The film’s production had a bumpy start as they had high intentions for Robert Redford to play Benjamin, Gene Hackman to play Mr. Robinson, and Doris Say for Mrs. Robinson. Although, Nichols had a change of heart for the main character and wanted a “young man who lets life and love pass him by while he waits for a cataclysmic event to transform him.” Which he saw in Dustin Hoffman during the audition. During rehearsals Gene Hackman was fired and was immediately replaced. Location scenes filmed in Beverly Hills, on Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, and on the University of Southern California campus. A film clip from the ABC television series The Newlywed Game is used. When Nichols began editing the film, he and Sam O’Steen, his film editor, began