The Graduate (1967)

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Wikidata Q217627, film, IMDb tt0061722, TMDB 37247: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Dustin Hoffman as actor (The Color of Money with Chris Ryan); 9 more episodes agree.

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

Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check — Patreon

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

Fight Club: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (comparison (Fincher's own)): The Graduate → Fight Club. Reading the dossier, the speaker says Fincher's big comparison for Fight Club was The Graduate: coming of age, but in your 30s.
    “His big comparison, which I do think is very interesting, is he's like, this is the graduate, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 0:55:00 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Mike Nichols: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Mike Nichols → The Graduate. Nichols directed The Graduate; Ebert later said Working Girl belonged to Griffith the way The Graduate did to Hoffman.
    “he made the graduate.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:39:58 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (needle-drop reference): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → The Graduate. Tarantino throws in Mrs. Robinson during the car scene.
    “Tarantino throws at Mrs. Robinson.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:23:39 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Roger Ebert: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → The Graduate. Ebert: this is Melanie Griffith's movie the way The Graduate belonged to Dustin Hoffman.
    “this is Melanie Griffith's movie in the same way the graduate belonged to Dustin Hoffman.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 2:06:15 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Rushmore: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (Rosetta Stone): The Graduate → Rushmore. People told the speaker The Graduate is the Rosetta Stone of Rushmore.
    “That's the Rosetta Stone of this movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 2:19:48 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

Say Anything...: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): The Graduate → Say Anything.... Also fits the 'but I like her' genre, and rewatched it reads as stalking.
    “Well, the graduate is insane.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:36:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Scott Pilgrim vs. the World → The Graduate. Edgar says Scott and Benjamin Braddock are equally flawed young men, and the poster misleads you into expecting a Luke Skywalker hero.
    “I don't think anybody would talk about Scott Pilgrim and the graduate.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 1:05:31 · Edgar Wright (0.95 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Mike Nichols → The Graduate. Nichols directed The Graduate; Ebert later said Working Girl belonged to Griffith the way The Graduate did to Hoffman.
    “he made the graduate.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:39:58 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (3)

  1. theme (theme): The Graduate → Say Anything.... Also fits the 'but I like her' genre, and rewatched it reads as stalking.
    “Well, the graduate is insane.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:36:58 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): Scott Pilgrim vs. the World → The Graduate. Edgar says Scott and Benjamin Braddock are equally flawed young men, and the poster misleads you into expecting a Luke Skywalker hero.
    “I don't think anybody would talk about Scott Pilgrim and the graduate.”
    The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later With Edgar Wright · 1:05:31 · Edgar Wright (0.95 sure it was them)
  3. theme (comparison (Fincher's own)): The Graduate → Fight Club. Reading the dossier, the speaker says Fincher's big comparison for Fight Club was The Graduate: coming of age, but in your 30s.
    “His big comparison, which I do think is very interesting, is he's like, this is the graduate, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Fight Club with Alex Ross Perry (Ad-Free) · 0:55:00 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (needle-drop reference): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood → The Graduate. Tarantino throws in Mrs. Robinson during the car scene.
    “Tarantino throws at Mrs. Robinson.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:23:39 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (Rosetta Stone): The Graduate → Rushmore. People told the speaker The Graduate is the Rosetta Stone of Rushmore.
    “That's the Rosetta Stone of this movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2001: A Space Odyssey with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 2:19:48 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Roger Ebert → The Graduate. Ebert: this is Melanie Griffith's movie the way The Graduate belonged to Dustin Hoffman.
    “this is Melanie Griffith's movie in the same way the graduate belonged to Dustin Hoffman.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 2:06:15 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

None.

Who the speakers said made it

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