About Schmidt, New Line Cinema presents a Michael Besman/Harry Gittes production ; produced by Harry Gittes and Michael Besman ; screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor ; directed by Alexander Payne
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Label
About Schmidt, New Line Cinema presents a Michael Besman/Harry Gittes production ; produced by Harry Gittes and Michael Besman ; screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor ; directed by Alexander Payne
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Rated R for some language and brief nudity
Main title
About Schmidt
Oclc number
51909746
Responsibility statement
New Line Cinema presents a Michael Besman/Harry Gittes production ; produced by Harry Gittes and Michael Besman ; screenplay by Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor ; directed by Alexander Payne
Runtime
125
Summary
Warren Schmidt is at sea after being left a widower shortly after retiring from a lifetime as an actuary at Woodmen of the World Insurance in Omaha, Nebraska. He matter-of-factly explains that, since he is 67, retired, and a widower, he should be dead within nine years--this in a letter to the African boy he is sponsoring through a charitable relief organization. As daughter Jeannie's wedding to waterbed salesman fiancé Randall looms, Warren sets out for Denver in his Winnebago Adventurer to attend, and discovers along the way that slavish devotion to an insurance company hasn't exactly made for a life well spent
Table Of Contents
Very rich man -- Call from Jeannie -- Whole new chapter -- Keeping busy -- Dear Ndugu -- Dilly-dallying -- Very special lady -- Randall's proposition -- Heart to heart -- Mortality rates -- Under new management -- Hitting the road -- Retracing his footsteps -- Ahoy there! -- I've done a bad thing -- Sign from above -- Drink with Roberta -- Warren's new family -- In Randall's room -- More soup? -- Rehearsal -- Squid attack! -- Let no man tear asunder -- Little foggy -- Back to Omaha -- Letter from afar
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Contributor
- Winston, Matt
- Begley, Louis
- Bates, Kathy, 1948-
- New Line Cinema Corporation
- Tent, Kevin
- New Line Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Davis, Hope, 1967-
- Payne, Alexander, 1961-
- Taylor, Jim, 1962-
- Mulroney, Dermot
- Cariou, Len
- Gittes, Harry
- Kent, Rolfe
- Reeves, Phil
- Groener, Harry
- Chuck, Wendy
- Hesseman, Howard
- Glennon, James, 1942-
- Ray, Connie, 1956-
- Stewart, Jane Ann
- New Line Productions, Inc
- Squibb, June, 1929-
- Besman, Michael
- Connor, James M., 1960-
- Nicholson, Jack
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Subject
- DVD-Video discs
- Omaha (Neb.) -- Drama
- Fathers and daughters -- Drama
- Comedy films
- Begley, Louis -- Film adaptations
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films
- Padre e hijas -- Teatro
- Interpersonal relations -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Weddings -- Drama
- Retirement -- Drama
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- Begley, Louis
- Bates, Kathy, 1948-
- New Line Cinema Corporation
- Tent, Kevin
- New Line Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Davis, Hope, 1967-
- Payne, Alexander, 1961-
- Taylor, Jim, 1962-
- Mulroney, Dermot
- Cariou, Len
- Gittes, Harry
- Kent, Rolfe
- Reeves, Phil
- Groener, Harry
- Chuck, Wendy
- Hesseman, Howard
- Glennon, James, 1942-
- Ray, Connie, 1956-
- Stewart, Jane Ann
- New Line Productions, Inc
- Squibb, June, 1929-
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- Nicholson, Jack
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- Fathers and daughters -- Drama
- Comedy films
- Begley, Louis -- Film adaptations
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films
- Padre e hijas -- Teatro
- Interpersonal relations -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Weddings -- Drama
- Retirement -- Drama
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