In Alexander Payne's ABOUT SCHMIDT, Warren Schmidt (Jack Nicholson) is retiring from a long, dedicated tenure at Woodmen of the World Insurance Company. Though he is proud of this achievement, he finds some difficulty adjusting to life without work; and to make matters worse, his loving wife Helen (June Squibb) passes away, .. Read more
| Starring | Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, Kathy Bates |
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| Director | Alexander Payne |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama |
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Veteran actress Kathy Bates is eyeing retirement once her hit U.S. TV drama Harry's Law ends. The Oscar winner has enjoyed a long film career with roles in Misery, Titanic and About Schmidt and she has also scooped up nine Emmy Award nominations. And the 68 year old confesses it's time to think about calling it quits. She tells Star magazine, "I'm thinking about stopping when Harry's Law finishes. I would like to move on to other things in the time I have left. Writing, painting, maybe... Read more
Actress Hope Davis is losing sleep as she plans for an upcoming trip to England, and not just because she'll be playing former U.S. First Lady Hillary Clinton - she's terrified of flying. Ironically, the About Schmidt star's father was a pilot, but that fact doesn't make the thought of her trip to London, where she'll star in The Special Relationship, any easier. She says, "I always step on the plane with my right foot and touch the outside of the plane with my left hand. Sometimes there's... Read more
Elizabeth I and Bleak House have flown the British flag high in this year's nominations for the 58th Emmy Awards. Although US drama Into The West topped the bill with 16 nominations, Channel Four's Elizabeth I followed closely in second with a total of 13 nominations. Helen Mirren (Calendar Girls, The Pledge, Prime Suspect), who has won acclaim for her role as the virgin queen, has been nominated for the award for outstanding lead actress in a miniseries or a movie, as has Gillian Anderson (The Read more
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