the graduate

theatrical release poster Directed by Mike Nichols Produced by Joseph E. Levine

Lawrence Turman Written by Screenplay:

Calder Willingham

Buck Henry

Novel:

Charles Webb Starring Dustin Hoffman

Anne Bancroft

Katharine Ross

William Daniels Music by Songs:

Simon & Garfunkel Cinematography Robert Surtees Editing by Sam O'Steen Distributed by Embassy Pictures (US)

United Artists (UK) Release date(s) December 21, 1967 Running time 105 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $3 million (est.) Gross revenue $104,397,102 Official website • IMDb

The Graduate is a 1967 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols, based on the novel of the same name by Charles Webb, who wrote the piece shortly after graduating from Williams College. The screenplay is by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry, who makes a cameo appearance as the hotel clerk. The film tells the story of Ben Braddock (played by Dustin Hoffman), a recent university graduate with no well-defined aim in life, who is seduced by an older woman, Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), and then falls in love with her daughter Elaine (Katharine Ross).

In 1996, The Graduate was selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". It also ranked as the seventh greatest film of all time on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies, and placed #18 on the list of highest-grossing films in the United States and Canada, adjusted for inflation.

Contents [hide] 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 3.1 Screenplay 3.2 Casting 3.3 Filming 3.4 Music 4 Marketing 5 Reception 6 Awards and honors 7 Stage adaptation 8 Possibility of sequel 9 In popular culture 10 Miscellany 11 Notes 12 External links //

Plot

The film explores the life of 21-year-old Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) shortly after earning his bachelor's degree from an unnamed college in the Northeast United States.

The movie begins at a party celebrating his graduation at his parents' house in Pasadena, a suburb of Los Angeles. Benjamin is visibly uncomfortable at the party attended by his parents' friends. He remains aloof while his parents deliver accolades and neighborhood friends ask him about his future plans. Benjamin escapes from each person who comes to congratulate him, exposing his seeming embarrassment at all the honors he had won at college. Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), the wife of his father's law partner, asks Benjamin to drive her home, which he reluctantly does.

Arriving at her home, she pleads for Benjamin to come inside, saying that she does not like to enter a dark house. Once inside, she forces a drink on him, and later exposes herself to him offering to have an affair with him. Initially flustered, he is immediately shocked by her advances and flees. A few days later he calls her and their affair begins.

Benjamin is clearly uncomfortable