| Edition |
Widescreen version. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround sound, DTS Surround, stereo surround sound; widescreen presentation preserving the original theatrical 1.85:1 aspect ratio; enhanced for widescreen televisions. |
| Note |
Based on the novel by Louis Begley. |
| Cast |
Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, Len Cariou, Howard Hesseman, Kathy Bates, June Squibb, Matt Winston, Harry Groener, Connie Ray, Phil Reeves, James Michael Connor. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, James Glennon ; edited by Kevin Tent ; music by Rolfe Kent ; production designer, Jane Ann Stewart ; costume designer, Wendy Chuck. |
| Note |
Originally produced as an American motion picture in 2002. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Rated R for some language and brief nudity. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Special features: Deleted scenes (31 min.); Trailers (8 min.); Woodmen Tower sequences [short films] (14 min.); DVD-ROM content [requires a DVD-ROM drive and InterActual Player, included on disc]. |
| Awards |
Winner, 2003 Golden Globes [USA] for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture-Drama: Jack Nicholson, and Best Screenplay-Motion Picture: Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor. |
| Language |
In English with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Begley, Louis -- Film adaptations.
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Black humor.
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Retirement -- Drama.
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Weddings -- Drama.
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Interpersonal relations -- Drama.
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Fathers and daughters -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Omaha (Neb.) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Comedy films.
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Film adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Payne, Alexander, 1961-
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Taylor, Jim, 1962-
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Besman, Michael.
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Gittes, Harry.
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Nicholson, Jack.
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Davis, Hope, 1967-
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Mulroney, Dermot.
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Cariou, Len.
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Hesseman, Howard.
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Bates, Kathy, 1948-
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Squibb, June, 1929-
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Winston, Matt.
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Glennon, James, 1942-2006
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Tent, Kevin.
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Kent, Rolfe.
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Chuck, Wendy.
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Stewart, Jane Ann.
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Begley, Louis.
About Schmidt.
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New Line Cinema Corporation.
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New Line Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0780642716 |
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9780780642713 |
| Standard No. |
794043631924 |
| Music No. |
N6319 New Line Home Entertainment |
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