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The Graduate
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PG,1hr 46min
Genres:
Comedy,Drama
Released:
December 21, 1967
Director:
Mike Nichols
Distributor:
Embassy Pictures
Starring:
Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross  ...more
Synopsis: "Just one word: plastic." "Are you here for an affair?" These lines and others became cultural touchstones, as 1960s youth rebellion seeped into the California upper middle-class in Mike Nichols' landmark hit. Mentally adrift the summer after graduating from college, suburbanite Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) would rather float in his parents' pool than follow adult advice about his future. But the exhortation of family friend Mr. Robinson (Murray Hamilton) to seize every possible opportunity ... Full Synopsis
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Rebecca Flint Marx
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The image of young Benjamin Braddock appearing at his parents' swank pool party fully clad in scuba gear remains one of the most satisfying images of youthful alienation ever captured on celluloid. Confused, cut off, and trapped in the claustrophobia of trying to figure out what he's going to do with himself, Benjamin is a model of dissatisfied aimlessness caught up in the whirl of parental and societal ... Full Review
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Dustin Hoffman
Benjamin Braddock
Anne Bancroft
Mrs. Robinson
Katharine Ross
Elaine Robinson
William Daniels
Mr. Braddock
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