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Draft Day: Plot, Cast & Reception

Draft Day is a 2014 American sports drama film directed by Ivan Reitman, and starring Kevin Costner and Jennifer Garner, with Denis Leary, Frank Langella, Sam Elliott, Ellen Burstyn and Chadwick Boseman in supporting roles. The premise revolves around the fictional general manager of the Cleveland Browns (Costner) deciding what to do after his team…

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Draft Day topic overview

The analysis highlights Plot, Cast and Reception as prominent areas in the source structure around Draft Day.

Related topics
105
Source areas
8
Connected nodes
113
Extracted relationships
152
Concept neighborhoods
26
Bridge connections
113

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Cast · 25 topics
Plot · 21 topics
Overview · 19 topics
Reception · 18 topics
Production · 10 topics
Release · 7 topics
TV adaptation · 3 topics
Analysis · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Box office
$29.8 million
Budget
$25 million
Cinematography
Eric Steelberg
Country
United States
Directed by
Ivan Reitman
Distributed by
Summit Entertainment (through Lionsgate)

Suggested research paths

A focused starting point derived from the topic graph, ranked independently of the source article order.

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Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Plot

Cast

Production

Reception

Release

Analysis

TV adaptation

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Draft Day connects Entity context

The extracted context around Draft Day shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Draft Day → Alex Marvez, Ali Parker, Angie, Anthony Molina, Bagel, Bagli, Barb Weaver, Bernie Kosar, Bo Callahan, Bo CallahanTerry Crews, Boseman, Brian Drew, Browns, Browns' Director Of SecurityKevin, BrownsSam Elliott, Burstyn, Chris Berman, Chris Crawford, Cleveland BrownsJennifer Garner, Coach Moore Another extracted example is Draft Day → After, Draft, However, It, Ivan Reitman, Joseph, Los Angeles, Mike Tannenbaum, New York Jets, New York University, NFL Draft, OddLot Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Rajiv Joseph, Reitman, Rothman, Scott Rothman, Screenwriter's Lab, September, Summit Entertainment. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Draft Day

Top relations

related to Cast · 73
Draft Day → Alex Marvez, Ali Parker, Angie, Anthony Molina, Bagel, Bagli, Barb Weaver, Bernie Kosar, Bo Callahan, Bo CallahanTerry Crews, Boseman, Brian Drew, Browns, Browns' Director Of SecurityKevin, BrownsSam Elliott, Burstyn, Chris Berman, Chris Crawford, Cleveland BrownsJennifer Garner, Coach Moore
related to Production · 24
Draft Day → After, Draft, However, It, Ivan Reitman, Joseph, Los Angeles, Mike Tannenbaum, New York Jets, New York University, NFL Draft, OddLot Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Rajiv Joseph, Reitman, Rothman, Scott Rothman, Screenwriter's Lab, September, Summit Entertainment
related to Critical response · 10
Draft Day → Audiences, Chicago Sun-Times, CinemaScore, Costner, It's, Metacritic, On, Richard Roeper, Rotten Tomatoes, The
Starring · 7
Draft Day → Chadwick Boseman, Denis Leary, Ellen Burstyn, Frank Langella, Jennifer Garner, Kevin Costner, Sam Elliott
related to Domestic box office · 5
Draft Day → Against, Canada, It, Top, United States
related to TV adaptation · 4
Draft Day → In January, Lionsgate Television, NBA, SpringHill Company
Produced by · 3
Draft Day → Ali Bell, Ivan Reitman, Joe Medjuck
Production companies · 3
Draft Day → Montecito Picture Company, OddLot Entertainment, Summit Entertainment
related to Domestic video sales · 3
Draft Day → Based, Domestic Video Sales, The Numbers
Edited by · 2
Draft Day → Dana E. Glauberman, Sheldon Kahn

Important terminology

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Important terminology

draft film nfl day sonny browns callahan movie general pick first manager team costner mack cleveland football million sports production

