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| Year: | 2002 |
| Rating: | 7.3(53701) |
| Listed in: | Comedy, Drama |
| Directed by: | Alexander Payne |
| Actors: | Jack Nicholson Dermot Mulroney Howard Hesseman Kathy Bates Hope Davis June Squibb |
| "Schmidt Happens" | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Alexander Payne | |
| Actors | |
| Jack Nicholson | as Warren Schmidt |
| Dermot Mulroney | as Randall Hertzel |
| Howard Hesseman | as Larry Hertzel |
| Harry Groener | as John Rusk |
| Len Cariou | as Ray Nichols |
| Mark Venhuizen | as Duncan Hertzel |
| Phil Reeves | as Minister in Denver |
| Matt Winston | as Gary Nordin - Warren's Replacement |
| James M. Connor | as Randall's Best Man |
| Vaughan Wenzel | as Man Mourning Helen |
| Robert Kem | as Priest in Omaha |
| Tung Ha | as Frat Kid |
| James J. Crawley | as Other Frat Kid |
| Steve Heller | as Tire Store Employee |
| Lester Kills Crow | as Native American Cashier |
| Thomas Michael Belford | as Funeral Director |
| Chris Huse | as Chuck Woodard |
| Joe Kunze | as Partygoer #1 |
| Abdallah Mtulu | as Ndugu |
| Mark J. O'Leary | as Bartender |
| Robert Kingston Phillips Green | as Male shopper |
| Michael Tolochko | as Surly Denver Neighbor Taking Trash Out |
| Actresses | |
| Kathy Bates | as Roberta Hertzel |
| Hope Davis | as Jeannie Schmidt |
| June Squibb | as Helen Schmidt |
| Connie Ray | as Vicki Rusk |
| Cheryl Hamada | as Saundra |
| Jill Anderson | as Bridesmaid Reading St. Paul |
| Judith Kathryn Hart | as Woman Mourning Helen |
| Marilyn Tipp | as Neighbor Lady |
| Melissa Hanna | as Dairy Queen Employee |
| Mary Beth Nelson | as Bartender |
| McKenna Gibson | as Six-year-old Jeannie |
| Emily McNaughton | as Twelve-year-old Jeannie |
| Beth Heimann | as Wedding Singer #1 |
| Linda Wilmot | as Wedding Singer #2 |
| Angela Lansbury | as Herself |
| Jody Vinci | as Airline Ticket Agent |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Filming dates: | 6 March 2001 - May 2001 |
| Budget: | USD 30,000,000 |
| Gross: |
USA - 65,010,106 USD (26 May 2003) UK - 757,325 GBP (26 January 2003) Worldwide - 22,700,000 USD (9 March 2003) (except USA) Argentina - 748,836 USD (13 May 2003) Italy - 958,416 EUR (9 February 2003) Spain - 912,537 EUR (16 February 2003) |
| Plot: | Warren Schmidt is forced to deal with an ambiguous future as he enters retirement. Soon after, his wife passes away and he must come to terms with his daughter's marriage to a man he does not care for and the failure that his life has become. |
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Original Soundtracks
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"You Sexy Thing" (1974) Written by Errol Brown Performed by Hot Chocolate Courtesy of EMI Records Ltd. Under license from EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets "Quetrième Gnossiennes" Written by Erik Satie Performed by Aldo Ciccolini Courtesy of EMI Records Under license from EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets "Sentimental Lady" (1972) Written by Bob Welch (as Robert L. Welch) Performed by Bob Welch Courtesy of Capitol Records Under license from EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets "Afrikaan Beat" (1962) Written and Performed by Bert Kaempfert Courtesy of Polydor GmbH, Hamburg Under license from Universal Music Enterprises "You Wear It Well" (1972) Written by Martin Quittenton (as M. Martin Quinttenton) and Rod Stewart Performed by Rod Stewart Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group Under license from Universal Music Enterprises "Longer" (1971) Written by Dan Fogelberg "Wedding Song (There Is Love)" (1967) Written by N. Paul Stookey (as Noel Paul Stookey) "Takin' Care of Business" (1970) Written by Randy Bachman Performed by Bachman-Turner Overdrive Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group Under license from Universal Music Enterprises |
Goofs
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Continuity: The position of the purple napkin when Schmidt is being fed the soup in bed. Continuity: During a conversation between Schmidt and his daughter, his sandwich changes from a fairly sparse one to a somewhat plumper one. It subsequently returns to its original thin shape. Continuity: During the conversation between Warren Schmidt and his daughter after the funeral, his right hand changes position on the glass of milk between the shots. Continuity: The broccoli changes position between shots on Schmidt's plate during Ray's speech. Continuity: The vacuum cleaner behind Jeannie during Warren's lunch moves between shots. Continuity: The sky during Warren's confrontation with Ray alternates between sunny and overcast. GEOG: When Warren is in Colorado, there are Nebraska license plates on cars parked in driveways. Continuity: When Warren calls Ray on a payphone, a pickup truck that has begun leaving a parking lot in the background in the wide shot is nowhere to be seen in the background a split-second later when the shot goes to close-up. Continuity: When Warren Schmidt leaves Roberta Hertzel's house to go and sleep in his RV, the RV is noticeably tilted to the right due to its being parked on the side of the street. When he is inside, it is perfectly level. Continuity: Throughout the retirement dinner, Warren Schmidt is wearing a small gold pin on the left lapel of his suit jacket. When he arrives home from the function and takes the phone call from his daughter, the pin is missing. Continuity: In the opening scene, while Warren Schmidt is sitting in his office watching the clock, the telephone, and especially the phone