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The Graduate is a 1967 American comedy drama film directed by Mike Nichols. The cast includes Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, and William Daniels. Lawrence Turman and Joseph E. Levine produced the film, which was written by Calder Willingham, Buck Henry, and Charles Webb. Robert L. Surtees served as director of photography, while Sam O'Steen was the film editor. The narrative is set in Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, and was filmed at the Ambassador Hotel in San Francisco.
The film was released on December 21, 1967, with a runtime of 106 minutes. It has a budget of 3000000 and generated revenue of 104945305. The movie received the Academy Award for Best Director and was recognized by the National Board of Review as one of its Top Ten Films. It was also nominated for Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Director. On IMDb, the film holds a rating of 8.0 based on 302141 votes, while TMDb lists a vote average of 7.633 from 3667 votes.
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Film · TMDB
7.6A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.
Cast
- Dustin Hoffman as Ben Braddock
- Anne Bancroft as Mrs. Robinson
- Katharine Ross as Elaine Robinson
- Murray Hamilton as Mr. Robinson
- William Daniels as Mr. Braddock
- Elizabeth Wilson as Mrs. Braddock
Themes
- love triangle
- seduction
- college
- older woman seduces younger guy
- romance
- coming of age
- los angeles, california
- wedding
- older woman younger man relationship
- graduate
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- independent film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Graduate
- Main subject
- virginity
- Movement
- New Hollywood
- Director
- Mike Nichols
- Screenwriter
- Charles Webb
- Cast member
- Kevin Tighe
- Composer
- Dave Grusin
- Producer
- Joseph E. Levine
- Production company
- Lawrence Turman
- Cinematographer
- Robert L. Surtees
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 102
- FilmAffinity ID
- 359061
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.mgm.com/#/our-titles/772/The-Graduate
- Image
- La Verne United Methodist Church (featured in last scene of The Graduate).jpg
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- publication date
- 1968-09-06
- film editor
- Sam O'Steen
- title
- The Graduate
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Picture
- after a work by
- Charles Webb
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Richard Sylbert
- Commons category
- The Graduate
- review score
- 87%
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Encyclopedic overview
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 novella by Charles Webb. It stars Dustin Hoffman as Benjamin Braddock, a recent college graduate who is seduced by an older married woman, Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), but falls for her daughter, Elaine (Katharine Ross). The soundtrack was recorded by Simon & Garfunkel, and featured the hit single "Mrs. Robinson".
The Graduate was released December 21, 1967. It grossed $104.9 million in the United States and Canada, making it the highest-grossing film of 1967 in North America. Adjusted for inflation (as of 2021), its gross is $857 million, making it the 22nd-highest-grossing film in the United States and Canada. It received seven nominations at the 40th Academy Awards, and won for Best Director.
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