About Schmidt

Comedy

Jack Nicholson	Warren R. Schmidt
Kathy Bates	Roberta Hertzel
Len Cariou	Ray Nichols
Dermot Mulroney	Randall Hertzel
Hope Davis	Jeannie Schmidt
Harry Groener	John Rusk
Howard Hesseman	Larry Hertzel
Connie Ray	Vicki Rusk
June Squibb	Helen Schmidt
Mark Venhuizen	Duncan Hertzel

Director	Alexander Payne
Producer	Bill Badalato; Harry Gittes; Michael Besman
Writer	Alexander Payne; Jim Taylor; Louis Begley
Cinematography	James Glennon
Musician	Rolfe Kent

Schmidt (Jack Nicholson) finds himself very much adrift after his retirement and the sudden death of his wife. He finds a sort of therapy when he enrolls in a child sponsorship program he sees on late night television and begins to dictate in letters the story of his life to an African boy. He eventually leaves the house setting out in his Winnebago, visiting his past, and writing letters along the way. Schmidt begrudgingly attends his daughter's wedding before returning home. He returns home feeling defeated, before discovering a surprising piece of correspondence waiting in the mail.