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Director Mike Nichols's THE GRADUATE is the satirical coming-of-age comedy that became an emotional touchstone for an entire generation. In the mid-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 someone else, 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.
Quick Glance
Genre: Dramas
Rating: PG (MPAA)
Relase Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Format: VHS
UPC: 00044008425533
The Graduate is a great movie because it is timeless. It says so much about human nature but remains simple. It also manages to be very funny. It generally draws a reaction from the audience.
One of the best movies ever made. And it hasn't lost much with age (much like Anne Bancroft as Mrs. Robinson). If anything, the story of alienation in modern society is more relevant now than it was back then. My favorite scene is when Dustin Hoffman and Katherine Ross are connecting for the first time - they close the top of the convertable and that shuts us, as viewers, out of their...
The American Film Institute have this film in their top 10 or 20 movies of all time, i think thats over doing it. it's not a great movie, it does not deserve 5 or 4 stars 3 stars is good.
A low starter, but an excellent finish. One of my favorites, with a fantastic hoffman and a beautiful ross. btw, the soundtrack an d especially scarborough fare is the best there is next to the good the bad and the ugly.
Still very watchable- but I have to agree that it is somewhat dated and slightly (only slightly) overrated. . .still, a time-capsule film that is still worth watching. . ."are you here for the affair?"
I like this film a good deal, particularly the performance by Anne Bancroft, but I found, on my most recent viewing, that the film does not stand up to the passage of time as well as I would have thought. Not that its bad, by any means, its just that it falls a fair ways short of great.
I was in college when this film entered release. I had a friend who dared me to go to it stating that if I didn't like it, he would reinburse me for the ticket. I went, and I really enjoyed it, and I continue to enjoy it over the last forty years. The sound track was first rate, and Dustin Hoffman, Ann Bancroft and Katherine Ross were perfect. Everything clicked in this flick including...
"are you trying to seduce me" blah blah
I saw this in the Steinbeck theater on Cannery Row when I was about 19 years old. The movie had been out fairly short time and had generated lots of buzz on the street. The theater was fairly new and had an excellent sound system for that era. No one knew who any of the actors were (a few might have seen Anne Bancroft before) and Dustin Hoffman was way too odd looking to be a product of...
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The Graduate (VHS - 1967)
Great movie! The cinematography, direction, script, and soundtrack really propelled this movie. Very true to the cynicism in the dating scene, the difficulty for young men to relate to the world (parents, women), cool metaphors (Christ in the church, the fishbowl, him in the scuba gear, Ms. Robinson in the hallway after he spills the beans - all symbols of alienation) - the hip style of this film...
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