><font size=-1>Howard Hesseman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Feb-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Dr. Johnny Fever on <i>WKRP in Cincinnati</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/934/000025859/"><font size=-1>Dermot Mulroney</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Oct-1963</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Young Guns</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/722/000022656/"><font size=-1>Jack Nicholson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Apr-1937</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Chinatown</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/849/000400646/"><font size=-1>June Squibb</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Nov-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Nebraska</i></td> </tr> </table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>CAST</b></font><p><table border=0><tr><td><a href="/people/722/000022656/">Jack Nicholson</a></td><td> ... Warren Schmidt</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/834/000110504/">Hope Davis</a></td><td> ... Jeannie Schmidt</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/934/000025859/">Dermot Mulroney</a></td><td> ... Randall Hertzel</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/323/000130930/">Len Cariou</a></td><td> ... Ray Nichols</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/150/000024078/">Howard Hesseman</a></td><td> ... Larry Hertzel</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">and</font></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/907/000024835/">Kathy Bates</a></td><td> ... Roberta Hertzel</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/people/849/000400646/">June Squibb</a></td><td> ... Helen Schmidt</td></tr><tr><td>Matt Winston</td><td> ... Gary Nordin (Warren's Replacement)</td></tr><tr><td>Harry Groener</td><td> ... John Rusk</td></tr><tr><td>Connie Ray</td><td> ... Vicki Rusk</td></tr><tr><td>Phil Reeves</td><td> ... Minister in Denver</td></tr><tr><td>James Micheal Connor</td><td> ... Randall's Best Man</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style="height: 0.75em"></td></tr><tr><td>Mark Venhuizen</td><td> ... Duncan Hertzel</td></tr><tr><td>Cheryl Hamada</td><td> ... Saundra</td></tr><tr><td>Jill Anderson</td><td> ... Bridesmaid Reading St. Paul</td></tr><tr><td>Vaughan Wenzel</td><td> ... Man Mourning Helen</td></tr><tr><td>Judith Kathryn Hart</td><td> ... Woman Mourning Helen</td></tr><tr><td>Marilyn Tipp</td><td> ... Neighbor Lady</td></tr><tr><td>Rev. Robert Kem</td><td> ... Priest in Omaha</td></tr><tr><td>Melissa Hanna</td><td> ... Dairy Queen Employee</td></tr><tr><td>Tung Ha</td><td> ... Frat Kid</td></tr><tr><td>James J. Crawley</td><td> ... Other Frat Kid</td></tr><tr><td>Mary Beth Nelson</td><td> ... Bartender</td></tr><tr><td>Stephen Heller</td><td> ... Tire Store Employee</td></tr><tr><td>Lester Kills Crow</td><td> ... Native American Cashier</td></tr><tr><td>Thomas Michael Belford</td><td> ... Funeral Director</td></tr><tr><td>McKenna Gibson</td><td> ... Six-Year-Old Jeannie</td></tr><tr><td>Emily McNaughton</td><td> ... Twelve-Year-Old Jeannie</td></tr><tr><td>Beth Heimann</td><td> ... Wedding Singer #1</td></tr><tr><td>Linda Wilmot</td><td> ... Wedding Singer #2</td></tr></table><p><p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>REVIEWS</b></font><p><table><tr><td><img src="/rarrow.gif"></td><td>Have you seen this film? 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