Draft Day relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 152 structured relationships around Draft Day. Examples in this analysis include Draft Day → Box office → $29.8 million and Draft Day → Budget → $25 million. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Draft DayBox office$29.8 million1.00infobox
Draft DayBudget$25 million1.00infobox
Draft DayCinematographyEric Steelberg1.00infobox
Draft DayCountryUnited States1.00infobox
Draft DayDirected byIvan Reitman1.00infobox
Draft DayDistributed bySummit Entertainment (through Lionsgate)1.00infobox
Draft DayEdited bySheldon Kahn1.00infobox
Draft DayEdited byDana E. Glauberman1.00infobox
Draft DayLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Draft DayMusic byJohn Debney1.00infobox
Draft DayProduced byIvan Reitman1.00infobox
Draft DayProduced byAli Bell1.00infobox
Draft DayProduced byJoe Medjuck1.00infobox
Draft DayProduction companiesSummit Entertainment1.00infobox
Draft DayProduction companiesOddLot Entertainment1.00infobox
Draft DayProduction companiesMontecito Picture Company1.00infobox
Draft DayRelease datesApril 7, 2014 (2014-04-07) (Los Angeles)1.00infobox
Draft DayRelease datesApril 11, 2014 (2014-04-11) (United States)1.00infobox
Draft DayRunning time110 minutes1.00infobox
Draft DayStarringKevin Costner1.00infobox
Draft DayStarringJennifer Garner1.00infobox
Draft DayStarringDenis Leary1.00infobox
Draft DayStarringFrank Langella1.00infobox
Draft DayStarringSam Elliott1.00infobox
Draft DayStarringEllen Burstyn1.00infobox
Draft DayStarringChadwick Boseman1.00infobox
Draft DayWritten byRajiv Joseph1.00infobox
Draft DayWritten byScott Rothman1.00infobox
Draft Dayis a2014 American sports drama film directed by Ivan Reitman0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Draft Day bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Draft, Nfl and Team. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Draft Day
    • Draft
    • Nfl
    • Team
    • Browns
    • Manager
    • General
    • Costner
    • Sports
    • Sonny
    • First
    • Film
    • Kevin
  • draft day
    • Draft
    • Nfl
    • Team
    • Reitman
    • Browns
    • Kevin
    • Manager
    • Costner
    • General
    • Sports
    • Sonny
    • First
  • kevin costner
    • Kevin
    • Sports
    • Reitman
    • Wisconsin
    • Jennings
    • Browns'
    • Production
    • Cleveland
    • Manager
    • Day
    • General
    • Draft
  • general manager
    • Manager
    • Browns'
    • Cleveland
    • Wisconsin
    • Pick
    • Quarterback
    • Seahawks
    • Team
    • Browns
    • Callahan
    • Jennings
    • Nfl
  • cleveland browns
    • Manager
    • Browns
    • Cleveland
    • General
    • Jennings
    • Sonny
    • Team
    • Pick
    • Callahan
    • Molina
    • Browns'
    • Costner
  • national football league draft
    • Nfl
    • Team
    • Browns
    • Manager
    • General
    • Costner
    • Sports
    • Sonny
    • First
    • Movie
    • Film
    • Kevin
  • 2014 nfl draft
    • Nfl
    • Team
    • Browns
    • Manager
    • General
    • Sports
    • Costner
    • Sonny
    • First
    • Film
    • Movie
    • Kevin
  • kevin dunn
    • Reitman
    • Wisconsin
    • Jennings
    • Browns'
    • Production
    • Sports
    • Manager
    • General
    • Callahan
    • Release
    • Box
    • Make

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Draft Day, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Draft Day with Cast. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Draft DayCast · splits 88 ⟂ 26
Draft DayPlot · splits 92 ⟂ 22
Draft DayOverview · splits 94 ⟂ 20
Draft DayReception · splits 95 ⟂ 19
Draft DayProduction · splits 103 ⟂ 11
Draft DayRelease · splits 106 ⟂ 8
Draft DayTV adaptation · splits 110 ⟂ 4
Draft DayAnalysis · splits 111 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Draft Day

Nodes114
Edges113
Triples152
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017544
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Draft Day to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Plot, Cast & Reception, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Draft Day · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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