Graduate Criterion 11/15 Blu-ray (Rental)

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 the middle-aged mother (Anne Bancroft) of the young woman he s dating (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. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES - New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack - Optional 5.1 surround remix, approved by director Mike Nichols, presented in DTS-HD Master Audio - Audio commentary from 2007 featuring Nichols in conversation with filmmaker Steven Soderbergh - Audio commentary from 1987 featuring film scholar Howard Suber - New interview with actor Dustin Hoffman - New conversation between producer Lawrence Turman and actor-screenwriter Buck Henry - New interview with film writer and historian Bobbie O Steen about editor Sam O Steen s work on The Graduate - Students of The Graduate, a short documentary from 2007 on the film s influence - The Graduate at 25, a 1992 featurette on the making of the film - Interview with Nichols by Barbara Walters, from a 1966 episode of NBC s Today show - Excerpt from a 1970 appearance by singer-songwriter Paul Simon on The Dick Cavett Show - Screen tests - Trailer - PLUS: An essay by journalist and critic Frank Rich