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Production Year: 1967 - Drama - Director: Mike Nichols - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over

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Director Mike Nichols's THE GRADUATE is the satirical coming-of-age comedy that became an emotional touchstone for an entire generation. In the late 1960s, Benjamin Braddock...
more...(Dustin Hoffman), a confused college graduate, is pulled in myriad directions by family, friends, and associates just days after receiving his degree. Seduced by Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), an older friend of the family, Ben carries on an affair with the married woman even as he falls for her daughter, Elaine (Katharine Ross). However, Ben and Elaine's attempts at romance are threatened by the spiteful rage of Mrs. Robinson, who proceeds to hastily arrange Elaine's marriage to another boy, leading up to one of the most memorable endings in cinema history.
With its striking photography and clever editing, THE GRADUATE established Nichols as a major director. The film also made a star out of young Hoffman, who gives an understated portrayal of the perplexed Ben--the actor's first role in a Hollywood film, which he almost didn't get because he wasn't Waspy enough. Outstanding performances by the rest of the cast are highlighted by Bancroft's sexy, embittered turn as Mrs. Robinson and Ross's endearing presence as the gorgeous yet innocent Elaine. The film's impact on popular culture is immeasurable: "Plastics" will live on eternally as depressing but solid career advice, and older women will never eye younger men without fear of becoming a "Mrs. Robinson." Buck Henry (who appears briefly in the film) cowrote the influential screenplay, based on the novel by Charles Webb, and the soundtrack by Simon and Garfunkel remains a movie classic.





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Mrs Robinson, are you trying to seduce me?
Review of The Graduate DVD by L.Yeomans

Advantages: A really witty film. Good for a laugh
Disadvantages: It is too short

...are so many run of the mill films out there that when I see something different that is still entertaining I’m impressed. That to me is a good film. The Graduate is one of those films. Maybe it’s just my taste, but I don’t think so. Is it so amazing that a film has amazing special effects or huge explosions? All that really means is that the film has a bigger budget but it is the story that really counts. Look at Waterworld for example. ... Read review

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27.07.2004
The education by seduction - a loss of innocence.
Review of The Graduate DVD by bigfatdogs

Advantages: Anne Barncroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katherine Ross, Funny, Timeless
Disadvantages: I haven't found any.

The Graduate was made in 1967, the same year I was born, so I consider it is of particularly fine vintage. I had watched this film a number of times in the past, but noticed that it had not been on recently. When I saw it for sale on Amazon for only £4.99 I decided that this was just too good to be true and snapped it up. There was a lot of old classic movies being sold on Amazon at Christmas, and I bought up quite a few of them. Reviewing something ... Read review

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