<P> Many of the exterior university campus shots of Berkeley were actually filmed on the brick campus of USC in Los Angeles . Other scenes were filmed on Durant Avenue and College Ave . across from the Unit One Dorms in the city of Berkeley, as well as on the Berkeley campus itself (shot remotely from Telegraph Avenue, as the university did not permit commercial filming at the time). </P> <P> The Taft Hotel scenes were filmed at the Ambassador Hotel . </P> <P> The church used for the wedding scene is actually the United Methodist Church in La Verne . In a commentary audio released with the 40th anniversary DVD, Hoffman revealed that he was uneasy about the scene in which he pounds on the church window, as the minister of the church had been watching the filming disapprovingly . The wedding scene was highly influenced by the ending of the 1924 comedy film Girl Shy starring Harold Lloyd, who also served as an advisor for the scene in The Graduate . The residences used for the Braddocks' house and the Robinsons' house were located on North Palm Drive in Beverly Hills . The scene with Benjamin and Elaine at night in his car at the drive - in restaurant was filmed in Westwood Village, Los Angeles . </P> <P> The scenes of Benjamin driving to Berkeley on the San Francisco--Oakland Bay Bridge were filmed on the top level of the bridge--leading into San Francisco--the opposite direction of Berkeley . In another scene as he drives south to Santa Barbara, his Alfa Romeo Spider is shown heading north through the Gaviota Tunnel, also the wrong direction . </P>

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