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Features
• Closed-captioned
• Color
• DVD-Video
• Widescreen
• NTSC
In Theaters : 1967
DVD Release : 05 April, 2005 |
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The Graduate description
Few films have defined a generation as The Graduate did. The alienation, the nonconformity, the intergenerational romance, the blissful Simon and Garfunkel soundtrack--they all served to lob a cultural grenade smack into the middle of 1967 America, ultimately making the film the third most profitable up to that time. Seen from a later perspective, its radical chicness has dimmed a bit, yet it's still a joy to see Dustin Hoffman's bemused Benjamin and Anne Bancroft's deliciously decadent, sardonic Mrs. Robinson. The script by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham is still offbeat and dryly funny, and Mike Nichols, who won an Oscar for his direction, has just the right, light touch. --Anne Hurley |
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The Graduate Customer Reviews
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A classic film that ages even better than Anne Bancroft
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Having finally watched this classic film, I was suprised just how good it was. Not only did it capture the sexual Zeitgeist of the 60's it has proven remarkably (and ominously) prescient in depicting what 'gender equality' might mean regarding sexual relations.
Anne Bancroft is wickedly delicious in the role(reversal) of the scheming, older sexual predator. What young man could say no to her? Especially a man as unsure and sexually inept as the Dustin Hoffman character. And when he does say no, she simply falsely accuses him of rape. With the dice seemingly now loaded against him and his gender, will our male hero somehow restore the natural order of things and win the love of Mrs Robinson's pretty young daughter? A classic snapshot of the hopes and fears of a unique generation, memorable performances from an oh so young Dustin Hoffman and an oh so seductively wicked Anne Bancroft. Easily a five star film even before being soundtracked by some of Simon and Garfunkels greatest songs. |
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