Item Details
About Schmidt [videorecording]
New Line Cinema presents a Michael Besman/Harry Gittes production ; producers, Harry Gittes, Michael Besman ; screenplay writers, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor ; director, Alexander Payne.
- Format
- DVD; Video
- 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.
- Director
- Alexander Payne
- Performer(s)
- Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, Len Cariou, Howard Hesseman, Kathy Bates, June Squibb, Matt Winston.
- Release Date
- 2002
- Run Time
- 125 min.
- Language
- English dialogue, Spanish subtitles; Closed-captioned.
- Rating
- MPAA rating: R; for some language and brief nudity.
- Notes
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2002.
- Based on the novel by Louis Begley.
- Special features: 9 deleted scenes; theatrical trailer; DVD-ROM content.
- Awards note
- Golden Globes, USA, 2003: Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama (Jack Nicholson).
- Edition
- Widescreen version(1.85:1)
- ISBN(s)
- 0780642716,
- Credits
- Director of photography, James Glennon ; editor, Kevin Tent ; music, Rolfe Kent ; costume designer, Wendy Chuck ; production designer, Jane Ann Stewart.
- Published
- [United States] :New Line Home Entertainment,[2003], c2002.
- Publisher no.
- N6319 New Line Home Entertainment
- Related resources
- Internet Movie Database Summary and Reviews
- Description
- 1 videodisc (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD, Dolby digital, Dolby digital 5.1 surround, DTS, Region 1 encoding.
- Technical details
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