About Schmidt [DVD video] = Monsieur Schmidt

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Title:

Added Author:

Payne, Alexander, 1961- film director.

Nicholson, Jack, actor.

Davis, Hope, 1967- actor.

Mulroney, Dermot, actor.

Bates, Kathy, 1948- actor.

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Begley, Louis. About Schmidt.

Publication Date:

2003

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Abstract:

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.

General Note:

Digital video disc.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2002.

Based on the novel by Louis Begley.

For specific added features see container or interactive features menu while viewing disc.

Performers:

Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, Len Cariou, Howard Hesseman, Kathy Bates, June Squibb, Matt Winston.

Technical Details:

DVD ; widescreen version.

Subject Term:

Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.

Retirement -- Fiction.