Best Comedy of 1960s. Best-EVER Soundtrack Sync

Rating: 10/10 (29 September 2017)

The Graduate is THE best comedy of the 1960s, easily making the top 10 all-time list.
It's a film that propelled director Mike Nichols and actor Dustin Hoffman to the top of the Hollywood A-List.
For baby-boomers, this is an iconic film - a snap-shot of mid 1960s affluent suburban post- college let-down, introspection, angst, and confusion. Baby boomers saw things vastly different than their Greatest Generation parents, and Nichols (along with screen-play writer Buck Henry) "integrated" the generation-gap in a way no film had before.
Dustin Hoffman was fortunate to get the lead part as legend has it, and Nichols was fortunate to get him - both took advantage of the opportunity, and we are all fortunate they did so.
The best soundtrack sync in movie history - Nichols had an epiphany about using the introspective and melancholy music of Simon & Garfunkel in the film, setting what was then a new standard for use of popular music as an integral part of story telling. No film has done this better.
Without that music sync, this would have been a fine film, but it would not have reached its legendary film status.
Buck Henry's original screen-play delivers some very funny scenes - the hotel scenes running from the approximate 20 to 35 minute marks in the film are hilarious and everyone pulled it off to subtle perfection. Nichols ensured those comic moments were delivered with impeccable timing by utilizing Henry as a Day Player in the role of hotel manager.
Anne Bancroft is brilliant and hot, and portrays her tragic and narcissistic character with perfection, in what has become an iconic film character.
This film achieves much with solid performances by the entire cast.
This is Mike Nichols' greatest and most important achievement in film.
What else can I add that hasn't already been stated?
See it again when the mood strikes.
First timers, you are in for a treat.
Here's to you Mrs. Robinson! 🍸