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The Graduate

  • 1967
  • PG
  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
297K
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Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft in The Graduate (1967)
Trailer for the Oscar-winning film The Graduate, starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, and Katharine Ross.
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A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.

  • Director
    • Mike Nichols
  • Writers
    • Calder Willingham
    • Buck Henry
    • Charles Webb
  • Stars
    • Dustin Hoffman
    • Anne Bancroft
    • Katharine Ross
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    8.0/10
    297K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,140
    148
    • Director
      • Mike Nichols
    • Writers
      • Calder Willingham
      • Buck Henry
      • Charles Webb
    • Stars
      • Dustin Hoffman
      • Anne Bancroft
      • Katharine Ross
    • 886User reviews
    • 199Critic reviews
    • 83Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 22 wins & 17 nominations total

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    Dustin Hoffman
    Dustin Hoffman
    • Ben Braddock
    Anne Bancroft
    Anne Bancroft
    • Mrs. Robinson
    Katharine Ross
    Katharine Ross
    • Elaine Robinson
    William Daniels
    William Daniels
    • Mr. Braddock
    Murray Hamilton
    Murray Hamilton
    • Mr. Robinson
    Elizabeth Wilson
    Elizabeth Wilson
    • Mrs. Braddock
    Buck Henry
    Buck Henry
    • Room Clerk
    Brian Avery
    Brian Avery
    • Carl Smith
    Walter Brooke
    Walter Brooke
    • Mr. McGuire
    Norman Fell
    Norman Fell
    • Mr. McCleery
    Alice Ghostley
    Alice Ghostley
    • Mrs. Singleman
    Marion Lorne
    Marion Lorne
    • Miss DeWitte
    Eddra Gale
    Eddra Gale
    • Woman on Bus
    Frank Baker
    Frank Baker
    • Hotel Guest
    • (uncredited)
    George Bruggeman
    George Bruggeman
    • Church Member
    • (uncredited)
    Garrett Cassell
    • Hotel Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Buddy Douglas
    • Bellhop in Hotel Lobby
    • (uncredited)
    Richard Dreyfuss
    Richard Dreyfuss
    • Boarding House Resident
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Mike Nichols
    • Writers
      • Calder Willingham
      • Buck Henry
      • Charles Webb
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      When Dustin Hoffman showed up at producer Joseph E. Levine's office for a casting interview, Levine mistook him for a window cleaner. So Hoffman, in character, cleaned a window.
    • Goofs
      When Ben is seen crossing the Oakland Bay Bridge on his way to Berkeley, he is driving on the upper of the two decks of the bridge which only carries traffic westbound from Oakland to San Francisco and thus would be taking him away from Berkeley. The only way to get to Berkeley by way of the Bay Bridge is to drive eastbound, and all such traffic is carried only on the lower deck of the bridge.
    • Quotes

      Benjamin: Oh, my God!

      Mrs. Robinson: Pardon?

      Benjamin: Oh no, Mrs. Robinson. Oh no.

      Mrs. Robinson: What's wrong?

      Benjamin: Mrs. Robinson, you didn't... I mean, you didn't expect...

      Mrs. Robinson: What?

      Benjamin: I mean, you didn't really think I'd do something like THAT.

      Mrs. Robinson: Like what?

      Benjamin: What do you think?

      Mrs. Robinson: Well, I don't know.

      Benjamin: For God's sake, Mrs. Robinson. Here we are. You got me into your house. You give me a drink. You... put on music. Now, you start opening up your personal life to me and tell me your husband won't be home for hours.

      Mrs. Robinson: So?

      Benjamin: Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me!

      Mrs. Robinson: [laughs] Huh?

      Benjamin: Aren't you?

    • Crazy credits
      The original long-form trailer for the film (ending with a credit line for prints by Pathe), as shown by Turner Classic Movies, garbled the Roman lettering of its 1967 copyright as "MCMLVXII" instead of MCMLXVII. The trailer was later revised, as seen in the IMDb version available here, to remove the Pathe prints credit and correct the Roman lettering of the copyright year.
    • Alternate versions
      There are two versions of the first encounter between Ben and Mrs Robinson. When Ben turns around after Mrs Robinson locks the door to her daughter's bedroom to make a proposition to him. In one, Ben says "Jesus Christ," and "Oh, my Christ" as he views Mrs Robinson in the nude. In another version the words Ben says have been dubbed to "Jesus God" and Oh, my God".
    • Connections
      Edited into Comic Relief (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      The Sounds of Silence
      (uncredited)

      Music by Paul Simon

      Lyrics by Paul Simon

      Performed by Simon & Garfunkel

      Courtesy of CBS Records

    User reviews886

    Featured review
    8/10

    The Cougar & Her Prey...

    What would you do, after coming back from college, a transition is required, to expand and fill your knowledge, you're not sure just what you want, with this new world, in which you haunt, and you feel a touch distressed - as Mrs. R. slips off her dress. You make a run and disappear, uncomfortable, abashed, there's fear, but days later you have courage, which you find is not discouraged, rendezvous are orchestrated, passions sated, unabated - there is mutual satisfaction, until the train loses some traction. The ladies daughter is a spanner, and you become somewhat enamoured, but you just will not be warned, the dangers of a cougar scorned, as her claws unsheathed like daggers, scythe you from, immortal swagger, and all your futures take a turn (again), as your fingers feel the burn.

    Benjamin Braddock is snared by the older Mrs. Robinson as he struggles and juggles with his transition into a post college world that only emerges gradually, and then never really reveals itself in total, although everyone else seems to know what's good for him and the paths that he should take. A timeless classic, as relevant today as it was back when it was made, and sometime before, albeit the older lady scenario not one most young men would encounter, no matter how much they would like it to.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 21, 1967 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Facebook
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • El graduado
    • Filming locations
      • 607 North Palm Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA(Mrs. Robinson's house)
    • Production company
      • Lawrence Truman Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $3,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $104,945,305
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $37,948
      • Feb 17, 1997
    • Gross worldwide
      • $105,018,047
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 46 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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