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The Graduate
on DVD (1967)
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| Starring: |
Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, Murray Hamilton, William Daniels, Walter Brooke, Norman Fell, Buck Henry, Harry Holcombe, Elizabeth Wilson, Alice Ghostley, Richard Dreyfuss, Brian Avery |
| Director: |
Mike Nichols |
| Studio: |
MOMENTUM PICTURES |
| Run time: |
101 mins |
| Certificate: |
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| Collections: |
100 must-see movies |
| User collections: |
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| Genres: |
Drama, Romance |
| Languages: |
English |
| Dubbed: |
German, Italian, Spanish |
| Subtitles: |
English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish |
| Released: |
26/03/2001
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| Also Available on: |
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Brief synopsis of The Graduate
Director Mike Nichols's THE GRADUATE is the satirical coming-of-age comedy that became an emotional touchstone for an entire generation. In the late 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 another boy, 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.
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Critics Reviews
Radio Times
This landmark satire on America's bourgeoisie thrust the unknown Dustin Hoffman into the limelight and won a best director Oscar for Mike Nichols. In his film debut, Hoffman is sensational as the innocent college graduate who is seduced by older married woman Anne Bancroft and then falls for her daughter Katharine Ross. The humour in Calder Willingham and Buck Henry's screenplay has the bite of a dry martini, Robert Surtees's stunning, innovative camerawork contributes telling visual ironies (especially in the scene where Hoffman runs to the church) and the Simon and Garfunkel soundtrack perfectly captures the mood of disaffected youth seething beneath the laid-back exterior of 1960s California. Nichols's Oscar was well deserved, launching him into the top rank of Hollywood directors, though the film missed out in six other categories — best picture, actor (Hoffman), actress (Bancroft), supporting actress (Ross), screenplay and cinematography.
Halliwell's Film Guide
Richly reflecting the anything-goes mood of the late sixties, this lushly-filmed sex comedy opened a few new doors, looked ravishing, was well acted and had a popular music score. A comedy of its time, it has also stood the test of time.
Time Out
Modish, calculated, but hugely popular film which, with the help of an irrelevant but diverting Simon and Garfunkel...
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