Cover image for The graduate [DVD video]
Title:
The graduate [DVD video]
Edition:
Two-DVD special edition.
Publication Date:
2016
Publication Information:
[Irvington, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert.
ISBN:
9781681431123
Abstract:
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.
General 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.
Performers:
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; NTSC, region 1; monaural; 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
Language:
English
Additional Language:
English with optional English SDH subtitles.
Audience:
MPAA rating: PG. No CHV rating available.
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