The Graduate (Criterion Collection) (2-DVD) PG

This is Benjamin. He's a little worried about his future.
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DVD Details

  • 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

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Screenwriting by &
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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:

Certified Fresh88%

TOMATOMETER
Total Count: 78

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 183,440
...[A] mellowed-out great movie...
USA Today
Nov 13, 1992
Rating: 5/5 -- Its pleasures and wit stand the test of time. Plus the cinematography is flat-out fantastic, like David Hockney's pool paintings made live. Full Review
Times (UK)
Jun 23, 2017
The hit ages like wine and should speak just as eloquently to disaffected grads in the 21st century. -- Grade: A-
Entertainment Weekly
May 12, 2006
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
Aug 1, 2013
Rating: 5/5 -- If you have never seen it, go; if you have, go again. Full Review
Sunday Independent (Ireland)
Jun 26, 2017
Rating: 5/5 -- Over fifty years after its theatrical release, comedy-drama The Graduate manages to hold up as one of the best films of all time. Full Review
Solzy at the Movies
Jan 9, 2020
[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
Apr 1, 2004

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.

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