The Graduate (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

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