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The Graduate


Date: 1967
Type: Drama
Rating: 4 Stars 4/5
Colour: Yes
Director: Mike Nichols
Producer: Lawrence Turman
Comment/Synopsis
Dustin Hoffman is a sexually naive graduate who is seduced by Anne Bancroft as the sexually bored middle aged lady, who is the wife of his fathers business partner. However he also falls in love with her daughter (Katherine Ross). Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft give very good performances, especially the scene in the hotel bedroom. The film is backed up with a memorable sound track from Paul Simon and Art Garfunkle that sets the background for many of the scenes in the film. In some ways the film is a product of its time and the scene as he first goes to the hotel shows how the world has changed but in other ways people and their desires have not changed. This film was Dustin Hoffman's big break into films. The film plays on middle class social anxieties and particularly the dissatisfaction of both Hoffman's and Bancroft's characters. One of the first films to use a contemporary sound track. The film was rejected by the major studios went on to be one of the most profitiable films made.
Actors
Dustin HoffmanDustin Hoffman
Anne BancroftAnne Bancroft
Katharine RossKatharine Ross
Murray HamiltonMurray Hamilton
Elizabeth Wilson
Buck Henry
Brian Avery
Alice Ghostley
Marion Lorne

Oscars
Won - Best Director - Mike Nichols
Nomination - Best Picture
Nomination Best Actor - Dustin Hoffman
Nomination Best Actress - Anne Bancroft
Nomination Best Supporting Actress - Katharine Ross
Quote
Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?
Graduate