The Graduate (1967) — Screenplay
A directionless recent grad drifts into an affair with his parents' friend, then falls for her daughter, risking everything.
- Written by
- Calder Willingham, Buck Henry
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Length
- 124 pages
Study this script for its razor-sharp tonal balance between satire and sincere longing, and for how its dialogue and visual irony build a protagonist whose passivity becomes a kind of action. The opening act's repetition and alienation are a masterclass in establishing a character's interiority through external detail.
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