Where to watch The Graduate (1967)
The Graduate is available to stream in BR on Claro tv+. It can also be rented or bought from AppleTV and Amazon.
A disillusioned college graduate returns home unsure of his future and becomes involved with an older married woman. When he develops feelings for her daughter, he is caught between desire, family expectations, and the difficult search for a direction of his own.
Cast: Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, Murray Hamilton, William Daniels, Elizabeth Wilson, Buck Henry, Brian Avery, Walter Brooke, Norman Fell, Alice Ghostley, Marion Lorne
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Trivia & production notes
- Dustin Hoffman was originally cast in Mel Brooks' The Producers but begged to be released from the role so he could audition for The Graduate instead.
- Producer Joseph E. Levine initially mistook Dustin Hoffman for a messenger boy when they first met during casting.
- Anne Bancroft and Katharine Ross, who played mother and daughter, were only eight years apart in age, while Bancroft and Hoffman differed by less than six years.
- Despite earning $20,000 for his role, Dustin Hoffman netted only $4,000 after taxes and temporary housing costs, then collected $55 per week in New York State unemployment benefits while living in a West Village apartment.
- Robert Redford was tested for the role of Benjamin but director Mike Nichols felt he lacked the underdog quality the character required.
- Charles Grodin turned down the role of Benjamin twice—first because of a $500/week salary offer, and again because he felt he couldn't prepare adequately for a screen test overnight.
- Gene Hackman was initially cast as Mr. Robinson but was fired after a few days of rehearsals and replaced by Murray Hamilton.
- Every major film studio rejected the project, with producers saying they hated the source material and didn't find it funny.
- Director Mike Nichols hired Buck Henry as screenwriter despite Henry having no formal writing background and experience primarily in improvised comedy.
- Many exterior shots depicting Berkeley's campus were actually filmed at USC in Los Angeles instead.
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