About Schmidt Certificate: 
- Duration:
- 125 mins
- Year produced:
- 2002
- Director:
- Alexander Payne
- Cast:
- Jack Nicholson
- Hope Davis
- Kathy Bates
Warren Schmidt, a rather dull late middle-aged man, finds his vision of a comfortable retirement derailed when his wife suddenly dies. In his confused grief, he sets off in his huge trailer to stop his daughter’s wedding, stumbling across an America he’d never even thought about along the way. Despite the bleak subject matter, this is often a very funny film - especially in the letters that Warren writes to the child he is sponsoring in Africa.
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Fascinating facts
The production crew created a lifetime Endowed Scholarship for the real-life Ndugu, Abdallah Mtulu, through the real Childreach organization.
A real Tanzanian boy, Abdallah Mtulu – who was then sponsored by one of the films producers – stars in the fake charity ad in About Schmidt.