The graduate /
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Uniform title: | Graduate (Motion picture) |
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Edition: | Two-DVD special edition. |
Imprint: | [Irvington, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2016] |
Description: | 2 videodiscs (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out insert. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Criterion collection ; 800 Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 800. |
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Format: | DVD Video |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10494106 |
Summary: | Benjamin Braddock has just finished college and is already lost in a sea of confusion and barely contained angst when he becomes sexually involved with the middle-aged mother of the young woman he's dating. |
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Item Description: | Widescreen (2.35:1). Based on the novel by Charles Webb. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1967. Special features: Disc 1: Commentary 1 (2007 commentary featuring director Mike Nichols in conversation with filmmaker Steven Soderbergh); Commentary 2 (1987 audio commentary by film scholar Howard Suber); Trailer. Disc 2: Buck Henry and Lawrence Turman (the screenwriter and producer reminisce about the film); Dustin Hoffman (the actor recalls the making of the film); Sam and Mike (editor Bobbie O'Steen, Sam O'Steen's widow, examines his work through an analysis of the film and his collaboration with the director); Students of "The graduate" (short 2007 documentary features filmmakers, critics, and historians discussing the achievement and influence of the film); "The graduate" at 25 (1992 featurette from the 25th anniversary of the film includes interviews with actors Dustin Hoffman and Katharine Ross, screenwriter Buck Henry and producer Lawrence Turman); Mike Nichols and Barbara Walters (inerview aired on NBC's Today show on July 29, 1966, the director discusses his career with Barbara Walters); Paul Simon and Dick Cavett (excerpt from April 9, 1970 episode of The Dick Cavett Show, Paul Simon discusses the music used in the film); Screen tests. Insert includes and essay by journalist and critic Frank Rich. |
Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + DVD video 4 3/4 in. |
Format: | DVD; NTSC, region 1; monaural; 2.35:1 aspect ratio. |
Audience: | MPAA rating: PG. |
Production Credits: | Director of photography, Robert Surtees ; production designer, Richard Sylbert ; film editor, Sam O'Steen ; set decorator, George Nelson ; costumes by Patricia Zipprodt ; songs by Paul Simon ; sung by Simon and Garfunkel ; additional music by Dave Grusin. |
ISBN: | 9781681431123 1681431122 |