The graduate

katharine ross and dustin hoffman • the graduate This is in 500 Days of Summer and seeing it just makes me sad.

The Graduate - Robert Surtees

An awkward audition by a young, unknown actor named Dustin Hoffman gave Mike Nichols the epiphany he needed for The Graduate, the sleeper phenomenon of 1967. Sam Kashner explores how the film made cinematic history.

Katharine Ross in The Graduate (1967)

Anne Bancroft (Mrs. Robinson) - The Graduate (Mike Nichols, 1967)

Fellas, from the day we came out of the womb, we have been playing catchup when it comes to the wisdom and maturity of a woman. She was way ahead of us on the school playground when she gave us that first kiss and we didn't know what the hell was happening, and she sure as hell is light-years ahead of us in her fifth decade.

Benjamin:Oh my God! Mrs. Robinson:Pardon? Benjamin:Oh no Mrs. Robinson. Oh no. Mrs. Robinson:What's wrong? Benjamin:Mrs. Robinson you didn't... I mean you didn't expect... Mrs. Robinson:What? Benjamin:I mean you didn't really think I'd do something like that. Mrs. Robinson:Like what? Benjamin:What do you think? Mrs. Robinson:Well I don't know. Benjamin:For god's sake Mrs. Robinson. Here we are. You got me into your house. You give me a drink. You... put on music. Now you start…

Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross and Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate (1967) from filmmaker Mike Nichols. For more from Museum of Cinema, visit: www.museumofcinema.com/