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OneLiner — June 3, 2026

Three movie quotes from this date. Featuring Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), The Graduate (1967), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001).

Matinee

How could I possibly be expected to handle school on a day like this?

Answer: Ferris Bueller's Day Off ()

John Hughes wrote the screenplay in less than a week. The famous parade scene used real spectators from a Chicago German-American festival who weren't expecting Matthew Broderick to appear on the float.

Primetime

Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?

Answer: The Graduate ()

Ranked #63 on AFI's 100 greatest movie quotes list. Dustin Hoffman was 30 when he played 21-year-old Benjamin Braddock. Anne Bancroft was only six years older than Hoffman in real life despite playing his seducer's mother.

Midnight

I think we're just gonna have to be secretly in love with each other and leave it at that, Richie.

Answer: The Royal Tenenbaums ()

Wes Anderson shot the film almost entirely in a real, unused Manhattan brownstone he transformed into the family home. The exteriors are at 339 Convent Avenue in Harlem; the narrator is voiced by Alec Baldwin.

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