About this episode
The first episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1967 features the highest-grossing film at the box office, Mike Nichols’ The Graduate . Directed by Nichols from a screenplay by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham (based on the novel by Charles Webb) and starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, William Daniels and Murray Hamilton, The Graduate grossed $104.7 million worldwide and was nominated for seven Oscars, winning one. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert ( https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-graduate-1967 ), A.D. Murphy in Variety ( https://variety.com/1967/film/reviews/the-graduate-1117791319/ ), and Andrew Sarris in the Village Voice . Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1967 installment, featuring our pick for a notable filmmaking debut, Martin Scorsese’s Who’s That Knocking at My Door .