The Graduate
The Graduate (1967) A Review by Grant Kanigan Directed by: Mike Nichols Written by: Calder Willingham, Buck Henry & Charles Webb Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katherine Ross Rating: R Release Date: December 22nd, 1967 Dustin Hoffman & Anne Bancroft's leg in The Graduate Source: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4214195456/tt0061722?ref_=ttmi_mi_all_sf_13 The Graduate is akin to a pearl in today's cinematic ocean. Awash in a sea of plastics, garbage and death; it's a shining gem of brilliance, and one that's still worth fishing out of the murky ooze. 47 years after it was first released, Mike Nichols' The Graduate is still as fresh, resonant and important as the day it premiered. Like 2014's Gone Girl , (which I had originally planned to review today), it stands as a product of it's time. A lot of the settings have changed, and some of the expressions are outdated, yet, as it's main ideals ...