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ROBINSONSow a few wild oats. Take things as they e. Have a good time with the girls and so forth.Mrs. Robinson enters the room. She is now wearing the dress she wore earlier. Ben starts to get up.MRS. ROBINSONDon39。t get up.Ben sits.MR. ROBINSONI was just telling Ben here he ought to sow a few wild oats. Have a good time while he can. You think that39。s sound advice?Mrs. Robinson nods.MRS. ROBINSONYes, I do.BENI39。ve got to go.He stands. Mr. Robinson stands up with him.MR. ROBINSONYou have yourself a few flings this summer. I bet you39。re quite a ladies39。 man. BENOh no.MR. ROBINSONWhat? You look like the kind of guy that has to fight them off.(to Mrs. Robinson)Doesn39。t he look to you like the kind of guy who has to fight them off?MRS. ROBINSONYes, he does.They start out of the sunroom.INT. ROBINSON HALL – NIGHTMR. ROBINSONOh say – Elaine gets down from Berkeley on Saturday.BENOh yes.MR. ROBINSONBen – I want you to give her a call.BENI will.MR. ROBINSONGreat.Mr. Robinson opens the front door and Ben goes out.EXT. ROBINSON HOUSE – NIGHTSHOOTING OVER THE CAR toward the house. Ben es toward the car. Mrs. Robinson appears in the doorway。 the light behind her makes it difficult to see her face.MRS. ROBINSONBenjamin?BENYes.MRS. ROBINSONThank you for taking me home.Ben nods.MRS. ROBINSONI39。ll see you soon, I hope.Ben continues to walk toward us.MR. BRADDOCK39。S VOICELadies and gentlemen – your attention, please – for this afternoon39。s feature attraction.CUT TO:EXT. BRADDOCK BACKYARD AND POOL AREA – DAYThe sun shines brightly. Standing and sitting around the pool are Mr. and Mrs. Braddock, their friends MR. and MRS. ARNOLD, and the Arnold children, PETER and LOUISE, who are eight or nine. Watching from across the fence on one side of the house: the young girl from next door and her boy friend. Across the fence on the other side of the house: a quartet of adults, formally dressed as though for a cocktail party, holding drinks and watching. One of them holds a baby. The Braddocks, the Arnolds and their children are dressed in California Contemporary Sport Style: the adults in styles infinitely too young for them, the children in styles infinitely too old for them.Mr. Braddock stands alone at the end of the pool near the house. The others are grouped, more or less, at the other end. Mr. Braddock is hamming it up.MR. BRADDOCKHey, over there – I mean you! Your attention please!Mr. Braddock has moved over by one of the windows of the house, the window into the kitchen. He speaks quickly – in a fake sotto voce – towards the window.MR. BRADDOCKAre you ready in there, feature attraction?BEN39。S VOICECould I speak to you for a second, Dad?But Mr. Braddock has already moved away from the window and is redressing his audience.MR. BRADDOCKWhat was I saying?MRS. ARNOLDFeature attraction.MR. BRADDOCKRight. Hey – I39。m glad to see you39。re paying attention. A feature attraction that will be one of the most astounding events ever to take place in this particular backyard.They all laugh and some applaud.MR. BRADDOCKNow I39。m going to ask for a big round of applause to bring this boy out here – wait a minute – let me amend that – to bring this young man out here – because today he is twentyoneyearsold –MR. ARNOLD(his hands like a megaphone)Let39。s get on with the show!MR. BRADDOCKJust hang on a minute because I have a few words to say –MR. ARNOLDYou always do.They laugh。 Mrs. Arnold makes a face at Mr. Arnold as he grinningly acknowledges the response to his snappy eback.BEN39。S VOICEDad – could we just talk about this for a second?MR. BRADDOCKTwentyoneyearsold, ladies and gentlemen。 four of those years spent acplishing some rather extraordinary things at one of our nation39。s leading seats of learning –MR. ARNOLDBring him out!PETER AND LOUISEOn with the show! On with the show!MR. BRADDOCK(to the window)I can39。t hold them much longer, Ben. You better get out here.BEN39。S VOICEI39。d like to discuss this.MR. BRADDOCK(to his audience)This boy – I39。m sorry – this young man – is soon to continue his education as a Frank Halpingham Award Scholar – but before he does –Mr. Braddock darts back to the window.MR. BRADDOCKBefore he does –(to the window)You39。re disappointing them, Ben. You39。re disappointing them.BEN39。S VOICEDad – can you listen –MR. BRADDOCK(meaning it)I39。ll give you ten seconds.(back to the people)He is going to give us a practical demonstration of what I feel safe in saying is a pretty exciting birthday present – and it better work or I39。m out over two hundred bucks – so let39。s hear it for –Mr. Braddock moves to the screen door and pushes it open. It slams against the wall inside.MR. BRADDOCKBenjamin Braddock!INT. BRADDOCK BREAKFAST KITCHEN – SHOT DOWN THE HALL – DAYAt the back of the hall, inside the house, stands Ben, dressed in a full length skin diver39。s wet suit, flippers on his feet, the oxygen tank strapped to his back, the mask pushed up his forehead, the air hose dangling. He holds a spear gun in his hand.The people applaud.EXT. BRADDOCK BACKYARD AND POOL AREA – DAY SHOT – FROM BEN39。S POVThe people in the backyard. His father stands just outside the screen door.MR. BRADDOCKFolks – this remarkable young man is going to perform for you some spectacular and amazing feats of daring in water that is over six feet deep –Ben39。s arms e into view and pull the mask down.We are now looking through the mask as we MOVE FORWARD down the hall. Everything is slightly distorted through the glass. Ben39。s hand es up again with the breathing apparatus in it.SOUND: The rhythmic PUMPING of air, obliterating the SOUND of the people around the pool who seem to be applauding and chattering n