The Graduate (1967) + Extras [The Criterion Collection] [MultiSubs]

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.



Commentaries:
1) Audio Commentary with director Mike Nichols and filmmaker Steven Soderbergh
2) Audio Commentary with film scholar Howard Suber

Extras:
– "The Graduate: One on One with Dustin Hoffman" interview (22:41)
– "Students of The Graduate" featurette (25:58)
– "The Graduate at 25" featurette (22:40)
– "The Seduction" featurette (8:50)
– Interview with actor Dustin Hoffman (37:50)
– Interview with writer Buck Henry and producer Lawrence Turman (24:56)
– Screen Tests (13:18 in total): Tony Bill and Jennifer Leak, Robert Lipton and Cathy Carpenter, Dustin Hoffman and Katharine Ross
– "Mike Nichols and Barbara Walters" excerpt from the July 29th, 1966 episode of NBC's Today (15:34)
– "Paul Simon and Dick Cavett" excerpt from The Dick Cavett Show (5:29)
– "Sam and Mike" interview with film writer and historian Bobbie O'Steen (26:13)