#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
The Extras
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.
The 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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