Factual error: There is a scene with Benjamin Braddock going to Berkeley, but his car is driving on the upper deck of Bay Bridge which only goes in the direction of San Francisco.
The Graduate (1967)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Mike Nichols
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, William Daniels, Katharine Ross
In this spectacular, and almost comical ending, Benjamin Braddock "rescues" Elaine Robinson from the fate of a somewhat arranged marriage, by entering the church in which she is to be married and in on of the most classic scenes of all time banging on the glass of the balcony shouting "Elaine! Elaine!" he then proceeds to usher her out of the church amid angry parents and guests who literally try to strangle him. he fights them off with a symbolic cross he picks up, and then locks them inside the church by putting the cross through the handles of the doors. The ending scene is of Benjamin and Elaine "escaping" from their parents world on a bus. They are happy, not about being with one another, but about defying their parents, rebelling against what they have lived with for so long: upper middle class assholes. They are less happy, and more content, they smile occasionally in this one minute long closeup of their faces, the credits roll.
Lunchbox
More mistakes in The Graduate
Buck Henry: Are you here for an affair, sir?
Trivia: Mrs. Robinson is supposed to be much older than Ben. In fact Anne Bancroft was only six years older than Dustin Hoffman.
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