#800: NICHOLS, Mike: The Graduate (1967)
NICHOLS, Mike (United States)
The Graduate [1967]
Spine #800
Blu-ray
Blu-ray
One of the most beloved American films of all time, The Graduate earned Mike Nichols a best director Oscar, brought the music of Simon & Garfunkel to a wider audience, and introduced the world to a young actor named Dustin Hoffman. Benjamin Braddock (Hoffman) has just finished college and is already lost in a sea of confusion and barely contained angst when he becomes sexually involved with a friend of his parents', the indomitable Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), before turning his attention to her college-age daughter (Katharine Ross). Visually imaginative and impeccably acted, with a clever, endlessly quotable script by Buck Henry (based on the novel by Charles Webb), The Graduate had the kind of cultural impact that comes along only once in a generation.
106 minutes
Color
Color
Monaural
2:35:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2016
Director/Writers
Based on the novel by Charles Webb.
Screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry.
Mike Nichols was 36 when he directed The Graduate.
The Film
The Film
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Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Twelve-page wraparound featuring an essay by journalist and critic Frank Rich.
Commentary
With actor Hoffman.
Conversation
Between producer Lawrence Turman and screenwriter Henry.
Interview 2
With film writer and historian Bobbie O’Steen about editor Sam O’Steen’s work on The Graduate.
Students of “The Graduate”
A short documentary from 2007 on the film’s influence.
“The Graduate” at 25
A 1992 featurette on the making of the film.
Interview 3
With Nichols by Barbara Walters, from a 1966 episode of NBC’s Today show.
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The ExtrasThe Booklet
Twelve-page wraparound featuring an essay by journalist and critic Frank Rich.
Commentary
- From 2007 featuring Nichols in conversation with filmmaker Steven Soderbergh.
- From 1987 featuring film scholar Howard Suber.
With actor Hoffman.
Conversation
Between producer Lawrence Turman and screenwriter Henry.
Interview 2
With film writer and historian Bobbie O’Steen about editor Sam O’Steen’s work on The Graduate.
Students of “The Graduate”
A short documentary from 2007 on the film’s influence.
“The Graduate” at 25
A 1992 featurette on the making of the film.
Interview 3
With Nichols by Barbara Walters, from a 1966 episode of NBC’s Today show.
Screen tests
Trailer
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