What other movies was the song "Mrs. Robinson" in? - The Graduate (1967) Discussion

[–] zensixties 9 years ago

This song was written specifically for this film. Any other film that used it probably isn't worth watching...just like how all the recent films use old music since no one can come up with, or at least risk, anything new. Back then this was all new and original!

For who would bear the whips and scorns of Hollywood... (;-p)

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[–] steve-carrasco 9 years ago

Interestingly enough, the original song was NOT written for the movie. Rather, Paul Simon had a song called "Mrs. Roosevelt" which wasn't completely finished. He offered it to Mike Nichols (since it was unfinished, they filled the lyrics with "dee dee deedee ") and changed the name to "Mrs. Robinson." Nichols loved the song, so they went with it.

Because the song was originally NOT written for the movie, it was deemed ineligible for an Academy Award for Best Original, due to the Academy's rules.

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[–] johnston.scot 9 years ago

The Lemonheads cover is in "Wolf of Wall Street."

The Simon & Garfunkel one is in "Rumor Has It," for reasons that aren't hard to figure out.

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[–] kmoss-4 9 years ago

The Lemonheads' cover is also in Wayne's World 2.

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[–] ghostfan 9 years ago

Dustin Hoffman has a cameo in the movie 'The Holiday'. At one point Jack Black is in a DVD rental store and he sings a line or two of Mrs Robinson, and Dustin Hoffman, who is also in the store shakes his head tiredly.

How sad, that you were not born in my time, nor I, in yours.

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[–] goldpink23 9 years ago

The movie Mother(1996) it stars Albert Brooks and Debbie Reynolds.I can't remember if the movie plays the original song exactly.However it definitely sounds close enough to the original that it will remind you of Mrs.Robinson.

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[–] Jonb442 8 years ago

The version in Mother changes the lyric to "Mrs. Henderson" but I believe it's otherwise the same. Albert Brooks also drives a (newer) Alfa Romeo Spider while the song plays, to further pay homage to this movie.

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[–] Shawshanked 8 years ago

Forrest Gump.

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[–] wylierichardson-966-922691 7 years ago

I also recall seeing an actor in a "Kids in the Hall" comedy sketch sing the song; the context was that he was in drag, playing a middle-aged woman flirting with a younger man.

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