Main specs
Actor(s): Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katharine Ross, Murray Hamilton, William Daniels, Walter Brooke, Richard Dreyfuss, Norman Fell, Buck Henry, Harry Holcombe, Elizabeth Wilson, Alice Ghostley, Richard Dreyfuss, Richard Dreyfuss, Brian Avery, Elisabeth Fraser, Eddra Gale, Jonathan Hole, Marion Lorne, Lainie Miller
Director(s): Mike Nichols
Genre: Drama - Romantic
Classification: 15 years and over
Production Year: 1967
Running Time: 1 hour 41 minutes
Video Category: Feature Film
Country Of Origin: United States of America
Plot: A college graduate becomes involved with with his girlfriend's mother. Soundtrack by Simon and Garfunkel.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): MOMENTUM PICTURES; TECHNICOLOR DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
Release date: 26/03/2001
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: MP 043 D
Editor: Sam O'Steen
Set Designer: George Robert Nelson
Barcode: 5060021171436
Production Designer: Richard Sylbert
Screenwriter: Buck Henry, Calder Willingham
Makeup: Harry Maret
Music Performer: Simon and Garfunkel
Cinematographer: Robert Surtees
Composer: Dave Grusin
Featured: Simon and Garfunkel
Director of Photography: Robert Surtees
Music: Dave Grusin
Producer: Lawrence Turman
Author: Charles Webb
Costume Designer: Patricia Zipprodt
Languages
Main Language: English
Dubbed Language: German, Italian, Spanish
Subtitle Language: English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish
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DVD 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 late 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 another boy, 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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