What Year Did You Graduate?

The Graduate.....was first released in 1967 and is an drama / comedy film directed by Mike Nichols and written by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry.

It was based on the 1963 novel  by Charles Webb, who wrote it shortly after graduating from Williams College.

The film hit the big screen on December 22, 1967.....
It was the top grossing film of 1968....the year that I graduated from high school.

It grossed $104.9 million....  When that amount is adjusted for inflation, that's a whopping $754 million in today's money!



 

Ever Watch The Graduate?

WikipediA Noted That.......
 The film was released on December 22, 1967, an it received positive reviews.....
grossing 104.9 million.
With the figures adjusted for inflation the film's gross is $754 million, making it the 22nd highest-ever grossing film in North America.

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.


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), then falls in love with her daughter Elaine (Katharine Ross).