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The Interview: Legacy, Plot & Cast

The Interview is a 2014 American political satire action comedy film produced and directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg in their second directorial work, following This Is the End (2013). The screenplay was written by Dan Sterling, which he based on a story he co-wrote with Rogen and Goldberg. The film stars James Franco and Rogen as journalists who…

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The Interview topic overview

The analysis highlights Legacy, Plot and Cast as prominent areas in the source structure around The Interview.

Related topics
186
Source areas
7
Connected nodes
193
Extracted relationships
211
Concept neighborhoods
34
Bridge connections
193

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.

Release · 51 topics
Overview · 44 topics
Plot · 29 topics
Cast · 20 topics
Reception · 19 topics
Production · 17 topics
Legacy · 6 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
$12.3 million
Budget
$44 million
Cinematography
Brandon Trost
Country
United States
Directed by
Seth Rogen · Evan Goldberg
Distributed by
Columbia Pictures[b]

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

Release

Reception

Legacy

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 The Interview connects Entity context

The extracted context around The Interview shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, The Interview → Agent Lacey, Although Rogen, Before, CIA, Columbia, Columbia Pictures, Dennis Rodman, Development, Diana Bang, Evan Goldberg, Franco, Goldberg, His, In March, In October, James Franco, James Weaver, Kill Kim Jong Un, Kim, Kim Jong Il Another extracted example is The Interview → Assistant Secretary, Bennett, Bruce Bennett, CNN, Daniel, DVD, East Asian, In, Issues, Jen Psaki, June, Kim, Kim Jong-un, King, Lynton, North, North Korea, North Korean, North Korean Human Rights, Pacific Affairs. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

The Interview

Top relations

related to Development · 43
The Interview → Agent Lacey, Although Rogen, Before, CIA, Columbia, Columbia Pictures, Dennis Rodman, Development, Diana Bang, Evan Goldberg, Franco, Goldberg, His, In March, In October, James Franco, James Weaver, Kill Kim Jong Un, Kim, Kim Jong Il
related to Political response · 32
The Interview → Assistant Secretary, Bennett, Bruce Bennett, CNN, Daniel, DVD, East Asian, In, Issues, Jen Psaki, June, Kim, Kim Jong-un, King, Lynton, North, North Korea, North Korean, North Korean Human Rights, Pacific Affairs
related to Cancellation of wide theatrical release · 27
The Interview → AMC, ArcLight, Aurora, Carmike, Cinemark, Cineplex, Colorado, December, February, Following, Franco, Ireland, Later, Los Angeles, New York City, On December, Regal, Rogen, Shortly, Showcase
related to Sony Pictures hack and threats · 22
The Interview → Annie, Columbia's, December, Guardians, Her Arms, Kim Jong Un's, Mr, New York City, North Korea, On December, On November, Pastebin, Peace, Sony, Sony Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Still Alice, The, The North Korean, To Write Love
related to Box office and online rentals · 16
The Interview → Arbitrage, Bachelorette, By January, December, Google Play, It, January, Snowpiercer, Sony, Sony Pictures, The National Association, Theatre Owners, United States, Variety, Within, YouTube
related to Delay and changes · 15
The Interview → December, Feel Ghood Music, In August, In December, Kim Jong Un's, May, North Korea, North Korean, October, Pay Day, Sony, Sony Pictures, South Korean, The Interview's, Yoon Mi-rae
related to Distribution · 12
The Interview → Asia-Pacific, Australia, Columbia Pictures, Columbia's, Due, In, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, Sony Company, Sony Pictures, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's
related to Critical response · 11
The Interview → ComingSoon, Edward Douglas, IGN's Roth Cornet, Jordan Hoffman, On, On Metacritic, Rotten Tomatoes, The, The Guardian, The Interview's, Unfortunately
related to External links · 5
The Interview → Box Office MojoThe Interview, IMDb The Interview, Interview, Official, Rotten Tomatoes
Starring · 4
The Interview → James Franco, Lizzy Caplan, Randall Park, Seth Rogen

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

film sony north kim interview release korean rogen december korea 2014 goldberg pictures skylark would park jong united million theatrical

