"The Graduate" (1967)

Starring (Character): Anne Bancroft (Mrs. Robinson), Dustin Hoffman (Benjamin Braddock), Katharine Ross (Elaine Robinson), Murray Hamilton (Mr. Robinson),William Daniels (Mr. Braddock).
Director: Mike Nichols. Produced by Lawrence Turman.
Screenwriter: Calder Willingham and Buck Henry.

   Tired of being the golden boy for his parents friends, college track star Benjamin Braddock embarks upon an affair with the wife of his father's boss. Benjamin leads a frustrated life and often sees adults in a surreal way, so he hopes to relax and sow his wild oats as suggested by his mistresses husband, but is dismayed to find himself just another tool to ease middle-aged insecurity
"Mrs. Robinson" (Simon & Garfunkel) and lots of unforgettable sounds. A guy looked for a church, which his girlfriend gets marry with another guy. He shouted her name -this scene is the most famous in this film- and they escaped. Mrs. Robinson is another unforgettable character.


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Academy Awards in 1967 (40th)
ACTOR
Nominee/RecipientFilm
Warren Beatty
Paul Newman
Dustin Hoffman
Spencer Tracy
Rod Steiger		 Bonnie and Ckyde
Cool Hand Luke
The Graduate
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
in the Heat of the Night
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Nominee/RecipientFilm
Gene Hackman
Michael J. Pollard
george Kennedy
John Cassavetes
Cecil Kellaway		 Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
Cool Hand Luke
the Dirty Dozen
Guess Who's Comming to Dinner
ACTRESS
Nominee/RecipientFilm
Faye Dunaway
Anne Bancroft
Katharine Hepburn
Dame Eduth Evans		 Bonnie and Clyde
The Graduate
Guess Who's Comming to Dinner
Wait until Dark
The Whisperers
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Nominee/RecipientFilm
Milred Natwick
Estelle Parsons
Katharine Ross
Beah Richards
Carol Channing		 Barefoot in the Park
Bonnie and Clyde
the Graduate
Guess Who's Comming to Dinner
Thoroughly Modern Millie
ART DIRECTION
FilmNominee/Recipient
Camelot
Doctor Dolittle
Guess Who's Comming to Dinner
The Taming of the Shrew
Thoroughly Modern Millie		 John Truscott, Edward Carrere
Mario Chiari, Jack Martin Smith
Ed Graves
Robert Clatworthy
Renzo Mongiardno, John DeCuir, Elven Webb, Giuseppe Mariani
Alexander Golotzen, George C. Webb
BEST PICTURE
FilmNominee/Recipient
Bonnie and Clyde
Doctor Dolittle
The Graduate
Guess Who's Comming to Dinner
In the Heat of the Night		 Warren Beatty
Arthur P. Jacobs
Lawrence Turman
Stanley Kramer
Walter Mirisch
CINEMATOGRAPHY
FilmNominee/Recipient
bonnie and Clyde
Camelot
Doctor Dolittle
The Graduate
In Cold Blood		 Burnett Guffey
Richard H. Kline
Rober Surtees
Rober Surtees
Conrad Hall
COSTUME DESIGN
FilmNominee/Recipient
Bonnie and Clyde
Camelot
The Happiest Millionaire
The Taminf og the Shrew
Thoroughly Modern Millie		 Theadora Van Runkle
John Truscott
Bill Thomas
Irene Sharaff, Danilo Donati
Jean Louis
DIRECTING
FilmNominee/Recipient
Bonnie and Clyde
The Graduate
Guess Who's Comming to Dinner
In Cold Blood
In the Heat of the Night		 Arthur Penn
Mike Nichols
Stnley Kramer
Richard Brooks
Norman Jewison
DOCUMENTARY (Feature)
FilmNominee/Recipient
The Anderson Platoon
Festival
Harvest
A King's Story
A Time for Burning		 Pierre Schoendoerffer
Murray Lerner
Carroll Ballard
Jack Le Vien
William C. Jersey

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