The Graduate (1967)

William Daniels: Mr. Braddock

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• Mr. Braddock : Ben, what are you doing?

  Benjamin : Well, I would say that I'm just drifting. Here in the pool.

  Mr. Braddock : Why?

  Benjamin : Well, it's very comfortable just to drift here.

  Mr. Braddock : Have you thought about graduate school?

  Benjamin : No.

  Mr. Braddock : Would you mind telling me then what those four years of college were for? What was the point of all that hard work?

  Benjamin : You got me.

• Benjamin : [It's morning. Mr. Braddock is in the kitchen. Ben walks in]  I'm going to marry Elaine Robinson.

  Mr. Braddock : Well, well, well!

  [He almost giggles as he crosses to Ben and takes his hand to shake it. Mrs. Braddock appears in the doorway] 

  Mrs. Braddock : What's happening

  Mr. Braddock : Ben says he and Elaine are getting married.

  Mrs. Braddock : I don't believe it.

  Mr. Braddock : That what he says. Right?

  Benjamin : I'm going up to Berkeley today.

  Mrs. Braddock : Oh, Ben. This is so exciting.

  Mr. Braddock : Come on, let's call the Robinsons. We've got something to celebrate.

  Benjamin : No. I think you'll want to wait on that.

  Mr. Braddock : They don't know?

  Benjamin : No, they don't.

  Mr. Braddock : Well, when did you decide all this?

  Benjamin : About an hour ago.

  Mr. Braddock : Wait a minute. You talked to Elaine this morning?

  Benjamin : No. She doesn't know about it.

  Mr. Braddock : She doesn't know that you're coming up to Berkeley?

  Benjamin : No. Actually, she doesn't know about us getting married yet.

  Mr. Braddock : When did you two talk this over?

  Benjamin : We haven't.

  Mr. Braddock : Ben, this whole idea sounds pretty half-baked.

  Benjamin : No, it's not, Dad. It's completely baked. It's a decision I've made.

  Mrs. Braddock : But what makes you think she wants to marry you?

  Benjamin : [Ben picks up his suitcase, walks to the door]  She doesn't. To be perfectly honest, she doesn't like me.

• Mr. Braddock : What's the matter? The guests are all downstairs, Ben, waiting to see you.

  Benjamin : Look, Dad, could you explain to them that I have to be alone for a while?

  Mr. Braddock : These are all our good friends, Ben. Most of them have known you since, well, practically since you were born. What is it, Ben?

  Benjamin : I'm just...

  Mr. Braddock : Worried?

  Benjamin : Well...

  Mr. Braddock : About what?

  Benjamin : I guess about my future.

  Mr. Braddock : What about it?

  Benjamin : I don't know... I want it to be...

  Mr. Braddock : To be what?

  Benjamin : [looks at his father]  ... Different.

• Mr. Braddock : [at the kitchen table]  Elaine's back from school. It might be a nice gesture if you asked her out.

  Benjamin : [in the swimming pool]  I suppose she's not good enough for you! Is that it?

  Benjamin : Look, Elaine Robinson and I do not get along.

  Mr. Braddock : How do you know? You haven't seen her since high school. I suppose your evenings - whatever you do with them - are just too valuable.

  Benjamin : That has nothing to do with it.

  Mr. Braddock : I guess I'll just have to tell Mr. Robinson that you're too busy every evening, doing God knows what.

  Mrs. Braddock : Now, don't go on like this!

  Mr. Braddock : I'm not.

  Mrs. Braddock : If Benjamin absolutely refuses to take her out...

  Benjamin : I do.

  Mrs. Braddock : Then I will simply have to invite all of the Robinsons over on Thursday.

  [Ben falls off his air mattress and splashes into the pool]