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