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From this Era: Popular Films in the 1960s

Fall 2018
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Bonnie and Clyde, 1967

Former Northwestern student Warren Beatty starred as con man Clyde Barrow in this biographical crime film.

The Graduate, 1967

This groundbreaking rom-com featured William Daniels ’50 as the father of protagonist Benjamin Braddock, played by Dustin Hoffman. 

Planet of the Apes, 1968

Astronaut George Taylor, played by Charlton Heston ’45, encountered a species of intelligent apes when he traveled to a mysterious planet in this sci-fi thriller.

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