Product Description

Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 06/02/2009 Run time: 212 minutes Rating: R

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #874 in DVD
• Brand: TCFHE/MGM
• Released on: 2009-06-02
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Original language: English, French
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish
• Dubbed in: French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 106 minutes

Customer Reviews

Not all copies include DVD extras
The Graduate of course is in my top 5 favorite films. So of course I had to upgrade to Blu-ray.

I was excited that all the reviews say that the DVD included the extras from The Graduate (40th Anniversary Collector's Edition)

The DVD that came with my Bluray however did not. The version that came with mine was the 2005 MGM DVD release that only includes the trailer and 4:3 (not 16:9) letter-boxed version of the film. The Graduate

It seems Fox is just throwing in whatever DVD copies they have on hand so while some people are getting the 40th Anniversary DVD not all copies include that version.

Admittedly the packaging doesn't say that any of the DVDs extras are included but it's still disappointing when you read in reviews that they are included only to find that they are not in the copy you get. It's a weak move on Fox's part to include the DVD with extras in some copies and not in others.

I contacted Fox about this and they aren't willing to do anything about it.

So buyer beware NOT ALL COPIES INCLUDE THE DVD EXTRAS and there is no way to tell whether or not it does without opening it.

An excellent movie graduates into Blu-Ray with flying colors!
(Sorry, couldn't resist the pun on that one;)


This release was quite a positive surprise; considering it was not really something I expected to benefit greatly in getting the high-def treatment. However, the picture quality is very respectable throughout, and does not appear to have been artificially "souped-up" with edge-enhancement or digital noise reduction. It does have a few (mostly scenery or reduced-lighting scenes) which do show the age if one looks closely, but still I have to admit that it looked pretty fresh for being a 40+ year old catalog title.

The audio I did expect to benefit greatly from being remastered into lossless 5.1, though, and the DTS HD Master Audio track delivered in spades. Both the dialogue--which is clear and intelligible throughout--but not least the excellent music by Simon & Garfunkel makes this worth buying just for the soundtrack alone.

As for the movie itself, the performance by Dustin Hoffman is superb--I feel he perfectly captured all the mannerisms; the awkwardness & uneasiness his character exhibits after being thrust into the situations by the also brilliant Anne Bancroft (in an iconic performance)--in a way that is so subtle but still hilariously funny at the same time--that it deserves some major credit (this was after all his first major role.) I notice another reviewer mentioned that he came across as "annoying"--which just shows what a great performance it really is (not that this reviewer thought so, but I can see how it can be interpreted that way)

The directing is also flawless, and a Mike Nichols movie through and through. (Only bettered by Catch-22 in my opinion--can't wait to see that on this format as well!)

All in all, a true gem that can be highly recommended. Probably the best $8.99 I've ever spent on a film purchase. And it even included a DVD of the movie as well.

The Extras Are All On The Included DVD! (SOMETIMES!)
The packaging doesn't mention it, but all of the extras from the 40th Anniversary Edition ARE included. They're on the DVD copy that's included with the Blu-ray.


NOTE: Since I wrote this review, Fox has begun enclosing older DVD copies with no extras into some Blu-ray versions. Let the buyer beware . . .