“I have no idea now what I thought ‘The Graduate’ would look like. I’m not sure I had a strong vision of it to begin with, and if I did, it wasn’t anything like what is on the screen. But if you ask me today, I think, ‘Yes, that is how I saw it.’”
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Buck Henry '52, Screenwriter of 'The Graduate,' Dies at 89

Posted on January 09, 2020 by New York Times

Senior Fellow Buck Henry '52, Who Helped Create 'Get Smart' and Adapt 'The Graduate,' Dies at 89

'52 Senior Fellow Buck Henry, a comedian who created the satirical spy sitcom "Get Smart" with Mel Brooks, was a frequent early host of "Saturday Night Live" and turned "plastics" into a countercultural catchword with his Oscar-nominated screenplay for "The Graduate," died Jan. 8 at a hospital in Los Angeles. He was 89.

See the New York Times obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/09/movies/buck-henry-dead.html