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©2002
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1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Includes DVD-ROM component
Warren Schmidt is about to 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
Originally released as a motion picture in 2002
Based on the novel by Louis Begley
Special features: 9 deleted scenes; theatrical trailer; DVD-ROM content
Director of photography, James Glennon ; editor, Kevin Tent ; music, Rolfe Kent ; costume designer, Wendy Chuck ; production designer, Jane Ann Stewart
Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, Len Cariou, Howard Hesseman, Kathy Bates, June Squibb, Matt Winston
MPAA rating: R; for some language and brief nudity
Also issued on VHS
DVD, Dolby digital, Dolby digital 5.1 surround, DTS, Region 1 encoding
English dialogue, Spanish subtitles; Closed-captioned
Golden Globes, USA, 2003: Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama (Jack Nicholson)