The Graduate

feature film, USA, 1967

DIRECTED BY: Mike Nichols

The Graduate

CAST:
Anne Bancroft (gđa. Robinson),
Dustin Hoffman (Ben Braddock),
Katharine Ross (Elaine Robinson),
William Daniels (gdin. Braddock),
Murray Hamilton (gdin. Robinson)

SCRIPT:
Calder Willingham,
Buck Henry (prema romanu Charlesa Webba)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Robert Surtees

Synopsis:
This is the second and the most famous film by Mike Nichols, a comedy that launched the previously unknown Dustin Hoffman’s acting career and made him world famous. He stars as the twenty-one-year-old Ben Braddock who graduated from college and returns home to California. His parents throw him a welcome-home party but he is unsure of what he wants to do in life. In that state, he gets seduced by the wife of his father’s business partner…
The film many awards: Nichols won an Oscar and Golden Globe as Best Director, Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman and Katharine Ross won Golden Globes, while the film won the Golden Globe as Best Comedy. The film won BAFTA award for Best Director, Screenplay, Editor, Film and Young Leading Actor (Dustin Hoffman).

color, 35 mm, 106 min