The Graduate (DVD)

This film seduced me a long, long time ago, and the affair isn’t anywhere near being over yet. ‘The Graduate’ was filmed in 1967, and is one of those classic stories that doesn’t seem to date. Benjamin Braddock (played by Dustin Hoffman) is fresh out of college and unsure about what direction he wants his life to go in. When a friend of his parents, Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), makes him an offer he can’t refuse, he finds things slipping pleasurably out of his control. Ben feels utterly alienated from the suburban world of his parents, with their cocktail parties and their luxurious house and pool. He doesn’t seem to have ...

I had bought The Graduate on DVD over a year ago, since then it has sat on my shelf like many other films just waiting to be seen. I'd heard of it before I went to film school but was shown some of it during that time which is why I bought it. Made in 1967, it's already a classis. One of those films that rearely get's made now because it's pretty ordinary when you come to think about it. It has characters talking and not much else. Hopefully one day Hollywood will realize that these are the films that last after 25 years and more of them need to be made. A young Dustin Hoffman plays Ben Braddock, he's just graduated from college and ...

The Graduate (1967) DVD ----------------------- Ratio 2.35:1 Letterboxed Running Time 1 hour 46 minutes New Stereo Surround Soundtrack The plot: Aimless Graduate, Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman), is willingly seduced by a family friend, Mrs Robinson (Ann Bancroft), only to fall for her daughter Elaine (Katharine Ross). The opening scenes perfectly capture that vaguely aimless/worried/anticlimactic moment when you've finished school/university and haven't a clue what to do next - if you've been there you'll recognise it. This film was Hoffman's astonishing star debut (aged 29, playing 20). He oozes ...