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The Graduate is a 1967 American independent romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols and written by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham, based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Charles Webb, who wrote it shortly after graduating from Williams College. The film tells the story of 21-year-old Benjamin Braddock, a recent college ...
- $3 million
Dustin Hoffman stars as a college graduate who gets involved with his father's partner's wife and her daughter. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this classic film.
- Mike Nichols
- 857
- 4 min
A young college graduate returns to his family's suburban home and falls in love with his father's former lover, who seduces him and sets in motion a chain of events that endangers his future. Roger Ebert praises the film's witty and subversive humor, its realistic characters, and its director Mike Nichols's use of film as a joke.
Summaries. A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter. Benjamin Braddock returns home to California after successfully completing college. He gets a hero's welcome from his parents but Ben isn't quite sure what to do with the rest of his life.
A classic comedy-drama film about a recent college graduate who gets involved with his parents' friend and her daughter. See the trailer, critic and audience ratings, photos, and more on Rotten Tomatoes.
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- Mike Nichols
- PG
- Dustin Hoffman
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IMDb provides the full list of cast and crew members for the classic comedy-drama film The Graduate, directed by Mike Nichols and starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft. See the names, roles, and links for each person involved in the production of the 1967 movie.
Mar 28, 1997 · Roger Ebert revisits the 1967 classic "The Graduate" and criticizes its main character, Benjamin Braddock, as a self-centered and uninteresting rebel. He praises Anne Bancroft as the only sympathetic and intelligent character in the film, and questions its relevance for today's audience.
