{"product_id":"seduced-by-mrs-robinson-book-beverly-gray-9781616206161","title":"Seduced by Mrs. Robinson","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e*An Amazon Best Book of the Month*\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"[Gray] writes smartly and insightfully . . . The book as a whole offers a fascinating look at how this movie tells a timeless story.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When \u003ci\u003eThe Graduate\u003c\/i\u003e premiered in December 1967, its filmmakers had only modest expectations for what seemed to be a small, sexy art-house comedy adapted from an obscure first novel by an eccentric twenty-four-year-old. There was little indication that this offbeat story--a young man just out of college has an affair with one of his parents' friends and then runs off with her daughter--would turn out to be a monster hit, with an extended run in theaters and seven Academy Award nominations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The film catapulted an unknown actor, Dustin Hoffman, to stardom with a role that is now permanently engraved in our collective memory. While turning the word \u003ci\u003eplastics\u003c\/i\u003e into shorthand for soulless work and a corporate, consumer culture, \u003ci\u003eThe Graduate\u003c\/i\u003e sparked a national debate about what was starting to be called \"the generation gap.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Now, in time for this iconic film's fiftieth birthday, author Beverly Gray offers up a smart close reading of the film itself as well as vivid, never-before-revealed details from behind the scenes of the production--including all the drama and decision-making of the cast and crew. For movie buffs and pop culture fanatics, \u003ci\u003eSeduced by Mrs. Robinson\u003c\/i\u003e brings to light \u003ci\u003eThe Graduate\u003c\/i\u003e's huge influence on the future of filmmaking. And it explores how this unconventional movie rocked the late-sixties world, both reflecting and changing the era's views of sex, work, and marriage.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49575091634449,"sku":"GOR009311514","price":18.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50185371418897,"sku":"CIN1616206160G","price":6.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51376856727825,"sku":"CIN1616206160VG","price":6.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1616206160.jpg?v=1750992791","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/seduced-by-mrs-robinson-book-beverly-gray-9781616206161","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}