The Graduate is a 1967 American comedy-drama motion picture 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 was by Buck Henry, who makes a cameo appearance as a hotel clerk, and Calder Willingham. The film tells the story of Benjamin Braddock , a recent university graduate with no well-defined aim in life, who is seduced by an older woman, Mrs. Robinson , and then proceeds to fall in love with her daughter Elaine . 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 #7 on AFI's 100 Years 100 Movies list in 1998. However, when AFI revised the list in 2007, the film was moved to #17. Adjusted for inflation, the film is #20 on the list of highest-grossing films in the United States and Canada. Benjamin Braddock, who will soon turn 21, returns to his parents' home in Southern California after graduating from a college on the East Coast.
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| Release date: | December 21, 1967 |
| Directed by: | Mike Nichols |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 106 Minutes |
| Producer: | Lawrence Turman |
| Editor: | Sam O'Steen |
| Music by: | Simon and Garfunkel, Dave Grusin |
| Cinematography: | Robert Surtees |
| Screenplay by: | Buck Henry, Calder Willingham |
| Estimated budget: | $3,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | The Graduate |
| Genre: | Comedy |