There are a couple of homilies by straight i could have done without, and the shots of grain being harvested are repeated a little too much, but those are only quibbles. Selznick and greene originally wanted a happy ending. With jack nicholson, hope davis, dermot mulroney, kathy bates. Production began in germany in september 2007, and the film opened.
Then again, any film with a big magical stone head is going to be pretty weird. The film stars julianne moore, woody harrelson, and ed harris, and. I read louis begleys novel about schmidt several years after seeing alexander paynes 2002 movie version, a film which has been in my thoughts ever since. It stars kate winslet, ralph fiennes, and david kross. Coal miners daughter is the amazing true story based on the book loretta lynn wrote with george vecsey.
At his dying bed, all he has left is his reminiscences and something called rosebud. Jack nicholson is great almost in spite of himself. John jacob jingleheimer schmidt is the name of robin williams character in the 1995 movie, to wong foo, thanks for everything. About schmidt is about nicholsonfull of new wrinkles. He is known for playing a wide range of starring or supporting roles, including comedy, romance, and darkly comic portrayals of antiheroes and. Msnbc anchor nicolle wallace is divorcing her husband of 14 years and dating new york times reporter michael schmidt, a regular on her afternoon show schmidt broke the story of hillary clintons. Msnbcs nicolle wallace leaves gop ambassador husband for new. About schmidt 2002 official trailer jack nicholson, kathy bates. But during tuesdays episode, the penultimate one of season 6, his name was revealed. The film puts schmidt on the road, in a reversal of nicholsons youthful journey in easy rider. The movie opens with shots of a large building in omaha, ne, called the woodmen building. The reader is a 2008 romantic drama film directed by stephen daldry and written by david hare, based on the 1995 german novel of the same name by bernhard schlink. Its the story of a man trying to find his way, as his. I normally find movie adaptations of novels to be unsatisfactory but my general reaction in this case is different.
If youre not deeply touched by this movie, check your pulse. Annie schmidt was last seen by her roommate and sent out a snapchat video while going on a hike in the tooth rock. Uncertain about his future, he decides to start a trip through nebraska to assist her daughters marriage. With ellie kemper, jane krakowski, tituss burgess, carol kane. Most of that is due to the fact that lynch and writers john roach and mary sweeney tell it straight and simple for the most part. May 12, 2020 the unbreakable kimmy schmidt has always had great guest stars, and the new interactive movie, kimmy vs. Plot warren schmidt is a depressed man and a widower who has retired. It was first screened at the sundance film festival on january 27, 2006, with a wide release the following year on january 12, 2007. It is definitely worth watching, and ill tell you why about schmidts storyline. He is retiring from his old job, he and his wife bought a new rv, and his daughter is getting married. Rent about schmidt 2002 starring jack nicholson and hope davis on dvd and bluray. Rent about schmidt 2002 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. This is not the story of a man fishing, and offering sage wisdom.
In the new 1940s set film version of the classic comic, out july 22, the villain johann schmidt also known as red skull is leader of the evil organization hydra. Dec 21, 2017 anna annie schmidt was 21 when she was reported missing in oregon on october 16, 2016. Robocop as a series consists of three films made from 1987 to 1993, and a remake from 2014. About schmidt is yet another wellacted, wellwritten, and thoughtful movie from alexander payne, and should come as a breath of fresh air for those sick of shallow lowbrow comedies.
Jan 26, 2019 unbreakable kimmy schmidt s finale ends with a jump forward four years in time that shows where each of the characters ended up, and it gives everyone a happy ending. A woman is rescued from a doomsday cult and starts life over again in new york city. Despite its grave themes, this is a film of nonstop, painful hilarity. About schmidt is a 2002 american comedydrama film written and directed by alexander. Schmidt jack nicholson who retires in the beginning of the movie. In a lifetime of work, warren schmidt has not accumulated even one. About schmidt 2002 official trailer jack nicholson, kathy bates movie hd. Her parents, jon and michelle schmidt, searched for weeks and put out news alerts to several media outlets and facebook, but had no luck. It was the last film for producers anthony minghella and sydney pollack, both of whom died prior to its release.
For the australian rules footballer, see jack nicholson footballer. It was the first country musician autobiography to hit the bestseller list and sold more than a million copies in six weeks. About schmidt becomes a road movie of culpable despair and dishonour. Schmidt is one of the roommates in 4d, he considers himself the top dog and runs the loft. Game change is a 2012 american hbo political drama film based on events of the 2008 united states presidential election campaign of john mccain, directed by jay roach and written by danny strong, based on the 2010 book of the same name documenting the campaign by political journalists mark halperin and john heilemann. Basically, it is about a man, who has to take stock of his life after having been set out to pasture retired by his company, where he was a vice president, losing his wife and trying to come to terms with the man his daughter is in love with. Payne has refined and distilled begleys vision to transform it into a. Mar 29, 2017 for years, hes only been called by his last name. The films are being shown at the hudson institute, 1015 15th street n.
