Rediscover this New Hollywood classic with this superb The Graduate Poster that will surely add charm to your decor!
- Paper Feature:
- 🎨 Canvas: global standard in terms of printing and imitating a “painting canvas” look.
- By default, the poster contains a 4cm white border for framing (frame not included). If you don’t want it, please choose “without white border”.
- ✅ Size: Multiple choices available. ✅
- High UV resistance.
- Color vibrancy maximum, glare-free.
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Description of this The Graduate Poster
The Graduate is a 1967 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols and written by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham, based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Charles Webb, who wrote it shortly after graduating from Williams College. The film tells the story of 21-year-old Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman), a recent college graduate with no clear direction in life, who is seduced by an older married woman, Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), but then falls in love with her daughter Elaine (Katharine Ross).
The Graduate was released on December 21, 1967, to critical and commercial success, grossing $104.9 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of 1967. Adjusted for inflation (as of 2021), the film grossed $857 million, making it the 23rd highest-grossing film in North America, adjusted for inflation. The film received seven nominations at the 40th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won Best Director. In 1996, The Graduate was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry because of its cultural, historical, or aesthetic significance. It is currently (as of the 2007 ranking) ranked by the American Film Institute as the 17th greatest American film of all time, having been ranked as high as #7 in 1997.
After graduating from an East Coast university, Benjamin Braddock returns to his parents’ home in Pasadena, California. During the graduation party, he is invited to join a company specializing in plastics, the material of the future. Benjamin is embarrassed by his parents’ praise during the party and retreats to his room until Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father’s business partner, insists he drive her home. Once there, she attempts to seduce him. He initially resists her advances, but his unsuccessful attempts to connect with his parents leave him feeling isolated. Desperate, he invites Mrs. Robinson to the Taft Hotel, where he registers under the alias “Mr. Gladstone.”
Benjamin spends the summer floating in his parents’ pool by day and meeting Mrs. Robinson at the hotel by night. During one of their romps, Mrs. Robinson reveals that her loveless marriage resulted in the accidental pregnancy of her daughter, Elaine. When Benjamin jokingly suggests going out with Elaine, Mrs. Robinson angrily forbids him. However, Benjamin’s parents, unaware of the affair, are eager for their son to go out with Elaine and pester him relentlessly to ask her out, as does Mr. Robinson. Benjamin gives in and reluctantly asks Elaine out.
When he sees how upset Mrs. Robinson is, Benjamin tries to sabotage his date by ignoring Elaine, driving recklessly, and taking her to a strip club. She runs out of the club in tears, but a remorseful Benjamin chases after her, apologizes, and kisses her. They eat at a drive-in, where they become closer due to their shared uncertainty about their future plans. After they go to the Taft Hotel for late-night drinks and the staff greets Benjamin as “Mr. Gladstone,” Elaine deduces that Benjamin is having an affair with a married woman. Benjamin swears the affair is over and plans another date with Elaine for the next day.
To keep Benjamin from going out with Elaine, Mrs. Robinson threatens to reveal their affair to Elaine. To thwart this threat, Benjamin reveals to Elaine that the married woman is his mother. Elaine is so upset that she refuses to see Benjamin again and returns to school in Berkeley.
Benjamin follows her to Berkeley in hopes of regaining her affection. Elaine is stunned because her mother told her that Benjamin raped her while she was drunk. After Benjamin explains what really happened and apologizes, Elaine forgives him, and they resume their relationship. He asks her to marry him, but she hesitates despite her feelings for him. Later, an angry Mr. Robinson arrives in Berkeley and confronts Benjamin in his dorm room, where he informs him that he and his wife will soon be divorced and threatens to have Benjamin imprisoned if he continues to see Elaine. He then forces Elaine to leave the university to marry Carl Smith, a classmate she briefly dated.
Benjamin returns to Pasadena and breaks into the Robinson house looking for Elaine. Instead, he finds Mrs. Robinson calling the police and claiming her house has been burglarized. She then tells Benjamin that he cannot stop Elaine’s marriage to Carl. Before the police can arrest him, Benjamin runs away from the Robinson house and returns to Berkeley. He visits Carl’s fraternity and learns from one of Carl’s brothers that the wedding will be held in Santa Barbara that day. He rushes to the area near the church when his Alfa Romeo runs out of gas, forcing him to trot to the church, where he arrives just as the ceremony is over. Overlooking the sanctuary, he punches the glass separating him from the wedding and shouts Elaine’s name. After observing the furious faces of Carl and his parents, Elaine shouts “Ben!” and runs from the sanctuary. Benjamin fights Mr. Robinson and fends off the wedding guests by swinging a large cross, which he uses to barricade the church doors and trap them inside. Elaine and Benjamin escape aboard a bus and sit among the surprised passengers. As the bus moves on, their ecstatic smiles slowly fade as they begin to contemplate an uncertain future.