The Graduate
1967 romantic comedy drama film by Mike Nichols / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Graduate is a 1967 American independent[6] romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols[7] and written by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham,[8] based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Charles Webb, who wrote it shortly after graduating from Williams College. The film tells the story of 21-year-old Benjamin Braddock, a recent college graduate with no well-defined aim in life who is seduced by an older married woman, Mrs. Robinson, but then falls for her daughter, Elaine.
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Directed by | Mike Nichols |
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Based on | The Graduate by Charles Webb |
Produced by | Lawrence Turman |
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Cinematography | Robert Surtees |
Edited by | Sam O'Steen |
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Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | Lawrence Turman Productions |
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Running time | 106 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $3 million |
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The Graduate was released December 21, 1967, to critical and commercial success, grossing $104.9 million in the United States and Canada, making it the highest-grossing film of 1967. Adjusted for inflation (as of 2021), the film's gross is $857 million, making it the 22nd highest-grossing film in the United States and Canada, with inflation taken into account.[9]
It received seven nominations at the 40th Academy Awards, including for Best Picture and Best Director, the latter being the film's sole win.[10] In 1996, The Graduate was selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[11][12] It is currently (as of the 2007 rankings) ranked by the American Film Institute as the 17th greatest American film of all time, having been ranked 7th in 1997.