Edition |
Two-DVD special edition. |
Description |
2 videodiscs (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert. |
Physical Medium |
DVD video 4 3/4 in. rda |
Description |
digital optical surround Dolby 5.1 rda |
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laser optical NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Motion picture |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
Series |
Criterion collection ; 800 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 800.
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System Details |
DVD; NTSC, region 1; monaural; 2.35:1 aspect ratio. |
Language |
English with optional English SDH subtitles. |
Cast |
Anne Bancroft, Dustin Hoffman, Katharine Ross, William Daniels, Murray Hamilton, Elizabeth Wilson, Brian Avery, Walter Brooke, Norman Fell, Alice Ghostley, Buck Henry, Marion Lorne. |
Credits |
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. |
Note |
Widescreen (2.35:1). |
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Based on the novel by Charles Webb. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1967. |
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. |
Note |
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. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: PG. |
Subject |
College graduates -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Adultery -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Fiction films.
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Dark comedy films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films -- United States.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Nichols, Mike, film director, film producer.
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Levine, Joseph E., film producer.
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Turman, Lawrence, film producer.
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Willingham, Calder, 1922-1995, screenwriter.
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Henry, Buck, screenwriter, actor.
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Bancroft, Anne, 1931-2005, actor.
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Hoffman, Dustin, 1937- actor.
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Ross, Katharine, 1940- actor.
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Daniels, William, 1927- actor.
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Hamilton, Murray, actor.
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Wilson, Elizabeth, 1921-2015, actor.
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Avery, Brian, actor.
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Brooke, Walter, actor.
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Fell, Norman, 1924-1998, actor.
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Ghostley, Alice, 1926-2007, actor.
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Lorne, Marion, 1888-1968, actor.
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Surtees, Robert, director of photography.
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Sylbert, Richard, production designer.
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O'Steen, Sam, 1923-2000, editor of moving image work.
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Nelson, George, 1927-1992, set designer.
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Zipprodt, Patricia, 1925-1999, costume designer.
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Simon, Paul, 1941- composer (expression)
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Grusin, Dave, composer (expression)
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Soderbergh, Steven, 1963- commentator.
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Suber, Howard, 1937- commentator.
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O'Steen, Bobbie, 1952- interviewee (expression)
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Walters, Barbara, 1929-2022 interviewer (expression)
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Cavett, Dick, interviewer (expression)
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Rich, Frank, writer of supplementary textual content.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Webb, Charles, 1939-2020.
Graduate.
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Simon and Garfunkel, performer.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, production company.
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Embassy Pictures Corp., production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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Added Title |
Today show (Television program). Selections.
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Dick Cavett show (Television program). Selections.
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ISBN |
9781681431123 |
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1681431122 |
Standard No. |
715515168311 |
Music No. |
CC2587D The Criterion Collection (container) |
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CC2587D-1 The Criterion Collection (disc 1) |
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CC2587D-2 The Criterion Collection (disc 2) |
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