History Film / AboutSchmidt

** There was a scene which parodied a famous scene from Five Easy Pieces that test audiences loved. But since it was a role WAY different from any we associate with Jack Alexander Payne decided to cut it.

** There is a scene where Warren has a conversation with an American Indian convenience store clerk which recalls [=McMurphy=]'s efforts to befriend Chief in ''Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest''. The Indian in the scene even resembles ''Actor/WillSampson'' a little.

** At Jeannie's wedding to Randall, it's clear that Warren wants to really say how much he resents the fact that his daughter is marrying a sleazy, pathetic loser, but instead forces himself to swallow what little remains of his pride, put on a StepfordSmiler routine and says how "pleased" he is by the marriage.

Schmidt is trying to come to terms with the prospect of spending his last remaining years on Earth with his boring, nagging wife. Out of boredom, he decides to sponsor a child in Tanzania, to whom he writes letters about how much his life sucks now. One of the few things that keeps him going is his daughter Jeannie (Creator/HopeDavis), who is about to get married to a dimwitted waterbed salesman named Randall (Creator/DermotMulroney), who also turns out to be a [[ConMan pyramid scheme]] [[DumbCrooks recruiter]].