We Asked, You Voted, We Listened!

We asked the community to vote from our list of popular movies from 1968 via our online survey. The winner was the 1968 Oscar contender The Graduate.

Though the movie didn’t win for best picture, director Mike Nichols took home the Best Director Oscar that year.

Here’s some fun trivia about the film: Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft were the not quickly chosen for the leads of this film. Warren Beatty was originally going to be the lead, but after he did not get the role, Robert Redford was selected to test.

Robert Redford screen-tested with Candice Bergen for the part of Benjamin Braddock but was finally rejected by director Mike Nichols because Nichols did not believe Redford could persuasively project the underdog qualities necessary to the role. When he told this to Redford, the actor 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

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