[DOC] [TLE] Here's to You, Mr. Nichols: The Making of The Graduate - Vanity Fair [PAR] Almost from the start, Mike Nichols knew that Anne Bancroft should play the 
seductive ... who'd wanted the role, but a little-known Jewish stage actor, Dustin 
Hoffman. .... starring Don Adams as the incompetent control agent 86, Maxwell 
Smart. .... farce called Eh?, landed him on the cover of the Arts & Leisure section 
of The... [DOC] [TLE] JBoard.tv  View topic - RIP Mike Nichols [PAR] #5874, aired 2010-03-11 PLAY TIME $2000: In 2008 Mike Nichols directed a ... 
time he saw his partner Elaine May, he was in a college play & she was ... in a 
play called "Eh?" & offered him the starring role in "The Graduate" [DOC] [TLE] Dustin Hoffman - Wikipedia [PAR] Dustin Lee Hoffman (born August 8, 1937) is an American actor and a director, 
with a career in .... In 1967, director Mike Nichols cast Hoffman in The Graduate (
1967), his first ... The Graduate, Hoffman turned down most of the film roles 
offered to him, .... Based on actual events, Hoffman and Redford play Washington 
Post... [DOC] [TLE] The Graduate - Wikipedia [PAR] The Graduate is a 1967 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols. It 
is based on ... Starring, Anne Bancroft ... Both Mr. Robinson and Benjamin's 
parents encourage him to call on Elaine although Mrs. ... Ava Gardner sought the 
role of Mrs. Robinson, and reportedly called Nichols saying,"I want to see you! I 
want... [DOC] [TLE] The Graduate (1967) - Trivia - IMDb [PAR] The Graduate (1967) Trivia on IMDb: Cameos, Mistakes, Spoilers and more. ... 
When Hoffman did it onscreen, director Mike Nichols began laughing loudly 
offscreen. ... Dustin Hoffman was already set to play a role in Mel Brooks The 
Producers ..... for the role of Ben was a disaster but that Mike Nichols saw 
something in him... [DOC] [TLE] Some are More Yossarian than Others | TIME [PAR] Jun 15, 1970 ... Read TIME's 1970 cover story about Mike Nichols and the making of 'Catch-22' ... 
bargain his superiors finally offer him: All you have to do is like us. .... The 
second time out, with Dustin Hoffman and The Graduate, he ... assignment 
Hoffman won because of his excellence in the play Eh? directed by Arkin. [DOC] [TLE] Dirty Lenny . . . on the Silver Screen - Rolling Stone [PAR] Dec 5, 1974 ... Inside the Lenny Bruce biopic starring Dustin Hoffman. ... It rips at him and tears 
at him and eats up the bulk of his humor, leaving him .... Director Mike Nichols 
was impressed and invited Hoffman to try out for The Graduate. ... Dustin began 
work on The Graduate in his 29th year. ..... This is called de aprs. [DOC] [TLE] New Hollywood: American New Wave Cinema (1967-69) [PAR] Half way through reading it he called them up again and said he wanted to option 
it ... When Jack Warner first saw a rough cut of Bonnie and Clyde in the summer 
of ... having Mike Nichols, highly acclaimed for his work in the theatre in New 
York, ... Nichols had originally planned The Graduate as his film directing debut 
but... [DOC] [TLE] Playboy Interview [PAR] Dec 20, 2009 ... Producer Joseph Levine, on first encounter with him, mistook the ... Yet, with a 
daring some called recklessness, he went on to insist on challenging roles 
playing eccentric characters. .... PLAYBOY: What made you want to play Lenny 
Bruce? ..... Mike Nichols said when we were working on The Graduate. [DOC] [TLE] JEREMY THE CRITIC: From The Vault: The Swimmer [PAR] Jul 24, 2007 ... Starring: Burt Lancaster, Janet Landgard, Janice Rule, Tony Bickley, Kim Hunter, 
... The only thing I was sure of by the time the film ended was that I saw ... as his 
friends call him) he's in terrific shape and could be the poster boy for ... era of the

Question: Mike Nichols saw him in a play called "Eh?" & offered him the starring role in "The Graduate"
Answer: Dustin Hoffman