"The Graduate" is a 1967 film directed by Mike Nichols, who won an Oscar for his direction. The movie focuses on the development and maturation of the ultra-naïve college graduate, Benjamin Braddock. The famous line "just one word...Plastics" sums up the movie. Mr. McQuire tells Ben that there is "a great future in plastics." In this film, all relationships, except the one between Ben and Elaine, are artificial and molded like plastic. The relationship between Mr. and Mrs. Robinson is shaky at best. There is no love in their marriage. In fact, the only reason they are married is that Mrs. Robinson became pregnant with Elaine. They don't even "sleep in the same room," and in order for her to see Ben, she just "walks out" of the house. Ben finds this shocking because their marriage seems solid and real to outsiders, but it isn't. Their marriage is like plastic because although it appears solid, it is not.