My 150 Favorite Movies - #105
The Graduate (1967)
The Graduate introduced American audiences to a new concept: that of the not-so-traditionally handsome hero. Originally supposed to star Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman became quite literally an overnight success playing Benjamin Braddock, the college graduate who doesn't know what to do with the rest of his life. Only 6 years older than Hoffman in real life, Anne Bancroft plays the MILF who seduces him and becomes incensed when he falls in love with her daughter. In only the second film he directed, Mike Nichols won an Oscar for Best Director. Ranked #17 on AFI's list of Greatest Films of All Time.
The Graduate introduced American audiences to a new concept: that of the not-so-traditionally handsome hero. Originally supposed to star Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman became quite literally an overnight success playing Benjamin Braddock, the college graduate who doesn't know what to do with the rest of his life. Only 6 years older than Hoffman in real life, Anne Bancroft plays the MILF who seduces him and becomes incensed when he falls in love with her daughter. In only the second film he directed, Mike Nichols won an Oscar for Best Director. Ranked #17 on AFI's list of Greatest Films of All Time.
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