• Rumor Has It is a drama/comedy film about a woman who discovers that her family was the inspiration for the novel and film The Graduate. The movie stars Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner, Shirley MacLaine and Mark Ruffalo and was directed by Rob Reiner.

• Fast Facts

  1. Release date: December 25, 2005
  2. Director: Rob Reiner
  3. Screenwriter: Ted Griffin
  4. Producers: Ben Cosgrove, Paula Weinstein
  5. Distributor: Warner Bros.
  6. MPAA rating: PG-13 for mature thematic material, sexual content, crude humor and a drug reference.
  7. Run time: 2 hrs. 10 mins.
  8. Was originally going to be directed by writer Griffin
  9. Features six songs by Nellie McKay
  10. The Graduate was released in 1967 and directed by Mike Nichols
  11. The "Elaine" character from Graduate, played in the movie by Katharine Ross, does not appear in Rumor Has It

• Plot Summary

  The screenplay for Rumor Has It, by Ted Griffin, is based on an actual rumor, that the novel The Graduate by Charles Webb was based on a real Pasadena, California, family with whom the author was acquainted. In the film, writer Sarah Huttinger discovers that the famous book, which inspired a real-life popular film starring Dustin Hoffman, was actually about her own mother and grandmother. Determined to learn more about the man who may be her biological father, Sarah ventures to Silicon Valley to hunt him down.

• Cast

  • Jennifer Aniston: Sarah Huttinger
  • Kevin Costner: Beau Burroughs
  • Shirley MacLaine: Katherine Richelieu
  • Mark Ruffalo: Jeff Daly

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  Jennifer Aniston | Kevin Costner | Shirley MacLaine | Mark Ruffalo | Rob Reiner | The Graduate | Jennifer Aniston 2009 Calendar

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