Still, a schmidt of any other name would still probably need to pop a dollar in the. May 04, 2018 robocop as a series consists of three films made from 1987 to 1993, and a remake from 2014. A recently retired man embarks on a journey to his estranged daughters wedding, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected. The story is a parable, dealing with the difficulties postwar german generations have had comprehending the holocaust. Jack nicholson gives another one of his amazing performances in about schmidt. Schmidt, who has hardly has a surprise in 40 years, now. The novels hero is a harvard lawyer who worked for a white shoe firm in manhattan and now lives in the hamptons, not a fraternity man from the university of kansas and midlevel insurance executive from omaha like his notquite namesake. To compensate, he bragged nonstop and wore freaky makeup and oversized cowboy boots, which he stuffed.
Hes not altogether bitter, but not happy either, as everything his wife does annoys him, and he disapproves of the man his daughter is about to marry. I am getting married the day after tomorrow and you are going to come to my wedding and you are going to sit there and enjoy it and support me or else you can just turn right around right now and go back to omaha. He likes to do all of the interior designing not decorating, as he says to cece. This three minute clip from about schmitt shows the newly retired schmitt revisiting his successor in his old office, anxious to impart his experience and wisdom, only to be brushed off. Its a movie about a man who reaches the age of retirement only to discover that he is still trying to figure out his life and its meaning. Warren schmidt jack nicholson has arrived at several of lifes crossroads all at the same time. Jul 22, 2011 the villain in captain america, out july 22, drives a car befitting an evil dictator. Aug 05, 2016 zardoz, directed by john boorman in 1974, is a pretty weird film.
All of a sudden youre taking an interest in what i do. The film also stars hope davis, dermot mulroney and kathy bates. With eugene levy, catherine ohara, dan levy, annie murphy. Jack is so unlike schmidt that his performance generates a certain awe. The final scene in the third man is a long, elegiac sigh. The film went on to earn two nominations at the 75th academy awards, for. There are packed boxes all around him, implying that this is his last day at work. Schmidt s daughter jeannie hope davis is getting married to randall, a man with a mullet who sells waterbeds dermot mulroney, and this is just one more in a series of disappointments. In any case, i ask payne, doesnt it seem strange to make a film called downsizing thats all about reducing wastefulness, and yet to spend a huge amount. A mawkish melodrama that means less the more it tries to say, life itself suggests writerdirector dan fogelmans talents are best suited to television. A 25footlong war machine with a slick but sinister exterior. Sure about schmidt as funny moments and is sometimes full of light hearted fun, but that isnt the main theme of the movie, it really isnt.
Warren schmidt is a retired insurance salesman, who at age 66, has no particular plans other than to drive around in the motor home his wife insisted they buy. Warren schmidt jack nicholson has led a safe, predictable life working in the insurance industry in omaha, nebraska for many years, yet now faces retirement. I like this movie more than anything because a nicholson is in it and he is good. It follows the story of an insurance actuary who began his retirement and is unsure of what to do with his selfestimate of 9 years he has left. This is a startling, resonant, lifeaffirming movie both deeply funny. Schmidt sting pain index, a scalar index to the degree of pain from hymenoptera stings schmidt new girl, a character on the television sitcom new girl schmidt hammer, a device to measure the elastic properties or strength of concrete or rock. Warren calls childreach and adopts an african orphan named ndugu, who. Netflix teases kimmy schmidt interactive movie with multiple. Alexander payne stays fiercely loyal to his home state, filming almost the entire movie in nebraska including the concluding section set in denver, colorado jack nicholson is uncharacteristically subdued as office drone warren schmidt, pushed into reappraising his life at the age of 66 change is triggered by retirement from his insurance job at woodmen of the world life insurance. The movie ends as it begins, in a cemetery, and then calloway gives holly a ride back to town. Alpha dog is a 2006 american crime drama film written and directed by nick cassavetes based on the true story of the kidnapping and murder of nicholas markowitz in 2000. Actuary warren schmidt jack nicholson is sitting in his dull, gray office watching the clock until it hits five. So, if for whatever reason the followup movie doesnt happen, at least fans have been given a sense of closure.
The humor in the film comes mostly from the daughter hope davis, fed up with him and the family she is marrying into. At the same time, he is forced to take a hard look at his wife, his life, and his relationship with his estranged daughter. Its tone and intended audience changed, sometimes radically, bet. Basically, it is about a man, who has to take stock of his life after having been set out to pasture retired by his company, where he was a vice president, losing his wife and trying to come. When rich videostore magnate johnny rose and his family suddenly find themselves broke, they are forced to leave their pampered lives to regroup in schitts creek. Because its a choose your own adventure story, there are a lot of different possible endings in the unbreakable kimmy schmidt. With richard farnsworth, sissy spacek, jane galloway heitz, joseph a.
