The graduate / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; an Embassy Pictures release ; Joseph E. Levine presents a Mike Nichols/Lawrence Turman production ; screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry ; produced by Lawrence Turman ; directed by Mike Nichols
- Uniform Title
- Graduate (Motion picture)
- Published
- [Irvington, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]
- Edition
- Two-DVD special edition.
- Physical Description
- 2 videodiscs (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out insert
DVD video 4 3/4 in. - Additional Creators
- Nichols, Mike, Levine, Joseph E., Turman, Lawrence, Willingham, Calder, 1922-1995, Henry, Buck, Bancroft, Anne, 1931-2005, Hoffman, Dustin, 1937-, Ross, Katharine, 1940-, Daniels, William, 1927-, Hamilton, Murray, Wilson, Elizabeth, 1921-2015, Avery, Brian, Brooke, Walter, Fell, Norman, 1924-1998, Ghostley, Alice, 1926-2007, Lorne, Marion, 1888-1968, Surtees, Robert, Sylbert, Richard, O'Steen, Sam, 1923-2000, Nelson, George, 1927-1992, Zipprodt, Patricia, 1925-1999, Simon, Paul, 1941-, Grusin, Dave, Soderbergh, Steven, 1963-, Suber, Howard, 1937-, O'Steen, Bobbie, 1952-, Walters, Barbara, 1929-, Cavett, Dick, Rich, Frank, Webb, Charles, 1939-, Simon and Garfunkel, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Embassy Pictures Corp, and Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Series
- Language Note
- English with optional English SDH subtitles.
- Summary
- Benjamin Braddock has just finished college and is already lost in a sea of confusion and barely contained angst when he becomes sexually involved with the middle-aged mother of the young woman he's dating.
- Subject(s)
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9781681431123
1681431122 - Related Titles
- Today show (Television program). Selections
Dick Cavett show (Television program). Selections - Sound Characteristics
- digital optical surround Dolby 5.1
- Video File Characteristics
- laser optical NTSC
- Digital File Characteristics
- video file DVD video region 1
- Form of work
- Motion picture
Motion pictures - Audience Notes
- MPAA rating: PG.
- Note
- Widescreen (2.35:1).
Based on the novel by Charles Webb.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1967.
Special features: Disc 1: Commentary 1 (2007 commentary featuring director Mike Nichols in conversation with filmmaker Steven Soderbergh); Commentary 2 (1987 audio commentary by film scholar Howard Suber); Trailer. Disc 2: Buck Henry and Lawrence Turman (the screenwriter and producer reminisce about the film); Dustin Hoffman (the actor recalls the making of the film); Sam and Mike (editor Bobbie O'Steen, Sam O'Steen's widow, examines his work through an analysis of the film and his collaboration with the director); Students of "The graduate" (short 2007 documentary features filmmakers, critics, and historians discussing the achievement and influence of the film); "The graduate" at 25 (1992 featurette from the 25th anniversary of the film includes interviews with actors Dustin Hoffman and Katharine Ross, screenwriter Buck Henry and producer Lawrence Turman); Mike Nichols and Barbara Walters (interview aired on NBC's Today show on July 29, 1966, the director discusses his career with Barbara Walters); Paul Simon and Dick Cavett (excerpt from April 9, 1970 episode of The Dick Cavett Show, Paul Simon discusses the music used in the film); Screen tests. Insert includes and essay by journalist and critic Frank Rich. - Creation/Production Credits Note
- Director of photography, Robert Surtees ; production designer, Richard Sylbert ; film editor, Sam O'Steen ; set decorator, George Nelson ; costumes by Patricia Zipprodt ; songs by Paul Simon ; sung by Simon & Garfunkel ; additional music by Dave Grusin.
- Participant/Performer Note
- Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, William Daniels, Murray Hamilton, Elizabeth Wilson, Brian Avery, Walter Brooke, Norman Fell, Alice Ghostley, Buck Henry, Marion Lorne.
- Technical Details
- DVD; region 1; NTSC; Dolby Digital monaural; 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
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