poster on linen THE GRADUATE 1968 HTF Rare International 1sht LINENBACKED

Description: Original 1968 INTERNATIONAL ONE SHEET (41 inches by 27 inches) "Pre-Awards" "THIS IS BENJAMIN" style poster used in movie theaters for marketing in English Speaking Countries OUTSIDE USA. The pre-award one-sheets, especially the "This is Benjamin" style, from both Embassy and United Artists are the most desirable posters from this movie. This rare vintage movie paper is in GOOD+ to VERY GOOD condition. Natural age-appropriate appearance. A restored poster with bright color and clean overall appearance. The poster shows general signs of use like slight fold wear, censor stamp, bleed through from stamp on the back. Nicely and professionally backed. FAST & SAFE DELIVERY. Part of a gallery of more than ONE THOUSAND LINENBACKED and more than 30,000 un-restored original rare paper items being offered for the first time to the eBay community. ALL PHOTOS of Rare Paper are ACTUAL ITEMS being sold. Please, ask questions before purchase, we will do our best to oblige you. 1967. Directed & co-Prod. by MIKE NICHOLS, co-Script by BUCK HENRY. TAGLINES : "What'll you do after you graduate?" "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me, aren't you?" "This is Benjamin. He's a little worried about his future" - A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter. Benjamin Braddock returns home to California after successfully completing college. He gets a hero's welcome from his parents but Ben isn't quite sure what to do with the rest of his life. He is soon seduced by Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father's partner, who methodically pursues the inexperienced young man. Soon, they are meeting regularly in hotel rooms. Warned by her to stay away from her daughter Elaine, his father goads him into taking her out on a date. He finds he quite likes Elaine but when she learns he's been having an affair with her own mother, she'll have nothing to do with him. He's smitten however and pursues her. Seven Academy Award OSCAR Nominations including BEST PICTURE, Best Actor (Dustin Hoffman), Best Actress (Anne Bancroft), Best Supporting Actress (Katherine Ross), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography. WON OSCAR for Best Director. CAST includes Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, Murray Hamilton, William Daniels, Elizabeth Wilson, Buck Henry, Brian Avery, Walter Brooke, Norman Fell, Alice Ghostley, Marion Lorne, Eddra Gale, Richard Dreyfuss, Mike Farrell, Bob Eubanks, Elaine May. BEHIND THE SCENES TRIVIA : When Dustin Hoffman showed up at producer Joseph E. Levine's office for a casting interview, Levine mistook him for a window cleaner. So Hoffman, in character, cleaned a window. During rehearsals of Dustin Hoffman's and Anne Bancroft's first encounter in the hotel room, Bancroft did not know that Hoffman was going to grab her breast. Hoffman decided to do it because it reminded him of schoolboys trying to nonchalantly grab girls' breasts in the hall by pretending to put their jackets on. When Hoffman did it, director Mike Nichols began laughing loudly. Hoffman began to laugh as well, so rather than stop the scene, he turned away and walked to the wall. Hoffman banged his head on the wall, trying to stop laughing, and Nichols thought it was so funny, it stayed in the finished film. Robert Redford screen tested with Candice Bergen for the part of Benjamin Braddock, but he was finally rejected by director Mike Nichols. Nichols did not believe Redford could persuasively project the underdog qualities necessary to the role. When he told this to Redford, Redford asked Nichols what he meant. "Well, let's put it this way", said Nichols, "Have you ever struck out with a girl?" "What do you mean?" asked Redford. "That's precisely my point," said Nichols. Redford told Nichols that he perfectly understood the character of Benjamin, who was a social misfit. He went on and on about his ability to play the part. Nichols finally said to him, "Bob, look in the mirror. Can you honestly imagine a guy like you having difficulty seducing a woman?" The link between Nichols and Redford began when Nichols directed his first Broadway play, "Barefoot in the Park", starring the then little-known Redford. Dustin Hoffman was told before his screen test that all of the other actors who had screen tested had agreed to a six-picture contract. Hoffman refused, telling his agent he would rather do it for free and not be obligated to appear in movies he didn't like. He ended up getting paid seventeen thousand dollars without further contracted films.

Price: 1449.95 USD

Location: Wake Forest, North Carolina

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