Aussie film earns prime slot Nov 21, 2008
The colourful Elliot said Mary And Max was like a cross between Little Miss Sunshine and About Schmidt - only with claymation characters. It is based on 20 years of letters between Elliot and his American penpal. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Nov 7, 2008
i.am) that is the funniest nude scene in movies since Jack Nicholson and Kathy Bates drained a hot tub in About Schmidt. None of these sequences make sense to young kids. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Out of the Will Oct 24, 2008
Jenkins work is reminiscent of Jack Lemmon in "Save the Tiger" and Jack Nicholson in "About Schmidt.". "The Visitor" comes from Overture Pictures, a small, new company. (Fox News)
READ MORE: What was shot where across the USA? Sep 22, 2008
Nebraska: Terms of Endearment (1983) shot in Lincoln, while Alexander Payne's Citizen Ruth (1996), Election (1999) and About Schmidt (2002) came out of Omaha. Recently, Lovely, Still, starring Martin Landau and Ellen Burstyn wrapped production in Omaha, too. (USA Today -- Life)
Theres something about cars in movies Sep 15, 2008
Many of them are excellent: Thelma and Louise, Transamerica, Rain Man, Sideways, About Schmidt and Little Miss Sunshine all were nominated for and several won Academy Awards. Some are low brow but still a lot of fun: Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Winnebago employees anticipated job cuts Aug 2, 2008
Remember the 2002 film About Schmidt. Jack Nicholson s character, a thrifty actuary in Omaha, Neb. (Charles City Press, IO)
Hollywood boys who just don't want to grow up May 16, 2008
Still, Bucket List proved to be a box office hit, and Nicholson has been able to mix big Hollywood films like List with award-winning fare such as About Schmidt. Meryl Streep also has survived poor movies and managed to expand her already formidable range. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Alexander Payne signs on for 'Hung' May 9, 2008
Payne's credits include "Sideways," as well as "About Schmidt" and "Election." Special Report. Links posted in this story. (Variety)
Teams We Hate Mar 19, 2008
I'm guessing that beleaguered interim coach Kevin O'Neill made like Jack Nicholson in About Schmidt, when he rolls over in bed, glares at his wife, and asks, "Who is this old woman living in my house?" She dies shortly thereafter. Let's hope Arizona exits just as gracefully this weekend. (Slate)
Im happy that Im alive!: Jack Mar 19, 2008
With About Schmidt , Somethings Gotta Give and now The Bucket List youve played characters whove been forced to change their priorities as theyve reached a certain age. I think the world is trying to tell me something. (Times of India)
Farewell, New Line Feb 29, 2008
There were also Boogie Nights, The Wedding Singer, About Schmidt, and Elf. It was always highs and lows with New Line, commercially and artistically. (Slate)
Blu-ray's victory means time to embrace a new device Feb 28, 2008
You could take that to mean that you might well be replacing your current DVD library, from About Schmidt to Zoolander, unless you have a PlayStation3 or unless you plan to run parallel systems in your family room, which you could do, but then that's what you thought about your record collection when the Walkman came along. But Moffatt says people like me - you know, adults - need to stop thinking of PS3 as a machine that 25-year-old pale-faced flabby boys, who live in their moms' basements,... (Canada.com)
Yesteryear, Forest City; today, the nation Feb 13, 2008
movies, including hits like About Schmidt and Spaceballs, and large newspapers ranging from The Wall Street Journal to the New York Times to the Los Angeles Times report on the company that is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The latest in the line of positive media coverage came via the National Geographic Channel, which featured the making of a Winnebago Vectra motor home on its Ultimate Factory series. (Forest City Summit, IO)
'I do this because I love it' Feb 3, 2008
I had that experience, too, on About Schmidt. I really got myself into a mess for that picture as well and every day I would look into that mirror and think, terrified: "What if I get stuck in this character? What if I can't get back to me?" Then I guess I have always looked kind of extreme up there. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Jack of all trades Jan 29, 2008
From "About Schmidt" to "Something's Gotta Give" and now "The Bucket List," he's imbued his roles of older men with the spice of life. "I want to bring sexuality to middle-aged characters," he said. (CNN -- International)
Recent Oscar Winners and Nominees Jan 22, 2008
With a best actor Oscar for As Good As It Gets (1997) and another nomination for About Schmidt (2002), Jack Nicholson extended his record for most Oscar actor nominations to 12. Second is Laurence Olivier with 10. (Suite101.com)
With no ceremony, we must make do with these oh-so-Golden memories Jan 13, 2008
In 2003, accepting a Golden Globe for best actor for "About Schmidt," he admitted to having taken valium before the ceremony, but he nonetheless did not feel relaxed enough to bend over. TOO MUCH INFORMATION: Last year, accepting a best actress trophy for "Lackawanna Blues," an elated S. Epatha Merkerson, then 53, announced, "I feel like I'm 16. And if I wasn't in the middle of a hot flash, I'd believe that." Thanks for sharing, S.. (Boston Globe)
The Joker shows his serious side Jan 7, 2008
