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For About Schmidt, Payne assembled many of the same crew members with whom he had worked in his two previous films, Citizen Ruth and Election, including Taylor, production designer Jane Ann Stewart, cinematographer James Glennon, editor Kevin Tent, composer Rolfe Kent and casting directors Lisa Beach and John Jackson. As with his previous films, Payne shot this film primarily in Omaha, Nebraska, his hometown.
Dec 13, 2002 · ''About Schmidt'' is much more than a character study of a man some might dismiss as bland. The third movie directed by Mr. Payne, who was born in Omaha and set his last film, ''Election,'' in the ...
Academy Award-winner Jack Nicholson ("The Bucket List," "As Good As It Gets") stars as Warren Schmidt, an embittered man who has just retired after 32 years as an insurance company actuary. When his wife dies suddenly, Warren packs up the 35-foot Winnebago that he and his wife had planned to travel the country in and sets out on a journey across the Nebraska plains to Denver, Colorado, for his daughter's wedding to a waterbed salesman whom Warren despises. Every move Warren makes seems wrong ...
Warren Schmidt (Jack Nicholson) retires from an insurance agency in Omaha and takes a road trip in his new RV, hoping maybe to reconnect with his daughter (Hope Davis) during her wedding in Denver. The distinguishing bracket for the story revolves around Warren honestly writing his new sponsor-child in Tanzania.
About Schmidt. 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 the World Insurance Company, and he feels utterly adrift. Furthermore, his only daughter Jeannie (Hope Davis) is about to marry a boob.
"About Schmidt" is a hostility-provoking film for the same reason that American citizens have lost their civil rights. The picture endorses, nay lionizes, complacency, inaction and the privilege ...
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