The Graduate (DVD)

****************************************​***** ********************* TITLE : Graduate, The RATING: ***** CAST: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katherine Ross, William Daniels, Elizabeth Wilson, Murray Hamilton, Buck Henry, Brian Avery, Norman Fell, Walter Brooke, Alice Ghostley, Marion Lorne, Eddra Gale, Lainie Miller, Mike Farrell, Richard Dreyfuss. DIRECTOR: Mike Nichols SCREENWRITER: Calder Willingham & Buck Henry STUDIO: Metro Goldwyn Mayer / Embassy Pictures / Joseph E. Levine Productions BASED ON NOVEL: "The Graduate" by Charles Webb RUNNING TIME: 106 min RATED: PG (US) & 15 (UK); for ... more

THE GRADUATE 1967 FILM ONLY REVIEW INTRODUCTION "Mrs. Robinson do you think we could say a few words to each other first this time." I am showing my age now when I say that one of my favourite films I watched in the cinema in my teens was 'The Graduate ' in 1967. For people of my generation (old!), this film is seen as a classic, and as far as I am concerned it has maintained its legendary status after 40 years. For a film though, that is so commonly labelled a classic, (at the moment The Graduate is number 17 in the 100 greatest Film list) it is an often ridiculed and maligned film. 'The ... more

RELEASED: 1967, Cert.PG (15) RUNNING TIME: 105 mins DIRECTOR: Mike Nichols PRODUCERS: Lawrence Turman & Joseph E Levine SCREENPLAY: Calder Willingham & Buck Henry MUSIC: Dave Grusin & Paul Simon MAIN CAST:- Dustin Hoffman (as Ben Braddock) Anne Bancroft (as Mrs Robinson) Katharine Ross (as Elaine Robinson) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NB: This review is film only. Released in 1967 (it toured the UK cinemas in 1968) and based on the novel by Charles Webb, The Graduate was a somewhat groundbreaking film for its time, as were many others of that era, in that it dealt with a ... more

There are so many run of the mill films out there that when I see something different that is still entertaining I’m impressed. That to me is a good film. The Graduate is one of those films. Maybe it’s just my taste, but I don’t think so. Is it so amazing that a film has amazing special effects or huge explosions? All that really means is that the film has a bigger budget but it is the story that really counts. Look at Waterworld for example. A fortune was spent on that film and it was a complete flop. A lot of money was lost. And also this recent film about the new ice age ... more

The Graduate was made in 1967, the same year I was born, so I consider it is of particularly fine vintage. I had watched this film a number of times in the past, but noticed that it had not been on recently. When I saw it for sale on Amazon for only £4.99 I decided that this was just too good to be true and snapped it up. There was a lot of old classic movies being sold on Amazon at Christmas, and I bought up quite a few of them. Reviewing something like the Graduate is quite a daunting undertaking, and I am sure I don't ,at least on a basic level, question my ability to do so. The Graduate is ... more