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The film tells the story of 21-year-old Benjamin Braddock, a recent college graduate with no well-defined aim in life who is seduced by an older married woman, Mrs. Robinson, but then falls for her daughter, Elaine.
- $3 million
The Graduate: Directed by Mike Nichols. With Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, William Daniels. A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.
- Mike Nichols
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Mrs. Robinson: Dustin Hoffman ... Ben Braddock: Katharine Ross ... Elaine Robinson: William Daniels ... Mr. Braddock: Murray Hamilton ... Mr. Robinson: Elizabeth Wilson ... Mrs. Braddock: Buck Henry ... Room Clerk: Brian Avery ... Carl Smith: Walter Brooke ... Mr. McGuire: Norman Fell ... Mr. McCleery: Alice Ghostley ... Mrs. Singleman: Marion ...
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Jan 29, 2023 · Song namesake Mrs. Robinson, resentful of Ben for revealing the affair that destroyed her marriage, tells him he can’t break off Elaine’s marriage. Ben, determined to do just that, drives to Carl’s frat house and learns the wedding is happening in Santa Barbara that day.
Jan 10, 2019 · The Graduate: And Here’s To You, Mrs. Robinson. January 10, 2019 By Alison Zimmer Go Back. A staple on lists of best American films, The Graduate is a remarkable feat of cinema and Dustin Hoffman’s breakout role. Mike Nichols would earn the 1968 Oscar for best director, one of the eight nominations the film received.
Dustin Hoffman is great in this as the impressionable twenty-one year old "Ben" who falls prey to the wiles of the woman immortalised by Simon & Garfunkel. "Mrs Robinson" (Anne Bancroft) is married to the husband of his father's business partner.
Ben (Dustin Hoffman), who's been having an affair with Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), who's forbidden him to date her daughter Elaine (Katharine Ross), gets railroaded by his parents (William Daniels, Elizabeth Wilson), and business-partner Mr. Robinson (Murray Hamilton), in The Graduate, 1967.
