Four-Star Films : ‘The Graduate’

Mike Nichols’ watershed 1967 comedy, about a confused young California college graduate (Dustin Hoffman, pictured) who is seduced by a friend of his parents (Anne Bancroft, pictured) defined the generation gap for its era. Written by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry, with songs by Simon and Garfunkel, it’s a comic romance that breathes with menace and paranoia--and ‘60s audiences adored it. With Katharine Ross (KCOP early Saturday at 3 a.m.).

Other four-star films airing this week:

North by Northwest / KCET, Sunday, noon.

Schindler’s List / NBC, Sunday, 7:30 p.m.

The Killers (1946) AMC, Tuesday, 1:30 and 6 p.m.

Babette’s Feast / Showtime, Thursday, 1 p.m.

Night of the Living Dead (1968) A&E;, early Friday, 1 a.m.

Rebel Without a Cause / A&E;, early Saturday, 4 a.m.

It Happened One Night / TMC, Saturday, 6:45 a.m.