The Graduate

The Graduate is Mike Nichols’s 1967 film about Benjamin Braddock, a recent college graduate who begins an affair with family friend Mrs. Robinson and falls for her daughter, Elaine.

Benjamin Braddock: Benjamin Braddock is the recent college graduate at the center of The Graduate. His aimlessness and resistance to adult expectations drive the film’s conflicts.
Mike Nichols: Mike Nichols was an American theater and film director who directed The Graduate. His staging and camera choices give Benjamin’s disorientation a visual form.
The Graduate (novel): The Graduate is a 1963 novel by Charles Webb about a young man returning home after college. Webb’s novel supplied the characters and premise that Nichols’s film reshaped.
Academy Awards: The Academy Awards are annual prizes honoring achievements in film. Nichols won the Academy Award for Best Director for The Graduate.
Mrs. Robinson: Mrs. Robinson is a married woman who begins an affair with Benjamin in The Graduate. Her affair with Benjamin sets the plot in motion and complicates his relationship with Elaine.
The Sound of Silence: “The Sound of Silence” is a song by Simon & Garfunkel, first released in 1964. Its repeated use links Benjamin’s isolation to the film’s shifting scenes.
Charles Webb: Charles Webb was an American novelist who wrote The Graduate. His 1963 novel provided the source material for the film.
American Film Institute: The American Film Institute is a nonprofit organization that preserves and promotes American cinema. Its lists have repeatedly placed The Graduate among notable American films.
Elaine Robinson: Elaine Robinson is Mrs. Robinson’s daughter and Benjamin’s romantic interest in The Graduate. Benjamin’s pursuit of Elaine turns a private affair into a conflict with her family.
Mrs. Robinson (song): “Mrs. Robinson” is a Simon & Garfunkel song written for The Graduate and released in 1968. The song’s title and lyrics became inseparable from the film’s central character.

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