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156 THE GRADUATEEmbassy, 1967PRINCIPAL CASTDIRECTORPRODUCERSCREENWRITERSDustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine RossMike NicholsLawrence TurmanBuck Henry, Calder WillinghamBenjamin Braddock is confused and alienated, stuck in a fishbowl like so many of hispeers. It only gets worse when he sinks into an affair with Mrs. Robinson and falls inlove with her daughter, Elaine. If only he had followed the advice of his father’sfriend, and gone into “Plastics.” Simon and Garfunkel’s songs spoke to a whole newgeneration of filmgoers.157 GRAND HOTELMGM, 1932PRINCIPAL CASTDIRECTORPRODUCERSCREENWRITERGreta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan CrawfordEdmund GouldingPaul BernWilliam A. Drake“People come. People go. Nothing ever happens.” But at the Grand Hotel in Berlinthe lives of the rich and famous intersect with the poor and the infamous. Everyone isfacing some sort of crisis in this classic narrative of multiple stories, but the film isbest remembered for Garbo’s unforgettable lament, “I vant to be alone.”158 THE GRAPES OF WRATHTwentieth Century-Fox, 1940PRINCIPAL CAST Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John CarradineDIRECTORJohn FordPRODUCERNunnally JohnsonSCREENWRITER Nunnally JohnsonThis moving Depression-era social drama based on John Steinbeck’s novel followsthe hopeful migration of workers from the Oklahoma dust bowl through theirsubsequent disillusionment upon reaching California. Fonda’s haunting last words tohis mother, “Wherever there’s a fight, so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there,”embody his family’s enduring spirit.159 GREASEParamount, 1978PRINCIPAL CASTDIRECTORPRODUCERSSCREENWRITERSJohn Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard ChanningRandal KleiserRobert Stigwood, Allan CarrBronte Woodward, Allan CarrA love poem to the 1950s, this nostalgic musical follows the exploits of seniorsat Rydell High—particularly Newton-John’s Sandy, an innocent teenager who fallsin love with Travolta’s Danny, a greaser from the wrong side of the tracks. Basedon the Broadway musical, the film’s songs include Hopelessly Devoted to You andSummer Nights.American Film Institute 53