The Graduate (Criterion Collection) (2-DVD) PG
This is Benjamin. He's a little worried about his future.
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- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 1 hours, 46 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: February 23, 2016
- Originally Released: 1967
- Label: Criterion Collection
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross & Anne Bancroft | |
Performer: | Murray Hamilton, William Daniels, Elizabeth Wilson, Brian Avery, Walter Brooke, Norman Fell, Elisabeth Fraser, Alice Ghostley, Buck Henry, Marion Lorne, Harry Holcombe, Eddra Gale, Richard Dreyfuss & Jonathan Hole | |
Directed by | Mike Nichols | |
Edited by | Sam O'Steen | |
Music by | Simon & Garfunkel | |
Screenwriting by | Calder Willingham & Buck Henry | |
Composition by | Dave Grusin | |
Produced by | Lawrence Turman | |
Director of Photography: | Robert Surtees |
Memorable Quotes and Dialog:
"Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?"
"Plastics."
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1967 -
Best Director: Mike Nichols
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 5/5 --
Mike Nichols' film makes such beguiling viewing largely because of Hoffman's performance as Benjamin, which combines humour, boredom and panic in equal measure.
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Independent (UK)
...[A] mellowed-out great movie...
USA Today
The high point of Mike Nichols's landmark comedy is the seduction scene in which Anne Bancroft's Mrs. Robinson brings Dustin Hoffman's Benjamin Braddock into the adult world.
Wall Street Journal
Rating: 5/5 --
If you have never seen it, go; if you have, go again.
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Sunday Independent (Ireland)
Rating: 5/5 --
Feels as sly, modern and bracing as it must have in 1967.
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Time Out
[T]hanks to the perfectly cast Bancroft, Mrs. Robinson not only became the archetype for the older woman as seductress, but also the source of distraction for many an adolescent male.
Premiere
Watching it today I can appreciate the historical significance of The Graduate, and Mike Nichols' direction is sharp and stylish. Yet I'm ambivalent about the film.
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Product Description:
Director Mike Nichols's THE GRADUATE is the satirical coming-of-age comedy that became an emotional touchstone for an entire generation. In the mid-1960s, Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman), a confused college graduate, is pulled in myriad directions by family, friends, and associates just days after receiving his degree. Seduced by Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), an older friend of the family, Ben carries on an affair with the married woman even as he falls for her daughter, Elaine (Katharine Ross). However, Ben and Elaine's attempts at romance are threatened by the spiteful rage of Mrs. Robinson, who proceeds to hastily arrange Elaine's marriage to someone else, leading up to one of the most memorable endings in cinema history.
With its striking photography and clever editing, THE GRADUATE established Nichols as a major director. The film also made a star out of young Hoffman, who gives an understated portrayal of the perplexed Ben--the actor's first role in a Hollywood film, which he almost didn't get because he wasn't Waspy enough. Outstanding performances by the rest of the cast are highlighted by Bancroft's sexy, embittered turn as Mrs. Robinson and Ross's endearing presence as the gorgeous yet innocent Elaine. The film's impact on popular culture is immeasurable: "Plastics" will live on eternally as depressing but solid career advice, and older women will never eye younger men without fear of becoming a "Mrs. Robinson." Buck Henry (who appears briefly in the film) cowrote the influential screenplay, based on the novel by Charles Webb, and the soundtrack by Simon and Garfunkel remains a movie classic.
With its striking photography and clever editing, THE GRADUATE established Nichols as a major director. The film also made a star out of young Hoffman, who gives an understated portrayal of the perplexed Ben--the actor's first role in a Hollywood film, which he almost didn't get because he wasn't Waspy enough. Outstanding performances by the rest of the cast are highlighted by Bancroft's sexy, embittered turn as Mrs. Robinson and Ross's endearing presence as the gorgeous yet innocent Elaine. The film's impact on popular culture is immeasurable: "Plastics" will live on eternally as depressing but solid career advice, and older women will never eye younger men without fear of becoming a "Mrs. Robinson." Buck Henry (who appears briefly in the film) cowrote the influential screenplay, based on the novel by Charles Webb, and the soundtrack by Simon and Garfunkel remains a movie classic.
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