The Graduate

The Graduate is a 1967 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols. It is based on the 1963 novel The Graduate by Charles Webb, who wrote it shortly after graduating from Williams College. The screenplay is by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry, who appears in the film as a hotel clerk.

The film tells the story of 21-year-old Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman), a recent college graduate with no well-defined aim in life, who is seduced by an older woman, Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), and then proceeds to fall in love with her daughter Elaine (Katharine Ross).

In 1996, The Graduate was selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Initially, the film was placed at number 7 on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies list in 1998. When AFI revised the list in 2007, the film was moved to number 17.

With the figures adjusted for inflation, the film is number 22 on the list of highest-grossing films in the United States and Canada. When figures are adjusted for inflation, population and moviegoing trends (how many tickets the average American bought in the year of release), it is the second-most popular film of all time.

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The Graduate (novel)

The Graduate is a 1963 novella by Charles Webb, who wrote it shortly after graduating from Williams College. It tells the story of Benjamin Braddock, who, while pondering his future after his graduation, has an affair with the older Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father's business partner.

It was adapted into the highly successful 1967 movie The Graduate, directed by Mike Nichols and with Dustin Hoffman in the title role. Webb has stated he never felt comfortable with the attention the movie brought him because he felt it distracted from his status as a serious artist. He did not receive any royalties from the film and has stated he is glad it happened that way.

On the episode of the AMC television show Movies That Shook the World devoted to the film adaptation, Webb revealed the identity of the real-life inspiration for Mrs. Robinson: Jane Erickson (exact spelling unknown), the wife of an associate of Webb's father. However, that was the extent of any similarity with the novel; Webb denied having a relationship with her.

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The Graduate (soundtrack)

The Graduate is an album of songs from the soundtrack of Mike Nichols' movie The Graduate, featuring many songs from the folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel as well as several instrumental pieces by Dave Grusin. Released on January 21, 1968, the album was produced by Teo Macero.

Although the album features two versions of the acclaimed "Mrs. Robinson", neither is the full version as featured on Bookends. The first is an instrumental, while the second is abbreviated, tapering off as it does in the film. However, the other major song of the album, "The Sound of Silence" is used three times in the film.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Paul Simon, except where noted. 

Chart positions

Charts

Personnel

  • Paul Simon - lead vocals, guitar
  • Art Garfunkel - lead vocals

    • References

  • ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.

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    Surround Yourself

    by: The Graduate

    If you had a chance to leave
    And take some time without me
    How far would you go
    How long until you know
    I've been waiting patiently
    For your heart and body
    All the things we'd love to be
    And you'll stay with me
    Let's take a walk on Saturday
    Let's find a place to get away
    We don't get down in front
    We never get what we want
    Show me something new
    Tell me what to do
    We don't get down in front
    We never get what we want
    Lay down right now
    Let's go around with claims to beat
    It's now hard for me
    You're impossible to beat
    I must have been so, so, I don't know
    Confused or scared to share me
    Surround yourself
    Surround, surround, surround yourself in me
    Oh yeah, on our walk on Saturday
    You said you might not stay, hey
    If you had a chance to see
    How your life would look with love for someone constantly
    Would it still be me
    Lay down right now
    Let's go around with claims to beat
    It's now hard for me
    You're impossible to beat
    I must have been so, so, I don't know
    Confused or scared to share me
    Surround yourself
    Surround, surround, surround
    I must have been so, so, I don't know
    Confused or scared to share me
    Surround yourself
    Surround, surround, surround yourself in me




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