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Plot

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Plot

Jack Nicholson stars as Warren Schmidt, a man who is set adrift following retirement and the sudden death of his wife. Uncertain about his future as well as his past, Warren packs up his 30-foot Winnebago to set out on a journey across the Nebraska plains to attend his daughter's (Hope Davis) wedding to a waterbed salesman (Dermot Mulroney). But every step he takes seems wrong, and Warren seems destined to end his life as he lived it: a failure. But along the way, Warren recounts his journey and shares his observations with an unexpected friend - a poor Tanzanian boy he is sponsoring for 73 cents a day. In his long letters to the boy, Warren begins to see himself and the life he has lived with new eyes.

Comedy Drama

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in About Schmidt.

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  Jack Nicholson

  El Presidente, The Departed

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  Hope Davis

  The Phoenician Scheme, Duma

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  June Squibb

  Eleanor The Great, Thelma

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  Kathy Bates

  Titanic - 25 Year Anniversary, The Blind Side

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  Howard Hesseman

  Salvation Boulevard, Wild Oats

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  Dermot Mulroney

  When I’m Ready, Laws of Man

Crew Behind the Film

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The film's writer Jim Taylor last wrote Juliet, Naked and Downsizing.

Director

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Screenwriter

Jim Taylor

Producers

Michael Besman
Harry Gittes

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Production Updates for About Schmidt

Dec 2004

Completed

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