The Interview relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 211 structured relationships around The Interview. Examples in this analysis include The Interview → Box office → $12.3 million and The Interview → Budget → $44 million. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
The InterviewBox office$12.3 million1.00infobox
The InterviewBudget$44 million1.00infobox
The InterviewCinematographyBrandon Trost1.00infobox
The InterviewCountryUnited States1.00infobox
The InterviewDirected bySeth Rogen1.00infobox
The InterviewDirected byEvan Goldberg1.00infobox
The InterviewDistributed byColumbia Pictures[b]1.00infobox
The InterviewEdited byZene Baker1.00infobox
The InterviewEdited byEvan Henke1.00infobox
The InterviewLanguagesEnglish Korean1.00infobox
The InterviewMusic byHenry Jackman1.00infobox
The InterviewProduced bySeth Rogen1.00infobox
The InterviewProduced byEvan Goldberg1.00infobox
The InterviewProduced byJames Weaver1.00infobox
The InterviewProduction companiesPoint Grey Pictures1.00infobox
The InterviewProduction companiesLStar Capital1.00infobox
The InterviewRelease datesDecember 11, 2014 (2014-12-11) (Los Angeles)1.00infobox
The InterviewRelease datesDecember 25, 2014 (2014-12-25) (United States)1.00infobox
The InterviewRunning time112 minutes1.00infobox
The InterviewScreenplay byDan Sterling1.00infobox
The InterviewStarringJames Franco1.00infobox
The InterviewStarringSeth Rogen1.00infobox
The InterviewStarringLizzy Caplan1.00infobox
The InterviewStarringRandall Park1.00infobox
The InterviewStory bySeth Rogen1.00infobox
The InterviewStory byEvan Goldberg1.00infobox
The InterviewStory byDan Sterling1.00infobox
The Interviewis a2014 American political satire action comedy film produced and directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg in their second directorial work0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around The Interview bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include December, Release and Million. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • The Interview
    • December
    • Release
    • Million
    • Kim
    • Rogen
    • Jong
    • United
    • Goldberg
    • Sony
    • Box
    • Office
    • Theatrical
  • the interview
    • December
    • Release
    • Million
    • Kim
    • Rogen
    • Jong
    • United
    • Goldberg
    • Sony
    • Box
    • Office
    • Theatrical
  • evan goldberg
    • Rogen
    • Columbia
    • Pictures
    • Franco
    • Jong
    • Kim
    • Following
    • Interview
    • Million
    • Park
    • Would
    • Korean
  • james franco
    • Rogen
    • Park
    • Goldberg
    • Columbia
    • Un
    • Also
    • Jong
    • Pictures
    • Box
    • Skylark
    • Kim
    • Office
  • north korean
    • Korea
    • Korean
    • North
    • Government
    • Kim
    • Bennett
    • Skylark
    • State
    • Would
    • Released
    • States
    • Jong
  • kim jong un
    • Jong
    • Un
    • Kim
    • Skylark
    • Rogen
    • Park
    • North
    • Franco
    • Korean
    • Korea
    • Bennett
    • Get
  • north korean leader
    • Korea
    • Korean
    • North
    • Government
    • Kim
    • Bennett
    • Skylark
    • State
    • Would
    • Released
    • States
    • Jong
  • columbia pictures
    • Pictures
    • Sony
    • Rogen
    • Goldberg
    • Franco
    • Million
    • Wide
    • Film
    • Box
    • Office
    • Online
    • Film's

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For The Interview, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects The Interview with Release. 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
The Interview — Release · splits 142 ⟂ 52
The Interview — Overview · splits 149 ⟂ 45
The Interview — Plot · splits 164 ⟂ 30
The Interview — Cast · splits 173 ⟂ 21
The Interview — Reception · splits 174 ⟂ 20
The Interview — Production · splits 176 ⟂ 18
The Interview — Legacy · splits 187 ⟂ 7

Map overview Semantic statistics

The Interview

Nodes194
Edges193
Triples211
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010309
Components1

Source & methodology

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

Source: Wikipedia — The Interview · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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