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Director Stephen Soderbergh remarked that casting Dustin Hoffman as Benjamin Braddock (who, in the novel “The Graduate” on which the movie was based, was tall, blonde, and athletic) was a decision that changed the way Hollywood defined leading men.
Carly Simon's privileged youth as the daughter of Simon & Schuster's founder was racked by the deception in her parents' marriage. Now, a year after her mother's death, Simon is trying to put to rest old memories of the web of eroticism, jealousy, and lies that surrounded the family's Stamford home. MARIE BRENNER hears the remarkable story behind Carly's songs.