About Schmidt (film)

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comedy-drama film film

About Schmidt is a 2002 American comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Payne and starring Jack Nicholson as a recently retired man on a soul-searching road trip.

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Label	Occurrences
About Schmidt	10
About Schmidt (film) canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11817077 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: About Schmidt (film)
Context triple: [Rachael Horovitz, notableWork, About Schmidt (film)]

A. About Schmidt (novel)
About Schmidt (novel) is a 1996 satirical novel by Louis Begley that follows a recently retired New York lawyer confronting personal upheaval, identity, and moral compromise.
B. The Schott
The Schott is the popular nickname for Value City Arena, the primary indoor sports and entertainment venue at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.
C. Mann im Matsch
Mann im Matsch is a sculptural work by German artist Thomas Schütte that characteristically explores the human figure in a vulnerable, existential state.
D. The Tourist
The Tourist is a 2010 romantic thriller film starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, involving mistaken identity and international intrigue across Paris and Venice.
E. The Tourist
"The Tourist" is a melancholic, piano-driven closing track by Radiohead that reflects on modern life's frantic pace and the need to slow down.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: About Schmidt (film)
Target entity description: About Schmidt is a 2002 American comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Payne and starring Jack Nicholson as a recently retired man on a soul-searching road trip.

A. About Schmidt (novel)
About Schmidt (novel) is a 1996 satirical novel by Louis Begley that follows a recently retired New York lawyer confronting personal upheaval, identity, and moral compromise.
B. The Schott
The Schott is the popular nickname for Value City Arena, the primary indoor sports and entertainment venue at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.
C. Mann im Matsch
Mann im Matsch is a sculptural work by German artist Thomas Schütte that characteristically explores the human figure in a vulnerable, existential state.
D. The Tourist
"The Tourist" is a melancholic, piano-driven closing track by Radiohead that reflects on modern life's frantic pace and the need to slow down.
E. The Tourist
The Tourist is a 2010 romantic thriller film starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, involving mistaken identity and international intrigue across Paris and Venice.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	comedy-drama film ⓘ film ⓘ
basedOn	About Schmidt (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnWorkAuthor	Louis Begley NERFINISHED ⓘ
boxOfficeUSD	105000000 ⓘ
budgetUSD	30000000 ⓘ
cinematographyBy	James Glennon NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Alexander Payne NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor	New Line Cinema ⓘ
editedBy	Kevin Tent NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresTheme	aging ⓘ loneliness ⓘ search for meaning ⓘ
filmingLocation	Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmRatingMPAA	R ⓘ
genre	comedy-drama film ⓘ road movie ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
leadActorAwardNomination	Jack Nicholson NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCharacter	Warren Schmidt NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicBy	Rolfe Kent NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeFocus	family relationships ⓘ retirement ⓘ self-discovery ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
productionCompany	New Line Cinema ⓘ
protagonistPortrayedBy	Jack Nicholson NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationDate	2002-05-22 ⓘ
releaseYear	2002 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	125 ⓘ
screenplayAwardNomination	Alexander Payne NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ
screenwriter	Alexander Payne NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInTimePeriod	late 20th century ⓘ
settingLocation	Denver, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ Omaha, Nebraska NERFINISHED ⓘ
starring	Dermot Mulroney NERFINISHED ⓘ Hope Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Howard Hesseman NERFINISHED ⓘ Jack Nicholson NERFINISHED ⓘ June Squibb NERFINISHED ⓘ Kathy Bates NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportingActressAwardNomination	Kathy Bates GENERATED ⓘ

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