cable, repeatedly change positions on the desk between shots. Continuity: The seasons change back and forth, between winter and summer. Sometimes the trees are bare, but in the next scene, they're full again. At the beginning of the movie, the trees are bare and it's gray and cold. Yet, two weeks later he leaves on his trip and it's summer all of a sudden. SYNC: SPOILER: When Helen collapses fatally, the vacuum is seen to be unplugged, but is heard running loudly. Continuity: SPOILER: When Warren returns home from his journey to Denver which has presumably taken several weeks, you can see a vase of fairly fresh-looking flowers at the top left of the shot. CHAR: In the shot where Warren and Helen pull up to the restaurant for Warren's retirement dinner, the sign writes "retirement" as "retirment." GEOG: Scenes showing the University of Kansas are obviously not filmed in Kansas. The real Kansas buildings have red roofs with beige brick. CHAR: SPOILER: Warren Schmidt's home address is listed as 5042 Farnam Street for most of the film, but at the end, when he gets the letter from the nun, the address on the envelope is listed as 5402 Farnam Street It is not unheard of for mis-addressed letters to be delivered. Revealing mistakes: When Warren uses a payphone to call Ray, he is asked to press "3" to erase his message and re-record. He actually presses the # key. CHAR: The key Helen picks out on her way to the car is not a car key. Fact errors: At the wedding, the priest/minister wears the wrong color of vestments: a purple chasuble and blue stole - purple is for Lent and blue is for Advent. The appropriate color for a wedding in terms of church vestments (be it Catholic, Episcopalian or other) is white. |
Quotes
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Larry Hertzel: All I was doing was welcoming somebody into the family. Roberta Hertzel: Larry, we've been welcomed by you, thank you so much, now would you please just drink your fucking milk and shut the fuck up. Warren Schmidt: You're making a big mistake, don't marry this guy, don't do it. Jeannie Schmidt: What are you talking about? Warren Schmidt: The other night I had a dream and it was very real. Your mother was there and you were there and your aunt Estelle. And there was a... well, it wasn't really a spaceship, it was more like a blimp or an orb of some kind. And then a bunch of weird creatures came out and started trying to take you away, and you wanna know what? They all looked like Randall. Do you understand? And I was jumping up and down to save you. Roberta Hertzel: You already know how famously they get along as friends, but did you know that their sex life is positively white hot? The main reason both of my marriages failed was sexual. I'm an extremely sexual person, I can't help it, it just how I'm wired, you know, even when I was a little girl. I had my first orgasm when I was 6 in ballet class. Anyway, the point is that I have been always very easily aroused and very orgasmic, Jeannie and I have a lot in common that way. Clifford and Larry, they were nice guys, but they just could not keep up with me. Anyway, I don't want to betray Jeannie's confidence, but let me just assure you that whatever problems those two kids may run into along the way, they will always be able to count on what happens between the sheets to keep them together. More soup? Warren Schmidt: Eh... no, I think I'm fine now. [repeated line] Warren Schmidt: Dear Ndugu... Warren Schmidt: You can't marry him. I mean... Look at these people! Roberta Hertzel: People used to think it was strange 'cause I breast-fed him 'til he was almost five, but I say - hunh, just look at the results! Jeannie Schmidt: All of a sudden you're taking an interest in what I do? You have an opinion about my life *now*? Okay, you listen to me. 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. Warren Schmidt: You're not gonna believe this. We had a tire swing over there. [Warren is on top of the motor home under a starry night] Warren Schmidt: Helen, what did you really think of me, deep in your heart? Was I really the man you wanted to be with? Was I? Or were you disappointed and too nice to show it? I forgive you for Ray. I forgive you. That was a long time ago, and I know I wasn't always the king of kings. I let you down. I'm sorry, Helen. Can you forgive me? Can you forgive me? [a shooting star passes by] Warren Schmidt: Well Ndugu, I'll close now. You probably can't wait to run and cash this check and get yourself something to eat. Warren Schmidt: I know we're all pretty small in the big scheme of things, and I suppose the most you can hope for is to make some kind of difference, but what kind of difference have I made? What in the world is better because of me? Warren Schmidt: I'd like a blizzard with vanilla ice cream. Dairy Queen Employee: Ok. What would you like on it? Warren Schmidt: Uhh... I'll have the Reese's Pieces... and some cookie dough. Dairy Queen Employee: And what size? Warren Schmidt: ...medium. Warren Schmidt: Relatively soon, I will die. Maybe in 20 years, maybe tomorrow, it doesn't matter. Once I am dead and everyone who knew me dies too, it will be as though I never existed. What difference has my life made to anyone. None that I can think of. None at all. Helen Schmidt: [her last words to Warren Schmidt] Don't dilly-dally. Warren Schmidt: Randall, what happened about that investment opportunity? You never called me back. Duncan Hertzel: You mean that pyramid scheme? Larry Hertzel: Let's not talk about that now. Duncan Hertzel: All I know is I lost $800. |
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