Maps of Movies
The Graduate (1967)
Where The Graduate says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
Berkeley's campus is a Los Angeles campus, and the wedding church is not in Santa Barbara
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Scenes and places
Benjamin lands in Los Angeles (1967)
Benjamin comes home after college with no idea what to do next. He drifts into a summer that will soon turn complicated.
Set in Los Angeles airport — Where Benjamin arrives home from college. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The airport of Los Angeles, the first place the film puts on screen.
Filmed at Los Angeles International Airport — The opening airport corridor scene; the page gives the airport, not a spot inside it. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The drive to the Robinson house (1967)
Mrs. Robinson asks Benjamin to drive her home. Inside the dark house she asks him to stay with her, and he tries to leave.
Set in Robinson house, Pasadena — The home of Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, where Benjamin is asked in after the graduation party. Google Maps · Apple Maps
Pasadena is the home town of both families; the point here is the city centre, not the house.
The Taft Hotel, under a false name (1967)
Benjamin books a room as Mr. Gladstone and meets Mrs. Robinson there through the summer. Later the staff greet him by that name in front of Elaine, and she guesses what he is hiding.
Set in Taft Hotel — A hotel where Benjamin signs the register as Mr. Gladstone.
A fictional hotel name; the film's real location is disputed.
Elaine walks across Sproul Plaza (1967)
After Elaine throws him out, Benjamin follows her to Berkeley. He watches her cross the plaza, hoping to win her back.
Set in Sproul Plaza, Berkeley — Elaine's university; Benjamin watches her walk. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The plaza at the south edge of the UC Berkeley campus.
Filmed at Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley — The Hollywood Reporter guide places the scene where Elaine walks as Ben watches her; coordinates are those of the plaza. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The campus fountain that is not in Berkeley (1967)
Benjamin waits for Elaine by a campus fountain, and the two begin to speak again.
Set in UC Berkeley campus — Campus exteriors and the library fountain where Benjamin waits for Elaine.
The Berkeley campus on screen is partly the University of Southern California, about 380 miles away.
Filmed at Doheny Memorial Library, USC, Los Angeles — Many exterior Berkeley campus shots were filmed on the brick USC campus; the Doheny page describes the fountain scene where Ben waits for Elaine. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The double-decker crossing the Bay Bridge (1967)
Benjamin rides a double-decker bus across the Bay Bridge, one more journey toward Elaine.
Set in San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge — The bridge between San Francisco and Oakland. Google Maps · Apple Maps
The bridge links San Francisco and Oakland.
Filmed at San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge — A double-decker bus crossing the bridge, as described by the Hollywood Reporter guide; the exact spot on the bridge is not given. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The zoo's monkey house (1967)
A meeting is set at the zoo's monkey house while Benjamin is still chasing Elaine.
Set in San Francisco Zoo, monkey house — The monkey house is named as a meeting place.
The zoo is in San Francisco; the exact building has no coordinates in the sources.
The wedding church (1967)
Benjamin learns Elaine's wedding is in Santa Barbara that very day and races there.
Set in Santa Barbara — The film places the wedding in Santa Barbara. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A church in La Verne stands in for Santa Barbara.
Filmed at United Methodist Church, La Verne — The wedding church is the United Methodist Church in La Verne; the coordinates given are the city centre, not the church. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Characters
- Benjamin Braddock — A college graduate back home in Pasadena, undecided about his life.
- Mrs. Robinson — The wife of his father's law partner.
- Elaine Robinson — The Robinsons' daughter, a student at UC Berkeley.