"It's acting - you've got to let the character talk to you . . . I had a tougher time [looking in the mirror] with 'About Schmidt' because I'd wake up every morning - I could still see the mirror - and I got myself into this state, and I thought, 'What if this don't go away?' I mean, am I gonna be like this forever?" Unlike the skydiving tycoon he plays in "The Bucket List," Nicholson's character in "About Schmidt" was a regular guy, unceremoniously retired. Nicholson's recent hospitalization... (Boston Globe)
Death Myths: The Bucket List and The Savages Dec 28, 2007
Is that what you want. To be smothered by pity and grief. (Time.com)
Scratch this Bucket off your list Dec 21, 2007
While not as superbly restrained as he was in About Schmidt, Nicholson dials down the bad-boy grins and arching eyebrows substantially. Freeman cant entirely get away from the sage shtick hes perfected of late, but he makes the character more than the two-dimensional pillar of wisdom hes played so often. (MSNBC -- News)
Los Angeles film critics honor Day-Lewis drama Dec 10, 2007
The last film to win both awards was Steven Spielberg's 1993 film "Schindler's List." In recent years, the group has favored smaller or edgier films such as "Brokeback Mountain," "About Schmidt," "In the Bedroom" and "Secrets & Lies.". Next on the awards agenda are announcements of the New York Film Critics Circle's picks for the year on Monday, the Critics Choice Awards nominations on Tuesday, and the Golden Globe Award nominations on Thursday. (Reuters Canada)
Senate's 'historic vote on global warming' set for Wednesday... Dec 5, 2007
com - Bay & Environment: Historic vote on global warming. Bay onment is The Suns blog devoted to news about Marylands environment. (The Drudge Report)
Stiller shines in 'The Heartbreak Kid' Oct 6, 2007
Jerry Stiller gets his share of rude remarks, too, and a hot tub scene that may rank with the one in "About Schmidt.". Ben Stiller, meanwhile, is the good guy caught in the middle. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Bates honoured for years of work Sep 22, 2007
She received two further Academy Award nominations after her best actress Oscar - for Primary Colours in 1999 and About Schmidt in 2003 - and has also directed episodes of TV shows Six Feet Under and NYPD Blue. The Satellite Awards honour the most outstanding achievements in the fields of cinema, television and new media. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Indie music venue, theater bring more culture to Omaha Sep 4, 2007
The initial series featured 10 movies hand-picked by Omaha native Alexander Payne, the movie director behind "Sideways," "About Schmidt" and "Election." Among the selections were Akira Kurasowa's "Seven Samurai" (1954), Charlie Chaplin's "Modern Times" (1936)," Robert Altman's "McCabe Miller" (1971) and Federico Fellini's "8. 5" (1963).Rachel Jacobson, executive director of the nonprofit theater, said the mission of Film Streams is to enhance Omaha's culture by showing movies that wouldn't... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Eddie Murphy Movie To Be Shot In Denver Aug 2, 2007
Other films with Colorado connections include "Catch and Release" in 2005, "Silver City" in 2004 and "About Schmidt" in 2002. . (CBS 4, CO)
* I now pronounce you ... racist, sexist and homophobic Jul 27, 2007
That, in any event, is the approach taken by the director, Dennis Dugan, working from a screenplay credited to the bizarre triumvirate of Barry Fanaro, whose credits include years of working on the sitcom The Golden Girls, and Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, who together wrote Sideways, Election and About Schmidt. It's next to impossible to reconcile Payne and Taylor, who excel in sharply honed, intelligent satire, with the crude laughs and nyuck-nyuck physical high jinks that characterize Chuck... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Queer as Folk Jul 25, 2007
It's impossible to know how much of the final script derives from the authors of Election, About Schmidt, and Sideways, and how much flowed from the pen responsible, most recently, for Men in Black II. Kudos to all. I have never heard the cause of gay equality more delectably phrased than as "the right to put whatever you want up your ass.". (Minneapolis City Pages)
Chuck & Larry Jul 22, 2007
The film, which stars Sandler and Kevin James as two firefighters who marry in order to secure James' pension, was written by Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (Sideways, About Schmidt) and directed by Dennis Dugan (Happy Gilmore). Chuck also stars Rob Schneider, Ving Rhames, and the lovely Jessica Biel as a lawyer/ love interest for Sandler's character. (IGN FilmForce)
A farcical (but tame) take on friends with benefits Jul 21, 2007
This is a film in which people are content not to talk about their feelings, which is odd since two-thirds of the surviving script is credited to Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor , the men who wrote "Sideways ," "About Schmidt ," and "Election ." (The other third goes to Barry Fanaro. Payne and Taylor are the Chuck and Larry of semi-satire, and somehow the ambivalent tone of their own movies has crept past Dennis Dugan's fumbling direction and into this one. (Boston Globe -- Living)
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry Jul 21, 2007
The script was originally written by Barry Fanaro ("Kingpin," "Men in Black II," "The Crew"), and then Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor -- the duo behind "About Schmidt," "Election," and "Sideways," all savvy, funny movies -- were brought in to do rewrites. Most of what they added did not make the final cut. (DVD Talk)
Ving Rhames Co-Stars In 'I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry' Jul 20, 2007
