The Graduate
One of the most beloved American films of all time, The Graduate earned Mike Nichols a best director Oscar, brought the music of Simon & Garfunkel to a wider audience, and introduced the world to a young actor named Dustin Hoffman. Benjamin Braddock (Hoffman) has just finished college and is already lost in a sea of confusion and barely contained angst when he becomes sexually involved with a friend of his parents’, the indomitable Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), before turning his attention to her college-age daughter (Katharine Ross). Visually imaginative and impeccably acted, with a clever, endlessly quotable script by Buck Henry (based on the novel by Charles Webb), The Graduate had the kind of cultural impact that comes along only once in a generation.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Optional 5.1 surround remix, approved by director Mike Nichols, presented in DTS-HD Master Audio
- Audio commentary from 2007 featuring Nichols in conversation with filmmaker Steven Soderbergh
- Audio commentary from 1987 featuring film scholar Howard Suber
- New interview with actor Dustin Hoffman
- New conversation between producer Lawrence Turman and screenwriter Buck Henry
- New interview with film writer and historian Bobbie O’Steen about editor Sam O’Steen’s work on The Graduate
- Students of “The Graduate,” a short documentary from 2007 on the film’s influence
- “The Graduate” at 25, a 1992 featurette on the making of the film
- Interview with Nichols by Barbara Walters, from a 1966 episode of NBC’s Today show
- Excerpt from a 1970 appearance by singer-songwriter Paul Simon on The Dick Cavett Show
- Screen tests
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by journalist and critic Frank Rich
Cover design by Eric Skillman, based on an original advertising campaign
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Optional 5.1 surround remix, approved by director Mike Nichols, presented in DTS-HD Master Audio
- Audio commentary from 2007 featuring Nichols in conversation with filmmaker Steven Soderbergh
- Audio commentary from 1987 featuring film scholar Howard Suber
- New interview with actor Dustin Hoffman
- New conversation between producer Lawrence Turman and screenwriter Buck Henry
- New interview with film writer and historian Bobbie O’Steen about editor Sam O’Steen’s work on The Graduate
- Students of “The Graduate,” a short documentary from 2007 on the film’s influence
- “The Graduate” at 25, a 1992 featurette on the making of the film
- Interview with Nichols by Barbara Walters, from a 1966 episode of NBC’s Today show
- Excerpt from a 1970 appearance by singer-songwriter Paul Simon on The Dick Cavett Show
- Screen tests
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by journalist and critic Frank Rich
Cover design by Eric Skillman, based on an original advertising campaign
Cast
- Anne Bancroft
- Mrs. Robinson
- Dustin Hoffman
- Benjamin Braddock
- Katharine Ross
- Elaine Robinson
- William Daniels
- Mr. Braddock
- Murray Hamilton
- Mr. Robinson
- Elizabeth Wilson
- Mrs. Braddock
- Buck Henry
- Room clerk
- Brian Avery
- Carl Smith
- Walter Brooke
- Mr. McGuire
- Norman Fell
- Mr. McCleery
- Alice Ghostley
- Mrs. Singleman
- Marion Lorne
- Miss DeWitte
Credits
- Director
- Mike Nichols
- Produced by
- Lawrence Turman
- Screenplay by
- Calder Willingham
- Screenplay by
- Buck Henry
- Based on the novel by
- Charles Webb
- Film editor
- Sam O’Steen
- Production designer
- Richard Sylbert
- Director of photography
- Robert Surtees
- Songs by
- Paul Simon
- Additional music by
- Dave Grusin
- Costumes by
- Patricia Zipprodt
- Hairstyles by
- Sydney Guilaroff
Edition introduction to The Graduate
Trailer for The Graduate