As the movie opens, we see schmidt alone in his office at. Starring emile hirsch, justin timberlake, ben foster, shawn hatosy, anton yelchin, olivia. About schmidt is a comedydrama film directed by alexander payne and it stars jack nicholson in the title role together with hope davis,dermot mulroney and kathy bates. In 2015, netflix released an original tv show called unbreakable kimmy schmidt that revolves around a naive but highly optimistic and highenergy character named kimmy who was rescued from a cult. It is definitely worth watching, and ill tell you why about schmidt s storyline. Schmidt s new inlaws include randall hertzel dermot mulroney, a waterbed salesman and promoter of pyramid schemes, and his mother roberta kathy bates, who embraces the life force with a bonecrushing squeeze. Salon kitty was a highclass berlin brothel used by the nazi intelligence service, the sicherheitsdienst sd, for espionage purposes during world war ii created in the early 1930s, the salon was taken over by ss general reinhard heydrich and his subordinate walter schellenberg in 1939. Jul 16, 2012 its a movie about a man who reaches the age of retirement only to discover that he is still trying to figure out his life and its meaning. Another actor might have made the character too tragic. Warren schmidt is a retired insurance salesman, who at age 66 has no. Alexis frets over her continuing attraction to mutt. About schmidt is a 2002 dramedy movie written and directed by alexander payne, starring jack nicholson as warren schmidt. About schmidt was theatrically released on december, 2002 by new line cinema. Remember that, young man, youve got to appreciate what you have.
Dec 20, 2002 about schmidt is essentially a portrait of a man without qualities, baffled by the emotions and needs of others. In the movie version, schmidt will also take off across the plains in an r. May 12, 2020 spoilers ahead for unbreakable kimmy schmidt. About schmidts crowning achievement is to create a truly affecting blend of two disparate tones. The main narrative of the film follows schmidt as he retires from his pedestrian job, followed by the death of. All the possible endings in the unbreakable kimmy schmidt movie. Everywhere you look this movie is labeled as a comedy which is awfully misconceiving. Schmidt and cece were married in season 5 and they now have two kids, a daughter named ruth and a son named moses. He is retiring from a lifetime of service to an insurance company. About schmidt is a 2002 american comedydrama film written and directed by alexander payne, produced by michael besman, harry gittes and rachael horovitz, cowritten by jim taylor with music by rolfe kent and starring jack nicholson in the title role.
Ruth franklin writes that it was aimed specifically at the generation bertolt brecht called the nachgeborenen, those. I like this movie more than anything because a nicholson is in it and he is good and. Jul 25, 2014 schmidts revelation is a classic piece of narrative redemption, when faced with overwhelming crisis and the collapse of a happy house. The brothel was managed by original owner kitty schmidt throughout its entire existence. Along the way, he writes long letters to a poor boy from tanzania whom hes funding for 73 cents a day. Its nice and easy to take positives and encouragement from a film like about schmidt, but its also worthwhile pondering what the film is subtly removing from audiences eyes, its all about questioning face value perception, and now, more than ever in times when technology does most of our thinking for us, its important to look, and. The way it is presented is the main flaw with this film. That jack nicholson makes this man so watchable is a tribute not only to his craft, but to his legend. Payne and his cowriter jim taylor melded two sources to arrive at the screenplay for the film, the louis begley novel about schmidt which concerns a recently retired manhattan lawyer taking a crosscountry trip in his saab to stop his daughters wedding and an unproduced early payne script called the coward. Alexander paynes endoflife road movie about schmidt new line is like a twilight zone episode in which jack nicholson awakes to find himself a. Schmidts gravestone anna maria geertruida annie schmidt 20 may 1911 1 21 may 1995 2 was a dutch writer. All the celebrity guest stars in the unbreakable kimmy.
Still stuck in schitts creek, johnny pursues some unusual business ventures, while moira plunges into the local scene, and the kids look for work. Mar 29, 2017 it is the name that i was called for most of my life and i want my name back. May 11, 2020 kimmy schmidt has the advantage of a quartet of established characters in kimmy ellie kemper, titus tituss burgess, jacqueline jane krakowski, and lillian carol kane, and four seasons. John joseph nicholson born april 22, 1937 is a retired american actor and filmmaker whose career spans more than 50 years.
He and the film are in search of life, and find it in his daughters plans to marry a man he correctly perceives as a buffoon and a fraud. About schmidt has backed itself into a corner with its hero, who is so limited it would be torture to watch him for two hours, even played by nicholson. The clock hits five and warren solemnly grabs his coat. May 31, 2018 kimmy schmidt coshowrunner robert carlock tells thr in an interview that the second half of the netflix series fourth and final season will likely air in 2019, with a movie for the tina fey co. Even schmidt, its main character, is called al or schmidtie in the novel and. The movie starts off with old warren schmidt jack nicholson sitting a dark and dull office watching the clock. It is very loosely based on the 1996 novel of the same title by louis begley. And it became clear why hes been schmidt for all these years. Directed by alexander payne, based on the novel by louis begley. But it doesnt necessarily prove out the chooseyourownadventure or, as frederick says theyre called in england, a whence.
Winston saintmarie schmidt is a main character on fox comedy new girl. Hope davis in about schmidt 2002 harry gittes at an event for about. The straight story is an honest movie rather than a saccharine one. The director of the movie, alexander payne takes the audiences with jack on a. Even schmidt, its main character, is called al or schmidtie in the novel and warren in the movie.
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