" Rhames was born and raised in Harlem, New York. Rhames studied dramatic arts at the New York High School of Performing Arts and then at the Juilliard School of Drama. After graduating from Juilliard, Rhames went on to perform in Shakespeare in the Park productions. In 1984, he appeared in front of the camera for the first time in the television movie Go Tell it on the Mountain and was then quickly cast in minor roles in several popular television shows including Miami Vice, Tour of Duty and... (Atlanta Daily World, GA)
* First impressions count Jul 20, 2007
Alexander Payne's About Schmidt does something similar: a tableau of Omaha, Nebraska, closing in on the dull office where Schmidt works. Both are doing something more than establishing and scene-setting. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Message comedy confusing, not good Jul 20, 2007
The script is a scattershot contraption partly written by Oscar-winning screenwriters Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, who proved their skill with Election, Sideways and About Schmidt. There are a couple of scenes that seem to bear their stamp, particularly an argument in which the pair snipe at each other in terms any long-married couple will recognize. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
Google chair: FTC won't halt DoubleClick deal May 31, 2007
Google chairman dismisses privacy issue - U.S. Business - MSNBC.com. Google chairman dismisses privacy issue. (MSNBC -- Business)
Google chairman dismisses privacy issue May 31, 2007
Sign up to receive our free Tech e-newsletter and get the top news of the day in your inbox. Get breaking news in your inbox as it happens. (USA Today -- Tech)
Google chairman says privacy concerns won't scuttle DoubleClick acquisition May 30, 2007
The Associated Press Published: May 30, 2007. SEOUL, South Korea: Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said Wednesday that U.S. regulatory approval of his company's proposed acquisition of DoubleClick will not be hindered by possible concerns over privacy. (International Herald Tribune)
Bart Simpson full frontal nude in upcoming feature film?... Apr 29, 2007
In the unlikeliest nude scene since Kathy Bates' hot-tub hijinks in About Schmidt, Bart Simpson will reportedly go full frontal in his upcoming feature film. According to Newsweek, which got a sneak peek at The Simpsons Movie, "little Bart flashes his little part to the entire world" while skateboarding sans clothing on a dare from dad Homer. (The Drudge Report)
Three-way race for Oscar Apr 29, 2007
He and his writing partner, Jim Taylor, were nominated for Election but they were shut out of the race for About Schmidt. . (MSNBC -- Academy Awards)
Seventy, and he's still shining Apr 22, 2007
He was the comic-strip Joker looking for colourful trouble in Batman and the colourless retired executive trying to avoid it in About Schmidt ... Kathy BatesActor: About Schmidt (2002) ... When we worked together on About Schmidt, I found Jack incredibly professional, which I wasn't expecting because he has such a bad-boy image. (Guardian Unlimited)
A short affair in Paris Apr 14, 2007
Most notably, the concluding short from Alexander Payne, director of About Schmidt and Sideways, is the story of an unremarkable American tourist that begins funny and quirky and winds up profound and moving. It made me realise: only Paris, and maybe New York, could be the subject of such a film. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
A Holocaust survivor struggles to find himself at Harvard Apr 14, 2007
Imagine that story and you'll get a sense of how it feels to read " Matters of Honor, " by Louis Begley , the author of "About Schmidt." And yet something about this chronicle following three friends from Harvard in the early 1950s to southern France in the present keeps one turning the pages. That something is Begley's language, which is as compelling and crystalline as a diamond. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Official Oscar Quiz Feb 24, 2007
His 12th nomination, in 2002 for his leading performance in About Schmidt allowed Jack Nicholson to extend his lead. Laurence Olivier has received ten nominations for acting (Olivier was also nominated in the Directing category and received two Honorary Oscars). (Monsters and Critics.com)
10 greatest Oscar upsets Feb 24, 2007
2003: Michael Caine ("The Quiet American") and Nicolas Cage ("Adaptation") both gave superb performances, but everyone figured the race was between a geezer-ish Jack Nicholson ("About Schmidt") and a murderous Daniel Day-Lewis ("Gangs of New York"). Then Adrien Brody ("The Pianist") snuck out of hiding and got the gold. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
America's reel pain Jan 22, 2007
Rather than break the bad news to the girls, he takes them on a spontaneous road trip that plays out like a sadder version of About Schmidt, with accompanying minors. When his eldest daughter asks him about the possibility that the war is wrong, he tells her that she just has to believe: "But what if you can't believe?" asks the girl. (Globe and Mail)
Raging beasts| Jan 3, 2007
Thankfully after 'About Schmidt', 'Something's Gotta Give' and the puerile 'Anger Management' he felt better again. "I'd done three in a row and thought: 'Jeez, I really would like to play a bad guy'. So, never to do one by halves, the actor signed up for Martin Scorceses bloody thriller 'The Departed' and the role of mob boss Frank Costello: the most depraved, sociopathic gangster since Al Pacino's coked-up Scarface redecorated his mansion with a machine gun. "The guy I play here,"... (iAfrica.com)
