Private Benjamin (1980)

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Wikidata Q83649, film, IMDb tt0081375, TMDB 10765: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Nancy Meyers as writer/director (Oscar nomination) (‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More); 1 more episode agrees.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

The Big Picture

The Rewatchables

Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Mary Kay Place: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Mary Kay Place → Private Benjamin. Mary Kay Place's early 80s run includes Private Benjamin, Modern Problems and Terms of Endearment.
    “I think she tears off like Private Benjamin, modern life, this in terms of endearment.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:16:55 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Raging Bull: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (same box-office weekend): Private Benjamin → Raging Bull. Private Benjamin was number one while Raging Bull limped to number 10 in its opening release.
    “Is it Private Benjamin?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz · 2:06:48 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

The Killer: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (pop-culture decay): The Killer → Private Benjamin. The 70s sitcom aliases riff leads Sean to say nobody under 35 knows even Private Benjamin.
    “We were talking about private Benjamin on the rewatchables the other day and I was like, they're not a single person under 35 knows what Private Benjamin is.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 0:31:51 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Mary Kay Place → Private Benjamin. Mary Kay Place's early 80s run includes Private Benjamin, Modern Problems and Terms of Endearment.
    “I think she tears off like Private Benjamin, modern life, this in terms of endearment.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:16:55 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (same box-office weekend): Private Benjamin → Raging Bull. Private Benjamin was number one while Raging Bull limped to number 10 in its opening release.
    “Is it Private Benjamin?”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raging Bull with David Krumholtz · 2:06:48 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (pop-culture decay): The Killer → Private Benjamin. The 70s sitcom aliases riff leads Sean to say nobody under 35 knows even Private Benjamin.
    “We were talking about private Benjamin on the rewatchables the other day and I was like, they're not a single person under 35 knows what Private Benjamin is.”
    The Big Picture · ‘The Killer’ Is Cold-Blooded Genius. And Something More · 0:31:51 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

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Who the speakers said made it

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